WIW Retaliation (2023)
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| Retaliation (2023) | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Big Boy and Jeremiah Lawrence | ||
| Promotion | WIW | |
| Brand(s) | Rage ShowDown | |
| Date | May 6, 2023 | |
| City | Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
| Venue | Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous SuperBrawl XV | Next → Night of Champions | |
| Retaliation chronology | ||
| ← Previous 2022 | Next → — | |
The 2023 Backlash is the 18th Retaliation (formerly known as Revenge) professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WIW. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Rage and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Coliseo de Bayamón Ruben Rodriguez Agrelot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, marking the first WIW event held in Bayamón and outside Montana and Pennsylvania. After the previous two years were titled "SuperBrawl Retaliation", the 2023 event reverted to its original name while still maintaining its post-SuperBrawl concept, with the 2023 event based around the backlash from SuperBrawl XV.
Puerto Rican rapper Princess Nokia will host the event. Big Boy was originally promoted to be the co-host of Retaliation, however, it was later announced that Big Bow would compete in a San Juan Street Fight, after was Michael Keaton attacked and pulled from the match.
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[edit] Production
[edit] Background
Retaliation is a recurring professional wrestling event that was established by WIW in 1999. It was held annually from 1999 to 2009, but was then discontinued until it was reinstated in 2016 and has been held every year since, except in 2019. The original concept of the event was based around the backlash from WIW's flagship event, SuperBrawl. The events between 2016 and 2020 did not carry this theme; however, the 2021 event returned to this original concept and the event series was in turn rebranded as "SuperBrawl Retaliation". With the announcement of the 2023 event, the event reverted to its original name of Backlash while still maintaining its post-SuperBrawl theme.
Announced on March 8, 2023, the 18th Backlash will feature the backlash from SuperBrawl XV. It is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the Coliseo de Bayamón Ruben Rodriguez Agrelot in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, marking the first WIW event held in Bayamón and outside Montana and Pennsylvania. The event will feature wrestlers from the Rage and ShowDown brand divisions, and it will air on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide. Furthermore, it was announced that Puerto Rican rapper's Big Boy with Princess Nokia, as well as Michael Keaton ,who has performed his songs as well as wrestled in matches in WIW, would serve as the host of the event. It was also announced that the May 5 episode of ShowDown would air live from the same venue. Tickets for both events went on sale on March 21.
[edit] Storylines
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WIW's writers on the Rage and ShowDown brands, while storylines are produced on WIW's weekly television shows, Wednesday Night Rage and Friday Night ShowDown (although ShowDown is usually live on Saturday, when PPVs don't take place on Saturdays).
[edit] Results
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willa Holland (c) defeated Kristen Swingley | Singles match for the WIW Heavyweight Women's Championship | |
| 2 | Kooper McAlmond defeated Jesse Dern and Michael Phelps (with Bob Bowman) | Triple threat match | |
| 3 | Justin Eldridge (c) defeated Charlie Hunnam, James Alexander and Dustin Simpson | Fatal four way elimination match for the WIW United Nations Championship | |
| 4 | Jennipher Harper (c) defeated Taryn Schultz | Singles match for the WIW Heavyweight Women's Championship | |
| 5 | Big Boy (with Michael Keaton) defeated Jeremiah Lawrence | Puerto Rican Street Fight | |
| 6 | The McAlmond Bloodline (Dylan McAlmond, TJ McAlmond and Brad McAlmond) defeated Antony Speranza, Tyler Posey, Tyler Hoechlin | Six-man tag team match | |
| 7 | Ryan Barnhart and Kevin McAlmond (with Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse and KJ Apa) defeated Tyler Mane and Martin McAlmond (with Monte McAlmond) | Tag team match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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| ← 2022 • 2023 WIW pay-per-view events • 2024 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| WIW | World War • Steel Roulette • SuperBrawl XV • Retaliation • Night of Champions • Money in the Bank • SummerBash • Chaos Theory • Final Destination • All Hail • Soul Survivor: WarGames | ||
| NGW | Rise & Extricate • Battle Scars • The Big American Bash | ||
