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K Jay · 05-02-2006, 06:58 AM

Well just caught up with the action from Backlash myself and I was very pleasantly suprised. Take out Umaga, that terrible Candice segment and Eugene and you have a very solid show. Raw seems to have it all right now.

Tyler Durden · 05-02-2006, 08:14 AM

Is it really that good or is it just that we're more willing to accept mediocre shows now due to low expectations?

I keep hearing stuff like "not as bad as I thought it'd be" or "solid show" regarding some of these PPV's and that isn't making me want to rush out and buy them

K Jay · 05-02-2006, 09:25 AM

One terrible match (Umage V Flair). One average (Show V Kane) but a lot of people could rate that higher than I would (I'm not into big man matches). Everything else was old PPV quality. I'm not sure I'd add it to a DVD collection but I'd definitley want to have seen it rather than read reviews.

The Raw product in general is helping make PPV's better. Backlash had 3 matches with really well built storylines and therefore emotional contact. And Shelton Vs RVD couldn't stink if it tried.

Crockerinho · 05-02-2006, 01:44 PM

Very good B-Card PPV IMO, the main event was solid and the IC Title match apart from the slow start was fantastic, I give it 3 stars

Blitzkrieg · 05-02-2006, 06:25 PM

This all comes to down to the brand extension for me. I'm not sure a single show PPV can get 5 stars..

With that being said, I thought this was a solid show after watching the download.

Shelton/RVD and HHH/Cena/Edge were both good and HBK vs. Shane/Vince was solid as well.. Even Carlito/Masters had it's moments..

Trish/Mickie would have been decent but I can't fault WWE for Trish's injury..:stuff:

Umaga was a squash and Kane/Show was very mediocre.

Necro · 05-02-2006, 06:49 PM

overall very good 3.5 rated show

Danny Diamond · 05-02-2006, 07:36 PM

I thought it was pretty boring for the most part.

I like the RVD/Shelton match but think that should continue they could have done more with their match.

But I LOVED the Main event and it was definetly worth stealing it off the internet for that alone. haha.

Necro · 05-02-2006, 07:46 PM

my expectations were low as hell. So anything decent would sway me

Randy Orton · 05-03-2006, 12:16 PM

I gave ti a 4 star. I thought general it was solid and that there were really no bad points. The Umaga/Flair was what I expected it to be in a squash and Kane and Big Show was borderline decent taking into consideration who was in the match. Fro the rest of it I thought the matches were very good.