WWE Backlash 2005

MAY 1, 2005 – MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE;

QUICK & DIRTY RESULTS
Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis -Sunday Night HEAT-;
Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the IC title-;
The SuperHeros won a Gauntlet Match to win the Tag titles;
Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match;
Chris Masters defeated Melissa Coates in a Masterlock Challenge;
Kane w/Lita defeated Viscera w/Trish Stratus;
Shawn Michaels & Hulk Hogan defeated Muhammad Hassan & Daivari;
Batista defeated Triple H -World Heavyweight title-;

SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT: Hosted by Todd Grisham & Ivory..

INTERVIEW: Lilian Garcia & Muhammad Hassan & Khosrow Daivari..

MATCH: Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis..

 

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH
Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental title: Chris Jericho showed his frustration by walking out on a post-match interview..

GAUNTLET FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES (#1)
William Regal & Tajiri defeated The Heart Throbs (Romeo Roselli & Antonio Thomas):

GAUNTLET FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES (#2)
William Regal & Tajiri defeated Simon Dean & Maven:

GAUNTLET FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES (#3)
La Resistance (Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway) defeated William Regal & Tajiri:

GAUNTLET FOR THE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES (#4)
The Super Heros (The Hurricane & Rosey) defeated La Resistance (Sylvain Grenier & Rob Conway) to capture the World Tag Team titles!:

LAST MAN STANDING
Edge defeated Chris Benoit: The Matt Hardy chants were heard during the early portions until the crowd got into the match. Chris Benoit hit 6 or 7 german suplexes but missed a diving headbutt off the top of a ladder. Edge won with the ten count after hitting Chris Benoit in the back of the head with a brick!

IN THE RING: Jerry “the King” Lawler did some slutty promotional crap with the RAW Divas for the Divas Magazine..

$3000 MASTERLOCK CHALLENGE:
Chris Masters obliderated Melissa Coates: Chris Masters came out with a special $3000 Masterlock Challenge and chose a woman out of the audience. The woman was OVW’s Melissa Coates, who has a bodybuilding background (but they didn’t say that). Chris Masters made short work of Melissa Coates and got to keep his $3000..

SINGLES MATCH:
Kane w/Lita defeated Viscera w/Trish Stratus: Kane pinned Viscera after hitting a choke slam. After the match, Trish Stratus told Viscera that he was pathetic and she’d never sleep with a LOSER! Trish vowed to find a real man to take out Viscera. Viscera then gave Trish a bearhug and then a splash leading to her doing the stretcher job.

TAG TEAM MATCH:
Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels defeated Muhammad Hassan & Khosrow Daivari: Shawn Michaels superkicked Daivari and Hulk Hogan scored the pin to win the match! Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels did the routine of posing for the fans, who went absolutly bonkers..

IN THE RING: Christian came out and rapped for the crowd (hinting a feud with John Cena on Smackdown!)..

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH:
Batista defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight title: The referee was knocked out and Triple H hit a Pedigree on Batista but there was nobody to count. Batista recovered and fought back and hit a Batista-bomb to finish Triple H and retain his World Heavyweight title! Triple H shoved Ric Flair down to the ground and Pedigreed the referee after the match.