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Like the previous WrestleMania events, WrestleMania III was promoted for several months in advance. The main feud stemmed from André the Giant's heel turn and betrayal of his friend, the WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan, [9] which began on an episode of Piper's Pit when WWF President Jack Tunney presented Hogan with a trophy for being the WWF World Heavyweight Champion for three ...
Another feud leading up to Backlash was between Shawn Michaels and Batista. Upset over the retirement of Ric Flair at the hands of Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV, Batista interrupted Michaels' address on the April 4 episode of SmackDown and called him a "selfish" person for what he did at WrestleMania. Batista blamed Michaels for not lying down ...
The Corporation was a villainous stable in the late 1990s in the Attitude Era in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE).. It was led by the McMahon family and was characterized by an authoritarian and corrupt attitude towards more rebellious wrestlers.
The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. [3] The 2007 event was the ninth Backlash and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 23 . It was scheduled to take place on April 29, 2007, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia . [ 4 ]
Austin's popularity gradually started to rise as an anti-hero despite being portrayed on-screen as a heel character, [25] eventually leading to a long-term feud with Bret Hart from late-1996 to mid-1997, climaxing in a Submission Match at WrestleMania 13.
Kayfabe characters Sgt Slaughter and The Grand Wizard in a wrestling ring. In professional wrestling, kayfabe (/ ˈ k eɪ f eɪ b /) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not staged.
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The feud continued on the February 2, 2007 episode of SmackDown! during King Booker's Key to the City ceremony in Houston, Texas, when Kane interrupted the ceremony and attacked King Booker. [5] After they continued to feud during the weeks leading up to No Way Out, Theodore Long booked a match between the two at No Way Out. [12]