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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 event was held at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.. Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1999. The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. [2]
WrestleMania XXVII. Date: April 3, 2011 Venue: Georgia Dome, Atlanta Attendance: 71,617 Main event: The Miz (C) (with Alex Riley) def. John Cena in 15:21 to retain the WWE Championship
Test took a beating and was kicked out after Shane stated that there was no room for the weak. Finally, The Rock was kicked out after he failed to take back the WWF Championship from Austin at Backlash , thanks to a botched interference from Shane McMahon and spouting venomous remarks that caused Shane to have the remaining Corporation members ...
This feud began after The Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match. [4] The following week on an episode of SmackDown!, the two world champions demanded an answer from The Undertaker as to who he would face at WrestleMania, but Michaels interfered, as he also wanted an answer from The Undertaker. [5]
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.
A screenshot from a Tagged Classics release showing the WWF scratch logo that was censored mostly from 2002 to 2012.. The tagged classics dvds released prior to 2012 were unique as they were, for the most part, free from the former well-documented legal restraints imposed by the federal lawsuits initiated by the World Wildlife Fund in 2002 that prohibited the referencing and use of the scratch ...