Backlash 2003 Review

The dream match no one cares about...LIVE!

• Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo Guerrero) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (15:03)
o Haas pinned Chavo after Benjamin clipped Chavo's legs during a suplex attempt.
o ***
Good, but I feel like I've seen it a million times.

• Sean O'Haire (w/Roddy Piper) defeated Rikishi (4:52)
o O'Haire pinned Rikishi after the Prophecy
o ½*
Just a amtch to showcase O'Haire.

• Rob Van Dam and Kane defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (w/Chief Morley as special referee) to retain the World Tag Team Championship (13:01)
o RVD pinned Bubba Ray after a Five-Star Frog Splash.
o *3/4
Way too long for the Dudley Boys to work as heels.

• Jazz(w/Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women's Championship (5:50)
o Jazz pinned Stratus countering a springboard sunset flip attempt and using the ropes for leverage.
o *
I swear, all these women's matches mesh together.

• The Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio (3:47)
o Big Show pinned Mysterio after a Chokeslam.
o ½*
Smackdown match. Although, Show did swing Rey like a back while he was on the stretcher into the ring post. It was kinda cool the first 10 times they showed it, but the next 20 it was like, "c'mon already."

• Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship (15:14)
o Lesnar pinned Cena after an F-5.
o **1/4
Cena could not carry Lesnar as a heel at this point.

• Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho defeated Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Booker T in a 6-man Tag Team match (17:51)
o Triple H pinned Nash after a sledgehammer shot to the head.
o ***
A RAW main event without commercial breaks is the best way I could describe this match.

• Goldberg defeated The Rock (13:03)
o Goldberg pinned The Rock after two Spears and Jackhammer.
o *3/4
13 minutes is too long for a Goldberg match.

~ This PPV sucked bad.