Backlash (2003)

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The 2003 Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the fifth annual Backlash and took place on April 27, 2003, at the Worcester Centrum in Worcester, Massachusetts, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania XIX. This was the first Backlash held under the WWE name after the promotion was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE in May 2002. It was also the last Backlash to feature multiple brands until 2007, as beginning with Bad Blood in June, all monthly PPVs outside of the "Big Four" (WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble) became brand-exclusive until brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued after WrestleMania 23 in April 2007. The event grossed US$450,000 with 10,000 ticket sales and had a 0.67 buyrate. The main event and featured match of the Raw brand was the encounter...

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