WWF Backlash (1999)
World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event
The 1999 Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and presented by Castrol GTX. It was the inaugural Backlash and took place on April 25, 1999, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WWF's flagship event, WrestleMania. In line with the event's concept, the main event was a rematch from WrestleMania XV between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock for the WWF Championship, but this time with a special guest referee, Shane McMahon. Lower down on the card, Big Show and Mankind had a Boiler Room Brawl to settle matters after their previous encounter, which decided who would referee the WrestleMania event. Triple H also wrestled X-Pac due to Triple H causing X-Pac to lose a match for the European Championship the previous month. The event had originally been promoted as "Backlash: In Your House", but the branding was dropped as the...
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