Raw

Card Information:
 Held in: DOCKLANDS ARENA
Location: LONDON, ENGLAND
          on April 2005 at 9:00pm

Interview:
Game Time...
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Triple H is granted one last chance to get a title shot, if he can beat Shane
McMahon at Backlash.


Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Rey Mysterio and Tajiri beat Brian Kendrick and Ultimo Dragon 2 falls to 1:
         x U. Dragon beat Tajiri via disqualification in 0:05:52
         x Tajiri beat B. Kendrick via the Stiff kick to the head in 0:13:50
         x Rey Rey beat U. Dragon via a flying cross body press in 0:19:12
Rating: **** 1/4

Superb match, as these two Cruiserweight teams put on a show-stealing display.


Vader pinned Spike Dudley with the Vader Bomb in 0:08:37.
Rating: *** 1/4

Spike fought hard, but could not stop the path of destruction of the big
Mastadon, Vader.  Can anybody stop him?


Interview:
The Million Dollar Challenge...
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Ted DiBiase offers a special challenge to Bret Hart for Backlash.


Billy Kidman pinned Jeff Hardy with the Shooting Star Press in 0:08:49.
Rating: ** 3/4
(Billy Kidman won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.)

Kidman defeated Hardy to become the new Cruiserweight Champ, a fact which left
the crowd rather disappointed.


Number-One-Contenders-Match:
Thug Life (John Cena and Tazz) defeated
The Dudley Boys (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) when Cena defeated Bubba by
disqualification in 0:09:48.
Rating: ** 1/2

Thug Life win the match to become Number 1 contenders, but the Dudleys seemed
far from happy with the decision.


Interview:
The Fallen Angel...
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Christopher Daniels debuts in WWE, only to be interrupted by Chris Jericho.


William Regal pinned Goldust with his special move in 0:11:51.
Rating: ** 1/2

Regal used the knux to get the win, and this time got away with it.


Chris Benoit and Steve Austin defeated
The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) when Benoit
 pinned Haas after a power bomb in 0:28:35.
Rating: ***
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Good match, as the WWE Champion and his Number 1 contender pick up the win over
Haas and Benjamin.



Card rating: ** 3/4


Match observations: 

London, England rocked with WWE action tonight, as a number of interesting
developments came to pass regarding Backlash.  We know now that Triple H will
fight Shane McMahon, with Helmsley getting a title shot if he wins, Thug Life
will challenge Shawn Michaels and Cactus Jack for the Tag Team Titles, and Y2J
Chris Jericho will attempt to silence the mouth of new arrival, Fallen Angel
Christopher Daniels.

We also saw a brand new Cruiserweight Champion crowned here tonight, in Billy
Kidman, who got the victory over Jeff Hardy.  It'll be interesting to see who
will be Kidman's first challenger, but if tonight's Cruiserweight tag match is
anything to go by, there are a lot of worthy contenders for that gold.

Will Bret Hart accept Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Challenge?  The Hitman is
scheduled to be at Smackdown this week, so we should get an answer from him
then.  It's not like Bret's one to back down from a challenge, anyway.

William Regal got away with using Brass Knux this week, as he pinned the No. 1
contender to the IC title, Goldust.  After the match, Regal went to see Shane
McMahon, and as a result has been added to the match at Backlash.  It will now
be Booker T vs Goldust vs William Regal for the Intercontinental Title.  That
should be  rather good contest, although Booker's chances of retaining have 
just been severely depleted.

Next Show: Smackdown