My Backlash Card:
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Heavyweight World Championship
Triple H vs. Edge
Victoria vs. Molly Holly
Women's Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. Matt Hardy
Intercontinental Championship
Trish Stratus vs. Mandy Copeland
Steel Cage Match
Batista and Ric Flair (c) vs. Rob Van Dam and Booker T
World Tag Team Championship
Chris Benoit def. Shawn Michaels to remain Heavyweight World Champion
Edge def. Triple H
Victoria def. Molly Holly to remain WWE Women's Champion
Matt Hardy def. Randy Orton to become the new Intercontinental Champion
Batista and Ric Flair def. RVD and Booker T to remain Tag Team Champions
"This match is a Steel Cage Match! Introducing first from Toronto, Canada:
TRISH STRATUS!"
Trish climbed into the ring and posed as the crowd booed her. Their boos
were changed to cheers as "Fear" by Disturbed started to play and Mandy
slowly made her way out.
"And the challenger from Toronto, Canada: MANDY COPELAND!" Mandy stood atop the ramp as she raised her fist in the air then made her way to the ring. Before she got in, she looked up at the steel cage that was about to
envelope her, the ring and her enemy, Trish Stratus.
The cage was lowered as ref Earl Hebner climbed out of the ring and locked, Mandy, Trish and ref Charlie Robinson in. The two women locked up in the middle as the bell rang and the crowd was going crazy. Trish hit an early Stratusfaction and tried to climb out of the ring, but Mandy powerbombed her down. She choked her on the ropes and banged her face against the cage; a trickle of bright crimson ran down from Trish's forehead. This enraged Trish, who hit a clothesline on Mandy, then started to punch her; Mandy fought back and hit a tilt-a-whirl slam into a powerbomb. Mandy didn't try to climb out of the cage as she had the perfect opportunity to, but she picked Trish up and started to climb the ropes. Mandy tried to go for Superplex, but Trish punched her in the side and pushed her off to the canvas.
Mandy was holding onto her side as Trish catapulted her out of the ring and the entire front of her body slammed hard into the steel cage. She was writhing in pain at ringside as Trish climbed out and used the steel cage as a grader on Mandy's face. The camera focused on Mandy as blood oozed from the front of her head; she tried to reach for Trish, but Trish only kicked her away and laughed at her. Trish rolled her back in the ring and started to climb the cage, she got one leg over the cage, before the crowd started going nuts. She looked down and Mandy was climbing after her, Trish was set to climb down and to the floor, when Mandy pulled her back in. Mandy picked Trish up and threw her from the top of the cage to the ring; Mandy then climbed back in.
Trish was lying and bleeding, Mandy was still at the top of the cage and bleeding, but she did make her way down. The crowd kept booing because Mandy refused to get out of the ring; she stopped to catch her breath as Trish slowly got up. Mandy locked in an armbar as Trish was screaming; the more she screamed the harder Mandy's grip on her arm became. Mandy let her go and wiped at some of the blood on her face, she rubbed it into Trish's blonde hair as Trish tried to get away. Trish ran and started climbing out of the cage and Mandy did something that shocked everyone: she let Trish go! Trish climbed down and as her feet touched the ground, the bell rang signaling the end of the match.
"Here's your winner: TRISH STRATUS!" The crowd booed loudly as Trish was
holding her head and looked at Mandy with a strange look on her face.
Mandy looked behind Trish as Jericho jumped out of the crowd and hit Trish with the same chair that they had framed Christian with. He kept hitting her until the ref let Mandy out, she ran over and stopped him and pulled the chair away from him. He backed off as Mandy told him to pick her up, he did so and Mandy smiled at Trish before she bashed the chair into her all ready beat up and bloody face. She threw the chair down as she and Jericho left Trish lying as another ref ran down and the three refs checked on her. The crowd's boos stopped and they all were completely silent as Christian limped down to the ring. Mandy and Jericho stopped at the end of the ramp as they saw him, but instead of going to check on Trish, he walked over to Mandy and raised her hand in victory.
He let her hand go as she looked at him funny, but then she knew and her look of hatred turned into something else. She looked scared as she ran up the ramp and away from Christian and Jericho, who was completely confused as to what was going on. The refs were helping Trish up as Jericho left the ring and Christian walked over to Trish. He took her from the refs and he helped her up the ramp and to the back as J.R. and King wondered what was really going on between Christian and Mandy.
"What the heck is going on in here? I thought they hated each other! I do have one thing to say J.R. that Mandy is a fine piece of work!" J.R. rolled his eyes at his partner as he told him to go cool off.
" Good god King, go cool off. Anyway, I'm sure we'll all find out why Mandy let Trish win the match tomorrow night. But next up, our champion Chris Benoit goes up against his most difficult challenge since Triple H: Shawn Michaels." J.R. announced.
Raw After Backlash
Raw started off with Trish in the ring as she said she was just as confused as to last night's events, first with Mandy letting her win the match then Jericho attacking her. However, it wasn't those things that happened it was the return of Christian that night. She then said that she knows that there's something going on between him and Mandy, but she can't figure it out.
" This the same woman who showed up to help Chris Jericho break us down! This is the same woman who turned Chris' agenda into her own! This is the same woman who shot..." That was as far as she got before Christian's music interrupted her.
He made his way out, but didn't come down to the ring as Trish looked at him. She asked him what he was doing out there, that he shouldn't be out there, he should be resting. He told her to shut up and mind her own business; what ever was going on between him and Mandy was none of her business. He told her that since she was so concerned about his safety, then why was she out there bitching about Mandy.
" You know Trish, ever since Mandy showed up, you've been bitching to me about her! I told you all you need to know about her, but doesn't seem to be enough for you!" He screamed at her as he made his way to the ring.
She backed up a bit as he climbed in and confronted her before grabbing the mic and throwing it out of the ring. He grabbed her by her hair, but stopped at the crowd cheered and he saw Mandy at the top of the ramp. He let Trish go as he watched as Mandy paced back and forth at the top; she looked at the ring as Christian turned around and got speared by Edge. Trish tried to get out of the ring, but Mandy ran down and pushed her back in. Mandy got in the ring and clotheslined Trish down as Jericho ran down and put Christian in the Walls. Mandy pulled the steel steps into the ring, set Trish up on the top and suplexed her onto the stairs. Jericho let Christian go as he, Mandy and Edge left the two in the ring.
Chris Benoit (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
Heavyweight World Championship
Triple H vs. Edge
Victoria vs. Molly Holly
Women's Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. Matt Hardy
Intercontinental Championship
Trish Stratus vs. Mandy Copeland
Steel Cage Match
Batista and Ric Flair (c) vs. Rob Van Dam and Booker T
World Tag Team Championship
Chris Benoit def. Shawn Michaels to remain Heavyweight World Champion
Edge def. Triple H
Victoria def. Molly Holly to remain WWE Women's Champion
Matt Hardy def. Randy Orton to become the new Intercontinental Champion
Batista and Ric Flair def. RVD and Booker T to remain Tag Team Champions
"This match is a Steel Cage Match! Introducing first from Toronto, Canada:
TRISH STRATUS!"
Trish climbed into the ring and posed as the crowd booed her. Their boos
were changed to cheers as "Fear" by Disturbed started to play and Mandy
slowly made her way out.
"And the challenger from Toronto, Canada: MANDY COPELAND!" Mandy stood atop the ramp as she raised her fist in the air then made her way to the ring. Before she got in, she looked up at the steel cage that was about to
envelope her, the ring and her enemy, Trish Stratus.
The cage was lowered as ref Earl Hebner climbed out of the ring and locked, Mandy, Trish and ref Charlie Robinson in. The two women locked up in the middle as the bell rang and the crowd was going crazy. Trish hit an early Stratusfaction and tried to climb out of the ring, but Mandy powerbombed her down. She choked her on the ropes and banged her face against the cage; a trickle of bright crimson ran down from Trish's forehead. This enraged Trish, who hit a clothesline on Mandy, then started to punch her; Mandy fought back and hit a tilt-a-whirl slam into a powerbomb. Mandy didn't try to climb out of the cage as she had the perfect opportunity to, but she picked Trish up and started to climb the ropes. Mandy tried to go for Superplex, but Trish punched her in the side and pushed her off to the canvas.
Mandy was holding onto her side as Trish catapulted her out of the ring and the entire front of her body slammed hard into the steel cage. She was writhing in pain at ringside as Trish climbed out and used the steel cage as a grader on Mandy's face. The camera focused on Mandy as blood oozed from the front of her head; she tried to reach for Trish, but Trish only kicked her away and laughed at her. Trish rolled her back in the ring and started to climb the cage, she got one leg over the cage, before the crowd started going nuts. She looked down and Mandy was climbing after her, Trish was set to climb down and to the floor, when Mandy pulled her back in. Mandy picked Trish up and threw her from the top of the cage to the ring; Mandy then climbed back in.
Trish was lying and bleeding, Mandy was still at the top of the cage and bleeding, but she did make her way down. The crowd kept booing because Mandy refused to get out of the ring; she stopped to catch her breath as Trish slowly got up. Mandy locked in an armbar as Trish was screaming; the more she screamed the harder Mandy's grip on her arm became. Mandy let her go and wiped at some of the blood on her face, she rubbed it into Trish's blonde hair as Trish tried to get away. Trish ran and started climbing out of the cage and Mandy did something that shocked everyone: she let Trish go! Trish climbed down and as her feet touched the ground, the bell rang signaling the end of the match.
"Here's your winner: TRISH STRATUS!" The crowd booed loudly as Trish was
holding her head and looked at Mandy with a strange look on her face.
Mandy looked behind Trish as Jericho jumped out of the crowd and hit Trish with the same chair that they had framed Christian with. He kept hitting her until the ref let Mandy out, she ran over and stopped him and pulled the chair away from him. He backed off as Mandy told him to pick her up, he did so and Mandy smiled at Trish before she bashed the chair into her all ready beat up and bloody face. She threw the chair down as she and Jericho left Trish lying as another ref ran down and the three refs checked on her. The crowd's boos stopped and they all were completely silent as Christian limped down to the ring. Mandy and Jericho stopped at the end of the ramp as they saw him, but instead of going to check on Trish, he walked over to Mandy and raised her hand in victory.
He let her hand go as she looked at him funny, but then she knew and her look of hatred turned into something else. She looked scared as she ran up the ramp and away from Christian and Jericho, who was completely confused as to what was going on. The refs were helping Trish up as Jericho left the ring and Christian walked over to Trish. He took her from the refs and he helped her up the ramp and to the back as J.R. and King wondered what was really going on between Christian and Mandy.
"What the heck is going on in here? I thought they hated each other! I do have one thing to say J.R. that Mandy is a fine piece of work!" J.R. rolled his eyes at his partner as he told him to go cool off.
" Good god King, go cool off. Anyway, I'm sure we'll all find out why Mandy let Trish win the match tomorrow night. But next up, our champion Chris Benoit goes up against his most difficult challenge since Triple H: Shawn Michaels." J.R. announced.
Raw After Backlash
Raw started off with Trish in the ring as she said she was just as confused as to last night's events, first with Mandy letting her win the match then Jericho attacking her. However, it wasn't those things that happened it was the return of Christian that night. She then said that she knows that there's something going on between him and Mandy, but she can't figure it out.
" This the same woman who showed up to help Chris Jericho break us down! This is the same woman who turned Chris' agenda into her own! This is the same woman who shot..." That was as far as she got before Christian's music interrupted her.
He made his way out, but didn't come down to the ring as Trish looked at him. She asked him what he was doing out there, that he shouldn't be out there, he should be resting. He told her to shut up and mind her own business; what ever was going on between him and Mandy was none of her business. He told her that since she was so concerned about his safety, then why was she out there bitching about Mandy.
" You know Trish, ever since Mandy showed up, you've been bitching to me about her! I told you all you need to know about her, but doesn't seem to be enough for you!" He screamed at her as he made his way to the ring.
She backed up a bit as he climbed in and confronted her before grabbing the mic and throwing it out of the ring. He grabbed her by her hair, but stopped at the crowd cheered and he saw Mandy at the top of the ramp. He let Trish go as he watched as Mandy paced back and forth at the top; she looked at the ring as Christian turned around and got speared by Edge. Trish tried to get out of the ring, but Mandy ran down and pushed her back in. Mandy got in the ring and clotheslined Trish down as Jericho ran down and put Christian in the Walls. Mandy pulled the steel steps into the ring, set Trish up on the top and suplexed her onto the stairs. Jericho let Christian go as he, Mandy and Edge left the two in the ring.