The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. Jericho attempted a Lionsault on Regal but the Duchess announced the first round had expired, allowing Regal to pin Jericho with a roll up for a near-fall. It was scheduled to take place on May 8, 2022, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on July 18, 2010, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.The event included two Money in the Bank ladder [39], Also on the following SmackDown, Cesaro, with his arm in a sling, confronted Universal Champion Roman Reigns and challenged him to another match at Hell in a Cell. Shamrock tagged in Venis who came in and instantly attacked Shamrock until Goldust backdropped him. Benoit and MVP struggled throughout the match, attempting to gain the upper hand. He then tried a double-armed DDT into the steps but was shoved over the steps falling backward. [26][28], The Hell in a Cell match began with Big Boss Man punching The Undertaker into the corner until he ducked out and returned the same. The majority of the early part of the match took place outside the ring, with Austin being choked with a T-shirt then taking Rock through the crowd before returning into the secure area and into the crowd the opposite end. The end of the match came when Batista lifted Michaels for a powerbomb, the Batista Bomb. Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. [20] Rhodes then challenged Rollins to another match, but this time as a Hell in a Cell match at Hell in a Cell, which Rollins accepted. [38] Belair and Bayley were scheduled for a rematch at Hell in a Cell. Ronda Rousey is the current champion in her second reign. Madcap Moss Reveals WrestleMania 39 Dream Opponent. It was scheduled to take place on April 29, 2001, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[5][6] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown. The two then collided in the turnbuckle, causing Goldust to fall down and Venis to fall on him, headbutting his crotch. [12] Two weeks later on April 22, 2008, the feud again intensified during an episode of the Cutting Edge, in which Edge, Hawkins, Ryder, and Neely ganged up against Kane. Triple H and JBL then fought in the ring, while Cena and Orton fought outside. When Holly rechristened himself Hardcore Holly on February 15, decrying poor gimmicks and tag-team partners he had been given in the past, Gunn made his first appearance since winning the tournament, to remind Holly that not all his partners were of a poor caliber. As a part-time wrestler and a fellow member of The Corporation, McMahon explained the following night that he would be relinquishing his place at WrestleMania, the first Royal Rumble winner to do so, only to be told by Commissioner Michaels that if the winner is unable or unwilling to fight, then the place goes to the runner-up. The buildup to the match began at WrestleMania XXIV, where Orton defended his title against Triple H and Cena in a Triple Threat match. In this match, Triple H suffered a legitimate and career-threatening injury when he misstepped, causing him to suffer a tear in his left quadriceps. Regal did indeed add Jericho to the match, but not as a competitor. WWE official Adam Pearce then scheduled a triple threat match between McIntyre, Strowman, and Orton with the winner facing Lashley for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania Backlash, which was won by McIntyre. [6], As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020, WWE had to present the majority of its programming from a behind closed doors set. [4] From 2004 to 2006, Backlash was held exclusively for the Raw brand, but following WrestleMania 23, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs. During the match, McMahon provided commentary, nonchalantly revealing he had placed Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match against Big Boss Man for WrestleMania. In the end, Morrison was "devoured" by the zombies which distracted Miz. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on July 18, 2010, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.The event included two Money in the Bank ladder Vince McMahon interfered, handing Triple H his sledgehammer. Batista blamed Michaels for not lying down for Flair and thus protecting his career instead of retiring him. [14] With Shane claiming himself to be a fighting champion, he agreed to a rematch at WrestleMania, but regularly interfered in X-Pac's matches up until that point, culminating in a Greenwich Street Fight on March 22 that ended in a no-contest when the Mean Street Posse ambushed X-Pac and drove off with Shane in their car. Shamrock later had Undertaker in his ankle lock but had to break it when Bradshaw came to the ring, though he was quickly knocked down. When they recovered Goldust Irish whipped Road Dogg but had it reversed and as Goldust ran into the ropes he had his leg caught by Ryan Shamrock, seemingly trying to grab Road Dogg's leg. WrestleMania 17 (stylized as WrestleMania X-Seven) was the 17th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on March 28, 1999, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Ten professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.The ticket sales of 20,276 drew a gross of $1,437,050. [15] On Raw Is War the night after the previous pay-per-view, Tori invaded the ring again and was publicly shouted at and humiliated by Sable. During the match, Ziggler and Roode dominated Rey. The primary match on the SmackDown! This event also marked the final WWF appearance for Gorilla Monsoon,[2] who died in October that year. [27], In the penultimate match, Bobby Lashley (accompanied by MVP) defended the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman. [6] On the February 5 episode of Raw, Undertaker teased all three respective World Champions (Bobby Lashley, Batista, and John Cena) before choosing Batista as his opponent to face at WrestleMania. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brand divisions. The 2003 event was the fifth event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania XIX.It was scheduled to Rollins further claimed that on an even playing field, he would defeat Rhodes and challenged him to a rematch, which Rhodes accepted and thus was scheduled for WrestleMania Backlash. Riddle performed a Floating Bro on Jey for a nearfall. After returning to the ring and fighting with a hockey stick, the two fought through to the backstage area and Holly tried to hit Snow with a kitchen sink but dropped it when he was sprayed with a hose. Both men wrestled inconclusively until The Big Show performed a body slam onto Khali, after which Khali attempted to perform a two handed chokeslam on The Big Show. WrestleMania 17 (stylized as WrestleMania X-Seven) was the 17th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Finkel was WWE's longest-serving employee (40 years) and was widely The next night on Raw, the Two-Man Power Trip faced Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho with the tag title on the line. Featured matches on the undercard included a Last Man Standing match between Shane McMahon and The Big Show, which McMahon won, and an Ultimate Submission match featuring Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle, which Benoit won. The 2021 WrestleMania Backlash was the 16th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on May 16, 2021, from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Floridait was WWE's first PPV to With The Ministry of Darkness continuing to threaten his family, Mr. McMahon was forced to comply with his nemesis' demands and requested his son Shane to deliver the belt to Austin. Chyna called Triple H out on March 8, but before they could fight, Kane came to the ring. When The Undertaker did successfully find Stephanie, Shamrock, in his quest to get revenge on Undertaker, continued to beat down and interrogate members of The Ministry of Darkness for McMahon's whereabouts. It took place on April 1, 2001, at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas.It was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Texas.Twelve matches were contested at the [29] At Judgment Day, Lashley won the match, but Vince said that Lashley had not beaten him, as Lashley had pinned Shane instead, so Lashley was not awarded the belt. Shane struck Lashley with the ECW World Championship belt and Umaga executed a diving splash on Lashley. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania 38. [10], At WrestleMania 38, former All Elite Wrestling wrestler and Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes made his return to WWE after six years as Seth "Freakin" Rollins' surprise opponent, where Rhodes was victorious. Enraged, Ken Shamrock fought Gunn at the Royal Rumble,[15] then Venis at St. Valentine's Day Massacre, with Venis winning the Intercontinental Championship thanks to help from Ryan. [29] The negative criticism over the tie-in was covered by mainstream media outlet New York Post, calling it "one of WWE's saddest moments ever." [15][16], The following contest featured The Big Show against The Great Khali in a standard match. [12] MVP returned the next night on Raw and turned on Lashley. With Gunn free, he jumped onto Hart and sat on his head to slam Hart's head into the mat for the Fameasser, freeing Road Dogg of the Sharpshooter and allowing them to win the match. Read the latest sports news from around the world on Australia's sports leader Fox Sports. At the Royal Rumble, Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match. Benoit forced Angle to submit to a Cross Armbreaker to make the score 11. The 2022 Worlds Collide was the third Worlds Collide professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE.While the event was held for wrestlers primarily from the promotion's NXT and NXT UK brand divisions, Worlds Collide also featured some wrestlers from WWE's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown.It took place on September 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Jericho forced Regal to submit to the Walls of Jericho but the Duchess announced submissions did not count. During the match, Corbin performed a Senton Bomb on Moss for a nearfall. Although Boss Man was able to deliver a swinging neckbreaker, Undertaker took control again throwing Boss Man into the cell. The 2021 WrestleMania Backlash was the 16th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The event took place on May 16, 2021, from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Floridait was WWE's first PPV to The men performed a number of offensive moves on one another throughout the match, including Shawn Michaels performing a crossface on Batista. A notable match involved Williams and Holly wrestling each other in a frat house in Albany, New York on the March 22, 1999 edition of Raw is War, and a match the week after where Snow hit Williams with a frying pan behind the referee's back. Vince won the title and the match for his team after pinning Lashley. In the storyline, however, Mankind was hospitalized after the match, while Big Show was arrested after he punched McMahon for slapping him. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. A short time later after Edge targeted Styles' injured shoulder, Styles performed a Pele Kick on Edge. The main event between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF Championship was rated eight out of 10 stars; the Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Big Boss Man was rated five out of 10 stars; the match between Shane McMahon and X-Pac for the WWF European Championship was rated seven out of 10 stars; the match between Sable and Tori for the WWF Women's Championship was rated one out of 10 stars; the match between Triple H and Kane was rated four out of 10 stars; the referee match between Mankind and Big Show was rated four out of 10; the four-corners elimination match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Road Dogg Jesse James, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, and Val Venis was rated five out of 10 stars; the tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship between D'Lo Brown and Test against Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett was rated three out of 10 stars; and the triple threat match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between Hardcore Holly, Billy Gunn, and Al Snow was rated six out of 10 stars. Later, Bayley challenged Belair for the title. [29] This was in hopes of setting up an angle between Williams and Gunn, and to continue building Williams as a credible midcarder. Undertaker and Kane were not simply satisfied with that, and they demanded and were given a title shot at the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian, on the April 19, 2001 edition of SmackDown!. [23], Despite a $100,000 bounty on his head, Austin survived almost all of the match, being the last person eliminated by Mr. McMahon thanks to the distraction of The Rock, meaning that McMahon had earned a right to go to WrestleMania. During the match, Vince McMahon interfered, which eventually led to Austin attacking The Rock with a steel chair to win the WWF Championship and in the process align himself with his long-time enemy. On the April 5, 1999 episode, Snow and Holly had a singles match, where Williams attacked both of them with suplexes in revenge. During the match, Paul Bearer gave an ominous gift to McMahon, a teddy bear. [25], On the April 16 episode of SmackDown, Universal Champion Roman Reigns, along with Paul Heyman and Jey Uso, boasted about retaining his championship at WrestleMania 37. Tension continued to grow between the two and a match was scheduled for WrestleMania Backlash. [19] On the following night's Raw, Lashley's manager MVP declared that no one could defeat Lashley. While out the ring, Austin tried to put his opponent through the Spanish announcers' table but it was reversed into a Rock Bottom; Rock then stole a Spanish headset and insulted one of the Spanish announcers and Austin. In the climax, Lashley attempted a Spear; but Omos caught him with his knees and sent Lashley to the ring post. Edge eventually took an advantage when he exposed the turnbuckle in the corner, and The Undertaker ran head first into it. The two continued to throw the other into the walls of the room and Mankind then broke a pane of glass over Show's head, making both men bleed Show's head and Mankind's hand which left bloody prints over the walls. Styles ran the ropes, leading to both men hitting a cross body block to each other at the same time. [12] Edge and Priest then formed an alliance where Edge claimed to wipe out anyone who did not fit in their "Mountain of Omnipotence". McIntyre attempted a Powerbomb on Reigns through the announce table, but Jimmy saved Reigns and took a Glasgow Kiss from McIntyre. The events from 2016 to 2018 and in 2020 did not carry this theme; however, the 2021 event returned to this original concept and was named "WrestleMania Backlash". The two attacked X-Pac in order to ally with McMahon and The Corporation, however, and as a result, X-Pac lost the European Championship match.[7]. The Ministry got revenge by defeating The Brood in a Six-Man Tag Team Match at Backlash. Stone Cold Steve Austin's feud with The Corporation continued after WrestleMania with Austin demanding the return of his customized smoking skull belt that was taken from him after losing the WWF Championship at Breakdown: In Your House in 1998. At this point Earl Hebner finally decided to disqualify Big Show, with Show taking out his anger by attacking Mankind more with the chair. Earlier in the night, Dominik was attacked by Ziggler and Roode, and medical personnel ruled Dominik unable to compete. Omos then attacked Lashley after the contest and later challenged him to a WrestleMania rematch at WrestleMania Backlash which Lashley accepted. As a former member of The Corporation and challenger for The Rock's WWF Championship in December and January, Mankind found himself coming to blows with the Corporate enforcer Big Show, especially when Big Show caused Mankind to lose his belt in a ladder match, removing him from the main event of WrestleMania. The other hardcore match on the card was for the WWF Hardcore Championship; Bob Holly had wrestled Al Snow on the banks of the Mississippi River two months prior and despite the latter being notorious for his hardcore prowess,[10] Holly picked up the victory. [38] A match between Cesaro and Rollins was scheduled for Hell in a Cell. Finkel was WWE's longest-serving employee (40 years) and was widely [13] Knowing Rock would be busy feuding with Mankind, McMahon realized Austin was likely to use the 1999 Royal Rumble, rather than a personal attack, to attempt to reclaim the belt and laid down the stipulation that he must win a Buried Alive match against The Undertaker to be in the Rumble. However, Deville allowed Flair a chance to present a proposal and after hearing Flair's case, Deville added Flair to the championship match to make it a triple threat match. [13] However, on the April 29 episode of SmackDown, the contract signing for the match ended with Reigns assisting The Usos in attacking RK-Bro and tearing up the contract in the process. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode to become the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions", "Damian Priest def. Sky Sports Box Office hub - Your home of pay-per-view entertainment on Sky.com The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. A match between the two teams was signed for Backlash. Production Background. Before WrestleMania XXIV aired live on pay-per-view, Kane won a 24-Man Battle Royal to earn an ECW Championship match against Guerrero later that night. A leading source for Wrestling News since 2004. Drew McIntyre then came out and joined forces with RK-Bro in driving off The Bloodline from the ring. Having been buried alive in a Royal Rumble qualification match at Rock Bottom: In Your House,[16] The Undertaker disappeared from television while The Acolytes, Faarooq (Ron Simmons) and Bradshaw (John Layfield), began to act strangely, eventually abducting Dennis Knight and leaving him tied up in a darkened room. Backlash was discontinued after 2009 but reinstated in 2016 and has been held every year since, except in 2019. It took place on April 1, 2001, at the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas.It was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Texas.Twelve matches were contested at the Ricochet (Kickoff Match)", "Raw Women's Champion Rhea Ripley def. After this the teams began to brawl outside aside from Christian and Bradshaw. This event featured seven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. [15] On the May 2 episode of Raw, Styles defeated Priest, thus banning Priest from ringside during the match. Priest claimed he was technically only at the aisle and not the ringside. Cena then performed an FU to Edge. Jon Fuentes-November 2, 2022. [5][16], The fourth match was a standard match between Batista and Shawn Michaels, with Chris Jericho as a special guest referee. The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. The matches involved wrestlers portraying their characters (known as gimmicks) in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. The match began with Michelle McCool against Beth Phoenix, and over the course of the match, all of the women participated in the contest. After The Rock won his "I Quit" match against Mankind at the Royal Rumble by playing a recording of his voice, Triple H demanded an I Quit match of his own, but as he was about to put Rock through the announcers table, The Corporation came to the ring and Kane held his manager/girlfriend Chyna hostage, demanding that he quit the match. The event had originally been promoted as "Backlash: In Your House", but the branding was dropped as the WWF discontinued the In Your House series before Backlash was held. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. Howard Finkel (June 7, 1950 April 16, 2020) was an American professional wrestling ring announcer, best known for his appearances in WWE. The gang-up allowed Guerrero to attack Kane with a steel chair.[13]. The 2010 Money in the Bank was the inaugural Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on Thanksgiving Night on November 26, 1987, and was held at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Ohio.It was one of the first four annual pay-per-view events produced by the WWF, [30] Triple H also tried to ambush Kane by coming through the crowd while all eyes were on the stage entrance, hitting Kane out of the ring and then hitting him into the ring post and whipping him into the steel steps. It took place on April 25, 1999, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and was presented by Castrol GTX. Rhyno performed a Gore on Raven to retain the title. [22] On the special Throwback SmackDown on May 7, Cesaro was scheduled to face Rollins with the added stipulation that if Cesaro won, he would earn a Universal Championship match at WrestleMania Backlash. While he was in the Ministry along with Edge and Gangrel, the three also made up a smaller group named The Brood who chose Christian over the Ministry and saved him, leaving the Ministry. It is (as of this writing) only the 5th PPV/PLE in WWE history where the only championships being defended are Womens Titles (the others being Royal Rumble 88 and 89, Evolution 2018, and WrestleMania Backlash 2022) and only the second to When Mankind entered the ring he was immediately headbutted out, but as Big Show followed him out, Mankind slammed Show's head into the steel steps. The secondary feud for SmackDown heading into Backlash was between Matt Hardy and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). Prior to their match, Rey was attacked backstage, similar to what happened at WrestleMania Backlash, leaving Dominik to face Ziggler and Roode alone. Moments later, Raw General Manager William Regal said he had confirmed a match with SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero between Michaels and Batista at Backlash. Emma (Tenille Dashwood) Returns to WWE on SmackDown. X-Pac and Credible performed a double Superkick on Bubba to win the match. He then thought better of it and released him, only to be met with another tirade from McMahon and a slap, causing Show to punch McMahon and knock him out. The first was a specialty match, a Boiler Room Brawl based around wrestler Mankind who was billed as being "from the boiler room". Jon Fuentes-November 2, 2022. Flair applied the Figure Eight Leglock, but Rousey used the chair to break free. During the match, Seth "Freakin" Rollins interfered, costing Rhodes the match by disqualification. At WrestleMania X-Seven, Stone Cold Steve Austin fought The Rock for the WWF Championship. [2] It was held annually from 1999 to 2009. During the Sunday Night Heat that aired before the event, Shane declared that the match was to have a no disqualification stipulation and announced himself as the special guest referee. On Raw is War Goldust was scheduled to defend against Big Boss Man but The Godfather, a wrestler whose gimmick involved being a pimp, offered Boss Man some prostitutes to take his place and won the title.[12]. after failing to regain the WWE Tag Team Championship from John Morrison and The Miz, MVP attacked Hardy targeting and injuring his knee. The two began a fistfight in the middle of the ring with Undertaker failing a tombstone piledriver attempt, but successfully performing it seconds later and pinned him afterwards. At ringside, Flair pulled a kendo stick underneath the ring. The two had a match at WrestleMania to determine who would referee the main event, which Mankind won by disqualification. [18], At WrestleMania 37, Bobby Lashley defeated Drew McIntyre to retain the WWE Championship. The main event was a "winner take all" tag team match in which the WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin teamed with his Power Trip ally, Intercontinental Champion Triple H, to take on the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane). Both the main event and the Boiler Room Brawl received a full 10 with reviewer John Powell declaring the main event had "enough imagination in it" to top their previous encounter. Triple H and Chyna came to the ring to pull Test out but when McMahon was floored by an X Factor, Chyna distracted the referee to allow Triple H to Pedigree X-Pac and cover him with Shane, turning heel and allowing him to retain the title. Night of Champions was an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE since 2007. [11] Kane would go on to defeat Guerrero and become the new ECW Champion. The main event from the ECW brand was a standard match in which defending ECW Champion Kane defeated challenger Chavo Guerrero. The 2007 event was the ninth event in the Backlash chronology and featured the backlash from WrestleMania 23.It was scheduled to After both wrestlers recovered, Snow grabbed a manikin head that he brought to ringside and hit Holly with it then pinned him to win the championship. [10][13], The next contest was Mankind's specialty match a violent and brutal Boiler Room Brawl, where a contestant must leave the arena's boiler room to win. [3] It was the first of the WWF's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four",[4] and was considered one of the "Big Five" pay-per-views, along with King of the Ring. McIntyre interrupted and wanted another opportunity at Lashley, claiming that he would have defeated him if MVP had not distracted him and prevented him from performing the Claymore Kick on Lashley. The Big Show countered, however, and delivered a chokeslam to Khali. The main event saw the challenger Stone Cold Steve Austin face The Rock in a no-disqualification match for the WWF Championship. WrestleMania XV was the 15th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The original concept of the event was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. Also on the undercard was a Brawl for All match, an unscripted type of shootfight between wrestler Bart Gunn and boxer/mixed martial artist Butterbean. Despite almost having the match won, Triple H suffered at the hands of an interfering Shane McMahon and illegal man Kane's chokeslam. During the match, Priest and Miz teamed to fend off the zombies. It was also the first Backlash PPV broadcast in high definition. WWE News. Kane ripped off his mask to reveal it was actually The Undertaker who grabbed McMahon by the throat as the lights turned off in the arena and when they came up, he was gone with McMahon alone in the ring. [21] On the May 3 episode, another rematch between Ripley and Asuka for the Raw Women's Championship was scheduled for WrestleMania Backlash. Sheamus again defeated Ricochet. Shane got himself intentionally disqualified, but did not get his head shaved. Edge performed a spear on Orton. Afterward, Michaels returned to the backstage area while limping heavily. The most criticized match was the penultimate contest between The Undertaker and Ken Shamrock which was given only 3 out of 10 and described as an "unbearably boring, 18 minute-plus submission hold extravaganza". It was then announced Kane would face Triple H in a Chain match for the Intercontinental Championship and Undertaker would face Austin for the WWF Championship at Judgment Day. Before the event began and aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match was featured in which WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz defeated Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore. In the climax, Reigns applied the Guillotine Choke submission on Cesaro, who passed out, thus Reigns retained the title via technical submission.