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On This Day In Wrestling History: April 18th

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 18, 2004) – WWF Backlash 2004

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 18, 2004, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘Backlash 2004’ LIVE on PPV from the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

This was the 6th ever annual Backlash event held by the WWF/WWE from 1999 till 2009 and again since 2016.

Here are the PPV results:

Shelton Benjamin defeated Ric Flair

Jonathan Coachman defeated Tajiri

Chris Jericho defeated Christian & Trish Stratus

WWE Women’s Championship: Victoria (c) defeated Lita

Hardcore – WWE Intercontinental Championship: Randy Orton (c) defeated Cactus Jack

The Hurricane & Rosey defeated La Résistance

Edge defeated Kane

Triple Threat – World Heavyweight Championship: Chris Benoit (c) defeated Shawn Michaels and Triple H

 

 

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• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (April 18, 2005) – WWE Monday Night RAW

On this day in 2005, World Wrestling Entertainment aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE Monday Night RAW’ LIVE on the USA Network.

This episode was broadcasted from the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE Backlash 2005’ PPV.

Here’s the official card from that night:

– Edge vs. Chris Benoit

– Shawn Michaels vs. Muhammed Hassan

– William Regal & Tajiri vs. The Heart Throbs

– Shelton Benjamin vs. Simon Dean

– Jim Ross vs. Triple H

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• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (April 18, 2008) – WWE SmackDown!

On this day in 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE SmackDown!’.

It was broadcasted from the O2 Arena in London, England, UK and featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE Backlash 2008’ PPV.

Here’s the card:

MVP vs. Tommy Dreamer

Hornswoggle vs. Matt Striker

Chavo Guerrero vs. Jamie Noble

Big Show vs. Mark Henry

Victoria vs. Cherry

Vladimir Kozlov vs. Leeroy Kinky

Batista vs. The Undertaker

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