WWF Backlash - April 2002

No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
Faarooq pinned Perry Saturn after hitting him with a fire extinguisher in 0:17:39.
Rating: * 1/2
(Faarooq retained the WWF Hardcore Title.)

X-Pac pinned Scotty Too Hotty with the X-Factor in 0:18:06.
Rating: ***

Dean Malenko pinned Tajiri after a German suplex in 0:21:44.
Rating: ****
(Dean Malenko retained the WWF Light-heavyweight Title.)

Edge pinned Christian with the Downward Spiral in 0:17:22.
Rating: *** 1/2

Matt Hardy pinned Jeff Hardy after a backslide in 0:16:41.
Rating: ***
(Matt Hardy retained the WWF European Title.)

Bradshaw pinned Chris Benoit with the Clothesline From Hell in 0:23:11.
Rating: *** 1/2

Rob Van Dam pinned Al Snow with his special move in 0:22:51.
Rating: ***
(Rob Van Dam retained the WWF Intercontinental Title.)

Sean O'Haire pinned Kanyon after a Thesz press in 0:14:33.
Rating: *** 1/4

Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Lance Storm and Justin Credible when Chavo Jr. pinned L. Storm after a Northern Lights suplex in 0:28:18.
Rating: *** 1/4
(Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Jr. retained the WWF World Tag-Team Titles.)

Kurt Angle pinned William Regal with the Torture Rack Suplex in 0:22:39.
Rating: ***

Triple H pinned Booker T after a Thesz press in 0:32:27.
Rating: *** 1/4
(Triple H retained the WWF World Heavyweight Title.)

Notes:

Faarooq defended against and beat Perry Saturn. Not a good choice for an opener, but it still excited the crowd.
Next up we saw X-Pac take out Scotty 2 Hotty in a great match, one of X-Pac's best in the last few years. He's really picking it up.
Dean Malenko then beat Tajiri in the best match of the night, and retained the WWF Light-heavyweight Title in the process. Malenko is at his all time best right now, and he really is one of the top players in the WWF right now even though he's only Light-heavy champ.
Edge and Christian finally fought to cap off their feud, and Edge beat Christian with the Downward Spiral. Christian was once again PISSED after the match, and ran off mad.
After Matt Hardy pinned brother Jeff to retain the Euro title in this "respect" match, Christian ran down and attacked Jeff! Just when it looked like Matt was going to nail Christian, he attacked Jeff, too! These two are now a heel force against Edge & Jeff. Their reasons? Because everyone talks about Edge & Jeff main eventing WrestleMania 23 or whatever, when Matt and Christian aren't even mentioned. They want to prove that they're BETTER than Edge & Jeff. They already have SOME facts on their side, such as Matt beating Jeff and having the Euro title, and Christian winning gold in his very first WWF match while Edge went over a year before he won the IC title, and then he lost it the next night.
Next up, Bradshaw continued his assent to the top by beating Chris Benoit in a very good match. Then we saw RVD beat Al Snow to retain the IC title, in what was a rematch from their match at ECW's Hardcore Heaven `97. This time, though, Al had a CHANCE to win.
Sean O'Haire pinned Kanyon in another good match.
E&C once again beat the Impact Players, in one of the better tag-team matches of the year. Eddie and Chavo are on a roll.
Kurt Angle pinned William Regal to end their US v/s Europe feud.
And finally, Triple H beat Booker T again to retain the WWF World Title. The next night on RAW, a feud between Kurt and HHH is started, but it is billed as a friendship feud, just to see who the better man is (even though most fans know about the animosity brewing underneath over the whole Stephanie issue, and Trip wants to kill Angle because of it).