WWE Backlash at Philips Arena in Atlanta: Featuring 5 Championship Title Matches

Sunday's, April 29, 2007, WWE returns to Atlanta, Georgia for a night of championship wrestling in Philip's arena. The event, Backlash, is just what the name implies. It is the backlash of grudges and revenge from the recent events at Wrestlemania 23.

Backlash's main event was announced by Michael Pena, demonstrating a nearly, unknown softer side of wrestling. Pena was announcing as a fulfillment of his wish to the Make a Wish Foundation. The WWE Championship match announced by Pena has been labeled be WWE a "Fatal Four-Way Match." The match pits John Cena, Edge, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels against each other in a match full of grudges, and gluttony for the WWE Championship title.

Shawn Michaels, has been a big name in WWE for a long time, relative to John Cena, who is a hard man to beat. Both Michaels and Cena fought last month at Wrestlemania for the WWE Championship Title. Cena ended the match by defending the title he has held for 7 months.

Ironically, Shawn Michaels and John Cena shared the Tagteam Championship title until an "Over the Top Battle Royal" a couple of weeks ago on RAW. The "Over the Top Battle Royal" was fought on RAW, the night after Cena beat Michaels to retain his rights to the WWE Championship Title belt. In that tagteam match, Shawn Michaels threw his own partner, John Cena over the top rope. This allowed The Hardy Boys to win the match and Tagteam title. At the time Michaels, who was obviously holding a grudge against Cena said, "The only thing that matters is the WWE championship." Orton bullied his way into the action by telling Michaels he had already had his chance, and he had lost the Championship Title to Cena the previous night. Thus, the youngest WWE Champion of all time mouthed his way into the four-way match at Backlash, in Atlanta.

How did Edge, the rated R superstar, known for his "sex and violence" moniker get into the four-way title match? Edge and Orton have recently worked together as a team. In a real world, it would have been the result of a comedy of errors. But, in WWE, it doesn't take much for tempers to flair.