Backlash 2005 was a pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for their Raw brand division. It took place on May 1, 2005 in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was the seventh event under the Backlash chronology.
Sunday Night Heat[]
- Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis.
Results[]
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
- The Hurricane and Rosey won a tag team turmoil match to win the World Tag Team Championships by last eliminating La Résistance (Robért Conway and Sylvain Grenier) (also involving William Regal and Tajiri, The Heart Throbs (Antonio and Romeo), and Simon Dean and Maven).
- Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match.
- Kane (with Lita) defeated Viscera (with Trish Stratus).
- Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels defeated Daivari and Muhammad Hassan.
Main Event[]
- Batista defeated Triple H (with Ric Flair) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.