The event took place on April 21, 2002, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri—it was the first PPV event to be held at Kemper Arena since Over the Edge in May 1999, in which Owen Hart, competing as The Blue Blazer, died after falling 78 feet from a harness to the ring.

brand featured Hollywood Hulk Hogan defeating Triple H to win the Undisputed WWF Championship and the featured match from the Raw brand was an encounter between The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin with Ric Flair as the special guest referee, which The Undertaker won.

Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1999.

It was scheduled to take place on April 21, 2002, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri[4]—it was the first event to be held at Kemper Arena since Over the Edge in 1999, in which Owen Hart, competing as The Blue Blazer, died after falling 78 feet from a harness to the ring.

[5] In March 2002, the WWF introduced the brand extension in which the roster was divided between the Raw and SmackDown!

[7] The event featured nine professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWF script writers.

The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.

On the April 4 episode of SmackDown!, Mr. McMahon named Hogan the number one contender to the title at Backlash.

Later that night, Hogan came out in red and yellow for the first time since returning to the WWF in order to talk about the match, with Triple H saying he would not back down.

The main feud on the Raw brand featured The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin, to determine the number one contender to the Undisputed WWF Championship.

The same night, Austin decided to sign with the Raw brand, but he gave the Stone Cold Stunner to both Flair and Mr. McMahon.

On the April 15 episode of Raw, Flair fined Austin $5,000 and announced that he would be the special guest referee for the match at Backlash.

The first match was for the WWF Cruiserweight Championship between Billy Kidman and Tajiri (with Torrie Wilson).

The fourth match was between Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) and Jeff Hardy (with Lita).

The sixth match was for the WWF Intercontinental Championship between Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero.

The seventh match was to determine the #1 contender to the Undisputed WWF Championship at Judgment Day with Ric Flair as the special guest referee between The Undertaker and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The eighth match was for the WWF Tag Team Championship between Billy and Chuck (with Rico) and Maven and Al Snow.

The main event was for the Undisputed WWF Championship between Triple H and Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

[8] The night after Backlash, Big Show betrayed Stone Cold Steve Austin in a tag team match against the nWo and joined the stable.

After defeating Stone Cold Steve Austin at Backlash, The Undertaker set his sights on the new Undisputed WWF Champion Hollywood Hulk Hogan by challenging him to a match for the Undisputed WWF Championship at Judgment Day.

At the Survivor Series event, The Undertaker defeated Hogan to win his first WWF Championship.

Their feud restarted on the April 25 episode of SmackDown!, when Chris Jericho defeated Triple H to become the number one contender due to The Undertaker's interference.

Then during Jericho's tag team match along with Angle against Edge and Hogan, Triple H interfered and nailed all four of them and the referee with a sledgehammer.

They concluded their feud at Judgment Day, when Triple H defeated Jericho in a Hell in a Cell match.

The event was released on VHS and DVD on June 25, 2002, following the company's name change the month prior (nWo: Back in Black was the first WWE Home Video release with the new name, although some copies were shipped with WWF branding).

[9] As a result, the cover art, based on the event's poster, was changed to include the renamed and redesigned logo of the promotion, and the WWE digital on-screen graphic logo were overlaid on top of the WWF one, although other references to WWF were not blurred or edited out.

The WWE Network version of this event has also replaced the original theme music (Young Grow Old by Creed) with Quench's 'Waiting For A Moment'.