In the main event, Batista defeated Triple H in a singles match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

The first was a tag team match, in which Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan defeated Muhammad Hassan and Daivari.

Backlash is a pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 1999.

The concept of the pay-per-view was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania.

Like the previous year, the 2005 event exclusively featured wrestlers from the Raw brand division.

[4][5] The event featured six professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and storylines.

All wrestlers belonged to the Raw brand – a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different program, the other being SmackDown!.

The following week, Triple H had a no disqualification match, a match where neither wrestler can be disqualified, allowing for weapons and outside interference, against Raw commentator Jim Ross, in which Ross won by pinfall after Batista interfered and hit Triple H in the head with a steel chair.

[7] The pay-per-view event featured the buildup of a rivalry among two tag teams, Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan versus Muhammad Hassan and Daivari.

The following week, Michaels approached authority figure Eric Bischoff and demanded a handicap match with Hassan and Daivari.

At WrestleMania, Edge won the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match, gaining himself a contract that gave him a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship within one year.

[10] On the April 4 episode of Raw, Edge chose not to use his contract that night, deciding to wait until the right opportunity.

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, Tyson Tomko defeated Val Venis on Sunday Night Heat.

[13][14] In the first match of the event, Shelton Benjamin faced Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship.

Benjamin then performed a springboard off the ropes, but Jericho countered with a hurricanrana off the ring apron to the floor.

Benjamin performed the T-Bone Suplex, but Jericho put his foot under the bottom rope to void the pin.

Their inclusion in the match did not last very long as Regal made the tag and cleaned house, putting Dean away with a knee to the head.

Benoit missed a diving headbutt off the top of the ladder, Edge grabbed the Money in the Bank briefcase but was caught in the Crippler Crossface.

[15] In the fifth match, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels faced Muhammad Hassan and Daivari.

After the match, Triple H pedigreed referee Mike Chioda, while Batista celebrated on the entrance ramp.

[17] Backlash helped WWE earn $21.6 million in revenue from pay-per-view events versus $16.9 million the previous year, which was later confirmed by Linda McMahon, the CEO of WWE, on September 7, 2005 in a quarterly result.

[17] Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the event six out of 10.

[18] Additionally, the Intercontinental title match between Shelton Benjamin and Chris Jericho was rated seven out of ten, the last man standing match between Edge and Chris Benoit was rated six out of ten and the tag team match of Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan and Muhammad Hassan and Khosrow Daivari was rated five out of ten.

[18] The next night on Raw, General Manager Eric Bischoff held a Gold Rush Tournament to determine who would be the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.