-I’m curious to know what you thought of WWE Backlash. Feel free to send in a paragraph or two of comments on the show last night for possible inclusion in a Mailbag article. Send your comments to dotnetjason@gmail.com. You’re also welcome to vote in our latest poll: What was the highlight of WWE’s Backlash pay-per-view?
-WWE Raw is live from East Rutherford, N.J. tonight on USA Network. The company has yet to announce any matches for the show, but we should get at least one or two advertised matches later today.
-TNA is taping two weeks of Impact over the next two nights in Orlando. The company is advertising A.J. Styles and Tomko vs.The Rock-n-Rave Infection, and LAX vs. Eric Young and Kaz in Deuces Wild tournament matches. TNA management direction Jim Cornette will announce the names of the “Elite Eight” who will form randomly drawn teams to compete in the tournament. Cornette is also slated to announce the details regarding TNA’s latest concept match. You know, because TNA just doesn’t have enough gimmick matches these days.
-Check back later today for the WWE Backlash Hitlist. I’m also planning to record a new Prowrestling.net Podcast sometime before the end of the day.
-USA Network is advertising a three-hour Raw for June 23 in San Antonio, Texas.
Dot Net Poll Results: 43 percent of Dot Net voters felt the WWE Backlash pay-per-view lineup was average. 30 percent of the voters felt it was a strong lineup. Only 27 percent of the voters felt it was either a one-match show or a lousy lineup.
-Steven Richards and Kevin Thorn are scheduled to appear on an upcoming WWE developmental show. They are scheduled to work the May 3 Florida Championship Wrestling show in New Port Richey, Fla. Visit FCWwrestling.com for more information.
-Rambo is presenting WWE Judgment Day. No, really. That’s how it appears on the WWE live events page, so get read for plenty of Rambo DVD plugs on WWE television over the next three weeks.

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- WWE Raw kicks off tonight with the usual pyro explosions as Jim Ross welcomes to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.
- Lilian Garcia is in the ring introducing RAW General Manager William Regal.
Regal introduces Orton’s opponent for Backlash, who he calls the most deserving #1 contender in WWE history, JBL. JBL’s limo pulls up to the ramp and out comes the self proclaimed Wrestling God.
JBL comes to the ring and extends his hand to Randy Orton for a shake. Orton doesn’t return the offer and Regal gets on the mic. Regal begins to talk and the music hits and out comes The Game, Triple H.
Triple H enters the ring and says he’s confused. He asks Regal if he is out of his friggin’ mind? Triple H asks him if this is his main event for Backlash? Triple H says he knows he was busy with Flair’s retirement last week, but he must have missed something. The Game says while Randy Orton won the match at WrestleMania, he didn’t really beat anyone. Triple H says Orton took a cheap shot and got lucky with the win. Then he asks how is a guy, who spent the last two years retired as an announcer on SmackDown, be the #1 contender? Triple H says JBL’s biggest claim to fame since being back is slapping a midget.
Regal says he has a solution and says Triple H has to earn his way into the Backlash main event. Regal announces that Triple H will face JBL and Randy Orton in a Handicap Match tonight and if he wins, the Backlash main event will be a Triple Threat. Orton and JBL argue with Regal at this as his music hits and JBL keeps arguing with him. We cut to commercial.

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