Thanks to Christopher Tucker for sending this in:
I just got back from the Backlash PPV and thought you might be interested in some stuff that the cameras may have not caught:
At the start of the Edge/Benoit match, there was a heavy chant of "You screwed Matt," followed by "We want Hardy!" The section above us then came back with "Hardy sucks!" Near the end of the match, a guy wandered into my section with an "I'm Rick James" sign. Those around me seemed to be more interested in the sign than the actual match.
During the Kane/Viscera match, fans began chanting "Lita Sucks!" loudly.
I've been to about a dozen live events in the last five years or so, and I've never heard a crowd reaction louder than Hogan's. I couldn't even hear his music.
I'm not sure if they showed it on TV or not, but after HBK and Hogan won and riled up the crowd, they brought a guy in from the audience, ripping his Hogan shirt off to reveal a rather large tattoo of Hulk Hogan on the guy's back. Funny funny stuff.
Biggest Pops:
1. Hogan (by far!)
2. Batista
3. Rosey and the Hurricane winning
4. Jericho
5. Christian, surprisingly.
Most Heat
1. Hassan and Dhavari
2. Edge
3. Lita
4. Chris Masters, simply because he sucked
5. Triple H (but he did get a decent pop, being the hometown hero and all)
It was my first live PPV, and I thought the WWE delivered. Although I wasn't pleased with all of the results (I was rooting for Jericho and Triple H), it was nice to see new tag champs, and, of course, Hogan was great.
