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COMPLETE WWE WRESTLEMANIA BACKLASH PPV REPORT: FIVE TITLE MATCHES, TWO TRIPLE THREATS, ZOMBIES, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-05-16 17:59:00

Match Number One:  Raw Women’s Championship Match: Rhea Ripley versus Asuka versus Charlotte Flair

Charlotte goes to the floor as everyone figures out who to lock up with.  Asuka goes to the floor and so does Ripley.  Charlotte gets into the ring and she clotheslines Rhea but Asuka with a back fist and Rhea gets a near fall.  Rhea and Asuka push each other but they work together to hit a double super kick on Charlotte.  Asuka with a hip attack to send Charlotte off the apron.  Asuka with a wrist lock and kick followed by a hip attack.  Charlotte pulls Asuka out of the ring and hits a fallaway slam.   Charlotte punches Rhea from the apron.  Rhea with kicks and goes for a shoulder tackle but Charlotte does not move.  Charlotte and Rhea have some words and Charlotte goes for a shoulder tackle and Rhea stays on her feet.

Charlotte with a knee to Rhea and a fallaway slam followed by kicks in the corner.  Rhea with an Irish whip and Charlotte does the Flair flip.  Asuka pulls Charlotte off the apron and Rhea with a kick to knock Asuka off the turnbuckles.  Charlotte clips Rhea's leg on the apron.  Charlotte kicks Asuka in the corner and chokes her.  Charlotte chokes Asuka in the ropes.  Charlotte gets a near fall.  Charlotte with a snap mare and cartwheel followed by a kick to the head for a near fall.  Charlotte gets another near fall.

Charlotte pie faces Asuka but Asuka with kicks.  Asuka with kicks to the back of the leg.  Charlotte misses a clothesline and Asuka with a cross arm breaker.  Charlotte rolls over and gets to the ropes but there should not have been a break since it is a Triple Threat Match.  Asuka returns to the arm bar and Rhea with a boot to Asuka to force the hold to be released.  Charlotte chops Rhea but misses.  Charlotte with a back breaker and she sends Rhea face first into the turnbuckles.  Asuka escapes a fallaway slam attempt and applies a waist lock on Charlotte.  Charlotte with elbows and chops.  Rhea with short arm clotheslines to Charlotte followed by a back heel kick to Charlotte.  Rhea with a drop kick to Asuka.

Rhea with knees to Charlotte and a drop kick to the side of the head.  Rhea with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.  Asuka with a pop up knee to Rhea.  Rhea with a kick to the head.  Asuka is the first to her feet.  Charlotte with a waist lock but Asuka with elbows and a few German suplexes.  Asuka with a hip attack to Rhea and Asuka with a round kick to the temple to Charlotte.  Asuka with a kick to the midsection of Flair and to Rhea's head.  Asuka kicks Charlotte and Rhea.  Asuka with a sliding knee on Flair for a near fall.  Asuka with a missile drop kick to Rhea.  Charlotte sends Asuka to the apron.  Asuka with a knee to Rhea from the apron and Charlotte with a forearm to send Asuka off the apron to the floor.

Charlotte goes for the moonsault from the turnbuckles and she hits it like she always does.  Charlotte goes up top and Rhea stops her.  Rhea with forearms and Rhea goes for a superplex and Charlotte blocks it.  Asuka comes underneath for a tower of doom but Asuka decides to turn it into a double superplex on Charlotte.  Asuka and Rhea exchange forearms and Charlotte joins in with forearms.  They exchange punches and forearms as they return to their feet.  Rhea with a head butt to Charlotte and then Asuka.  They all miss boots and then Asuka and Rhea goe for a double superplex but Charlotte lands on her feet and she hits a double clip followed by a double Natural Selection she covers both and gets a near fall.

Charlotte goes for a moonsault but lands on her feet when Asuka and Rhea are nowhere near the landing spot.  Asuka sends Charlotte to the floor.  Rhea tries for RipTide and Asuka escapes.  Asuka goes for the Asuka Lock.  Charlotte with a boot to Rhea and Asuka with the Asuka Lock on Charlotte.  Charlotte goes for the figure four but Asuka kicks Charlotte into the turnbuckles.  Asuka with a back fist to Charlotte on the apron.  Charlotte with a boot and Rhea with RipTide for the three count.

Winner:  Rhea Ripley (retains Championship)

After the match, Charlotte points at Rhea celebrating on the turnbuckles because she cannot find the Wrestlemania sign.

We take a look at Bobby Lashley and MVP arriving at the building earlier today.

Miz and John Morrison are in the back.  Miz asks Morrison if he will run from Damian Priest.  Morrison brings up that Miz ran away from him on Monday.  Miz reminds Morrison that he is in this match because of Morrison.  Morrison says he knows where the lumberjacks are and he will convince them.

We take a look at what happened to Dominik Mysterio earlier tonight on the Kickoff Show.

Dominik is in the trainer's room and Dominik is not able to wrestle tonight.  He says they will have their day and Rey has it.

Match Number Two:  Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match: Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler versus Rey Mysteiro and Dominik Mysterio 

Rey goes after Dolph and Rey with a head scissors that sends Roode into Ziggler and Ziggler falls to the floor.  Rey gets a near fall.  Rey with a baseball slide to Ziggler.  Roode with punches and Rey with a kick.  Rey slides through Roode's legs to hit a splash on Dolph, even though Dolph is not the legal man in the match.  Roode hits Rey from behind.  Rey sends Roode into the ring steps.  Rey with a seated splash off the apron onto Roode.

Rey with forearms to Roode but Roode with a kick to Rey.  Roode gets Rey on his shoulders and Rey with a victory roll for a near fall.  Roode with a clothesline.  Dolph tags in and he chokes Rey in the ropes.  Ziggler runs his forearm across the eyes.  Roode tags in and punches and chops Rey in the corner.  Roode with a hard Irish whip and he tells Rey to make the tag.  Rey sends Roode into the turnbuckles and Rey kicks Dolph off the apron.  

Rey goes up top and Dolph hits Rey in the back of the leg and Rey is in the tree of woe.  Roode with kicks in the corner.  Roode works on the knee in the turnbuckles.  Rey falls to the mat.  Dolph tags in and hits a KneeDT on the floor.  Dolph gets a near fall.  Roode tags in and hits a knee drop.  The referee checks on Rey as he collapses into the corner.  Roode with a knee to the back of the leg.  Roode kicks Rey in the corner and Rey punches his way out of the corner.  Rey goes for a wheelbarrow move but Roode blocks it and Ziggler hits a Fameasser while Roode elevates Rey and Ziggler gets a near fall.  Roode tags in and he says something to Rey and then Dolph tags in.  Roode slides Rey under the bottom rope and Ziggler with a thrust kick.  

The referee starts her count and the count gets to nine and Rey powers up to get back in before the ten count.  Roode tags in and they go for a double suples but Rey counters with a double DDT.  Rey sends Roode shoulder first into the ring post.  Rey lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex and Rey sends Ziggler shoulder first into the ring post.  

Dominik Mysterio walks to the ring while holding his ribs.  Dominik gets on the apron and Rey wants to know what is his son doing on the apron.  Dolph with a shoulder to Rey but Rey sends Dolph into the ropes with a head scissors.  Rey knocks Roode off the apron.  Ziggler with a Zig Zag for a near fall.  Roode tags in and he kicks Rey.  Roode gets Rey on his shoulders and he hits a gutbuster for a near fall.  Roode with a forearm to the back.  Roode sends Rey into the turnbuckles.  Roode gets Rey on his shoulders and he goes to the turnbuckles.  Rey with forearms and he hits a bulldog off the turnbuckles and both men are down.  Rey sees his son on the apron but he does not go for the tag.  Rey with elbows and Roode grabs the leg.  Rey with a kick and Dominik tags himself in.

Dominik with an elbow to Ziggler followed by punches.  Dominik with punches but Roode with a spinebuster.  Roode and Ziggler with a power bomb and neck breaker combination and Dominik kicks out.  Dominik is sent shoulder first into the ring post.  Roode tells Dominik he should have stayed down.  Ziggler sets for a super kick and Dominik with a super kick of his own.  Dominik crawls over Dolph and Rey and Roode tag in and Rey with a springboard seated splash but Roode with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker for a near fall.   Roode sets for a power bomb and he takes a look at Dominik.  Rey with punches to counter into a seated splash.  Rey sends Roode into the turnbuckles and Rey with a 619 in the corner.  Dominik tags in and Rey with a sliding sunset flip power bomb.  

Dominik goes up top and hits a frog splash for the three count.

Winners:  Dominik Mysterio and Rey Mysterio (new Champions)

After the match, Rey and Dominik celebrate and Rey jumps into his son's arms (despite Dominik having injured ribs)

Kayla Braxton comes to the ring to congratulate Rey and Dominik.  Rey says he is on top of the world being the first father and son team to be champions in the WWE.  Dominik says he is proud to share this honor with his father and it is time to celebrate.

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