Chris Masters vs. Santino Marella: Santino chant starts off the match with Santino being crazy as usual.  Masters takes control pretty quickly though. Santino makes a tiny comeback but only angers Masters.  Masters wins with the Master Lock.

Yoshi Tatsu & Tyler Recks vs. William Regal & Paul Burchill: Weren't Regal and Burchill tagging together when Burchill was a pirate?  Regal's arm gets worked over in one of the few times the good guys had a strong advantage, but Burchill gets the tag and turns the tide for his team.  Reks hits a crossbody on Regal but Regal rolls through and gets the victory!

Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox: Knox uses the power of his beard to gain some control in the match, but it's no match for Mysterio!  A big boot on Rey in the corner was the strongest offense Knox got it.  Ziggler ends up interfering in the match to cause the DQ win for Rey.  Good match, understandable finish.

Feels like WrestleMania was just last week..  kind of crazy having this PPV so soon after.  I'm still debating whether or not I'll order the show.  Adding Ricky Steamboat to the card is swaying me towards wanting to get it, but that's a lotta money on my cable bill for April if I do it!

I'm going to rock it at predicting this show though, both on the site and with Get-Chained.  If you're looking for a league to join now that Season 5 is starting, why not get with the best?  http://www.get-chained.net

Backlash (2009) Predictions from http://www.fourdown.org/WWE_Backlash_2009
http://www.fourdown.org/users/BringBackRVD

WrestleMania 25: #919 (Site) -- #4 (League: Get-Chained.Net)
No Way Out: #810 (Site) -- #8 (League: Get-Chained.Net)
Royal Rumble: #93 (Site) -- #2 (League: Get-Chained.Net)

*** Last Man Standing Match, for the World Heavyweight Championship
Edge vs. John Cena (c) 

-- 20 points for correct winner + 3 points for interference

Choices: Edge, John Cena, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: John Cena, Yes - interference

Lot of people are thinking Edge has to win here, to bring a world title back over to Smackdown.  But WWE has to know everyone thinks that, and I think they'll end up going a different way because of it. 

*** Match for the WWE Championship
The Legacy vs Shane McMahon, Batista, and Triple H (c)

-- 15 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 3 points for interference
-- 4-Down Note: "If Triple H's team wins, he will retain the WWE Championship. If Legacy wins, Randy Orton will be awarded the WWE Championship."

Choices: Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr, Batista & Shane McMahon & Triple H, or No Contest
Finishes: Pinfall, Submission, KO / Referee Stoppage, DQ, Count-out, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr, Pinfall, Yes - interference

They're going to accomplish what they should have done at WrestleMania.  Putting the title on Orton.  I hate this storyline (as most people seem to) but I think we all can agree that if WWE doesn't put the title on Orton, they've really screwed over his push.  He should've gotten it at WM and ended this awful feud.

*** Match for the ECW Championship
Christian vs. Jack Swagger (c) 

-- 15 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

Choices: Christian, Jack Swagger, or No Contest
Finishes: Pinfall, Submission, KO / Referee Stoppage, DQ, Count-out, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: Christian, Pinfall, No - no interference

I think the reaction to Christian in MITB is making WWE start a push for him.  Think he's going to get the title here and hold onto it until WWE is ready to move him to another brand.

*** I Quit Match,
Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy

-- 15 points for correct winner + 2 points for interference

Choices: Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: Jeff Hardy, No - no interference

I think Matt should win again if they're not sure if Jeff is staying but I have a hard time seeing them have Jeff say he quits in this match.  I'm really not sure how this one will go, and that's a good thing!

*** Ricky Steamboat vs. Chris Jericho

-- 15 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

Choices: Ricky Steamboat, Chris Jericho, or No Contest
Finishes: Pinfall, Submission, KO / Referee Stoppage, DQ, Count-out, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: Ricky Steamboat, Pinfall, No - no interference

I'm picking Steamboat since I don't expect to see him in another match for a while, if ever.  (though if this were planned to be the last one, I really think they'd have built it that way)  I think it'll be a feel-good ending to the Jericho/Legends storyline and Jericho will be moving into new territory after Backlash.

*** CM Punk vs. Kane

-- 15 points for correct winner + 2 points for correct finish (bonus 2 points for correct winner & finish) + 2 points for interference

Choices: CM Punk, Kane, or No Contest
Finishes: Pinfall, Submission, KO / Referee Stoppage, DQ, Count-out, or No Contest
Interference: Yes or No

My Prediction: CM Punk, Pinfall, No - no interference

Who cares?  I'm picking Punk just because but talk about a throw-away match.  Couldn't they have given us an IC or US title match instead?

*** Who will kiss The Great Khali?

-- 10 points for correct answer
-- 4-Down Note: "The kiss must be on the lips. If multiple kisses occur, only the first kiss will count to this question. Assuming Santino comes out as Santina, and loses the wig before kissing Khali, the answer will go to Santino. The wig MUST be present on top of Santino/Santina's head for the answer to count as Santina. Yes, this is serious business."

Choices:
Santina Marella
Santino Marella
Beth Phoenix
Rosa Mendez
Khali will sadly not get a kiss
Anyone else

My Prediction: Santina Marella

LOL.  Going with Santina.

*** Will Batista attack Triple H or Shane McMahon during their match?

-- 10 points for correct answer
-- 4-Down Note: "The attack can be on purpose or inadvertent, but must be an attack - such as a punch, kick, chair shot. Accidentally knocking HHH or Shane off the apron will not count as an attack."

Choices:
Yes
No

My Prediction: No

I say no.  I think that stuff will happen after Backlash.

*** Who will be the legal man for the winning team in the six-man WWE Championship match?

-- 10 points for correct answer

Choices:
Cody Rhodes
Ted DiBiase Jr
Randy Orton
Shane McMahon
Batista
Triple H
The match will end in a no contest

My Prediction: Randy Orton

If he's winning the title, he better be the legal man!

*** Who will be the legal man for the losing team in the six-man WWE Championship match?

-- 10 points for correct answer

Choices:
Cody Rhodes
Ted DiBiase Jr
Randy Orton
Shane McMahon
Batista
Triple H
The match will end in a no contest

My Prediction: Triple H

And if Triple H isn't the legal man, they're messing Orton up right off the bat yet again.

*** Will the Money in the Bank briefcase get cashed in at Backlash?

-- 5 points for correct answer

Choices:
Yes
No

My Prediction: No

*** How many titles will change hands at Backlash?

-- 5 points for correct answer

Choices:
None
1
2
3 or more

My Prediction: None

Yeah, not too excited for anything but Steamboat!

If there's a $50 prize for winning Wrestlemania, I am gonna do everything I can to win the show..  I've emailed all my wrestling friends to start collecting ideas so that I'll be ready.

Emails I got have a lot of different ideas, gonna try and run down all the most interesting ones.

John Cena vs Christian vs Edge (c) - "since they already did christian vs swagger on ECW, it's already time to move christian on.  he wanted to face cena before he left for TNA so they can build on that bad blood.  then edge & christian, one of the best tag teams ever.  will they work together to beat cena or does christian have a world title reign on his mind?"

Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy, Hell in a Cell - "with all the attacks matt did on jeff jeff has to want to face his bro in a dangerous match to pay him back....hell in the cell would be crazy with the two of them and would be awesome for the biggest ppv of the year."

Money in the Bank: CM Punk vs Rey Mysterio vs John Morrison vs Evan Bourne vs Santino Marella vs The Brian Kendrick vs Shelton Benjamin vs Rob Van Dam - This one is my pick.  Just look at those names and you know this would be one exciting match.  Two former MITB winners with Punk and RVD.  Putting it together with these guys would likely make it the best match on the show besides HBK/Undertaker. 

Umaga vs R-Truth vs The Miz (c), US Championship Match - Another of my own picks.  Miz would have to win the title from Benjamin but this way Miz can still have a good match on the show without being in MITB.  I would have Umaga pin Miz, so R-Truth doesn't lose.  Then Miz and Morrison can feud with Umaga, and a tag team of Umaga and R-Truth would be fun.  Saw that idea on another blog here.

Big Show & Vladimir Kozlov vs Carlito & Primo (c), WWE Tag Team Championship Match - "would be all about if the colons could get in any offense on the two big men....i would say give them a decent amount of offense so the crowd gets into it but in the end kozlov picks up his first gold.  eventually they lose the titles when show gets pinned, and kozlov challenges big show for a match....could be fun feud"

JBL vs Jack Swagger (c), Stone Cold Steve Austin as Special Referee - "jbl has promised to say what he plans on doing at wrestlemania and i think going after the ecw title and dominating that brand could be just what he's thinking.  swagger continues to be a bad guy so that's where austin comes in, to be the face in the match.  swagger beats jbl after austin has altercations with both guys, but swagger would win without real help from austin.  then austin stunners jbl, does a beer bash with swagger, stunners swagger."

Hope you liked those ideas.  Not sure if any are likely but I think they all have the possibility to be great.