I'm going to try to make this a regular thing and hopefully land a gig somewhere doing RAW and Smackdown! recaps. Stay tuned.

The last stop on the road to Backlash starts NOW!

Opening credits.

LIGHT THAT PYRO because we are LIVE in the Compaq Centre from Houston, Texas! Welcome to Smackdown! - our announcers as always are Michael Cole and Tazz.

TONIGHT: Triple H and Hollywood Hulk Hogan take on Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle. Can the pay-per-view buddies work as a unit?

BILLY, CHUCK (with Rico), and ALBERT vs. RIKISHI, AL SNOW, and MAVEN

How sad is the tag-team division when the number one contenders are Al Snow and his Tough Enough buddy? Not that I have anything against them mind you - but they're really grasping at straws here.

Chuck and Al Snow start things off - with Al getting pummelled when his back is turned. Al fires back with some rights, and a series of boots to the midsection. Side headlock is shoved off, and Al crashes into Chuck coming off the ropes with a shoulderblock. Al comes off the ropes again, and catches Chuck who's getting back to his feet with an atomic drop. A right hand drops Chuck - and getting to his feet his met with an inverted atomic drop. Al sells this one - but only in jest. Tag out to Maven, who climbs to the top rope and delivers a double axehandle. Double whip - double hiptoss! Both guys drop elbows, Maven covers, 1, 2, Chuck kicks out. Armwringer is reversed, and reversed again, so Chuck pokes Maven in the eyes. Maven is whipped off the ropes - but catches Chuck with kick. Hiptoss into an armbar is applied. Tag out to Al. Al goes up, and drops down on Chuck's arm with an elbow. Al runs over to knock the heels off the apron - and turns to eat a clothesline from Chuck. Chuck tags in Albert. Albert hammers Al in the corner. Whip from turnbuckle to turnbuckle, and Al goes down hard! Double underhook - into a vertical suplex! Impressive! 1, 2, Al gets out. In comes Billy. He kicks and punches Al in the corner. Whip - but Al slides before he can hit the other turnbuckle and comes back with a clothesline! Tag out to Rikishi. Billy gets in a bunch of shots, but Rikishi's not feeling them, and shoves Billy down. Billy again goes to the punches, and again it's no good, as he gets clotheslined. Billy is whipped into the ropes - comes forward with a sunset flip, but 'Kishi starts bangin' those cheeks, and Billy decides he best get out of Dodge! Chuck is tagged in, and met right away with a powerslam! Billy and Chuck each take a hammerin', Billy takes a nasty clothesline, Albert is knocked off the apron, and Rico is brought into the ring. Back those buns up - charge, both Chuck and Rico fall in the corner. Raise the roof! Albert's in with a bicycle kick - Chuck covers, 1, 2, Rikishi kicks out! Tag out to Albert. Could we be witnessing this month's pre-pay-per-view couple? Albert kicks Rikishi down in the corner, pulls him out, and hits a raised knee 3 times. Scoop and a slam! Albert knocks Maven and Al Snow off the apron, turns around, and walks right into a Samoan drop! Maven gets the hot tag, and Chuck begs off. Maven runs over everyone, hitting a dropkick on Chuck to get him out of the ring. Billy comes back with a Fameasser, but meets a Rikishi kick square to the chops! Albert comes in and clotheslines Rikishi, leaving Al and Chuck in the ring. Spinebuster from Al - but Rico's in and hits a spinkick that sends Al out to the floor. Up top is Maven and he connects with a bodypress on Chuck, 1, 2, 3!!!

Time: 6:20

Is this an indication of what's to come on Sunday?

Stacy Keibler is walking backstage - and knocking on the door of Hulk Hogan. Opening her water, she accidently drops the cap and bends down to pick it up as the door opens... "Ouch!" "Mr. McMahon wants you in his office right now." "Vince wants to see me in his office? This should be good... I'll follow you!"

Billy Kidman is watching Planet Stasiak's promo from Monday night. "This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen!" Swoosh! Stand back, there's a lame gimmick in the room. "Citizen Kidman, isn't it about high time we...what in the hell is that thing doing?" "I have no idea." "I'm glad that we're on Smackdown! and not RAW. What's wrong Citizen Kidman, you okay?" "I dunno man, I just feel that something's missing." "Something's missing? Holy bizarro world Kidman, you're the WWF Cruiserweight Champion, and the owner of one of the finest Shooting Star Presses in the world. Whatsupwitdat?" "Well, nobody knows who I am, and here I am the WWF Cruiserweight Champion, I have this big match with Tajiri at Backlash, and nobody even cares about it." "Oh I see... (whispers something in Kidman's ear.)" "What, you think the people are going to respond just because I say how great it is to be here in Houston? (Big cheers!! - followed by another whisper from Hurricane.) Deep in the heart of this great state of Texas? (Big cheers!! - one more whisper.) With my tag-team partner the Hurricane?" Hurricane gives the camera a big thumbs up, but no reaction from the crowd. "Look man, I appreciate what you're trying to do and everything, but I have a feeling when I'm all done with Tajiri, I'm gonna give these people something to talk about." "And I bet you will Citizen Kidman, just as I'm sure the Houston Astros will win the World Series!" Big cheers! Swoosh.

Vince McMahon is on his phone - but has to take off when Hulk Hogan and Stacy enter the room. "Well well well... Look at this. The Hulkster himself, I'll be damned. And look at you, damn, you look good. He looks good doesn't he Stacy?" "Yeah, he looks fantastic. I've never really been this close to him before. Yeah, look at the size of those arms..." Vince clears his throat. "Oh well, your arms are almost as big as Mr. McMahon's arms." "Would you mind getting me a drink of water please? She's new." "I can tell." "You see, I've got a question for you. You believe in deja vu? You see, I have this perception that I have experienced all this before, I've experienced this ground swell of support from WWF fans for you. I've got this perception of experience, this unbelievably roll that you're on, this tidal wave of admiration for you, and as I recall nothing could stop that kind of momentum. As I recall nothing could stand it its way. And you know, I remember when it was. It was just before the birth of Hulkamania. It was just before you became WWF champion for the first time. Now, I can't help but wonder, I can't help but wonder is all of this happening all over again? Is it within the realm of possibility that this Sunday at Backlash that the Hulkamaniacs can give you the inspiration to reach up to that brass ring in the sky, yank it from the clouds, and once again become World Wrestling Federation champion. Is it possible that this Sunday at Backlash will be the re-birth of Hulkamania? Is it possible that you Hulk Hogan can do what you did once before, lead the World Wrestling Federation into a new era of popularity and prosperity. This Sunday Hogan, you come face to face with your own destiny. Is all this some sort of perception of mine, or is it reality? So what you gonna do. What you gonna do Hulkster, this Sunday at Backlash? What you gonna do when reality comes down on you?"

WWF OVERDRIVE OF THE NIGHT: Stacy Keilber dances for Vince McMahon on his desk one week ago - getting the job as his assistent.

Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top is in the crowd!

TAJIRI (with Torrie Wilson) and CHAVO GUERRERO JR. vs. THE HURRICANE and BILLY KIDMAN

Chavo's on TV! Well good gawd almighty, it's been too long! He still uses the LWO theme.

Kidman and Chavo are going to start here. Lock up, Chavo gets a hammerlock, but Kidman leaps and takes Chavo over with a snapmare. Chavo charges, and gets hiptossed. Punches in the corner - whip is reversed - Chavo charges and meets an elbow. Kidman heads to the apron, slingshots himself over and hits a headscissors, immediately following with a dropkick! Tag out to Hurricane. Whip - double hiptoss. Hurricane bounces off the ropes, and Kidman hits him with a hiptoss right on to the prone Chavo. Chavo tags out. In comes Tajiri. Tajiri puts on a headlock, but Hurricane reverses that. Off the ropes comes Hurricane - hits a shoulderblock, looks down at his opponent and takes a foot to the face. Tajrii puts him in the ropes, and chops away. Hurricane reverses and chops Tajiri. Whip is reversed, Hurricane rolls under a leapfrog, but meets a kick right to the face. Head to the turnbuckle, Chavo is tagged in. Two European uppercuts follow - they go for a backslide but mess up, so Hurricane turns around and scoop slams Chavo. Kidman comes in with a slingshot legdrop, then chases Tajiri. Tajiri scoots away though, and Kidman winds up stuck in a Gory special - followed by dropping him throat first across the ropes. Chavo chokes Kidman in the ropes with his boot. When the referee tells him to stop - Tajiri wanders over on the floor and kicks Kidman in the head. Brainbuster does not work as Kidman falls behind Chavo, and hits an enzuigiri! Hurricane REALLY wants a tag, and gets it. Right, right, right, whip - and as Chavo comes forward he takes a clothesline! A couple of punches knock him down again. Whip - backdrop. Hurricane knocks Tajiri off the apron, but misses Chavo who tags in Tajiri. Tajiri takes a superkick! Whip - Hurricane goes for a Chokeslam...and hits it! He can't believe it, covers, 1, 2, Chavo breaks it up. Back to his feet, he nails a really nice neckbreaker on Chavo, and heads over to Tajiri. Eye Of The Hurricane is set - but he's shoved off and out to the floor. Chavo goes to the top, but Kidman cuts him off. Before he can go anywhere, Tajiri cuts that off and sets up the Doomsday Device. Hurricane is quickly on the apron to shove away Chavo, Kidman rolls off the shoulders into a pinning situation, but Tajiri sets that into a slingshot, which Hurricane stops when coming off the top with a cross body! 1, 2, Tajiri kicks out. Double whip - Tajiri ducks both of them, Kidman gets pulled out by Chavo, Hurricane turns, and meets Tajiri's big kick! 1, 2, 3.

Time: 5:01

Kidman gets in to check on his fallen partner - and winds up taking a big kick from Tajiri for his troubles. That knocks Kidman out cold. Announcers speculate that if Tajiri hits that move Sunday, the match is over. Tajiri is still annoyed with Torrie, and starts to berate her in Japanese - or at least that's the implication.

Chris Benoit is announced to be off the IR - and will be back on Smackdown! soon. Thank the lord!

Last Thursday, Test tried to run over Mark Henry during a strongest man test.

Mark Lloyd welcomes Mark Henry. Will he be wrestling tonight? Are you on drugs suckafool, of course not! He'll be lifting a car off the ground. Some of the guys are making bets, but Henry doesn't really care. He just wants to lift that car. Don't worry Vince, the contract is only for another four and a half years... Anyway, the same boys from last week start to huddle around the car. Test doesn't believe it's a real car - and wants to prove there's nothing under the hook. Taking a look, there's an engine alright. So Test decides he'll lift it instead - and when he fails he states working out three times that day is playing a role. Test bets 100 bucks Henry can't do it, and all the boys want a piece of the action. With help from Faarooq, Henry gets the weightlifting belt set into place, puts a towel on his shoulders - and lifts. Sure enough, he manages to get it about 3 inches off the ground which the announcers call 6 inches. Test shortchanges the boys - and when accused of doing so, he throws Faarooq onto the hood of the car. I'm not really sure what the point of all this is... Michael Cole: "That Test is a damn joke!"

Moments ago, 4600 pounds becomes 2 and a half tons. Faarooq has demanded a match against Test tonight.

Michael Cole runs down the card for Backlash.

Hogan's standing next to a mountain - yet dressed in the red and yellow. Tazz sits around giving him a verbal blowjob - thus confirming my suspicions that Mr. FTW is indeed Vince's whore. "It's still running wild, without a doubt. You know, I've been hearing the word realitiy used around here lately. Well is it reality that I'm gonna beat Triple H this Sunday? Is it reality that I'm gonna pull off what certain people think I can't do? And you know Maniacs, is it reality that after all these years in the business that I'm gonna reach way down deep inside, and pull off the impossible and become the WWF Champion one more time dammit? Well Vince, it's like you always say. Perception is reality. I never thought I'd be back in the WWF, and I never thought that 67,000 screaming Hulkamaniacs would be cheering for me at Wrestlemania. And I never thought that Hulkamania today would be running wilder and stronger than it's ever been. Well Vince, whether you call it reality, or whether you call it perception, I'm loving every moment of it and I don't want it to end brother. So this Sunday at Backlash, I've got a shot for the WWF Title. And I used to take the championship for granted, because I thought that it would stick with me as long as I lived. But now that I've been out of the WWF for so many years, and it's been so long since I had the championship, I realize what that championship really means. I've realized how precious this championship really is, and this might be my one shot to go for it, and complete the journey that brought me back to the WWF. Well with all that being said, you can call it corny if you want, you can call it a bunch of sentimental crap if you want, but to tell you the truth, I don't care because dammit this is reality. And I believe in my heart that I can do this, and each and everyone of those Hulkamaniacs out there, they believe I can do this, and Triple H, you'd better believe I can do this, because at Backlash this Sunday in Kansas City, when the 24 inch pythons, the largest arms in the world are running wild, what are you going to do Triple H? What are you going to do brother when Hulkamania runs wild on you?" And the Millenium countdown begins, thus signifying Chris Jericho's most definitely in the house. You Suck chant fires up. "You wanna talk about reality? Reality is this Hogan, you are a farce! The reality is you are a joke! And the reality is no matter what all these people, and no matter what they say, I am NOT the hasbeen around here! No, I'm not the hasbeen Hogan, YOU are the hasbeen. You don't want Hulkamania to end, hahah, I've got news for you Grandpa. Hulkamania ended around the same time that the Rubix Cube and "Where's the Beef" ended! And the fact that a hasbeen like you has a title shot at Backlash and a true living legend like Chris Jericho doesn't even have a match on the pay-per-view is a travesty. IT'S NOT FAIR! Sure Hogan, Hogan, who the hell do you think you are Hogan? What have you EVER accomplished in the World Wrestling Federation huh? What have you ever done? Yeah so you sold a couple of t-shirts, yeah so you had your own Saturday morning cartoon, BIG DEAL! BIG FREAKIN' DEAL, I was the VERY FIRST UNDISPUTED CHAMPION IN HISTORY! I WAS THE ONLY UNDISPUTED CHAMPION UNTIL TRIPLE H STOLE THAT FROM ME AT WRESTLEMANIA. He robbed me of the championship and for that I despise him. But I'll tell you what Hogan, I'm going to enjoy it when he tears you apart at Backlash, because at least Triple H won the championship by beating the very best in the business. He beat Chris Jericho. What about you Hogan? Since you've been back in the World Wrestling Federation you've had one single one on one match, and you blew it. You lost at Wrestlemania, but yet you still get a title shot? You still have all these meely mouth morons following your every move? You still have them chanting your name over and over again?" A Hogan chant fires up on cue. "Well I'm..." "You know something why don't you shut up Jericho, I'm tired of listening to your crap. If you got something to say to me, or you got a problem with me brother, why don't you come down here and say it to my face dude?" Jericho takes his time, but does make his way down to the ring. Into the ring he goes. Jericho goes face to face with Hogan. "Hogan, I've been waiting to do this for a...." Wham - down he goes to the right hand! Another right, a third, a forth - but in comes Kurt Angle! Both guys administer a beat down, but Hogan's new found buddy Edge is in to help save the day. Jericho and Angle wind up getting tossed to the outside. Voodoo Child fires up - Hogan waves his belt around in a circle - Edge roars - this is the WWF!

When we come back, Vince McMahon has caught up to Edge backstage. "Who the hell do you think you are? You're not even supposed to be here tonight. I heard you had a back injury from being Olympic Slammed onto the concrete last week. Who the hell do you think you are, and what do you think you're doing interfering in that? I want an explination from you Edge. You know what, don't give me an explination, just get the hell out. Get out." "You want me to get out Vince? Well you know what, I'm gettin' real close to you right now. And I see fear in your eyes Vince, I see fear in the billion dollar bad boys eyes? Why is that? Is it fear because of what I'm gonna do to Angle, your little lapdog at Backlash on Sunday? Or maybe Vince, maybe I scare you. And Vince I should scare you. But I'll leave...for now." And he walks off grinning like the Cheshire cat. Stacy comes over to comfort him - and offers him anything he wants. "I feel damn aggressive. Bring Triple H to my office."

TEST vs. FAAROOQ

Test beats on Ron as soon as he slides into the ring. He works him over in the corner - whips him turnbuckle to turnbuckle, but meets an elbow while charging. Faarooq comes out of the corner with a clothesline. Faarooq up on the turnbuckle - starts a 10 punch count along, but Test comes forward and drops Faarooq snake eyes onto the turnbuckle. Stomping away on the ground. Whip - Test charges and clotheslines Faarooq on the other side. Whip to the other side - he does it again. Faarooq falls forward onto the mat. Test jumps and drops Faarooq back to the ground. Everytime Faarooq gets to his knees, Test delivers that move. On the third try - Faarooq turns over onto his belly and Test gets a knee to the groin! Both guys up - Faarooq delivers a clothesline! Make it two! Big powerslam, 1, 2, Test kicks out. Whip - Faarooq charges but takes an elbow. Takedown, cover with legs on the ropes, 1, Teddy Long sees it! Forearm - whip - Faarooq goes for a spinebuster off the bounce, but Test blocks with punches! Test charges with a big boot, but Faarooq sidesteps and Test is all tangled up. Faarooq with a shoulder tackle takes down Test, cover, 1, 2, Test is up. Into the corner, whip is blocked. Boot the midsection - pumphandle slam is blocked, so Test delivers an elbow. Test charges, misses a clothesline, Faarooq rolls him up with his feet on the ropes, 1, 2, 3!!!!!

Time: 2:53

I did NOT see that coming. Faarooq celebrates, turns, and takes a boot to the face. Test's music plays, and he heads to the back.

Triple H reads a magazine with Rocky and Hogan on the cover. There's a knock at the door - and a great pair of legs stand in front of the champ. "Umm, Stacy I know you think I'm hot but you can't keep barging in here staring at me all the time." "As if... I came in here to tell you.. (Triple H's shirt is coming off) that umm, I came in here to tell you that Miss..... (Triple H flexes his pecks) I came in here to tell you that Mr. McMahon wants you in his office now!" "Stacy, you can't make me come just by telling me to. Tell him I'll be there when I get there alright." She storms off. What a 1998 style skit!

Sharmell Sullivan wants Bob Holly's thoughts about a match with DDP. "My thoughts? What the hell kind of question is that? And who hired you? You want a thought? How about me whipping DDP's ass? How's that for a thought? But hold on, I have a second thought. The thought of DDP lying flat on his back while I kick his teeth down his throat. And then I look at him, and I ask "how do you like me now?" With that said Sharmell, I'm gonna finish up...what the hell are you smiling at?" The camera pans over, and DDP's grinning into the camera. "What am I smiling at? I dunno, why don't you tell me? No no no, I got it, I got it. An angry, irritable, cantankerous bully, who likes to intimidate innocent people while they're doing their jobs. Yeah, that's what I was smiling at. And frankly, it's starting to piss me off." "Yeah, and?" "And that's not a bad thing, that's a good thing."

Meanwhile, over in Mr. McMahon's office, Stacy has just arrived back bearing news. "Where is he?" "He said he was going to come." "Well well well it's about time you arrived. Why don't I meet you back at the hotel?" "Oh, like with the bubbles?" "I'll meet you later okay? You know, you've been to hell and back haven't you, just to become World Wrestling Federation Champion. I admire that, I really do. But I just wonder, this Sunday at Backlash, are you capable of driving a spear into the heart of Hulkamania? Are you cold enough, are you callous enough to dampen the fires of the greatest comeback in the history of sports entertainment? If you're not, take sollace in this fact. Hogan as the WWF Champion will be on both Smackdown! and RAW, but you, should you lose the WWF Championship will be the exclusive property of Smackdown!"

DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE vs. BOB HOLLY

DDP makes sure to scowl at Holly rather than grin. Boot to the midsection, and Holly hammers DDP in the corner. Whip from end to end - Holly charges and says hi to DDP's elbow! DDP gets in some shots, and whipps Holly. It's reversed, and coming off they trade hiptoss holds - ending with a DDP short arm clothesline. A neckbreaker follows. DDP goes to the second rope to hammer on Holly - but gets dropped down onto the turnbuckle. Holly stomps a mudhole in DDP, then chokes him on the ropes. Holly picks DDP up with help from the ropes as a prop and kicks him in the midsection. In the corner Holly's assault continues. He lets up for just a second - and DDP takes the opportunity to turn it around and work him over. Whip - DDP charges, but Holly gets his boot up. Clothesline out of the corner. Vertical suplex, which Michael Cole calls The Impact, so I guess it's officially a setup move for something. Holly goes to the top, but DDP manages to cut him off. DDP to the top - superplex! The referee starts his 10 count, and gets to 3 before both get up. DDP gets a discus clothesline - gets a kick blocked and hits a second. A cover, 1, 2, Holly gets out. To his feet, DDP tries a Diamond Cutter but it's shoved off, and coming off the ropes he meets the Best Dropkick In The Business head on. 1, 2, 3!

Time: 2:55

Holly celebrates - then challenges DDP again! He charges, DDP ducks a clothesline and starts to punch. Whip is reversed - DDP ducks a clothesline, goes around, and hits a Diamond Cutter! That's good enough for Page who takes off through the crowd.

Kurt Angle is warming up backstage. Chris Jericho happens upon him. "You know what Angle? What happened before was a disgrace." "You're damn right!" "It was ridiculous. But I'm almost glad that it happened, you know why? 'Cause that gives you even more of a reason to beat the hell out of that snot nosed punk Edge at Backlash, and it gives both of us even more of a reason to wanna beat the hell out of Triple H and Hasbeen Hogan tonight. You know, and when you take Triple H and put him in the Anglelock, and you make him tap, and you suck the life out of him, and you hear..." "Whoa whoa whoa, what did you just say?" "When you put him in the Anglelock." "Nononono, after that." "Oh, you're gonna make him tap." "Nononono, before that." "Oh when you suck the..." "Don't say that!" "What, you suck?" "You said it again!" "What is wrong with you Angle?" "I do not suck!" Crowd: "YOU SUCK!" "I'm an Olympic gold medalist. And tonight I'm gonna make Triple H, Hulk Hogan, and anyone else who thinks otherwise pay." "Scream about it baby." "I'm a hero dammit! It's true! Let's just go."

Have your credit card waiting, and buy Backlash online.

Some organ music plays. Oh, it's Brother D-Von! He's apparently Mr. McMahon's spiritual advisor. "Ladies and gentlemen of the congregation, I come to you, stand before you as a humble servant of the man above! Testify! You see, two weeks ago a great prophet came to me and said: "D-Von you must leave the World Wrestling Federation and go find yourself." Oh testify! Because one week later I came back. Not only did I find myself, but I found the man above! Oh yes! I found joy! I found redemption! Oh, and I found piece of mind! And first and foremost, I think I should thank the man, or should I say the prophet that showed me that light. That showed me that way. Oh, and that great prophet is a wealthy man, he's a powerful man, oh that great prophet is the man none other than Vince McMahon! Testify! We can show you the light if you let us. Oh behold, I seen you out as sheep amongst the wolves. Me and the great prophet Mr. McMahon, we are the sheep and you are the wolves. You are the wicked, we are the strong. And I promise you if you let me show you the light, I will take everything to the man above hah, I will show him what kind of redemption needs to be done. Because you see as like did me hah, he picked me up hah, he turned me around, he set my feet hah on solid ground. If he did it for me, he can do it for you. As far as I'm concerned this sermon, oh my brother, is over." D-Von passes around a collection basket to a bunch of plants - but there's a number of fans who actually toss their coins and dollars in as well. Maybe Vince IS a genious.

Here's The Rock's premier. The highlight is Kelly Hu announcing she's in it nude a lot.

WHACK OF THE NIGHT: Last week, when Triple H was bumped into Hogan - leading to Hogan dropping that leg ONE MORE TIME!

CHRIS JERICHO and KURT ANGLE vs. HULK HOGAN and TRIPLE H

Triple H orders Hogan to start the match on the apron. So we have Angle and Triple H - good, I was worried we'd have to start with something we'd seen before. Lockup into the corner - Triple H hammers his way out. Angle rakes the eyes to turn that around and goes back to working on Triple H. Whip - reversed - Kurt comes out of the corner and gets backdropped. Kurt charges to try a clothesline, but Triple H nails one of his own taking Kurt down. Another. Triple H pulls down Kurt's pants down again - this week he's wearing a red g-string. Hogan starts laughing, so Kurt decks him! KURT IS GOD! Tag out to Hogan by H. Lock up, Hogan shoves Kurt back and poses. Up yours. Tag out to Jericho. Hogan makes the motion that Jericho yaps far too much - and Jericho counters with the "YEAH BABY!" pose! Brooks, if you're reading this, I'm REALLY sorry, but that Hogan nostalgia trip I was kinda on has officially ended now that he's messing with these two. Jericho wants a test of strength - Hogan asks the crowd what they think. They go for it, and Jericho's immediately down on his knees writhing in pain. Angle rushes and takes down Hogan, both guys stomping on him. Double whip - Hogan takes them both out with a clothesline. Bite me. Hogan charges Jericho in the corner - Jericho gets an elbow up to stop that. Jericho goes to the top - calls to the crowd, but gets caught and tossed. Does this match have the feeling of an AWESOME WCW style match right now, or is it just me? Hogan rakes Jericho's back - and sends him into the turnbuckle jaw first. In comes Triple H. He stomps the shit out of Jericho. Whip - Jericho ducks a clothesline, but meets a knee on the other side. Triple H bounces off the ropes - but Angle nails him with a forearm, and Michael Cole immediately acts like it's all illegal. Whip by Jericho - he goes for dropkick, but Triple H stops short and catapults him into Kurt on the apron. Kurt falls to the floor. Whip - Jericho caught with a spinebuster. Cover, 1, 2, Kurt's in QUICKLY to break that up. Hogan gets in and nails Angle, forcing the ref to order him back to the corner. Jericho gets in a lowblow while that's going on! Jericho claps, signifying a tag and in comes Kurt. Kurt stomps on Triple H. Big German suplx hits, 1, 2, Triple H kicks out. Tag out to Jericho. Jericho kicks at Triple H's midsection. Whip - Jericho follows closely with a running clothesline. Jericho lands the punches - but Triple H comes out with a clothesline and hammers at Jericho. Run off the ropes - and right into a sleeper from Jericho! Hogan wants a tag. Triple H desperately fights out and manages a belly to back suplex. Jericho, hurt, crawls to the corner to make a tag. He does so and Kurt charges Triple H - who moves and Kurt nails the post shoulder first! Hogan's getting the hot tag. Punches for both guys, a noggin knocker, Jericho send out, big boot for Kurt, but Jericho trips Hogan up before the legdrop!! On the floor Jericho knocks the bandana off Hogan's head and sends him into the steps. Jericho heads over to get a chair. Tim White has issues with this, so Jericho sends him over the top and to the floor! Jericho grabs the chair, but gets booted in the midsection and DDTed before he can use it, thanks to Triple H. Triple H gets whipped by Kurt, but manages to avoid a backdrop by kicking Kurt. Pedigree is set up - Jerich breaks it up! Both guys beat on Triple H in the corner. This is feeling more like a WWF match now. Jericho gets the chair - but Hogan pulls it away. Jericho is sent outside - and Kurt begs off. Hogan charges, Kurt ducks, and Triple H gets nailed!!!! Hogan can't believe his bad luck, making faces, before getting beaten on by the heels. Double shoulderblock takes him down. Jericho holds him in place for a chairshot, but out of nowhere is Edge - the same Edge who left just an hour ago! Big spear for Kurt, and they go out to fight in the crowd. Hogan points his finger at Jericho. One punch, two punch, three punch, whip, boot, legdrop. Triple H has a chair up, and NAILS Hogan HARD! No bell sounds, but that's it for this match.

Time: 8:55

Here's a bunch of replays, and Triple H poses with the belt over Hogan's limp body. Backlash is Sunday!