Behind the Scenes at Backlash: A Fan Reports

A reader sent the following in to PWInsider, regarding last night's Backlash pay-per-view:

• Ric Flair got a monster pop coming out before the dark match.
• Dark match was Carlito vs. Nitro. Really fun match and Carlito picked up the win.Place was legit sold out.
• Crowd was really live all night.
• Big pop for the Hardys coming out; Crowd was pretty into the match and huge pop for the finish.
• Mickie James/Melina was kinda dull live. Seemed rather sloppy and crowd was pretty dead for that one.
• Huge pop for Kennedy interrupting Edge promo. Seems like he could be a big time face someday.
• MVP/Benoit was really good. Crowd was way into Benoit and popped big for the finish.
• ECW match was OK for what it was. Lashley was WAY over. Crowd was into all of his offense. Oddly there was very little heat for the title change. Some good laughs with Vince acting like a goof. Seems like the celebration went on forever while they were waiting for some response and it never really came.
• Undertaker entrance was awesome, as always. Crowd really loves him. Batista got decent heel heat. Match started slowly and then really took off. On a side note, they built the gimmicked platform during the show. It really took away from the coolness of the finishing spot. Crowd didn't like the non-finish and there was a few bullsh*t chants. Batista got a nice pop once he emerged from the wreckage.

Pops
1. Undertaker
2. Benoit
3. Ric Flair
4. Cena
5. Lashley

Heel Heat
1. Cena
2. JBL
3. Batista (before the finish)
4. Edge