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2. Backlash 2004

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In many ways, it's only a two-match show, but what a two matches they were. On the undercard, you had a freshly-pushed Shelton Benjamin going over cleanly on Ric Flair, and Chris Jericho winning a humorous handicap match over Christian and Trish Stratus, and they were both fine. They would set the stage for bigger things.

For one, Randy Orton's win in a falls count anywhere match over Mick Foley solidified "The Legend Killer" as a main event talent, as he took a thumbtacks-and-barbed wire pounding like never before en route to the clean win.

In the actual main event, Chris Benoit won an exciting WrestleMania rematch over Triple H and Shawn Michaels to retain the World Heavyweight title, before his family and friends in Edmonton.

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