WWE: 15 Underrated PPVs You Should Catch On WWE Network

14. Backlash 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cghyw-rhi74 This show had the main event that everybody really wanted to see at Wrestlemania the month prior. The Rock finally defeated Triple H to win his first WWF Championship as a babyface. For whatever reason, the writing team wanted to go against the grain for Wrestlemania, because the obvious story would be Rock winning back the belt a full year after dropping it. Instead, they had Triple H be the first heel to retain the championship in Wrestlemania history. But historic and unprecedented doesn€™t necessarily mean good, and predictable doesn€™t necessarily mean bad. It certainly helped that the one-on-one Backlash match was one of the best matches Rock and Hunter ever had that didn€™t involve a ladder. This Pay Per View is also known for the €œso-underrated-it-might-actually-be-overrated-now€ Light Heavyweight Championship match between Dean Malenko and Scotty Too Hotty, as well as Big Show dressing as €œThe Showster€ in a Hulk Hogan parody against Kurt Angle. A forgotten angle on this show was the face turn of the Dudley Boyz, where Bubba Ray was obsessed with putting Trish Stratus through a table. Those Damn Dudleyz went from being two of the most hated guys to two of the most beloved through this storyline.
 
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