List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events
2005

List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events

Section Title: 2005
Table Section Text: None

Date	Event	Venue	Location	Main event

January 9	New Year's Revolution	Coliseo de Puerto Rico	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs.

January 30	Royal Rumble	Save Mart Center	Fresno, California	30-man Royal Rumble match

February 20	No Way Out	Mellon Arena	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	John "Bradshaw" Layfield vs. Big Show for the WWE Championship

April 3	WrestleMania 21	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California	Triple H vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship

May 1	Backlash	Verizon Wireless Arena	Manchester, New Hampshire	Batista vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship

May 22	Judgment Day	Target Center	Minneapolis, Minnesota	John Cena vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield for the WWE Championship

June 12	ECW One Night Stand	Hammerstein Ballroom	New York, New York	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) vs. Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman

June 26	Vengeance	Thomas & Mack Center	Paradise, Nevada	Batista vs. Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship

July 24	The Great American Bash	HSBC Arena	Buffalo, New York	Batista vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield for the World Heavyweight Championship

August 21	SummerSlam	MCI Center	Washington, D.C.	Hulk Hogan vs. Shawn Michaels

September 18	Unforgiven	Ford Center	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	John Cena vs. Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship

October 9	No Mercy	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	Batista vs. Eddie Guerrero for the World Heavyweight Championship

November 1	Taboo Tuesday	iPayOne Center	San Diego, California	John Cena vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship

November 27	Survivor Series	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, Michigan	Team SmackDown (Batista, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Bobby Lashley) vs. Team Raw (Shawn Michaels, Kane, Big Show, Carlito and Chris Masters)

December 18	Armageddon	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Providence, Rhode Island	The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton

Sentence(s)

Backlash (2005) was a wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on May 1, 2005, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.

final_sentence: Backlash (2005) was a wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on May 1, 2005, at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire.