Backlash 2007 Backlash 2007 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which took place on April 29 , 2007 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta , Georgia . Following WrestleMania , all pay - per - views became tri - branded . It was the ninth annual event under the Backlash name and starred talent from Raw , SmackDown ! , and ECW . The main match on the Raw brand was a Fatal Four - Way match for the WWE Championship involving champion John Cena , Randy Orton , Edge , and Shawn Michaels . Cena won the match and retained the championship after pinning Orton . The primary match on the SmackDown ! brand was a Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship between The Undertaker and Batista , which ended in a no - contest after both men failed get to their feet before the referee counted to ten . The featured match on the ECW brand was Bobby Lashley versus Team McMahon ( Umaga , Vince and Shane McMahon ) in a Handicap match for the ECW World Championship . Vince won the title and the match for his team after pinning Lashley . Background . The main event scripted into Backlash on the Raw brand was a Fatal Four Way match for the WWE Championship , a standard match involving four wrestlers between John Cena , Edge , Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton . At the Royal Rumble in January , Michaels was one of the final two participants in the Royal Rumble match , a multi - competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner before being eliminated by The Undertaker . On the February 5 , 2007 edition of " Raw " , Michaels earned the right to become the number - one contender to the WWE Championship at WrestleMania after defeating Edge and Orton in a Triple Threat match , a standard match involving three wrestlers . At WrestleMania , Cena defeated Michaels to retain the WWE Championship , after wrapping his arm around the neck of Michaels in a sleeper hold , a submission referred to as an STFU . On the April 9 edition of " Raw " , a standard match between Michaels and Orton to determine the number - one contender to the WWE Championship ended in a no - contest , after both men ' s shoulders were on the mat while they were pinning one another . Later that night , during Edge ' s talk show , " The Cutting Edge " , Edge claimed that General Manager Jonathan Coachman , a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer had named him the number - one contender to the WWE title . Honorary General Manager Michael Pena , from the Make - a - Wish Foundation , however , announced that Michaels , Orton , and Edge would face Cena for the title at Backlash in a Fatal Four - Way match , a standard match involving four wrestlers . Another rivalry leading up to the event was between The Undertaker and Batista over the World Heavyweight Championship . At the Royal Rumble in January , The Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match . As a result , he was given the right to a title match at WrestleMania for any of WWE ' s three major championships ( ECW World , World Heavyweight , or WWE ) . On the February 5 edition of " Raw " , Undertaker teased all three World Champions ( Bobby Lashley , Batista , and John Cena ) . Undertaker then chose World Heavyweight Champion Batista as his opponent to face at WrestleMania 23 . At WrestleMania , The Undertaker defeated Batista to win the World Heavyweight Championship to extend his WrestleMania undefeated streak to 15 - 0 . Their rivalry , however , did not end , as General Manager Theodore Long booked a Last Man Standing match — a match where the first person unable to respond to a ten count by the referee lost — between The Undertaker and Batista at Backlash . The main rivalry on the ECW brand was between Bobby Lashley and Team McMahon ( Umaga , Vince and Shane McMahon ) , in which Lashley and Vince were feuding over the ECW World Championship . The rivalry started on the February 26 edition of " Raw " , when Lashley was selected by Donald Trump to compete at WrestleMania 23 . Lashley was selected to compete against Vince ' s representative , Umaga , in Hair vs . Hair match , a match in which the loser or the loser ' s representative would have to get his head shaved bald . On the April 9 edition of " Raw " , Shane challenged Lashley to a Hair vs . Title match for the ECW World Championship . Shane got himself intentionally disqualified , but did not get his head shaved . After the match , Umaga and Vince and Shane attacked Lashley . After the beating , Vince announced that Lashley would have to defend the ECW World Championship against Team McMahon at Backlash in a 3 - on - 1 Handicap match , a match consisting of one team of wrestlers facing off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as three against two , or three against one .