-Chairman is Vincent Kennedy McMahon -CEO is Linda McMahon -Executive Vice President of Talent and Creative Writing Stephanie McMahon-Levesque -Shane McMahon, Executive Vice President of Global Media -Formerly known as the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) but lost it due to a court case filed by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) -Publicly listed in the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WWE -Revenue in 2007 was approximately $486 million -Owns three Brands - Raw, Smackdown, ECW
Executive Officers
-Vincent K. McMahon (Chairman) -Linda E. McMahon (CEO) -Michael Sileck (Chief Operating Officer) -Shane B. McMahon (Executive Vice President, Global Media) -Kevin Dunn (Executive Vice President, Television Production) -Frank G. Serpe (Chief Financial Officer) -Donna Goldsmith (Executive Vice President, Consumer Products) -Geof Rochester (Executive Vice President, Marketing) -Stephanie McMahon-Levesque (Executive Vice President, Talent and Creative Writing) -Edward L. Kaufman (Executive Vice President and General Counsel) -John Laurinaitis (Senior Vice President, Talent Relations) -Michael Lake (President, WWE Films) -John P. Saboor Senior Vice President of Special Events
Board of directors
-Vincent K. McMahon (Chairman of the Board of Directors - WWE) -Linda E. McMahon (Chief Executive Officer - WWE) -Michael Sileck (Chief Operating Officer - WWE) -Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (Former Governor of the State of Connecticut and United States Senator) -David Kenin (Executive Vice President of Programming - Hallmark Channel) -Joseph Perkins (President - Communications Consultants, Inc.) -Michael B. Solomon (Managing Principal - Gladwyne Partners, LLC) -Robert A. Bowman (Chief Executive Officer - Major League Baseball Advanced Media)
History of Backlash
-Is an annual pay-per-view event -Was started in 1999 -Usually happens in April -From 2004-2006 it used to be exclusive to Raw -Often features rematches from Wrestlemania
Backlash 2003 Card
-WWE Tag Team Titles (Los Guerreros Vs Team Angle) -(Rey Mysterio Vs Big Show) -(Rikishi Vs Sean o' Haire) -World Tag Team titles (The Dudley Boyz Vs Kane/RVD) -WWE Woman's title (Jazz Vs Trish) -WWE Title (John Cena Vs Brock Lesnar ) -(Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Booker T Vs Chris Jericho, Triple H, Ric Flair) -(The Rock Vs Goldberg)
Special Features
-Scott Steiner Vs Rico -Theodore R.Long interview -Confidential piece on Goldberg -Aftermath of the main event with footage of The Rock in the ring after the match with Bill Goldberg -Aftermath of the Rey Mysterio match -Promotion videos for Brock Lesnar/John Cena and Rock/Goldberg
The Verdict
-Too much hype not enough to back it up -The opening match was not great but has plenty of entertainment value because of the Guerrero's heelish tactics. -Rey Mysterio vs Big show is a recycled David vs Goliath story -The World Tag Team match was excellent as all participants showed some wrestling ability. -The Cena and Lesnar match showed some promise. Both combatants were too green however at this stage. Brock was the better skilled wrestler due to his amateur background. -The Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels, Booker T Vs Chris Jericho, Triple H, Ric Flair featured plenty of star power. all are former world champions as well. All except Shawn Michaels have been with WCW at one point. This was a pretty good match considering the caliber of talent involved. -The main event featured two of wrestling biggest superstars in the Rock and Goldberg. I am a huge Goldberg fan because of his charisma, strength and dominance. The Rock in my opinion just lives of his mic skills. Goldberg looked good in his first PPV but not as dominant as he was in WCW. It was a good way to push Goldberg at this stage of his WWE career. -Many of the matches were just filler matches good for Heat or Velocity.
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