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Promotional poster featuring Chris Jericho
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Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |||
Date | April 30, 2000 | |||
Attendance | 19,101 | |||
Venue | MCI Center | |||
City | Washington, D.C. | |||
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Backlash (2000) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) promotion. It took place on April 30, 2000, at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C.. It was the second event under the Backlash chronology. Nine professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the event's card.
The main event was a singles match for the WWF Championship with Shane McMahon as special guest referee, in which The Rock (aided by Stone Cold Steve Austin) defeated Triple H to win the championship. Featured matches on the undercard included Chris Benoit defeating Chris Jericho by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship and a six-man Hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship, which Crash Holly won to retain the championship.