Who is the person who is going to watching Another 48 Hours twice in one evening? Way to make me look good.

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Look! It's People! People who perhaps inhabit Manchester, NH, for we (and by we I mean the people on my TV) are there for Backlash, one hour away. Give or take a few seconds. Hey, all the yellow shirts aren't security. Your hosts are Todd and Ivory. I'm no weatherman, but it can't be that warm in New Hampshire for a dress that short; looks like another edition of "Ivory spends the pre-PPV hour freezing." Obvious clue: within two sentences, she's talking about how everyone wants to go inside. Here left arm is apparently glued to her back here - oh, no, she was hiding a miniature title belt. Not just a miniature title belt, but also a segue!
Backlash: Batista vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
Backlash: Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels vs Hassan & Daivari

Why are their male and female entrances? They send it inside to Coach. "Everyone knows the Coach works along [guess Val stole his ladies], I think right now, that Todd wishes he would be working alone."
Backlash: Chris Benoit vs Edge in a Last Man Standing Match
and how we got there (2:50)
Coach: "No DQ, no countouts, there are no rules!" Coach follows by explaining the rules. I love Coach.

Still To Come: Tyson Tomko vs Val Venis. It doesn't often gets bigger than this.

Stanley Slam of the Week: Shelton stops La Resistance from beating up Jericho, ends up beating him up himself. Nice one.

Backlash: Shelton Benjamin vs Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship

in the insta-match interview area, Lillian Garcia attempts to have a conversation with Christian. Tomko stands nearby. Dudes, you missed your cue. There you go. Lillian asks why Christian doesn't have a match, and before you can wonder why she's asking Christian, Christian interrupts: "The matter at hand is there, in just a few short minutes, Tomko is going to do what he does best: solve problems. And tonight's problem is Val Venis. Now, onto Backlash. I've got a question for you - did you, did you figure that all out on your own, I'm not wrestling on Backlash? Because I'm proud of you, you're a lot smarter than you look. But fear not, I would never do that to my Peeps. I will be making a special appearance. I am going to be doing something that's going to make people stand up and take notice, as to why I deserve to be in the main event. It's a little, little something I'm working on, I-I wasn't going to tell anyone, but would you mind hearing it? Maybe I could run it past you and hear what you think?" [Smilin' Tomko is creepy here.] "Sure. Sure." "You don't mind?" "No, no." [Christian looks back at Tomko, then over to Lillian's ear - and yells] "IT'S A SURPRISE!" Christian and Tomko laugh, and leave.

Coach is also laughing. Moving on.
Backlash: Batista vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship
Video package for this already? Yea, it's not the main event in hype, at least. Paul Pierce is the Pedigree? (1:06)

Six Weeks Ago: some people stayed outside for six days? Why? They're going to be awful sad when there's still tickets available today. (1:30)

Ivory and Todd talk about the tag match.
Backlash: Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels vs Hassan & Daivari
Recapping Hassan's journey so far? Atypical they're doing the big matches to start. Hey, 'praise Allah' is back. That must've been an accident. (3:13)

Lillian Garcia talks to Hassan and Daivari. "Last week, Lillian, we beat the World Tag Team Champions, and we proved wtihout a shadow of a doubt that we have what it takes to beat Hogan and Michaels. Because, no matter how legendary they are, tonight will be their first night as a tag team." Daivari - in English! "Hulk Hogan says he's coming back for one more match. Muhammad and myself say he's coming back for his last match." After a noticeable 'waiting for it' beat, a USA chant starts. Back to Hassan: "You know, it's only fitting that in the state of New Hampshire, where the motto is 'Live Free or Die', that Hulkamania will no longer live free! And tonight Hulkamania will die!"

Todd and Ivory talk about Hulkamania dying like it's a actual possibility. Oh how I wish. Ivory says Hogan and HBK are fighting for "Freedom and freedom of speech" and this is one of those times not to pay attention to Ivory. Todd says we have a great matchup coming up!

Still To Come: Tyson Tomko vs Val Venis.
wait, where is it

WWF in Europe. Berlin. Aberdeen. Edinburgh. Newcastle. Hull. (2:06)
On to Viscera vs Kane.  (2:54)
Backlash: Kane (w/Lita) vs Viscera (w/Trish)

WWE Stack of the Night, sponsored by Stacker 2 XPLC: Batista takes the Pedigree.

Moments Ago: A car! Driving to the camera! Also, Batista was inside. He's driving himself now?
Backlash: "Stronger" by Trust Company
Backlash: Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels vs Hassan & Daivari
Backlash: Kane (w/Lita) vs Viscera (w/Trish)
Backlash: Chris Benoit vs Edge in a Last Man Standing Match
Backlash: Simon Dean & Maven vs the Heat Throbs vs Tajiri (c) and William Regal (c) vs the Hurricane & Rosey vs La Resistance in a Tag Team Turmoil (gauntlet) match for the World Tag Team Championship
(the only mention on the night. The Heart Throbs pose is quite something.)
Backlash: Shelton Benjamin vs Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship
Backlash: Batista vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship ******II******
and Christian may do some soft shoe.

Next: Tyson Tomko vs Val Venis.

RAW Live
Monday - Boston, MA [RAW]
Saturday - Rochester, NY [RAW WM Revenge Tour]
Sunday - Elmira, NY [RAW WM Revenge Tour]
Next Monday - Wilkes-Barre, PA [RAW]
Next Friday - Evansville, IN RAW WM Revenge Tour]

Val Venis (Las Vegas, 244 pounds) vs Tyson Tomko (Jacksonville, FL, 275 pounds) - Plenty of time left. Couldn't' be for this match. Your announcers are JR and the King. Really, at this point, Val Venis is a problem on the level of "If two trains left Chicago, one at 50 MPH and one at 65 MPH, which one is going faster?" Tomko is wearing the shiny tiny trunks. The people who are Here For Hogan need a life. What's with the bell? Circling. Was I the only one who caught Christian's "Unprettier is better than the Pedigree" bit was an in-joke based on the Unprettier basically being a behind the back Pedigree, or was that so obvious no one needed to bring it up? I hope not. Lockup. Choida's the ref. Into the ropes, clean break by Val. Lockup. Val with a waistlock, takedown, takedown. Tomko breaks free and backs Val into the ropes. Val breaks, but Tomko gets a finger in the eye (contact?) and Choida gives Tomko a while to get it together while blocking off Val. Tomko really having trouble with the contact for a while. Val ends up looking away from Tomko to argue some more - and that's when Tomko clocks him in the back of the head. (At least it's not the knee bit.) Tomko's still checking his eye, so who knows what that was. Tomko on top of Val and pounding. Yelling - and stopping to check his eye again. Right. Choke in the corner. Shoulder to the midsection. Tomko backs up, doesn't check the eye, shoulder charges and gets the post. (Did the contact fly out here?) Val with an inside cradle one two no. Tomko can see well enough to kill Val with a clothesline one two no. Slam. Off the ropes, fistdrop misses, as does Lawler's "El Salvador" joke. Tomko gets in another missed corner charge to meet his match quota, and Val clothesline him. Back elbow. Val pumped up, corner clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline, clothesline! That must've just sorta happened, because they never make it to ten! Tomko drunkenly stumbles into the back suplex powerbomb one two no. Tomko almost kicked Val in the had on the kickout. Whip, reversed, reversed into a reverse half nelson suplex, I guess. Val pumped up. Going to do something? Yea, finally he's heading up. Tomko's standing up and crotching him. Tomko with a punches, and goes to beal Val off, but Val punches back. Tomko up after him, right hands. Rights. Val solves Tomko for, but Tomko does not just lay in position, getting up again and punching Val seemingly low.  Guess it was okay, but Choida allows it. Tomko with a messy looking powerslam off the ropes, reversed into a messy looking small package one two NO. Fans thought that was it. Both up, Tomko looks worse but strikes first with a knee. Forearm. Off the ropes, into a Val punch. Val off the ropes, into the boot. COVER HIM. Oh he's not. Now he does since Val is particularly in the ropes, one two arm on the ropes. Lawler is hoping Hogan delivers a big boot (and doesn't mention the legdrop) to Hassan and Daivari. Tomko suplex is blocked, blocked, Val with punches to the midsection, seaman's suplex, one two NO. Both guys tired, probably not believing they're still out here. Whip sequence leads to Tomko sleeper, because they're really dragging this one out. Needed one more match to hype, I guess. Are fans chanting "We Want Christian?" I think so! Lawler even acknowledges. Val elbows out. Chop. Off the ropes, into the Tomko boot. COVER HIM. Tomko with the wander around into a cover, one two three. (5:40) Really only that long? Actually pretty okay. Replay of the boot because they seem to have a decent amount of time to kill here.

Backlash: Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels vs Hassan & Daivari
JR and King talk while we watch Mike Choida go to the back behind them.
Backlash: Batista vs Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship ******II******
Ah, we do have another video package here. (2:38)

90 seconds early, that's it.