5 WWE Backlash matches that improved on their WrestleMania counterpart

Batista defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H in a WrestleMania 21 rematch at Backlash 2005
Batista defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H in a WrestleMania 21 rematch at Backlash 2005

#3 Batista vs Triple H - World Heavyweight Championship (WWE Backlash 2005)

Batista once again defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship at Backlash 2005
Batista once again defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship at Backlash 2005

WWE WrestleMania 21 saw the crowning of a new World Heavyweight Champion as Batista defeated his former Evolution leader to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

The Animal had won the 2005 Royal Rumble match several months prior, booking his slot in the main event of WrestleMania 21. In the months that followed, Triple H and Ric Flair did their best to manipulate Batista into moving to SmackDown, to challenge then-WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield for the WWE Championship.

However, Batista saw through the plans of Evolution, famously powerbombing Triple H through a table on Monday Night RAW and announcing that he would challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 21.

After being defeated by Batista at WrestleMania 21, Triple H insisted that The Animal "got lucky" and that he would reclaim his prized World Heavyweight Championship during their WrestleMania 21 rematch at Backlash.

However, The King of Kings was unable to once again become World Heavyweight Champion as Batista thwarted his former mentor, defeating The Game with a vicious Batista Bomb to retain his title.

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