Backlash (2008)
Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown! ECW
Date	April 27, 2008
Venue	1st Mariner Arena
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania XXIV	Backlash (2008)	Judgment Day (2008)

Backlash (2008) was the tenth annual Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on April 27, 2008 at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW brands.^[1] The tagline for the event is "Every Action Deserves a Fierce and Aggressive Reaction."^[2] The official theme song was "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock.^[3]

The main match on the Raw brand was a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWE Championship between champion Randy Orton, Triple H, John Cena, and John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL). Triple H won the match after last eliminating Orton. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was The Undertaker versus Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Undertaker won by forcing Edge to submit with the Gogoplata. The primary match on the ECW brand was Kane versus Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship, which Kane won by pinfall after a chokeslam. The featured matches on the undercard included Batista versus Shawn Michaels and Big Show versus The Great Khali.