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Backlash (2004)
Backlash (2004), WWE Raw-brand pay-per-view, April 18, 2004, Rexall Place, Edmonton; Chris Benoit retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H and Shawn Michaels via Sharpshooter submission; attendance 13,000.
Backlash (2009)
Backlash (2009) was the 11th professional wrestling pay-per show held on April 26, 2009, in Providence, Rhode Island, and featured champions Randy Orton, Edge, and Christian.
Backlash (2016)
Backlash (2016): WWE pay-per-view, September 11, 2016, Richmond Coliseum, Virginia; first SmackDown LIVE brand-exclusive PPV of the New Era; AJ Styles won the WWE World Championship from Dean Ambrose, Becky Lynch and Slater & Rhyno became inaugural champions.
Backlash (2017)
WWE Backlash 2017, May 21 at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois; SmackDown-exclusive PPV where Jinder Mahal upset Randy Orton for his first WWE Championship, Nakamura debuted, and Owens retained the US title against Styles by count-out.
Backlash (2018)
Backlash (2018), WWE pay-per-view on May 6, 2018 at Prudential Center, Newark; first co-branded PPV of 2018. Reigns beat Samoa Joe; Styles vs Nakamura No DQ ended No Contest; all five titles retained.
Backlash (2020)
Backlash (2020) was a WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event held June 14, 2020, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Randy Orton beat Edge in the billed 'Greatest Wrestling Match Ever'; McIntyre, Strowman, Asuka, Crews, and Bayley & Banks retained titles.
Backlash (2023)
Backlash (2023) was a WWE professional wrestling premium live event held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on May 6, 2023, hosted by Bad Bunny, with Cody Rhodes defeating Brock Lesnar in the main event.
Backlash (2024)
WWE Backlash France (2024), held May 4 at the LDLC Arena in Lyon-Decines, was WWE's first premium live event in France, headlined by Cody Rhodes retaining the Undisputed WWE Championship against AJ Styles before a famously loud crowd.
Backlash (2025)
Backlash (2025), WWE's 20th Backlash premium live event, held May 10, 2025 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis; John Cena retained the Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton, and all four champions retained.
Backlash (2026)
Backlash (2026), WWE premium live event, May 9, 2026, Tampa; Roman Reigns beat Jacob Fatu for the World Heavyweight title; John Cena announced the John Cena Classic; IYO SKY beat Asuka.
Backpacking (hiking)
Backpacking (hiking): wilderness backpacking, hiking with a backpack carrying shelter, sleeping gear, food, and water treatment for overnight trips; distinct from travel backpacking; studied for health benefits and morbidity on trails like the John Muir Trail.
Backstroke
Backstroke: competitive swimming stroke swum on the back with alternating arms and flutter kick; only stroke started in the water; 15 m underwater limit; Olympic event since 1900.
Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility lets newer consoles run older systems' games via hardware chips, emulation, recompilation, or streaming. Covers PS5 (99% of PS4 games), Xbox (~600 of 2,000+ Xbox 360 titles), Nintendo's shift to Switch Online, licensing barriers, and preservation trade-offs.
Backyard Baseball (1997 video game)
Backyard Baseball (1997) is Humongous Entertainment's point-and-click children's baseball game, first in the Backyard Sports series, with 30 fictional kids including Pablo Sanchez; remastered as Backyard Baseball '97 on Steam in 2024.
Backyard Baseball (2026 video game)
Backyard Baseball (2026) is an arcade baseball game by Mega Cat Studios and Playground Productions, released July 9, 2026 on Steam; a 3D Unity reimagining of the 1997 Humongous classic with 30 Backyard Kids, 11 stadiums, and no microtransactions.
Backyard Surf Shop
Backyard Surf Shop is a Rip Curl brand store at Voorstraat 102, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, specializing in singlefin surfing; sells boards, wetsuits, and clothing, rents 8ft soft-tops, and was acquired by Jeffry Wesselingh of Beach & Waves in 2023.
Bad Blue Boys
Bad Blue Boys (BBB), ultras group of GNK Dinamo Zagreb founded 1986, named after the 1983 film Bad Boys; based on Maksimir's North Stand, known for the 1990 Dinamo–Red Star riot, Croatian nationalist politics, and the 2023 Athens killing.
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja (DragonNinja, ドラゴンニンジャ) is Data East's 1988 co-op arcade beat 'em up in which Blade and Striker fight ninjas to rescue President Ronnie; a top-five 1988 US arcade earner with many home ports.
Bad Luck Fale
Bad Luck Fale (Simi Taitoko Fale, born 1982), Tongan-New Zealand wrestler, NJPW debut 2010, founding Bullet Club member 2013, now Don Fale in House of Torture; Fale Dojo founder.
Bad News Bears
Bad News Bears is a 2005 American sports comedy directed by Richard Linklater, starring Billy Bob Thornton as a washed-up coach of a losing Little League team.
Badd Blood: In Your House
Badd Blood: In Your House, a WWF pay-per-view held October 5, 1997 at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, featured the first Hell in a Cell match (Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker) and Kane's WWE debut.
Badland (video game)
Badland (BADLAND) is a 2013 side-scrolling physics platformer by Finnish two-person studio Frogmind, released on iOS April 4, 2013; iPad Game of the Year 2013, 10 million players, Game of the Year Edition on consoles in 2015.
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport in which players hit a shuttlecock over a net, played by more than 200 million people and an Olympic sport since 1992.
Badminton Asia
Badminton Asia (Badminton Asia Confederation), the BWF-recognized governing body for badminton in Asia: 43 member associations across 5 sub-regions, headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, running the Asia Championships and team events.
Badminton Asia Championships
Badminton Asia Championships (亚洲羽毛球锦标赛), annual continental badminton championship since 1991, first held 1962 Kuala Lumpur; five events, Super 1000-level points, US$550,000 purse in 2026 at Ningbo, China, won by Shi Yu Qi and An Se-young.
Badminton Association of India
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) is the national governing body for badminton in India, a full Badminton World Federation member since 1935, based in New Delhi and led by president Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics: five events, 11–20 August, Riocentro Pavilhão 4, 172 athletes from 46 NOCs. Chen Long and Carolina Marín won singles gold; China took only two of five golds after sweeping London 2012.
Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held 24 July to 2 August 2021 at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, across five events. China led with two golds; no BWF top-ranked player or pair won gold, and Axelsen took men's singles.
Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
Men's singles badminton at Tokyo 2020 (24 July–2 August 2021, Musashino Forest Sport Plaza): Viktor Axelsen beat defending champion Chen Long 21-15, 21-12 for gold; Anthony Ginting took bronze; world number one Kento Momota exited early.
Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics: five-event Paris 2024 tournament, 27 July to 5 August 2024 at Porte de la Chapelle Arena; 173 athletes, China led with 2 gold and 3 silver, Asians won 14 of 15 medals.