Line #11 Wrestling/BadBlood


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3	Bad Blood (originally Badd Blood) was a Wrestling/{{WWE}} professional wrestling pay-per-view event that debuted in 1997. as an ''In Your House'' event. Later in 2003 and 2004, it returned as an exclusive event for the [[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]] brand. The pay-per-view is known for introducing the Wrestling/HellInACell match, which was the main event all three years the pay-per-view was held. In 2005, ''One Night Stand'' replaced ''Bad Blood'' when ''Wrestling/{{Vengeance}}'' moved to June and ''Wrestling/TheGreatAmericanBash'' moved to July.
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5	In 2017, it was originally announced that ''Bad Blood'' would be returning as a Raw-exclusive event on July 9, but on April 28, it was confirmed that the July event would be called ''Great Balls of Fire''.
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7	!!This event contains examples of:
8	* AdvertisedExtra: Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} was in the poster of the 2004 event despite only wrestling in its opening match.
9	* AlliterativeTitle: '''B'''ad '''B'''lood.
10	* TheBadGuyWins:
11	** All three consecutive Wrestling/HellInACell matches were won by heels.
12	*** Wrestling/ShawnMichaels defeated Wrestling/TheUndertaker after a debuting Wrestling/{{Kane}} interfered and tombstoned his brother.
13	*** Wrestling/TripleH had won the Hell in a Cell match in this event twice in a row. In 2003, he defeated Wrestling/KevinNash (with Wrestling/MickFoley as the guest referee), and a year later defeated HBK, ending their heated rivalry that lasted for almost two years.
14	** The 2003 event also had Rodney Mack and Wrestling/ChristopherNowinski defeating Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys, La Resistance defeating Wrestling/RobVanDam and Wrestling/{{Kane}} for the World Tag Team Championship, Wrestling/RicFlair defeating Wrestling/ShawnMichaels after interference from Flair's Wrestling/{{Evolution}} stable-mate Wrestling/RandyOrton.
15	** The 2004 event also had Wrestling/RandyOrton defeating [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]] to retain the Intercontinental title, Wrestling/TrishStratus defeating then Women's champion [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]], Wrestling/{{Lita}}, and Wrestling/GailKim to win the title for a record-breaking fifth time (and she would win it two more times).
16	* BrieferThanTheyThink: The event was only held ''three'' times.
17	* CommutingOnABus: Bad Blood debuted in 1997 and disappears until 2003 and ceased after the following year's event.
18	* DavidVersusGoliath: The event sure loves this trope.
19	** The inaugural event had Wrestling/TheUndertaker vs. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels. Interestingly, Taker was the Face while HBK was the Heel.
20	** The 2003 event had Wrestling/KevinNash vs. Wrestling/TripleH. But like Taker vs. HBK above, Goliath was the Face while David was the Heel. Played straight with Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs Wrestling/ChrisJericho.
21	** The World heavyweight Championship match between Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/{{Kane}} plays this straight.
22	* DawnOfAnEra: The 2003 event marked the beginning of brand-exclusive pay-per-views until 2007.
23	* DebutQueue: The 1997 event featured the debut of Wrestling/{{Kane}}[[note]]Well, the Kane Gimmick. Glen Jacobs is a veteran at this point.[[/note]].
24	* DisqualificationInducedVictory: Wrestling/{{Christian}} hit Wrestling/BookerT with the Intercontinental title to retain the belt during the 2003 event.
25	* DramaticIrony: Despite technically debuting in this event, Wrestling/{{Kane}} never won a match in it.
26	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Wrestling/ShawnMichaels was a Heel in the inaugural event. Every appearance he had in this event from after that, he's a Face. Also, it was spelled Bad'''d''' Blood.
27	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wrestling/{{Kane}} showed what he was made of when he showed up at the 1997 event when he ripped the door off the Wrestling/HellInACell.
28	* FinalBattle: The Wrestling/HellInACell match between Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels served as their final encounter to end a long drawn out feud that started since July 2002. His 2003 match against Wrestling/KevinNash was also this to a lesser extent since their feud lasted for about a couple of months.
29	* HistoryRepeats: All the main events of this event have been Hell in a Cell matches. All three also involved either or both Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/TripleH.
30	* LaserGuidedKarma: Wrestling/TheUndertaker used a steel chair to hit Michaels hard in his head, which was referred to on air as "payback" for a similar incident involving Michaels costing Undertaker the WWF Championship at Wrestling/SummerSlam when Michaels was the guest referee for Undertaker's match with Wrestling/BretHart.
31	* SmallRoleBigImpact: While the PPV itself has had only a few editions, it introduced the Wrestling/HellInACell and all of the associated moments and matches, including ''an entire PPV'' associated with that kind of match.
32	* SpanishAnnouncersTable: HBK had fallen to one from the top of the cell after Undertaker stomped on his hands.
33	* SpotlightStealingSquad: While all three Wrestling/HellInACell matches were the main events of the pay-per-view, there are two of them that are non-title matches (1997 and 2004).
34	* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: In 1997, HBK and The Undertaker fought inside Hell in a Cell for the right to face Wrestling/BretHart for his WWE Championship.
35	* WheelOfDecisions: Co-General Managers Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin and Wrestling/EricBischoff competed in a "Redneck Triathlon" at Bad Blood 2003, where a wheel is spun to decide which game will be played.

Context Wrestling / BadBlood