Welcome to IWNerd.com’s coverage of WWE Backlash 2017!!! We will be hosting a live chat for the event in the comment section below! Please join us and talk the show with a good crew! Consider yourself invited! Should be a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the match card for tonight!!!!!
WWE Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. Jinder Mahal
Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Usos (c) vs. Tyler Breeze & Fandango
WWE U.S Championship
Kevin Owens (c) vs. AJ Styles
Naomi, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs. Tamina Snuka, Carmella and Natalya
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler
Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin
Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan
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Kickoff
Tye Dillinger vs. Aiden English
Leave us your predictions!
KO Nakamura Orton Welcoming Committe Harper Dillinger Breezango
Should be a fun show
Can’t wait
Can’t wait for tonight!
Who you got winning?
Dillinger, Harper, Corbin, Nakamura, Charlotte/Lynch/Naomi, Owens, BreeZango, and Mahal. What about you?
Dillinger, Rowan, Corbin, Nakamura, Welcoming Committee, Owens, Usos, Jinder
Our picks
I have the Harper, face women and Orton retaining, but apart from that same
Lol Booker T
Haha
Ziggler vs Nak. First match of the night
Not a fan of DIY breaking up overall thought takeover was better than the last one
I hated them breaking up but that means it worked i think lol
Ya I hate them breaking up to but look at the bigger picture we get matches like the one from the cwc
If they get called up hopefully they go to smackdown because if they go to raw they will never get used
True they will get lost in the shuffle or they could join the cruiserweight division
It’s going to be hard for Backlash to top TakeOver in my opinion.
#FireJBL
??????????????
Who ya got in the opening match
Gotta be the perfect 10
I’m surprised they’re sticking with this gimmick, it’s cringy as fuck. Reminds me of when we had gimmicks like Isaac Yankem..
I love the singing gimmick
I can’t lie, i enjoy it lol
Gorilla Monsoon’s original gimmick had him singing opera. He turned out okay.
Different people different tastes then I guess. Does nothing for me, gotta admit.
Dillinger wins!
That’s a new way to hit the Tye Breaker
What a promo
Also I hate Broken Record T
Here we go! Who is excited?
Let’s Go!
Its time!!!!
Leave us your predictions before the show starts!
Let’s see if Smackdown tops Payback
Nah let’s see if they top TakeOver Payback was bad
i’ll take topping Payback lol
I really feel like they’re burying the WWE title. Bray wasn’t given a chance to make anything amazing happen, Orton is boring, Jinder is still too green imo (I still dislike his megapush but I will admit he’s got slightly better over the last few weeks). As long as the US title gets pushed to they moon I won’t care because AJ and KO are going to be absolutely amazing, but as long as the WWE title is around they won’t be main eventing PPVs.
That said RAW only has the Intercontinental title right now so maybe I shouldn’t be complaining, at least SmackDown’s champ shows up for work
Rusev might get involved in WWE title picture
YES YES YES
I really want that. Rusev has been severely underused after he lost to Cena at Mania.
He keeps getting injured.
So does Balor but he’ll get another Universal title shot eventually?
Part time champs.
Ziggler vs Nakamura kicks us off going with The King of Strong Style
first time in a long time Dolph has actually received legit boos I know it’s Chicago but still first time in a long time
Time to play some air violin
???
This is what life is all about.
He’s so NJPW, it’s great. Over the top in the best way.
oh I am praying I get to see Shinsuke’s entrance live on Tuesday when I’m at Smackdown god damn man
I hope you do I saw it LIVE when NXT came to my town
Dolph the new king of strong style?
Random question, which wrestler/tag team not currently signed to the WWE would you like to see debut the most? Personally I’m a big fan of Will Ospreay.
Omega myself
Nakamura wins!
KINSISHA
Really good opener semi great
Didn’t disappoint
Breezango!
Our day one is H
I’m glad they finally stepped it up with Breezango. Months ago if you’d said they’d make me laugh like Edge and Christian did, I’d never believe it.
Breeze hahahaha
MOP MOP MOP
RIP MOP
RIP child of Moppy
Hahha
????
Let’s go Grandma
I’m dying over here hahaha
Same
I’m dying I’m crying I’m about ready to grab a fucking vodka pardon my language hahaha
Can these costumes be DLC for the game, I will give all my money WWE
Let’s tweet to 2k and WWE to make it happen for WWE2K18
#GrandmaFor2K18
Lol JBL
That was great
I hope this feud continues
pretty entertaining match
Great match, and really good choice to not put the titles on Breezango yet. Let the flame keep burning. Build the division.
A slow burn is always a good thing
That was such a fun match!
I always get pumped when I hear Sami’s music
Shame his music never plays after the end of the match
Well JBL if he came here to make an Impact then he in the wrong company
Will the Sami Zayn losing streak continue? My money is on yes
Think so too
I’m still recovering from Tyler Breeze in that grandma outfit and why I’m happy JBL got whacked with it is beyond me but whatever lol oh god that was priceless
Sami is probably the best seller in WWE
Besides Dolph
SAMI WINS
Rip Corbin as the next big heel
Sami wins and a good match so Backlash going good so far I’ve liked the show
Yay! Sami won! Almost makes up for him getting robbed of the WWE Title match.
2-2 in my predictions.
No Jinder, I hate you because you’re a shit wrestler who should sit in the midcard and maybe get a US Title run at best
It’s a shameless push for India, which is fine, but he went from low mid-card to main event without really earning it.
Yep, spot on
It’s the fact that wrestlers like Styles, Owens, Nakamura, are pushed down to the midcard because of it that really gets on my nerves. Styles is arguably the best in the world right now, and indisputably the best in WWE, yet he’s not main eventing because Great Khali had to come back
Nakamura needs to earn his spot, Owens had a great UT run, Styles had a great WWE Title run and them feuding elevates the US title.
My problem with Jinder is that 1. He’s not a great wrestler. 2. He got the rocket simply because WWE’s really pushing to expand into India and wanted a superstar that would appeal to Indian audiences. Which is fine, but they’ve alienated a lot of their American(and main) audience because it’s perceived that Jinder is getting the push because he’s of Indian descent, rather than talent, while guys like Zayn are stuck in low card matches.
They finally DTR
Nattie still rocking them cat ears
Here come the powerpuff girls
ah our annoying wanna be scream queen Natalya
QUEEEEEEEEEEN
damn Charlotte rocking the aqua blue holy shit son
Naomi rocking that glow
at least it’s better then Natalya rocking cat ears
Lol
What is that hairstyle Becky
I just cringed cause I headed Nattie screaming
when Nattie screams we cringe
I like how Charlotte is supposed to be a face now but she still does the Woo
Ric ‘Woo’d as a face and a heel.
Charlotte’s Woo is specifically from her being a heel tho when she beat Ric up
Stop Nattie *cringes*
Is she wearing the cat hair again?
Yes she was
*facepalm* Oh Nattie.
Who is Tamina and why should I care? Like I vaguely remember her being allied with Naomi last year or something but she’s sort of a nothing character here
She’s Jimmy Snuka’s daughter and is related to the Anoa’i/Maivia/Fatu family, thus a relative by marriage of Naomi. Most of her career, she’s been used as an enforcer for the Usos or heel characters like AJ Lee, Naomi, and Sasha.
But why is she part of the heel stable? The three faces all have something but even Ellsworth has more character than her. Hell, Ellsworth is the only one in the heel stable to have character.
She’s big and tough. She never really feuds, she’s mostly used as a manager and wrestles in some matches.
She did challenge Beth Phoneix for the divas title at elimination chamber in 2011
But they never really do anything with her. I was hoping that with Nia on the roster, we could see something with them as a team or rivals.
I would have loved to see that
It would’ve been perfect. Them as a tag team would’ve been awesome, but Nia’s being reduced to Alexa’s enforcer.
Becky lynch taps
THEY DON’T WANT NONE
Man I want AJ to win but to keep the belt relevant they can’t hot potato it too much
KO’s head looks… shinier than normal
They should bring back the bragging rights ppv
I want them to bring back Championship scrambles, those were fun.
I played those in the old videogames and yes those were fun
I second both bringing back Bragging Rights and Championship Scrambles
They can do ‘Bragging Rights’ matches at Survivor Series though.
True, but I’d rather have that instead of “Great Balls of Fire.” Ooo, or they could bring back Capitol Punishment
Yeah, I keep hoping someone has the sense to tell Vince that the name sucks. Though if they don’t use Jerry Lee Lewis’ song as the theme song, I’ll be mad.
I look at it this way: at least we get to see Lesnar finally defend his title.
Did Styles whiff the Pele kick or are my eyes deceiving me?
Harper or Rowan? Who ya got
Harper
WWE Title match who ya got?
Who do you guys and gals have?
Mahal
JINDER WON THE TITLE
YESSIR
Are they f***ing serious?! *facepalm* SmackDown, you were good while you lasted.
It was great chatting with all of you!