Backlash RATE BACKLASH 2017

[The Gipper]

Rate tonight's episode of Backlash and leave a comment or two to let us know what you think of the show! YEA!

Spoiler: BACKLASH SPOILERS! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN COME IN HERE IF YOU DIDN'T WANT SPOILERS!?

TYE DILLINGER VS AIDEN ENGLISH

Tye beat Aiden with a tye breaker (I think, I mean who actually watches the kickoff show? Come on now.)

SHINSUKE NAKAMURA VS DOLPH ZIGGLER

Shinsuke beat Dolph Ziggler with a KINSHASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

THE USOS VS BREEZANGO

IN THE UPSET OF THE EVENING, THE USOS BEAT FANDANGO, JANITOR BREEZE, GRANDMA BREEZE AND TYLER BREEZE TO RETAIN THE SMACKDOWN LIVE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin

Sami Helluva kicked Corbin’s face off his…face.

Becky Lynch, Charlotte & WWE Smackdown Live Womens champion Naomi vs The Welcoming Committee (Natalya, Tamina & Carmella)

Natalya made Becky Lynch tap out to the sharpshooter!

AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens for the United States Championship

The prestige is real for the US Title right now. After a great match, Styles gets his foot stuck in the commentary table and KO retains via countout which kinda dragged down the match a bit.

Luke Harper vs Erick Rowan

This was way too up the card for my liking. But Luke caught Erick with a discus clothesline (OUTTA NOWHERE) and pinned him.

Randy Orton vs Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship

Yea, scratch what I said before, THIS IS THE UPSET VICTORY OF THE YEAR SO FAR. Jinder Mahal took down Randy Orton with his finishing move which I can’t be bothered googling and Jinder is your new WWE CHAMPION! LET ME REPEAT THAT, THE GUY WHO WAS A ROCKSTAR NOT EVEN 3 YEARS AGO AND UNTIL A MONTH AGO, WAS NOTHING BUT A JOBBER IS NOW SMACKDOWN'S NUMBER ONE CHAMPION! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

 

[Just Kevin]

8/10

because....

Spoiler: Open..

 

[¡Tranquilo!]

YOU CAN'T HINDER THE JINDER.

THE MODERN DAY MAHARAJA

J I N D E R M A H A L

...2017 the year memes dictated a presidential election and WWE booking.

 

[Doxo]

Amazing show. My predictions were slaughtered, but nearly everything I wanted to happen happened. ALL HAIL THE MAHARAJA

 

[RedDwarfTechy]

It's kalled the Khalas XD (which means 'the end/finish' in Hindi/Punjabi)

MAHARHREAHRHAHAJA FTW!

 

[Travs]

ALL HAIL THE MAHARAJA
JINDER JINDER JINDER
YEEEEEEE

 

[Solid Snake]

I am honestly shocked Jinder won. Not that he didn't deserve it or anything. Just shocked Orton bit the dirt.

 

[Patriot]

3/10

Jinder didn't deserve the title. It's earned

He got it before the likes of Zayn, Nakamura, Joe omg Samoa Joe, Balor, Cesaro, Rusev

I mean I wouldn't have mind it had he won the Universal title but the WWE title is the holy grail of this industry

Sadly WWE is going towards the shit direction of marketing their company more than making their company elsewhere in the world

 

[Grievous 3D]

Okay...so...

~ Perfect 10 won...Good...
~ Nakamura won...Good...
~ What happened to that push Baron Corbin was getting?
~ The Usos retain...I'm guessing a feud with the New Day is coming up shortly...
~ KO retained via count out? That is lame...
~ Harper defeated Rowan...and it means nothing really...
~ So...let me get this straight...Orton won't put Wyatt over...but he will Mahal? Really?
I mean congratulations to Jinder and a push is a push...but is WWE trying to devalue
the World title to make the Universal title seem more important? I'm curious to see how
long Jinder is actually champion for. It could be a 2 night reign for all we know. Orton
is owed a rematch right?

And...the Women's Match...was completely and utterly pointless...

You wanted Nattie & the Pussycats to win...that's fine...but why pick the most meaningless
way possible for them to win. You could have had Carmella pin Naomi or Charlotte to continue
her momentum...you could have had Tamina pin Charlotte, Naomi or Becky and finally have
her do something since her return...but no...let's have Natalya make Becky tap out to the
sharpshooter...in a result that means nothing and does nothing for anybody...except continue
the booking of Becky Lynch like a fucking jobber.

No walk outs, No heel turns, No surprise returns of Lana or Summer Rae...nothing but the heels
winning clean.

Becky Lynch has not won a televised match since March 14th and I'm fucking sick of it!

In fact now that I think about it...all 4 horsewomen have been booked terribly in recent months.

Also...for the record...having a 3 woman faction in a division of 6 is bullshit and is restricting the
overall story telling. The sooner all 6 women are on their own the better.

On a positive note...both Becky & Charlotte looked amazing...but that's the only positive I'm
taking away from this match.

The SmackDown creative team has really dropped the ball with the Women's division since the
draft/superstar shake up.

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

WWE presents: :idk: the show

 

[Rosie]

...I should have waited until after work and seeing the rest of the show before I went on here...

 

[Snowman1]

Is this real life??

 

[C.M. Shaddix]

Jinder Mahal is the WWE Champion
Jinder Mahal is the WWE Champion
Jinder Mahal is the WWE Champion

What a time we live in!

 

[Grievous 3D]

Jinder Mahal is the WWE Champion

That is one hell of a push...

I wonder what the Backlash numbers were like in India?

 

[Mr. Roman Empire]

HARD MOTHER FUCKIN BODY MAHAL!!!!


Now all I need is my boy Handsome Rusev to take the belt from him at MITB and we're golden