Backlash PPV Thread (SD spoilers)

paulie21

From Chicago which means stupid CM Punk chants

The main events are:

The debut of Nakamura v Dolph Ziggler
Kevin Owens defends the US title against AJ Styles
Randy Orton defends WWE title against Jinder Mahal

JP Liz V1

Be great if Jinder won

Frank O. Pinion

3 "main events"? What is this, a WrestleMania?

A Smackdown Backlash happened only 8 months ago. What is this, some kind of timeloop?

PTH2009

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Be great if Jinder won

I'm thinking he will but will lose it on the next episode of SD

It will be one of those shock endings like the streak ending etc

riffmongous

PTH2009 wrote: »

I'm thinking he will but will lose it on the next episode of SD

It will be one of those shock endings like the streak ending etc

Please don't say that, it makes me have Christian PTSD flashbacks

johnnyryan89

PTH2009 wrote: »

I'm thinking he will but will lose it on the next episode of SD

It will be one of those shock endings like the streak ending etc

Can't see him losing it straight away on the next episode of SD. Money in the Bank is four weeks away and a Smackdown show so could see him holding the belt until then and probably dropping it to however wins the briefcase.

PTH2009

English actually has a good voice

Don't think I'm going to be able to stay awake for it all

johnnysmack

Breezango is easily my new favourite team!

sky88

I now need a breezango title run

Neil3030

Guy pulls up in a limo, has two servants lay a carpet for him..... Moans about America not accepting him.

#wweLogic

ERG89

What a runaway success this ppv was. There is a new WWE champion & nobody cared enough to comment on it.
I just read the results on Wikipedia tbh.
Maybe some are comatose after watching Jinder in a main event even AJ Styles couldn't pull a good match out of him.

aaaaaaaahhhhhh

Was thinking the exact same, I was like "It was very quiet here last night"

ERG89

aaaaaaaahhhhhh wrote: »

Was thinking the exact same, I was like "It was very quiet here last night"

I initially thought that the ppv was called Payback when I searched for results; as that & Backlash basically mean the same thing.

ricero

Jasus forgot this was even on. Only realised after being on skysports.com and seeing a picture of jinder with the belt :eek:

aaaaaaaahhhhhh

Even with the likley hood that we were getting a new champion, I think there was zero interest in this PPV

thebostoncrab

I legit spent the week looking forward to Takeover, watched Takeover then completely forgot about Backlash. How bad is it that I remembered a show exclusively on the Network but forgot about a PPV that was pushed more?

DM_7

Owens v AJ


For the US title, with no heat or buzz around it. What a waste. Sums up WWE main roster for me.

Yeah, its great they want to crack the india market, then just have Jinder win the US title and call it the India title.

Keep AJ and Owens apart until you want/are ready tondo a hot feud, they cant do that again now for Summerslam or a Mania.

SureYWouldntYa

I can only think Jinder is a transitional champion, and the belt will be on AJ or Nakamura next so they keep Orton vs either of those guys fresh for Summerslam

J. Marston

Everyone's reaction to the PPV seems to be "Meh" but not the Indian commentary team...

https://streamable.com/72790

Agent Coulson

The weak link in 3MB is the World Champ

SlickRic

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

I can only think Jinder is a transitional champion, and the belt will be on AJ or Nakamura next so they keep Orton vs either of those guys fresh for Summerslam

Don't bet on it.

Vince wants to milk the Indian market for all it's worth.

SureYWouldntYa

SlickRic wrote: »

Don't bet on it.

Vince wants to milk the Indian market for all it's worth.

Are they touring India soon? I wonder if he actually will be a draw for India, he was born in and trained in Canada, I know Irish people would certainly reject some New Yorker claiming to be Irish because of Irish ancestor

If he is a draw there surely a month until Money in the Bank is enough for him to be promoted there

It's not so much Jinder himself that people laughing and the crickets out, it's the fact he went from the jobber concussing Balor to challenging for the title in 2 weeks to winning it in 6 weeks, like it's taken almost a year for Baron Corbin to be accepted close to an upper card talent and people are accepting him fine, ditto for Braun Strowman

PTH2009

would not of predicted Jinder to be world champ but fair play to him

imagine he join the list of all those 'meh champs' that Whatculture and all those guys on youtube do

I can see him losing the title on SD 2morrow night or at MITB, id be very surprised if he holds onto it going into Summerslam

Who do you think will be in the MITB match, rumours of

Rusev winning it

Still wont say to Becky with that hair lol

SlickRic

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Are they touring India soon?

India is WWE mad, with a huge audience, but WWE don't make the money off them that they should.

If there's a tour soon, that's coincidence.

J. Marston

It was so stupid but I found Breeze rolling back and forth away from Uso hilarious.

Neil3030

The annoying thing is that Breezango can really bloody work, though I suppose once Vinny Mac sees you in a dress or a cop outfit his mind is made up on your....eh... position.... within the company.

Blue_Dabadee

I really hope that they give Jinder Mahal a year long run. :P

Lithium93_

Blue_Dabadee wrote: »

I really hope that they give Jinder Mahal a year long run. :P

Nah Rusev to beat him at Money In The Bank, then it'll be Rusev's time to shine.

Jerichoholic

A terrible show. I'm very much regretting re subbing for the network. WWE is in a terrible state.

ERG89

Blue_Dabadee wrote:

I really hope that they give Jinder Mahal a year long run.

The question is do they wait until Mania to have him make his entrance on an elephant?

PTH2009

ERG89 wrote: »

The question is do they wait until Mania to have him make his entrance on an elephant?

just got this imagine in my head 0.53-1.06

CastorTroy

During that match I remember seeing the comments about Jinder getting the push to try and get more of the Indian market, but then remembered isn't that why they made Khali champion?

skipper_G

Jinder Mahal is the WWE Champ, now that's really bizarro world. Never seen so many people in a crowd with a puzzled look of "What?" on their faces before.

What's with Becky's hairdo? She reminds me of Tina Turner. She's still a corker though

On a positive note, how great are Breezango!

citytillidie

CastorTroy wrote: »

During that match I remember seeing the comments about Jinder getting the push to try and get more of the Indian market, but then remembered isn't that why they made Khali champion?

One difference Khali is Indian Jinder is Canadian

Virtanen

WWE Title has changed hands at each of the last 4 PPVs at which it's been on the line

Becoming the new IC title?

WinnyThePoo

I thought the Ziggler v Nakamura was not very good. It should have went 5 minutes with Nakamura kicking the crap out of Ziggler. How many near falls did Ziggler get?.

Virtanen

Honestly, Tyler Breeze's antics were the highlight of the show, which will tell you how bad the actual wrestling was