WWE Backlash 2017 Preview and Predictions

May 20, 2017 at 7:13 PM

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WWE Backlash 2017 Preview and Predictions

Since the latest brand split, Backlash probably came out with the least most anticipated pay per view match card. Some jobbers have suddenly been elevated into the title pictures, one of them got the main event. They tried to present them as great forces but did the push actually worked?

Let us talk about Jinder Mahal for a while; the Canadian professional wrestler was an ultimate jobber and then suddenly he became a main eventer. He defeated wrestlers like Sami Zayn, Randy Orton and even AJ Styles in this process. He is looking strong so far, but we can never understand how good has he evolved since he gets his match.

About the other matches, there are definitely some good matches on the card. The six-woman tag team match looks normal and it is more of a simple Smackdown weekly match, but the way they built this up, it looks seriously good. But in some cases, they failed to build up some good feuds too. Let us talk about all the matches that are added into the card and let’s see what we can expect from those matches;

WWE Championship – Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal – We talked about this match already. Let us come to the prediction part, directly. We believe there is no difficulty in predicting Randy Orton winning the whole thing. It does not matter how strong they built Jinder in this process, he is not capable enough of carrying the biggest prize in sports entertainment right now.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Randy Orton wins and retains

WWE Intercontinental championship – Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles – This is the match that has the potential to be the best match on the card. The top heel of the company vs. the top babyface of the company, what better could you ask for?

But this is really unfortunate that they failed badly to build up this feud in a better way. It looks promising just because of the two big names. Hopefully, this will be a very good match, it might also come out as the best match of the evening.

Sportzwiki Prediction – DQ or No Contest, Kevin Owens retains

WWE Smackdown Tag Team championship – The Usos vs. Breezango – We seriously have no idea how this match got into a pay per view main show. Are you seriously looking forward to seeing this match? Is there anyone dying to see this match? Is it worth paying?

We are not saying that this match will be a bad one and not worthy of watching but we are not expecting anything huge either. Breezango had been jobbing for quite a long and suddenly putting them in the title frame does not make them a worthy contender. We think New Day might make their Smackdown debut after this match to challenge the Usos for the titles.

Sportzwiki Prediction – The Usos win and retain

Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn – When Sami Zayn got traded to Smackdown, we knew this was coming. We also expected to see Baron Corbin being the first legit opponent for Sami Zayn at Smackdown. There are rumours that WWE will elevate Baron Corbin as one of the top guys of Smackdown, soon he will also be challenging for the WWE championship.

Sami Zayn will just be another opponent on the path for him. Quite surely, Corbin will win this feud. But Sami needs to win this match. He has done the same thing in Smackdown as he did on Raw, that is jobbing. Corbin should not win this match. So this part of the prediction is made on what should happen rather what might happen.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Sami Zayn wins

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler – We are finally seeing Nakamura in action on the main roster. It has been over a month since Nakamura came into the main roster. But they did not book him in any match since then. They hyped Nakamura’s first main roster match really well.

But how good would it be? Every time Nakamura got a match at NXT he did some amazing job. Can he do the same on the main roster? It depends on the booking time he gets. Here is our take on this match; we think they should give this match at least a fifteen minutes booking and it should never be a squash for Nakamura. Not all the fans watch NXT, so everyone should get to know what ‘The Artist Known As Shinsuke Nakamura’ is capable of. The first impression is really important.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Shinsuke Nakamura wins

Luke Harper vs. Eric Rowan – It is quite awkward to see this feud still going on. Why are these two guys fighting each other? Can’t they understand this simple thing that no one is interested to see this feud? They should better team up. This would be good for both these guys and the fans.

Now you might say that as Bray Wyatt is on Raw, there is no reason in teaming them up? But there is no point in making them fight either. They have no issues with each other, so why are they fighting? Bray’s absence can make them even a stronger team. They should team up during or after this match.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Luke Harper wins

Six Woman Tag Team Match – Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Smackdown Women’s Champion Naomi vs. The Welcoming Committee – This is one of the most well built up feuds for this event. On paper, it looks just another Smackdown women’s action, but the storyline made it pretty interesting to see.

They should not break this welcoming Committee thing very soon. It should go on for a while. Even though the name sounds really bad. We think the heel side should snatch the cheeky win where James Ellsworth helping them. This whole Becky Lynch – Ellsworth drama looks interesting too. So they should give a teaser of that inter-gender match too.

Sportzwiki Prediction – The Welcoming Committee wins

 

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