The first brand-exclusive PPV post the WWE Draft is finally here with SmackDown Live’s Backlash event just a couple of days away. He will be working with Matt Bloom, who is the head coach and his former tag team partner in 2001 & 2002.
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The Miz will put his WWE Intercontinental Championship on the line against Dolph Ziggler.
-The Usos vs. The Hype Bros for a spot in the tag team championship tournament finals. After turning down a chance to fight on SmackDown, this got set up for Backlash.
In the main event, Dean Ambrose is defending his WWE World title against AJ Styles, who recently defeated John Cena and has been on a tear since coming to the blue brand. To crown their first Women’s champ, SmackDown is having a Sixpack Elimination match between Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella, Carmella, Alexa Bliss, Naomi and Natalya. Backlash barely has any sort of undercard so far but all of the announced matches have stakes behind them which makes it an interesting change.
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals MatchHeath Slater and Rhyno vs.
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The Citizen will have live coverage of WWE Backlash beginning at 7 p.m. Look for live analysis and match-by-match results throughout the show.
