Backlash, not WrestleMania 40, should be seen as the beginning of a new creative era in WWE.
This marks the start of three new title reigns, with Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest and Bayley, who hasn’t been world champion since 2020, defending his new belt for the first time on Saturday (12 p.m. ET) in Lyon, France. It marks the true beginning of. peacock).
In a world where Roman Reigns is no longer champion and WWE is dealing with injuries to Seth Rollins, Rhea Ripley, CM Punk, Dominik Mysterio, and more, it’s imperative that WWE gets this new story off to a good start. It is.
The team of Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair will likely have the biggest moment and become the Women’s Tag Team Champions, which would make United States Champion Logan Paul the only person to hold the titles from before WrestleMania. right.
Now that his story is over and he’s crowned champion in Philadelphia, Rose will now face a series of contenders, but AJ Styles has no idea what magic these two could create in the ring. When you think about it, he’s the perfect first opponent.
It will be interesting to see if this is a one-off or if WWE intends to write a longer story for both men.
Considering Styles faced Rose’s father Dusty in TNA, it feels like a waste for these two to only face off once. Rhodes will need a long list of challengers to keep this reign fresh.
Priest might be the most interesting champion to enter Backlash. This is because he has never been a world champion in a major promotion before and Judgment Day appears to be losing momentum.
It feels like Jey Uso, who is challenging Priest, will become singles champion sooner rather than later, but how will WWE continue his storyline even if he loses?
With so many big decisions to be made for WWE, The Post’s Joseph Staszewski does his best to predict what will happen at Backlash.
The Bloodline (Solo Chicoa & Tama Tonga) vs. Randy Orton & Kevin Owens
The new bloodline needs to establish themselves, so it’s hard to imagine them losing here. We’ve been waiting for former MLW Champion Jacob Fatu’s debut, and this could be the perfect moment. With his intervention, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton won’t lose cleanly.
It wouldn’t hurt for Owens to get the pin, and it would make sense for him to do so since Tonga needs to establish himself as a power in WWE.
With the loss and Fatu’s arrival, Orton and Owens will be forced to find a third party to fight this new group, and perhaps that will be Jimmy Uso.
Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill defeat Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) to win the Women’s Tag Team Championship.
WWE has a superstar duo in Belair and Cargill, but they will eventually break up and have a high-profile singles match. But before that, what better way to set the table than with gold around their waist? Damage CTRL feels like it’s heading into the category of just another faction, even though it’s moved to Raw.
Bayley (c) defeats Naomi and Tiffany Stratton to retain WWE Women’s Championship
Triple threat matches are starting to become code for retaining the champion in the Triple H era. Naomi feels she is party to the match to get the pin from Bayley and allow WWE to move on to a one-on-one match with Stratton in the future. The former NXT Women’s Champion certainly has a chance to dethrone Bayley here, but WWE needs to further establish Stratton before giving her the title.
Damian Priest (c) defeats Jey Uso to retain World Heavyweight Championship
Priest’s first defense of the world heavyweight title will likely mean he retains it. However, this would be Uso’s third straight loss in a title match, so it’s hard to imagine it being clean. WWE seemed to be plotting a feud between The Usos and United States Champion Logan Paul on last week’s RAW, so expect the YouTube star and his friend IShowSpeed to help make the challenger lose the match. are doing.
Cody Rhodes (c) defeats AJ Styles to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Rose is undefeated in his first title defense since ending Reigns’ historic reign as world champion at WrestleMania 40 and is ready to face an opponent who can steal the show. Styles has been working on being even edgier during his character changes, and that should help here. I can see WWE putting a stop to Styles’ play being somewhat good after his loss. A post-match beatdown could trigger a return match.
