GDT: WWE Backlash (21st May 2017) - Nakamura’s in-ring debut!

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Welcome to WWE Smackdown: Backlash, the “Lets hinder the Jinder†PPV!

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WWE World Championship - Singles Match
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Randy Orton (c) vs Jinder Mahal

WWE United States Championship - Singles Match
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Kevin Owens (c) vs AJ Stlyes

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship - Tag Team Match
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The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) (c) vs Fashion Police (Tyler Breeze & Fandango)

Singles Match
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Shinsuke Nakamura vs Dolph Ziggler

Six-man Tag Team Match
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Becky, Charlotte, & Naomi vs Natalya, Carmella & Tamina

Singles Match
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Sami Zayn vs Baron Corbin

Singles Match
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Luke Harper vs Erick Rowan

Singles Match - Pre Show
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Tye Dillinger vs Aiden English
 

SeidoN

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actualy a pretty good card if you ignore the WWE title lol
 

Kimi

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I think it'll be a decent show. We were pleasantly surprised by Payback...or at least I was.
Standard WWE PPV. They're almost never bad, and usually good to very good.

I'm not excited for the show, but I'm going to watch and enjoy it as always. The matches are mostly good, it's just not been built in the correct way for me. Like Nakamura's first match isn't a draw at all. I watched him for years in NJPW, so seeing another match really isn't special. I don't care about Jinder, so no interest in that match. The six-man tag is just a six-man tag. They are not things that I'm really looking forward to seeing. Owens and Styles I am, and Breeze's title win, but the rest is mostly just there.
 

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I'll probably only end up watching Styles/Owens the day after.

EDIT: forgot about Nakamura/Ziggler for some reason. Will probably catch that too. Depends on what's happening on Sunday night I guess.
 
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I'm the type that pops in for the big shows and looks at the occasional PPV card lineup.

I see I've missed a fair bit based on that main event.
 

The Gongshow

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Backlash is this sunday!?!? Idk if i'll be around to watch it

(I've missed the past couple weeks for RAW and SD, I'm lost now)
 

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Backlash is this sunday!?!? Idk if i'll be around to watch it

(I've missed the past couple weeks for RAW and SD, I'm lost now)
That's why WWE make those great video package and air them before the matches! They remove all the crap and edit it into something that looks like it was really good. If you only watch the PPVs, you basically get a story that looks really good without needing to endure the weekly crap. All good^^.
 

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I got even money odds that NXT ends up being better again.
 

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I'm the type that pops in for the big shows and looks at the occasional PPV card lineup.

I see I've missed a fair bit based on that main event.

Ehhh in the network era they try new things. They can take risks(or be lazy, however you look at it) as none of us will get rid of the network after one bad card. With that said, this will likely be a fun show. Not incredible but still fun overall.
 

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I got even money odds that NXT ends up being better again.

Yeah I think TakeOver will be the better show, but thats nothing new.

However, KO/AJ could be match of the weekend if KO is allowed to not be so god damn boring. God he sucks now. His attitude/character has gotten better but in ring work from the past year has been a snooze fest. Get back to the Cena rivalry KO, constantly stepping up.
 

M.C.G. 31

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If Owens can't cut his **** out to have a ****+ match with Styles then I'm done with watching that guy in the ring. There's no excuse for him to not have a MOTYC on Sunday with AJ. I know his work has been lacking for nearly a year now but it's AJ Styles. Cut the **** and work a good match.
 

The Lunatic Fridge

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Whats with the KO whining? guy has had multiple great matches with several guys in the company. He doesn't have 5 star matches with jericho and suddenly he doesn't care?
 

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If Owens can't cut his **** out to have a ****+ match with Styles then I'm done with watching that guy in the ring. There's no excuse for him to not have a MOTYC on Sunday with AJ. I know his work has been lacking for nearly a year now but it's AJ Styles. Cut the **** and work a good match.

Wasn't it not his choice for having the boring matches? He was booked poorly or told to tone down and heel it up or something... Idk I remember people saying this last time I complained about KO being boring

Whats with the KO whining? guy has had multiple great matches with several guys in the company. He doesn't have 5 star matches with jericho and suddenly he doesn't care?

Naw he's been pretty "meh" for a while now. I'd say his last good match was Royal Rumble 2016 Last Man Standing Match with Ambrose and Payback or Battleground with Zayn. He only seems to really go with Zayn and Cena
 

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Is it KO, or his opponents, though? Jericho is too old to take big bumps. Roman doesn't know what a bump is. More "extreme" wrestlers like KO need some help to make it a great match.
 

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