Best and Worst of WWE Backlash 2017
The NXT Takeover: Chicago show from last night was one of the more memorable events we’ve watched in the recent past. Backlash started off strong, but gradually became just another overly long pay-per-view, with very few long-term consequences, except for Jinder Mahal’s big win.
The show wasn’t awful, but it won’t go down in history as one of the better SmackDown Live pay-per-views. Like always, we bring you our critical analysis of Backlash, moments after it happened.
Presenting the Best and Worst from the lukewarm SmackDown Live exclusive event.
#1 Worst: Felt like a longer SmackDown Live show
Except for certain special attractions, this could have been just another SmackDown Live show. When you begin a pay-per-view with Tye Dillinger vs. Aiden English, put Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan before the championship match (despite the fact that they wrestled each other on TV), and have a silly 6-woman tag team match, the overall outcome can be very underwhelming indeed.
While there was some freshness across the pay-per-view (Nakamura’s debut, Jinder Mahal’s big win), the rest of it was honestly very ‘meh' indeed.