WWE SmackDown Live Review: Results, Analysis, and Grades for September 6; Backlash Go-Home Show
By Evan Gomes
What will happen on the go-home show for Backlash on SmackDown?
The first SmackDown-brand exclusive pay-per-view since the latest WWE brand split is this Sunday, and there are going to be a bunch more firsts. One of those firsts is the first meeting on pay-per-view between WWE Champion Dean Ambrose & AJ Styles.
Styles is fresh off of his dominating win over John Cena at Summerslam and earned his spot as the number one contender. Will he represent the first title change for the blue brand since the draft split?
The Tag Title Tournament to crown the first ever pair of tag champs on Tuesday nights will end at Backlash. The teams in that final will be decided tonight. The two semi-final matchups will be contested between American Alpha & The Usos; and the Hype Bros & Heath Slater and Rhyno. Slater is still fighting for a contract on SmackDown Live, and only gets one if he wins. It seems likely he’ll make the finals. But which team will join him and the Man Beast?
Backlash as a card is still somewhat developing, so it’ll be interested to see where the spot is for Baron Corbin. The Andre The Giant Battle Royale winner had his feud with Kalisto cut short by an injury to the luchador, probably while he was doing “good lucha stuff.”
All of this, plus more “straight fiyyaahh” from Becky Lynch, this week on the SmackDown Live Review!
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