Backlash 2024 WWE *Spoilers*

JP Liz V1

From Lyon France Saturday May 4th

The card:-

• Undisputed WWE Universal championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles
• WWE World Heavyweight championship: Damian Priest (c) vs. Jey Uso
• WWE Women’s championship: Bayley (c) vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton
• WWE Women’s Tag Team championships: The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill
• Kevin Owens & Randy Orton vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga)

@Necro you running a prediction game again?

Necro

Yeah I'll have it up sometime tomorrow just making sure there's no last minute match additions like before!

madnessnmayhem

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058350073/backlash-2024-wwe-spoilers

Is that the running order?

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122093139#Comment_122093139

No as I would assume Cody will main event against AJ

PTH2009

Short enough card but guessing a few segments will be added

The French crowd will be crazy

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094126#Comment_122094126

I thought Sami might be defending

Necro

There ya go @JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058350168/wwe-backlash-france-prediction-competition

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122094136#Comment_122094136

same. He’s french Canadian so the crowd would have ate him up and him gable and bronson reed would have had a banger triple threat match.

Necro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095309#Comment_122095309

I'm really surprised about the small card, though there is chatter online about a few surprises lined up... Won't post them here just yet though.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122095449#Comment_122095449

Yeah I’ve seen a big rumour online but we’ll know how true that is tomorrow night.

corkie

Corny! I known, will be interesting to known how Cody Rhodes gets on tonight in his first defense of the title?

El Gato De Negocios

Some pop for KO.

Watching it with the 7 year old and he just said wow, that was a dramatic entrance.🤣

sioda

KO no lover of prime 😂😂

~Rebel~

Solo's got a an impressively fluffy mohawk going on… quite a modernised Mr. T look.

Sirsok

Awesome match and a genuine suprise also! Great start!

sioda

Fantastic opener the crowd are so with it as well which is epic

El Gato De Negocios

That was a cracking opening and I cannot remember hearing a crowd that big so into the match.

Officer999

Such a difference to the Saudi crowds where the locals have no interest

~Rebel~

Ridiculous atmosphere there, crowd having an amazing time

~Rebel~

Fun match, and made Tiffany look very strong.

sioda

Tiffy is a excellent heel she just oozes it. Got to give it to her the reversal out of the prettiest moon Sault was so well executed

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122097868#Comment_122097868

Yeah, nigh on everything she does looks properly impactful - just a genuinely excellent athlete.

~Rebel~

I don't really like the way they blow up this 'gate' announcement thing… like, basically it's revelling in saying "this might not be the biggest stadium, but we've charged you soooo much money that we've broken the record for how much money we've charged people!"

Lord TSC

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/1786820774051139642

He's not wrong, she's absolutely got the IT factor.

B.A._Baracus

Jade exposing herself there as being quite green.

sioda

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098043#Comment_122098043

Really feel she needed a few matches on TV before this.

Pentecost

Jade and Bianca just look like superstars, they're both stunning. Jade however has not improved in ring since her AEW days.

J. Marston

Jade looks amazing and can do great feats of strength like on Kairi at the end.

But the rest, there is nothing going on in that head during the rest of the match.

J. Marston

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122097992#Comment_122097992

Nothing new. People have been saying her potential was massive for ages in NXT.

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098048#Comment_122098048

Yup.

She looked like a deer in headlights. Fair enough she blew a spot, whatever happens all the time, but to not quickly cover it up or call an audible / go in to the next spot, really shows she ain't ready.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122098065#Comment_122098065

She looked quite nervous on the outside waiting - no showmanship of reacting to what was going on with Bianca in-ring etc. Think she was just very focused on the order of events and doing the right stuff at the right time. That'll probably just take a bit of getting used to and building confidence.

A tag reign is good for that anyway, they'll monster most matches from here and she can settle into the 'personality' stuff around the moves more. Still needs to improve more in ring of course though - actually looks to have taken a step backwards there from some of her better AEW matches. I'd say they're maybe trying to reinvent her wrestling style a bit.