WWE Backlash (2020 TV Special) User Reviews

Hardly Average Show

[Anik99 · 5/10 · 16 June 2020]

Just going to rate every single matches,with a note- 1.WWE United States Championship: Apollo Crews vs. Andrade- 3.25/5 2.WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics-2.75/5 3.Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus-3.5/5 4.WWE Raw Women's Championship: Asuka vs. Nia Jax-2.25/5 5.WWE Universal Championship: Braun Strowman vs. John Morrison and The Miz-1.75/5 6.WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley-3.25/5 7.Edge vs. Randy Orton-4.5/5 Note-The last match saved the honor of the show, as the previous matches were either average,or below average. I think WWE shouldn't have booked the match as the "Greatest Wrestling Match Ever", because that gave the chance of people putting the match under scrutiny,rather than enjoying it completely.

Promoting a match as "the greatest ever" before it even occurs is counter-productive

[gridoon2024 · 7/10 · 23 June 2020]

Because it is impossible for the match itself to live up to the hype. Imagine if there was no hype - then the admittedly good but loooooooong main event between Randy Orton and Edge would look even better than it was (especially considering that, on paper, it's a main event more befitting a 2010 PPV than a 2020 one). It's doubtful if it is even the best match of the night - personally I would nominate Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley for that title; Lashley has rarely looked better and is a credible threat to McIntyre's reign, even though you know it is too early for a title change - a problem that the bookers try to overcome with a weak "outside interference" ending. Speaking of weak endings, Asuka vs. Nia Jax takes the cake. The other matches are OK if forgettable; the backstage brawl / comedy segment with the Viking Raiders and the Street Prophets is amusing but overlong . 7/10 on the whole.

The Greatest Wrestling Match

[akashfi23 · 10/10 · 15 June 2020]

Backlash 2020 was an "Okay" PPV. Now lets review the positives and the negatives , The Positives : The US title match was an okay match. Apollo Crews retaining was the right choice here. It was nice to see KO stunning Angel Garza. Now I wanna see Apollo Crews in a new feud. The Women's Tag Team title match was not bad. I was rooting for the champions and they won. TBH i thought they would lose and they would go one step forward to their breakup but thank god they didn't. Lets just save that when the fans come. Besides,Sasha Banks Bayley are the kind of champions who go to every band. Sheamus vs Jeff Hardy was not bad either. I thought Jeff Hardy was gonna win but didn't. The match may have gone a bit longer but okay. I guess their feud is not over yet. The Universal title match was better than expected tbh. I didn't have high expectations on this match. There was no way Braun was gonna lose here. The WWE title match was the 2nd best match of the night. Despite Lashley lost he still looked strong. Which was exactly what was needed. The ending was exactly what i predicted. Drew McIntyre is in the best form of his life. The Greatest Wrestling Match showed that Edge still hasnt lost a step. He still got it very well. He used every move in his arsenal and used some new as well and this was Randy Orton's best match in a while. It was good to see the punt kick back even just for 1 night.

The negatives : To me there was not any negatives on the first 2 matches. The negative of the 3rd match was it went a bit long i think and also I think Sheamus winning wasn't the right result. Asuka vs Nia Jax started to become a good match but they had a horrible ending. It hurt Asuka more than it helped Nia Jax. I guess a rematch will be seen on RAW. The Universal title match's negative side was there was no Fiend. Everyone including me wanted to see him attack Braun after the match. The WWE title match was good but it should've gone a bit longer. What the hell was that about the RAW Tag titles !? To some people it was entertaining but to me it just wasn't and what the hell Akira Tozawa was doing there ? It wasted people's time They have been calling this "The Greatest Wrestling Match" for over a month now but it ended in a low blow ! Really !? The match was good no doubt but it was never gonna live up to the hype.