WWE heads to Lyon, France for WWE Backlash. Last year, the show was held in Puerto Rico and if it was anything like what it was last year, we’re in for a treat!

Last Years Predictions: WWE Backlash 2023 Predictions

There are 5 matches on this card (unless more gets added between when this is published and the event itself) with only 1 match not involving a title.

Non-Title Match

• Randy Orton & Kevin Owens vs The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga) in a tag team match.
  • PREDICTION: Tama Tonga appearing within WWE has already made this difficult to call. 2 evenly matched teams make it difficult to pick. Knowing how things have gone in the past, I wouldn’t be surprised if The Bloodline cheats their way to a victory. Bloodline to win!

Title Matches

• The Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka) vs Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill in a tag team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
  • PREDICTIONS: With Jade Cargill on the team, you know that she ain’t losing this match. Easy prediction. Bianca & Jade to win and become new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.
• Bayley (C) vs Naomi vs Tiffany Stratton in a Triple Threat for the WWE Women’s Championship.
  • PREDICTION: While Bayley got her WrestleMania victory defeating Iyo Sky, I don’t see her holding that title for much longer, unless they start putting her in a meaningful storyline. Given that you are going to have Bianca & Jade winning the Women’s Tag Team Championships, I would predict that their partner, Naomi, is to win and become champion. Rocket strap the three girls. Keep Bayley strong though by pinning Tiffany. It’s just not Tiffy Time yet.
• Damian Priest (C) vs Jey Uso in a singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship.
  • PREDICTION: Jey Uso won a tournament to determine who would be next in line for the title. I don’t think Jey is going to win it, but is going to put on a classic match with Damian. Expect Judgement Day shenanigans. Damian Priest to win and retain!
• Cody Rhodes (C) vs AJ Styles in a singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
  • PREDICTION: Are you seriously going to bet against Cody? Cody is going to be holding this title until Roman is back, so unfortunately, AJ Styles is going to be the fall guy. (But given how juiced AJ is these days, it is quite unpredictable) Cody to win and retain.

And those are my predictions.

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It has been touted as the ‘Biggest Stand & Deliver’ event yet, it is the 4th NXT Stand & Deliver event, hailing from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during WrestleMania 40 Saturday!

Last Years Prediction: WrestleMania 39 and NXT Stand & Deliver PPV Predictions

Non-Title Matches

• Shawn Spears vs Joe Gacy in a singles match
  • PREDICTION: Shawn Spears to win.
• Thea Hail, Fallon Henley & Kelani Jordan vs Jacy Jayne, Kiana James & Izzi Dame (w/ Jazmyn Nyx) in a 6-woman tag team match
  • PREDICTION: Jacy, Kiana & Izzi to win.
• Carmelo Hayes vs Trick Williams in a singles match.
  • PREDICTION: Trick Williams to win.

Title Matches

• Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker (C) vs Axiom & Nathan Frazer in a tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship
  • PREDICTION: Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker to win and retain the NXT Tag Team Championship
• Lyra Valkyria (C) vs Roxanne Perez in a singles match for the NXT Women’s Championship
  • PREDICTION: Lyra Valkyria to win and retain the NXT Women’s Championship
• Oba Femi (C) vs Dijak vs Josh Briggs in a triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship
  • PREDICTION: Dijak to win and become the NEW NXT North American Championship
• Ilja Dragunov (C) vs Tony D’Angelo in a singles match for the NXT Championship
  • PREDICTION: Ilya Dragunov to win and retain the NXT Championship

Stay tuned for the WrestleMania 40 Prediction

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I recently came across a Twitch stream which is showing WWF, WCW, ECW episodes in chronological order from 1996 until 2011.

At the time of writing, the stream is currently in September 1998 which include WWF Raw, WWF Heat, ECW Television, WCW Nitro, WCW Thunder and Pay Per Views from the same companies.

[Update: The stream was called Shootworkbury but it has stopped streaming on Twitch. They are now on Kick]

https://kick.com/classics

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52,590 WWE fans packed into the Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia for the Elimination Chamber event. Here are the results.

• The Kabuki Warriors defeated Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships
• Becky Lynch defeated Naomi, Bianca Belair, Tiffany Stratton, Raquel Rodriquez and Liv Morgan and will face the winner of the Rhea Ripley vs Nia Jax Women’s World Championship match later on.
• The Judgement Day (Finn Bálor & Damien Priest) defeated New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
• Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton, Logan Paul, LA Knight, Bobby Lashley and Kevin Owens and will face Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins at WrestleMania for the World Heavyweight Championship.
• Rhea Ripley defeated Nia Jax to retain the Women’s World Championship. Becky Lynch will face Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania for the Women’s World Championship.

There was also the Grayson Waller Effect with Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. They are planting the seeds for a tag team match between Cody/Seth vs Rock/Roman. We’ll see how this plays out.

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For the 2nd time in WWE’s history, WWE travels to Australia for a Premium Live Event. Last time they were in the land down under was in 2018 for Super ShowDown.

There are 5 matches on the card. 2 ‘Chamber’ Matches and 3 title matches.

Title Matches

• The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) (C) vs Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae in a tag team match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships.
  • PREDICTION: This match was made late this morning. Indi will get the home town pop, but I don’t think they are going to be taking the titles. Asuka and Kairi to retain.
• The Judgement Day (Finn Bálor & Damien Priest) vs Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate in a tag team match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships
  • PREDICTION: Finn & Damien don’t have any story leading them into Wrestlemania, so it would be good to have them drop the titles to Pete & Tyler, and then they can build to a big match at Mania. Who? I don’t know. Pete & Tyler to win.
• Rhea Ripley (C) vs Nia Jax in a singles match for the Women’s World Championship
  • PREDICTION: Rhea is the biggest star in the company right now. She is not going to lose in her hometown to the Australian Nia Jax… Wait a minute.
    In all seriousness, it would be criminal for Rhea to drop the title to Nia. Nia doesn’t need the title. Rhea to retain.

Non-Title Matches

• Becky Lynch vs Naomi vs Bianca Belair vs Tiffany Stratton vs Raquel Rodriquez vs Liv Morgan in an Elimination Chamber Match. Winner faces the winner of Rhea Ripley vs Nia Jax for the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania!
  • PREDICTION: Chamber matches are very difficult to predict. You can discount Raquel, Tiffy and probably Naomi. They are great in their own right, but they are not ready for the title. Becky, Bianca and Liv are more than likely, and I would give 40/40/20 split respectively. I would like Becky to win, but wouldn’t be mad if either of the other two wins.
• Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre vs Logan Paul vs LA Knight vs Bobby Lashley vs Kevin Owens in an Elimination Chamber Match. Winner faces Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania.
  • PREDICTION: Again, difficult to predict. You can remove Logan from the equation. While the other 5 could do it, it’s highly unlikely that LA Knight and Kevin would win. I really would like to see LA Knight winning it, but it seems we have all gone a bit… sour on him for some reason. Perhaps that is WWE’s fault for not slapping the title on him right away… Hopefully he can bounce back and become world champion down the line. For this, though, I have Drew McIntyre winning it and will face Seth at Mania.

And those are my predictions… What do you think?

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