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O town macdown 20177/31/2023 ![]() ![]() On the post-WrestleMania Raw, Jericho was granted a rematch for the title at Raw's pay-per-view Payback, but the following week, Owens was moved to the SmackDown brand as a result of the Superstar Shake-up. Īt WrestleMania 33, Kevin Owens defeated Chris Jericho to win his first United States Championship. Mahal then attacked Orton with the Khallas. Orton was then attacked by The Singh Brothers, but fended them off. The following week, after Orton defeated Baron Corbin, Mahal appeared. The two were later involved in a six-man tag team match that ended with Mahal pinning Orton. On the May 9 episode, Orton was interrupted by Mahal, who stated that he would be taking the championship back to his home country of India where they would erect a statue of him. ![]() On the following SmackDown, as Mahal was having a photo shoot with the stolen WWE Championship, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon appeared and retrieved the title belt from Mahal and later returned it to Orton. At Payback on April 30 during Orton's match against Wyatt, Orton easily fought off an attack by The Singh Brothers, but then Mahal attacked him with the title belt, costing Orton his match. The following week, Orton defeated Rowan in a no disqualification match and was afterwards attacked by Mahal and The Singh Brothers Mahal subsequently stole the WWE Championship belt. During the match, Mahal received help from NXT's The Bollywood Boyz, who made their SmackDown debut as The Singh Brothers (Samir and Sunil Singh). On the April 18 episode of SmackDown, Jinder Mahal, who had moved over from Raw, defeated Dolph Ziggler, Mojo Rawley, Erick Rowan, Luke Harper, and Sami Zayn, who also moved over from Raw, in a six-pack challenge to become the number one contender for the WWE Championship at Backlash. On the post-WrestleMania SmackDown, Wyatt challenged Orton to a "House of Horrors" match after Wyatt moved to Raw as a result of the Superstar Shake-up, the match was made a non-title match and scheduled for Raw's pay-per-view Payback. Īt WrestleMania 33, Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the SmackDown brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show, SmackDown Live. ![]() The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Tickets went on sale March 18 through Ticketmaster. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was livestreamed on the WWE Network. After the reintroduction of the brand extension in mid-2016, the 2016 event featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown brand, with the 2017 event also being SmackDown-exclusive. Announced on March 6, 2017, the 2017 event was the 13th Backlash and was scheduled to be held on May 21, 2017, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, which was the first Backlash to be held in May since the 2005 event, as well as the second Backlash held at this venue after the 2001 event. The original concept of the event was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania, but this theme was dropped with its revival in 2016. It was held annually from 1999 to 2009, but was then discontinued until it was reinstated in 2016. The event was held at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.īacklash is a recurring professional wrestling event that was established by WWE in 1999. The event was also notable for the televised main roster in-ring debut of Shinsuke Nakamura, who defeated Dolph Ziggler in the opening bout. In other prominent matches, Kevin Owens retained the United States Championship against AJ Styles, and The Usos defeated Breezango to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. In the main event, Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton to win his first WWE Championship, becoming the first wrestler of Indian descent to win the title. ![]() It was only the second Backlash event to be held in the Allstate Arena, after the 2001 event.Įight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The event took place on May 21, 2017, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. The 2017 Backlash was the 13th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring Shinsuke Nakamura ![]()
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