WWE Backlash 2020 Results: Winners, News And Notes

WWE Backlash will feature a once-in-a-13-year opportunity as Bobby Lahsley is set to take on Drew McIntyre for the WWE Champioship. Meanwhile, Randy Orton and Edge will be made to live up to impossible expectations with what is being billed as the “Greatest Wrestling Match Ever.”

Last week’s broadcast of Friday Night SmackDown garnered 2.016 million viewers, up with an advertised Intercontinental Championship match between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles that lived up to its billing.

• June 9, 2020—1.737 million viewers
• June 2, 2020—1.7828 million viewers
• May 25, 2020—1.735 million viewers
• May 18, 2020—1.757 million viewers
• May 11, 2020—1.919 million viewers

• June 12, 2020—2.016 million viewers
• June 5, 2020—1.984 million viewers
• May 29, 2020—2.170 million viewers
• May 22, 2020—2.044 million viewers
• May 15, 2020—2.042 million viewers
• May 8, 2020—2.025 million viewers

Pro Wrestling Bits—WWE Backlash 2020 Preview and Predictions

WWE Backlash 2020 Key Competition

• George Floyd Protests—Mainstream News Coverage
• COVID-19—Mainstream News Coverage

WWE Raw Total YouTube Viewership this Past Monday

6,494,149 views

• Most-Viewed: Drew McIntyre Drops in on MVP’s VIP Lounge (1,070,652 views) 
• Least-Viewed: Randy Orton Vows to Leave Edge a Broken Man (248,406 views)
• Median Viewership: 537,852

WWE SmackDown Total YouTube Viewership this Past Friday

3,372,410 views (Down from 8,677,245)

• Most-Viewed: Jeff Hardy Splashes Sheamus in an Unsavory Surprise (803,135 views) 
• Least-Viewed: Matt Riddle Heading to SmackDown Next Week (202,739 views)
• Median Viewership: 548,502

WWE Backlash 2020 Results: Sunday, June 14 2020

Bayley and Sasha Banks def. The IIconics and Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross—WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships

WWE spent so much time talking up a potential Bayley and Sasha Banks split, I was certain it was going to happen tonight.

The poor IIconics’ greatest career moment came in a Women’s Tag Team Championship match just like this, but in this particular match, they were an afterthought.

Sheamus def. Jeff Hardy

Michael Cole suspiciously asked “what if Jeff Hardy loses?” as if to suggest that he might relapse.

I’m just glad this match wasn’t a reenactment of Jeff Hardy’s ill-fated match against Sting at TNA Victory Road.

Corey Graves noted that Jeff Hardy intended to “Brogue Kick Jeff Hardy back off the wagon.”

This match felt like a win that Sheamus absolutely had to have.

Asuka vs. Nia Jax

Fans are going to be watching this match with a fine-tooth comb just to make sure Nia Jax doesn’t hurt the beloved Asuka.

At one point, during a Nia Jax cover, the referee took at least one second to get in position, potentially costing Jax a championship.