Tonight’s Backlash 2017 PPV (from the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois) features a match that none of us thought would main event a WWE PPV one day – “The Viper” Randy Orton vs. “The Maharaja” Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship.
A total of 8 matches (7 main show and 1 kickoff show) were announced for Backlash 2017 and below is the final match-card of the PPV:
– WWE Championship Match: Randy Orton (c) vs. Jinder Mahal
– United States Championship Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. AJ Styles
– SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: The Usos (c) vs. Breezango
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
– Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn
– Charlotte Flair, SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi & Becky Lynch vs. The Welcoming Committee (Natalya, Carmella & Tamina Snuka)
– Luke Harper vs. Erick Rowan
– Kickoff Match: Tye Dillinger vs. Aiden English
The Kickoff show starts with “The Perfect 10” Tye Dillinger once again taking on the former NXT Tag Team Champion Aiden English.
Get to your seats, @WWEUniverse! A performance is about to begin in the form of @WWEDramaKing! #WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/Z5AH17wvzG
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 21, 2017
No time for encores, @WWEDramaKing! The PERFECT 10 @WWEDillinger has ARRIVED to the #WWEBacklash #Kickoff! @WWENetwork pic.twitter.com/XYLdV1ECIE
— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) May 21, 2017
"THIS IS MY TOWN!" @WWEDramaKing is feeling very EMOTIONAL as he taunts @WWEDillinger in the #WWEBacklash #Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/tnLo7m2PXk
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 21, 2017
"TEN! TEN! TEN! TEN! TEN! TEN! TEN!" – The @AllstateArena#WWEBacklash @WWEDillinger @WWEDramaKing pic.twitter.com/RRzLpFjLT1
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 21, 2017
THAT'S IT! A PERFECT 10 #TyeBreaker seals the deal as @WWEDillinger defeats @WWEDramaKing in the #WWEBacklash #Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/TTeDvUFurG
— WWE (@WWE) May 21, 2017
Tye Dillinger hits his finisher, Tye Breaker, to win the match and this leaves English in tears.
He's having a moment… @WWEDramaKing is overcome with emotion in the #WWEBacklash @Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/ITKC09ycm1
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 21, 2017
Winner: Tye Dillinger
