The co-branded WWE Backlash pay-per-view was headlined by a no disqualification
match for the WWE Championship, as well as several other championship
matches and Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe.
WWE Backlash 2018 Results:
– Kickoff Match: Ruby Riott defeated Bayley. Riott won with the Riott Kick after interference from the Riott Squad.
1. Intercontinental Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) defeated The Miz.
Rollins kicked out of multiple Skull-crushing Finales and was able to
counter a schoolboy roll-up into a Curb Stomp to retain the
championship.
2. Raw Women’s Championship Match: Nia Jax (c) defeated Alexa Bliss.
Jax caught Twisted Bliss and countered into a Samoan Drop to win the
match. After the match, Jax was booed for cutting an anti-bullying
promo.
3. United States Championship Match: Jeff Hardy (c) defeated Randy Orton. Hardy won by pinfall after a Twist of Fate and a Swanton Bomb.
– Elias tried to
sing but was interrupted by New Day, then Rusev Day, then No Way Jose
with a conga line including Breezango and Titus Worldwide. Elias was
finally interrupted by Bobby Roode, who hit him with a Glorious DDT.
Everyone danced.
4. Daniel Bryan defeated Big Cass. Bryan won by submission with the Yes Lock. After the match, Cass attacked Bryan.
5. Smackdown Women’s Championship Match: Carmella (c) defeated Charlotte Flair.
Flair went for a moonsault but landed on her feet, hurting her knee.
Carmella kicked Flair in the knee, then rolled her up to retain the
championship.
6. No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura went to a no contest when they both go to kick each other with low blows and they both connect at the same time. The referee calls for the double count out.
7. Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
Zayn kept trying to leave the match, causing him and Owens to get mad
at each other. Lashley pinned Owens after a vertical suplex. After the
match, Strowman powerslammed Owens, then caught Zayn and powerslammed
him as well.
8. Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe. Joe attacked Reigns before the match and put him through a table, but that wasn’t enough to keep him from losing to a spear.
8. Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe. Joe attacked Reigns before the match and put him through a table, but that wasn’t enough to keep him from losing to a spear.
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