WWE RAW Coverage: Backlash Before Backlash

The go-home show before Backlash was a mess. Not a decent match the entire night and a lack of real compelling storyline made this episode entirely passable.

Matches:

Bobby Roode vs. Elias Sampson: This match was stopped after Roode “injured” his throat on the outside after Sampson slammed it against the turnbuckle guard.

The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar vs. John-Paul and Francois: A squash thanks to the Super Collider and The Last Chapter.

Ruby Riot w/Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan vs. Sasha Banks: The numbers game allowed Riot to escape the Backstabber/Banks Statement and will with the Riot Kick.

Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman vs. Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn w/Sunil Singh: This match dragged. It was easily about 15 mins too long. Strowman sat on the sidelines and although Owens hit him hard, he fought back and won with the Running Powerslam.

No Way Jose vs. Baron Corbin: Interference from Titus Worldwide allowed Jose to Rollup Corbin for the win.

Mickie James w/Alexa Bliss vs. Natalya Neidhart w/Ronda Rousey: Neidhart won with a Rollup after Rousey ran after Bliss and James was distracted.

Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor: Best match of the night as these guys have awesome chemistry. The series of counters and pin-falls made this one of the best matches on RAW in 2018. Although Balor dominated, Rollins hit the Curb Stomp out of nowhere for the win.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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