Guest Report post Posted April 23, 2008 As the WWE Superstars return home to the U.S. after a successful U.K. invasion , they will all be making final preparations for the massive pay-per-view encounter at Backlash on April 27. Last week on SmackDown, the battle between World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker and Batista ended in a double count-out. (WATCH) This Friday on SmackDown, The Phenom will face The Animal in a rematch. However, there will be more at stake this time, thanks to SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero. The title will be on the line and the winner will take on Edge in a title match at Backlash. Will Edge face a new champion in The Animal, or will he go up against a familiar foe in The Phenom, who defeated Edge last month to bring his WrestleMania streak to 16-0? Last Friday on SmackDown, The Great Khali evened the score with Backlash opponent Big Show by delivering a crushing Khali Bomb. (WATCH). With tensions past the boiling point between the two behemoths, will the titans clash one more time before their epic battle at Backlash? In the land of SmackDown Divas, newcomer Natalya Neidhart has quickly made a name for herself, even though she has yet to square off in a match. Also, Cherry did battle in her first one-on-one match on SmackDown last week and came away with a win over Victoria, thanks to a little help from Michelle McCool. What will happen next as SmackDown’s Divas continue to mix it up? As the SmackDown Superstars get ready for all out war at Backlash, witness all of the final preparations this Friday Night on SmackDown at 8/7 CT on The CW Network. Non-spoiler match listing The Miz vs. Shannon Moore Natalia Neidhart vs. Cherry Vladimir Kozlov vs. jobber Batista vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship. Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 Punk interrupting Edge came off better on TV than it did in spoilers. They never made it clear the point was for CM Punk to say "I might have a match at Backlash". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exslade ZX 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 You know, one reasonable way to try and get these new commentators over, is to not have wrestlers come out there and trash them. Last week we had MVP talking about Coach. And this week Morrison jokes on Coach, and Adamle. (I mean, of course they're bad, but having your workers point out that they are, probably isn't the best thing.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 All right! Candidate promo replays! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 Natalya needs a bit of work on the sharpshooter, but other than that I like her in ring. ...*Still wants to see her vs. Beth for the hell of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exslade ZX 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 Is the audio about a second ahead of the video for anybody else? It was like this last week, and I just thought it was our crappy CW channel. but it's doing it again this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 I didn't realize Backlash was tomorrow, but Cole said this is Backlash eve... Also, good match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exslade ZX 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 This is a hell of a Punk burial right here... Sarcasm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 Yeah, I was going to say the same thing, heh. They've made Punk look good all week so it is a shame he's not officially on the Backlash card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LivingLegendGaryColeman 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 Just watching Smackdown on the TiVo right now and I loved Morrison's excuse for losing to Wang on Tuesday. It was Earth Day and he had been too focused on planting trees all day. I don't know, just made me laugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
