Every WWE event has pressure on it to deliver, but since Backlash 2016 was the first SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-view since July's draft, even more was on the line.
This would be the first indication as to whether the blue brand was still the B-show everybody could skip or if the events would be good enough to justify watching SmackDown every Tuesday night.
Heading into Sunday's event, nothing was certain.
On one hand, the card was rather weak, with only six matches being announced instead of the standard eight or nine. That meant the show could just as easily have been stretched out with an excess of filler rather than adding more time to the fights.
On the other hand, the promise of two new champions being c...
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