Predicting Every WWE Premium Live Event Main Event Until WrestleMania XL
12. Backlash - Rey Mysterio And Bad Bunny Vs. Dominik Mysterio And Damian Priest
Dominik Mysterio's metamorphosis from a bland-as-bland babyface into a genuinely abhorred heel has been one of WWE's biggest success stories this decade. His transformation was instinctive, natural, and, truthfully, necessitated. Dom was rotting away as a babyface, but a swift kick to Edge's Edge-O-Matic and an authentically stiff Lariat to his own father breathed a youthful heelish semblance into him.
There was an argument to be contested that the Mysterio family drama, which has largely followed WWE's habitual melodrama blueprint, should have reached its climax at WrestleMania, but here's the thing: any related content is popping impressive YouTube numbers. A segment from the 7 April SmackDown, in which Dominik was showered with jeers, achieved 297,000 views in ten hours. Everything else uploaded on this day was averaging <50,000 views.
Dominik, and by association The Judgement Day, is a draw.
But will he still be one at Backlash?
Dominik and Damian Priest vs. Rey Mysterio and Bad Bunny is happening. Every report indicates as such. Bunny's embroilment in the saga on the 3 April Raw after his chain-snatching involvement at WrestleMania wouldn't have been done had WWE known he wasn't wrestling. He didn't get physical at 'Mania mind, despite WrestleVotes affirming that he'd undergone a spot of training with Priest and Jamie Noble. Was this just for the post-'Mania Raw beatdown or is there more to it?
The latter, ideally.