WWE Backlash 2016: 10 Awesome Moments
10. Heath Slater & Rhyno's Social Media Lounge Madness
Sometimes, the social media lounge segment that airs regularly on the Kickoff show can be a bit underwhelming. Usually harmless time-filler, it only excels when Tom Phillips has someone he can bounce off of and trade some banter with. At Backlash, the announcer legitimately looked like he was ready to crack up.
There's something curious about the natural chemistry Heath Slater and Rhyno share. As a tag-team, they shouldn't work, but there's just so utterly ridiculous that it comes across as fascinating. Here, they rambled on and on about inconsequential nonsense, often straying from the line of questioning and engaging in some seriously random chatter about Slater's kids.
In the midst of all this comedy, Rhyno actually named the duo. There's a ring to 'Beauty & The Man-Beast', even if it is ludicrous. If the social media segment can be a bit flat on occasion, nobody gave Slater or Rhyno that particular memo.
Naturally funny, they were able to turn a few minutes of fan-pleasing Q&A fluff into something very much enjoyable and a highlight of the entire pre-show.