10 Last-Minute WWE Backlash 2016 Rumors You Need To Know

9. The Hype Bros Fight For The Smackdown Tag Team Titles

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On Smackdown, Heath Slater and Rhyno beat The Hype Bros to reach the finals of the Smackdown Tag Team Championship tournament, seemingly ending Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley's quest to win the titles. However, since a post-match assault from The Usos left the other pair of finalists, American Alpha, unable to compete at Backlash, The Hype Bros would get one more chance.

On last week's Talking Smack, Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon announced that, in order to fill the vacancy in Backlash's Tag Team Championship match, both of the semifinal squads who came up short would battle at the show. The winner of that Hype Bros-Usos match would then go on to face Rhyno and Heath Slater.

While there's technically a chance that Ryder and Rawley could reverse their bad luck, beat The Usos, and vie for the brand-new championships, it's about as likely as Backlash getting more viewers than WrestleMania. The Usos, fresh off a heel turn, will get the victory and move onto the title match.

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