10 WWE Backlash 2020 Impulse Reactions
9. Apollo Crews (c) Vs. Andrade
The recent exit of Paul Heyman from WWE's top table may serve to harm the pushes of both Apollo Crews and Andrade in the weeks and months to come, not least with the grim foreshadowing brought forth by their match being moved to the Backlash.
As with Jeff Hardy and Cesaro's bruising affair before Money In The Bank, this was an exhibition of some very hard work for very little actual worth, regardless of the title on the line. Crews clearly cares a great deal about that United States Championship, but who else does? Not Kevin Owens bantering on on commentary, nor really those poor extras stationed behind the plexiglass faking giving a sh*t.
Sat at ringside for the duration, 'KO' was the biggest star out there, stealing much of the focus from the match on the call just as he did Andrade's concentration when he nailed Angel Garza with a stunner on the floor after he tried to interfere. The result was never in doubt (Vega's stable are a bunch of losers then, now and forever), but the trajectories of everybody out there felt as precarious than they had all year.