10 WWE Backlash 2020 Impulse Reactions
7. Jeff Hardy Vs. Sheamus
Jeff Hardy sort of suckered Sheamus in to a trap towards the end of a match that, at 16:50, still wasn't as long as it actually felt.
'The Charismatic Enigma' hit a Swanton Bomb after selling the long beating he'd absorbed as though he was completely finished. 'The Celtic Warrior' got a foot on the ropes, but rather than building on the shrewd scheme he'd concocted late on, Hardy instead pressed the thick-as-f*ck button and tried a rail-runner on a barricade with plexiglass attached.
Forgetting himself and attempting the spot might have been the idea (and the hoof to the chops he took on the floor looked better in the replay than when it played out live), but his warped smart/stupid filter was as jarring as the messy match that led to it.
There'd been the odd flubs in between some fairly hefty bombs lobbed, but at least it felt the actual fight it needed to. Herein lay the biggest problem - a feud based around framed hit-and-runs and p*ss tests getting thrown in faces was destined for Extreme Rules, even if Jeff's post-match self-reflection may have suggested otherwise.