18 Things You Might Have Missed From WWE Backlash 2018

Funny fans are funny...

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One thing you definitely won't have missed at Backlash was the approx three-hour duration. After sitting through back-to-back epics like WrestleMania 34 and the Greatest Royal Rumble special, both of which clocked in at almost seven hours apiece when paired with their respective Kickoff shows, that was refreshing.

The shorter time didn't stop all those little easter eggs, storyline nuances and hidden details we love so much from being there in abundance though.

There were inspiring babyface promos that oddly fell on deaf ears in the New Jersey crowd, nonsensical referee decisions that undermined a hot stipulation WWE had spent time building up, renegade fan chants that must have caused havoc in WWE's production truck and the usual mix of announcing gaffs, fan signs and plot holes.

Oh yeah, and some fans in the Prudential Center apparently decided they'd seen enough before the Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns main event had even ended. Whilst it wasn't quite the "tons" of fans that were reported, seeing anybody head for the exits before the finish must be concerning to WWE.

It's not the first time...

18. WWE Insisting It Was The "First Ever" Co-Branded Pay-Per-View

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Coincidentally, it's not the first time WWE have presented a pay-per-view with both the Raw and SmackDown rosters on it either, but that didn't stop the promotion from pretending it was on Sunday night.

As soon as Backlash started, Michael Cole quickly said the show was a "first ever" joint effort between both major brands. That's simply not true, and it's bizarre that WWE keep pushing that on fans; even if there was a sliver of truth to the idea it was the first B-level show with amalgamated rosters, bigger events like the Royal Rumble and 'Mania rubbish the "first ever" claims.

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