8 Burning Questions For WWE Backlash 2016

7. Will Slater Land A Job?

Backlash 2016
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For better or worse, one of the big stories from the SmackDown Tag Team Championships tournament is that “free agent” Heath Slater could finally land a job with one of the two brands if he and partner Rhyno win the tournament.

Slater has proven over time that he is confident on the mic and comfortable doing whatever WWE asks him to do, even though most of the time it involves making a total a** of himself and getting beat down. In July, he was the only active wrestler who wasn’t drafted by either brand. Then neither GM wanted to sign him. Yet despite being undrafted, he’s gotten more mic and ring time than most of the undercard on either roster.

And now, he and Rhyno are in the tournament finals, likely against the Usos, assuming they beat the Hype Bros. in a second chance semi-final. Assuming that happens, will we see Slater live the dream? Or will the Usos heel their way to a third tag title reign and solidify their turn?

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.