8 HUGE WWE Backlash 2023 Predictions You Need To Know
2. Cody Rhodes Vs. Brock Lesnar
Cody Rhodes should already be the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
Rhodes Vs Lesnar at Backlash is dream stuff with the belt on the line, not least because WWE could have played with the idea that 'The Beast' has never cared about dreams or stories and was chomping at the bit to ruin all of that at the first attempt. Instead, the contest will now serve to do what too many have over the last two decades - prey on audience anxieties.
Rhodes simply has to win this to show that he's not going to be held back by the injustice he was served. A loss on this scale wouldn't only send him spiralling in kayfabe, but may well chip further at the aura he's created around himself as a bona fide draw in towns and cities across the world. Again, not that this should even be part of the conversation.
Expect a bruising fight with maybe a bit of "accidental" blood, 'The American Nightmare' to survive the worst of Lesnar's offering, only for some cheap and nasty low blow finish to set up another run-in for the rubber chicken. Perhaps after that, Rhodes can demean himself by challenging for the new World Heavyweight Championship too.
Winner - Brock Lesnar