8 Last-Minute WWE Backlash 2018 Rumours You Need To Know

7. Cruiserweights To Kick-Off

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WWE has a pretty well-established habit of flinging cruiserweight matches onto the pre-show at the last minute, and all signs point to them doing the same again in Newark. According to esteemed fountain of wrestling goss Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, a match for the purple strap between champ Cedric Alexander and Buddy Murphy could be added on the night, after an angle was shot between the pair last week.

Secretly booking PPV matches for the brand probably isn't the best way to get people to take it seriously, but exposure is exposure, afterall. So the police tell me, anyway.

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