WWE Backlash 2020: 7 Results Predictions

5. Sheamus's Backsplash

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This really is one of those classic babyface redemptive arcs that we'll surely all still be talking about in years to come. Jealous heel implicates beloved legend in a hit and run incident, trading on the performer's very real and very difficult personal problems, before eventually said babyface throws a bottle of actual piss in heel's face ahead of a feel-good victory at the PPV.

Just like Jake Roberts won the King of the Ring. Or Hawk didn't tumble off the Titantron. Send 'em home happy.

Only there's no-one to send home, which means WWE are even more likely to give Sheamus the one up, ahead of either an Extreme Rules rematch - something more in Hardy's wheelhouse (alongside his restricted wheels) - or his promotion to top heel on a brand struggling to find opponents for its top champion.

Prediction: 'Piss in the face' is a good metaphor for a lot of WWE booking, such as Sheamus winning.

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