Is it really a go home show if you’re already home? Bad Bunny is ready to welcome the WWE Universe to San Juan, Puerto Rico for SmackDown the night before Backlash, an event where he’ll be both host and an active combatant.
The problem for Bad Bunny is that while he’ll be able to use anything he gets his hands on in his San Juan Street Fight against Damian Priest Saturday night, Priest has the entire Judgment Day in his corner. They also may want to “welcome” him on SmackDown, so Bunny might want to have some backup just in case. The LWO, perhaps?
Another wrestler with a huge match at Backlash is the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes, who may be losing sleep himself over the thought of tangling with Brock Lesnar on Saturday. He’s going to get his final say on SmackDown, but if Lesnar is also in the house, don’t expect things to stick to just words.
Shinsuke Nakamura is headed to Raw when the new WWE rosters go into effect Monday night, and Karrion Kross is staying on SmackDown. That makes Friday night’s show the perfect time to settle things between them in the ring before heading their separate ways.
(Cue the Journey for that.)
And after The O.C. and the Viking Raiders engaged in a six-person brawl won convincingly by AJ Styles’ group, Erik and Ivar are likely looking for some payback. They will take on Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows on SmackDown for a chance at exactly that.
The San Juan crowd is almost certain to be live for this, which should make it even more fun. Tune in to Fox at 8 p.m. ET to see it all unfold, or check out our live results here at Wrestling Junkie to stay in the know.