2017 KickOff Show Match

In the first edition of ‘Flashback’, which covered last year’s Backlash, I didn’t focus on the pre-show, but I will this time.

Aren’t you lucky?

The Hype Bros. (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder) defeated The Colóns (Primo and Epico)

This was Zack Ryder’s first match back after about six months on the sideline, nursing a knee injury.

There was no real story going into this one, other than the Hype Bros. claiming they should have been number one contender’s for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships, as they had won a tag team Battle Royal to earn that right before Ryder sustained his injury.

The match itself was pretty formulaic, with the Puerto Rican cousins working over the ‘Long Island Iced Z’, leading to a Rawley ‘hot tag’.

The Hype Bros. picked up the win with a Hype Ryder, with the ‘Ultimate Broski’ getting the pin.

In the following weeks, Ryder and Rawley convinced then-SmackDown General Manager, Daniel Bryan, to put them in contention for the SmackDown Tag Titles. Bryan said that if they could defeat then-champions the Usos in a non-title match, they would get their championship opportunity. The Usos won the non-title match, and the Hype Bros. never got their shot at gold.

This year, none of the four men are scheduled to be a part of the Money in the Bank event, and the pre-show match is set to be the Bludgeon Brothers defending their WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships against Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows.

• Naomi
• WrestleMania 34
• wwe raw women;s championship
• summerslam 2017
• Natalya
• wwe smackdown women's championship
• zack ryder
• rowan
• survivor se
• kofi kingston
• james ellsworth
• survivor series
• tamina
• survivor series 2017
• RAW
• Rusev
• Money in the Bank
• wwe smackdown tag team championships
• intercontinental championship
• the colons
• wwe money in the bank 2017
• mojo rawley
• rusev day
• Jeff Hardy
• ember moon
• wwe money in the bank 2018
• The Usos
• Carmella
• AJ Styles
• Alexa Bliss
• Bludgeon Brothers
• big e
• money in the bank 2018
• baron corbin
• backlash 2017
• bobby roode
• wwe champion
• karl anderson
• konnor
• SmackDown Live
• luke gallows
• The Miz
• elias
• flashback
• epico
• Dolph Ziggler
• Andre the Giant Battle Royal
• WWE United States Championship
• fandango
• epico colon
• Ronda Rousey
• Finn Balor
• nia jax
• Breezango
• harper
• fashion files
• money in the bank 2017
• Sami Zayn
• Samoa Joe
• hype bros
• viktor
• the iiconics
• primo
• Seth Rollins
• the ascension
• Lana
• primo colon
• bobby lashley
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Becky Lynch
• WrestleMania
• Randy Orton
• Big Cass
• Roman Reigns
• John Cena
• Daniel Bryan
• iiconics
• Sasha Banks
• Smackdown
• SummerSlam
• tyler breeze
• New Day
• Asuka
• Charlotte Flair
• Jinder Mahal
• wwe championship
• backlash
• BRAUN STROWMAN
• KEVIN OWENS
• wwe

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