Drew McIntyre became the number one contender to Jacob Fatu’s United States championship last week on SmackDown when he defeated LA Knight by disqualification. The DQ happened thanks to interference from Damian Priest and Solo Sikoa. Fatu showed up as well to destroy everyone, because why not?
Solo’s penchant for outside interference continued on tonight’s (May 2) episode of SmackDown when he ruined the end of a match between Knight and Priest. Later in the show, GM Nick Aldis reacted to these disqualifications by booking Fatu in a 3-way title match at Backlash against Knight and Priest.
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Solo Sikoa didn’t appreciate Nick’s decision, and correctly pointed out that Drew McIntyre is the number one contender and deserves the title match. The light bulb went off in the GM’s head at that point, so he added Drew to the title match to make it a Fatal 4-Way at Backlash.
Sikoa accused Aldis of trying to screw Jacob over, to which Nick quickly replied that Solo is the one who’s actually doing that.
Oh boy.
Here’s the updated card for Backlash:
WWE Championship: John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton
Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Becky Lynch
United States Championship: Jacob Fatu (c) vs. LA Knight vs. Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
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