– Sportskeeda has a report on apparent title changes that might be expected going forward in WWE. For the Smackdown brand, no title changes are expected at this weekend’s Backlash PPV event. However, the report claims that all the Raw brand titles are expected to change hands before Summerslam, except for the Universal title currently held by Brock Lesnar.
So for Smackdown, the report states that Randy Orton is expected to defeat Jinder Mahal at Backlash and retain his title. However, on Raw, Dean Ambrose, Alexa Bliss, Neville, and The Hardy Boyz are all expected to lose their titles in the next three months. According to Sportskeeda’s source, “SmackDown’s champions are more long-term than Raw, especially Orton. Owens and Styles are going to be a series, they want to get to Usos vs The New Day and the long term goal is to get the SmackDown Women’s Title onto Charlotte.”
Additionally, the source stated: “Over on Raw, everyone is going to drop their belts. Alexa’s run was meant to be something for Bayley to do until they do Bayley vs Sasha. But they are so happy with Alexa, that could change. But, Ambrose, Neville and The Hardyz are definitely dropping their belts. You may have noticed, Matt and Jeff are winning all their singles matches, as they want to protect them for singles pushes.”
Backlash for the Smackdown brand is slated for Sunday, May 21. The next Raw PPV event will be Extreme Rules on June 4.