WWE returned to Puerto Rico for the first time in over a decade, as the home of the critically-acclaimed Backlash pay-per-view.
Backlash 2023 was a great pay per view, which really paid tribute to the island that has been so starved of WWE wrestling over the years.
The crowd was as hyped as you’ve ever seen, which will surely translate into higher star ratings for Backlash’s matches.
In this article, we’ll talk you through the WWE Backlash 2023 star ratings, looking at the various match ratings for all the bouts on the show.
We will look at Dave Meltzer’s (of the Wrestling Observer) star ratings, a famous (infamous?) metric that fans use to judge if a match is good or bad, as well as the user ratings from Cagematch.
Cagematch is a website which aggregates fans opinions on wrestling match. Fans can log on and rank the matches on a scale of zero to ten, which then calculates an average score for the matches.
Great matches can expect a 9+ rating while the worst matches may not even be worth giving a rating to at all.
Only matches over 5 minutes may be rated on the website. This means fantastic, yet shorter matches like KENTA vs Ricky Marvin will not be given a rating but that does not mean they are bad bouts.
Here are the star ratings for WWE Backlash 2023.
WWE Backlash 2023 Star Ratings
Bianca Belair vs. Iyo Sky – WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 4.25 stars
Cagematch Rating: 8.47
Atletifo Match Rating: 3.5 Stars
Omos vs. Seth Rollins
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 3 stars
Cagematch Rating: 6.31
Atletifo Match Rating: 3 Stars
Austin Theory vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Bronson Reed – WWE United States Championship
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 2.5 Stars
Cagematch Rating: 5.65
Atletifo Match Rating: 2.5 Stars
Rhea Ripley vs. Zelina Vega – WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 2 Stars
Cagematch Rating: 5.50
Atletifo Match Rating: 2 Stars
Damian Priest vs. Bad Bunny – San Juan Street Fight
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 4.5 Stars
Cagematch Rating: 9.10
Atletifo Match Rating: 4 Stars
The Bloodline vs. Matt Riddle, Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 3.75 Stars
Cagematch Rating: 7.26
Atletifo Match Rating: 3 Stars
Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar
Dave Meltzer Star Rating: 3.75 Stars
Cagematch Rating: 6.72
Atletifo Match Rating: 4 Stars
Hamish is a writer and podcaster and wrestling fan who is a key part of the Atletifo team.
After playing countless hours of WrestleMania X8 on the Gamecube, he discovered Rey Mysterio getting his head crushed by The Great Khali, and thus a love for professional wrestling was born.
He is also a Media Graduate, as well as writing for multiple sites about Premier League football and the culture of Wales – his home country.
