5 Biggest news stories from WWE SmackDown (May 22, 2020)

#1: Braun Strowman will defend his Universal Title against The Miz & John Morrison at WWE Backlash

It's OFFICIAL!@BraunStrowman defends the #UniversalTitle against @mikethemiz & @TheRealMorrison in a Handicap Match at #WWEBacklash! pic.twitter.com/uRyPVwzssC

— WWE (@WWE) May 23, 2020

This week's WWE SmackDown opened with another entertaining Dirt Sheet episode, where The Miz & John Morrison teased around with "extra" Firefly Fun House puppets and made fun of Braun Strowman at the same time.

A few moments later, The Miz was pressured into a singles match against Strowman, and as expected, The A-Lister got exactly what was coming to him at the hands of WWE's Monster Among Men.

Morrison proposed an interesting challenge after the match, where he dared Strowman to put it all on the line against both of them at Backlash.

We know that Strowman doesn't exactly have the best WWE record in handicap matches, but that is just a simple conflict to draw people towards this program. As The Dirt Sheet co-hosts stated at the beginning of the episode, a certain "Fiend" will take revenge against Strowman soon.

So it would come off as no surprise if The Miz & John Morrison have been pushed to the main event scene as filler opponents leading up to Braun Strowman's eventual showdown against "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.

Hands = Gotten.#SmackDown @mikethemiz @TheRealMorrison @BraunStrowman pic.twitter.com/u2bDsyRCP4

— WWE (@WWE) May 23, 2020