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The 2020 Backlash was the 15th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event aired on June 14, 2020, with all the matches taking place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
In August that year, WWE ran a poll on their website to allow fans to vote on the concept of this PPV, with the choices being an event themed around street fight main events, an event featuring a single-elimination tournament, and an event featuring matches that contained stipulations using tables, ladders, and/or chairs as legal weapons with ...
Backlash then returned in 2020 and was held that June. The 2021 event moved Backlash back to May as the post- WrestleMania 37 PPV, thus the event returned to its original concept with the 2021 and 2022 events titled as WrestleMania Backlash , but the 2023 event reverted to its original name while maintaining the post-WrestleMania theme.
April 2 67,553 Night 2: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: May 6 Backlash: Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot: San Juan, Puerto Rico: 17,944 Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar: May 27 Night of Champions: Jeddah Super Dome: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: 13,000 Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c) vs.
Backlash is a recurring professional wrestling event that was established by WWE in 1999. [2] It was held annually from 1999 to 2009, but was then discontinued until it was reinstated in 2016 and has been held every year since, except in 2019. The original concept of the event was based around the backlash from WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania.
A round-robin tournament began on April 15, 2020, to determine the interim NXT Cruiserweight Champion after Jordan Devlin was deemed unable to defend the title due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions. Eight wrestlers were split into two groups of four, where each wrestler competed against the other three members of their group.
The 2020 event would in turn be the final TLC event held. An event for 2021 had been scheduled, however, WWE canceled the event to focus on an event called Day 1 that took place on New Year's Day 2022. [51] In October 2021, WWE announced their PPV schedule for 2022 and TLC was not included; subsequently, the TLC event was discontinued. [52]
In mid-July 2021, WWE resumed a live touring schedule. [30] In March 2021, the American version of the WWE Network became a premium channel under NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock. As a result, the 2021 Elimination Chamber was the final pay-per-view to air on the American version of the WWE Network before the launch of Peacock's WWE ...