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Backlash (2024)
The 2024 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash France, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It was the 19th Backlash event and took place on May 4, 2024, at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu in the Metropolis of Lyon, France, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be held in France, and the first Backlash held outside of North America. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania XL.
Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Cody Rhodes defeated AJ Styles to retain SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship. The referee for the match was Jessika Carr, who became the first woman to referee a WWE world title main event. In other prominent matches, Damian Priest defeated Jey Uso to retain Raw's World Heavyweight Championship and Bayley defeated Naomi and Tiffany Stratton in a triple threat match to retain SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship. The event was also notable for the WWE in-ring debut of Tama Tonga, as well as the return of his adopted brother (biological cousin), Tonga Loa, who previously performed in WWE as Camacho from 2009 to 2014.
The event received highly positive reviews, with the main event and the Street Fight being deemed highlights of the night, as well as the strong crowd reactions similar to Backlash from the previous year. WWE reported that the event set the record for the largest arena gate in company history.
Backlash is a recurring professional wrestling event that was established by the American promotion WWE in 1999. 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. The events between 2016 and 2020 did not carry this theme; however, the 2021 event returned Backlash to this original concept.
In late October 2023, reports emerged that WWE were discussing plans to hold the 2024 Backlash in Paris, France. The following month on November 16, the company announced that the 19th Backlash would be held in France, but in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon Metropolis, on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the newly constructed LDLC Arena, which opened that same month. This subsequently marked WWE's first pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event to be held in the country, with the event in turn promoted Backlash France, as well as the first Backlash held outside of North America. This is not to be confused with the first ever WWE event held in France, which occurred on October 23, 1987 (then as World Wrestling Federation; WWF). The event was based around the backlash of WrestleMania XL and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It aired on PPV worldwide and was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. Additionally, the May 3 episode of Friday Night SmackDown was held at the same arena, marking the first time that the program was broadcast from France. Tickets went on sale on January 12, 2024.
Professional wrestling in France dates back to the 1830s and exhibitions of Greco Roman wrestling in circuses. In the 1930s, French wrestling moved from Greco Roman to Catch wrestling. Between the early 1950s and late 1980s, France was one of two European countries, along with the United Kingdom, to have regular national television coverage of professional wrestling. As with British wrestling on ITV, French TV likewise made household names of wrestling stars. Some French wrestlers, notably André the Giant and Edouard Carpentier, went on to have successful American wrestling careers. By the mid-1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002) had invaded France and soon eclipsed local wrestling in popular culture.
The event included five matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
On Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, LA Knight defeated AJ Styles, while later that night in the main event, Cody Rhodes won SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, which was subsequently truncated to Undisputed WWE Championship. On April 12, it was announced that Rhodes's first challenger for the title would be determined by a tournament that would begin on that night's SmackDown. Knight and Styles subsequently won their respective triple threat matches. The following week, Styles defeated Knight to earn a match against Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Backlash France.
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Backlash (2024)
The 2024 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash France, was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It was the 19th Backlash event and took place on May 4, 2024, at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu in the Metropolis of Lyon, France, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This was WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be held in France, and the first Backlash held outside of North America. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania XL.
Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Cody Rhodes defeated AJ Styles to retain SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship. The referee for the match was Jessika Carr, who became the first woman to referee a WWE world title main event. In other prominent matches, Damian Priest defeated Jey Uso to retain Raw's World Heavyweight Championship and Bayley defeated Naomi and Tiffany Stratton in a triple threat match to retain SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship. The event was also notable for the WWE in-ring debut of Tama Tonga, as well as the return of his adopted brother (biological cousin), Tonga Loa, who previously performed in WWE as Camacho from 2009 to 2014.
The event received highly positive reviews, with the main event and the Street Fight being deemed highlights of the night, as well as the strong crowd reactions similar to Backlash from the previous year. WWE reported that the event set the record for the largest arena gate in company history.
Backlash is a recurring professional wrestling event that was established by the American promotion WWE in 1999. 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. The events between 2016 and 2020 did not carry this theme; however, the 2021 event returned Backlash to this original concept.
In late October 2023, reports emerged that WWE were discussing plans to hold the 2024 Backlash in Paris, France. The following month on November 16, the company announced that the 19th Backlash would be held in France, but in Décines-Charpieu, in the Lyon Metropolis, on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the newly constructed LDLC Arena, which opened that same month. This subsequently marked WWE's first pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event to be held in the country, with the event in turn promoted Backlash France, as well as the first Backlash held outside of North America. This is not to be confused with the first ever WWE event held in France, which occurred on October 23, 1987 (then as World Wrestling Federation; WWF). The event was based around the backlash of WrestleMania XL and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It aired on PPV worldwide and was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets. Additionally, the May 3 episode of Friday Night SmackDown was held at the same arena, marking the first time that the program was broadcast from France. Tickets went on sale on January 12, 2024.
Professional wrestling in France dates back to the 1830s and exhibitions of Greco Roman wrestling in circuses. In the 1930s, French wrestling moved from Greco Roman to Catch wrestling. Between the early 1950s and late 1980s, France was one of two European countries, along with the United Kingdom, to have regular national television coverage of professional wrestling. As with British wrestling on ITV, French TV likewise made household names of wrestling stars. Some French wrestlers, notably André the Giant and Edouard Carpentier, went on to have successful American wrestling careers. By the mid-1980s, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002) had invaded France and soon eclipsed local wrestling in popular culture.
The event included five matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
On Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, LA Knight defeated AJ Styles, while later that night in the main event, Cody Rhodes won SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, which was subsequently truncated to Undisputed WWE Championship. On April 12, it was announced that Rhodes's first challenger for the title would be determined by a tournament that would begin on that night's SmackDown. Knight and Styles subsequently won their respective triple threat matches. The following week, Styles defeated Knight to earn a match against Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at Backlash France.