WWE Backlash France 2024

WWE Backlash 2024 is an upcoming WWE Premium Live Event scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 4, 2024. It will take place live from LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, in Lyon area, France. This is the first WWE event to be held in France. It will be the second consecutive year that Backlash is going to be held outside the USA. The 2023 event was held in Puerto Rico.

WWE Backlash France Results 2024

The Bloodline vs. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens - Tag Team Match

On the SmackDown after WrestleMania, Solo Sikoa kicked his brother Jimmy Uso out of The Bloodline and welcomed Tama Tonga as a member. On the same night, their backstage room was taken by Cody Rhodes whom Kevin Owens went to meet by making fun of The Bloodline. Sikoa did not take this lightly and the next week, Tonga destroyed Owens backstage and the latter was bathing with blood. On the April 26 episode of SmackDown, Randy Orton stepped up to team with The Prizefighter and a tag team match was then set for Backlash France. At the event, Nick Aldis made this a Street Fight. Towards the closing of the match, Owens had Tonga covered for a pin before the referee was taken out of the match by a debuting Tanga Loa, who helped The Bloodline secure a victory.

Bayley (c) vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton - WWE Women's Championship Match

Bayley captured the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania. On SmackDown, she promised to elevate other women wrestlers. However, things got chaotic when Tiffany Stratton interrupted, wanting a shot. It turned out Bayley had Naomi in mind. This sparked a rivalry between Naomi and Stratton, who ended up facing each other to determine Bayley's next challenger. Naomi emerged victorious. Their championship match ended abruptly when Stratton attacked both Naomi and Bayley. Another match was set, but outside interference from Nia Jax threw things into disarray again. With the situation getting messy, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis decided to throw a curveball. Instead of a one-on-one match, Bayley will now have to defend her title in a triple threat match against both Naomi and Stratton at Backlash France! The champion's first title defense was successful as Bayley defeated Naomi and Stratton to retain her WWE Women's Championship.

Damian Priest vs Jey Uso - World Heavyweight Championship Match

At WrestleMania 38 Night Two, Drew McIntyre defeated Seth 'Freakin' Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship. Just a few minutes later, Mr. Money in the Bank Damian Priest cashed in his briefcase to become the new champion. On the RAW after WrestleMania, McIntyre, Bronson Reed, Jey Uso and Ricochet competed in a Fatal-4-Way match to become the number one contender for the title. Main Event Jey Uso won the match and is all set to challenge Preist at Backlash France. At the event, The Archer of Infamy defeated the Andre the Giant Battle Royal winner to retain the gold.

The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill - WWE Women's Tag Team Champioship Match

Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi teamed up to defeat The Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane and Asuka) in the Night One of WrestleMania XL. While Naomi went after the WWE Women's Championship, Belair and Cargill set their eyes on the tag team possession of Sane and Asuka, the Kabuki Warriors. A match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was then set for Backlash France. At the event, new champions were crowned as Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair defeated The Kabuki Warriors to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.

Cody Rhodes vs AJ Styles - WWE Championship Match

At WrestleMania XL Night Two, Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion. On the following SmackDown, a tournament was announced to find out the number one contender for Rhodes' title. Two triple-threat matches took place later that night. Firstly, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio and then LA Knight defeated Bobby Lashley and Santos Escobar. Styles and Knight then on each other on the April 19 episode of SmackDown in their WrestleMania rematch. Styles won the match to punch his ticket to Backlash France. In the main event of the night, it was the champion who won the match after 27 minutes of a closely contested brawl.

WWE Backlash France 2024 Date and Time

The 2024 edition of Backlash aired live from LDLC Arena Décines-Charpieu, in Lyon, France. It took place on Saturday, May 4, 2024 falling in line with WWE's practice of organizing its Premium Live Events on Saturdays, a pattern it has been following since 2022. It was the first WWE event to take place in France and the first Backlash to take place outside North America. It was also the first Backlash where WWE will not be owned majorly by Vince McMahon after it was sold to TKO in 2023. The possible start timings of the show in various timezones are as follow:

• USA (California): 10 AM
• USA (Washington DC): 1 PM
• UK: 6 PM
• Saudi Arabia: 8 PM
• India: 10:30 PM
• Japan:2 AM, August 28

Where to buy Backlash France Tickets?

Tickets for Backlash France went live on January 12, 2024, around four months before the event. The event took place at the LDLC Arena, which can accommodate about 15000 fans. Given the hype for the show among, the fans have to act quickly before the rest of the tickets are sold. Fans can try their luck by booking their tickets on WWE's official partner Ticketmaster.com. One must know that the tickets for the event are selling at a quick pace and only limited packages still remain to be booked.

Where to watch Backlash France 2024?

For the fans of WWE in the USA, Royal Rumble, like any other WWE PPV, will not be available on the WWE Network as the service has stopped in the country since 2021. Fans can tune in to Peacock TV to stream the superstars throwing each other over the top rope. Elsewhere, Royal Rumble has been streaming on PPV and on WWE Network since 2014 and will continue to do so. So, fans can watch Royal Rumble 2024 via WWE Network in most of countries. It will air on Binge in Australia. Indian fans can stream the event on Sony Sports Network or on SonyLIV app.

WWE Backlash France 2024 Stadium

WWE Backlash 2024 will take place live from the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, Greater Lyon, France. The arena started construction in January 2022 and was opened in November 2023. Thus, WWE announced that it will hold Backlash here a week before the stadium officially opened. The stadium was constructed at the cost of 141 Million Euros. It has a seating capacity of at least 15000 spectators for a professional wrestling event.

WWE Backlash History

Backlash is an event that has been around, in essence, since 1999. It initially began its pay-per-view journey as an In Your House event, although despite not being recognized as a stand-alone event, it was still positioned as the follow-up WrestleMania show in late April which would eventually become its trademark. Following a few years of existence, Backlash soon became a Raw-exclusive event following the brand extension, and SmackDown superstars were only part of the show in the year where it became dual-branded. Following the second brand split a few years back, however, SmackDown assumed control of the PPV name in 2016 and 2017.

In the 2020 edition, which took place on June 14th, both WWE Raw and SmackDown Superstars competed on the show, and was the first Backlash event since the 2018 split, and fifteenth in total. While the event has always been the PPV next to that of WrestleMania, WWE decided to add the fact in the name of the event itself. The 2021 edition was titled WrestleMania Backlash and so was the 2022 edition. However, the promotion decided to revert back to its original name in 2023, thus dropping the WrestleMania name from the PPV. In 2024, the event is going to be organized in France, making it the first PPV to be held there.

WWE Backlash 2023 Results

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