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.
| Match | Wrestlers |
| Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match | Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles or LA Knight |
| World Heavyweight Championship Match | Damian Priest (c) vs. Jey Uso |
At WrestleMania 38 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 will now take on each other on the April 19 episode of SmackDown in their WrestleMania rematch. The winner of these two will go on to face Rhodes at Backlash France.
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.
The 2024 edition of Backlash will air live from LDLC Arena Décines-Charpieu, in Lyon, France. It will take 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 is the first WWE event to take place in France and the first Backlash to take place outside North America. It is 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:
Tickets for Backlash France went live on January 12, 2024, around four months before the event. The event will take 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.
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 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.
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.
| Year | Location |
| 1999 | Providence, Rhode Island |
| 2000 | Washington, D.C. |
| 2001 | Rosemont, Illinois |
| 2002 | Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2003 | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 2004 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 2005 | Manchester, New Hampshire |
| 2006 | Lexington, Kentucky |
| 2007 | Atlanta, Georgia |
| 2008 | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2009 | Providence, Rhode Island |
| 2016 | Richmond, Virginia |
| 2017 | Rosemont, Illinois |
| 2018 | Newark, New Jersey |
| 2020 | WWE Performance Center, Florida |
| 2021 | WWE Thunderdome Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida |
| 2022 | Providence, Rhode Island |
| 2023 | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 2024 | Décines-Charpieu, Lyon |
| Year | Main Event Match Card | Championship(s) on line |
| 1999 | Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock | WWF Championship |
| 2000 | Triple H vs. The Rock | WWF Championship |
| 2001 | Stone Cold & Triple H vs. Kane & The Undertaker | WWF, IC and Tag Team Championships |
| 2002 | Triple H vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan | WWF Undisputed Championship |
| 2003 | Goldberg vs. The Rock | Grudge Match |
| 2004 | Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels | WWE World Heavyweight Championship |
| 2005 | Batista vs. Triple H – World Heavyweight | WWE World Heavyweight Championship |
| 2006 | John Cena vs. Edge vs. Triple H | WWE Championship |
| 2007 | John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge | WWE Championship |
| 2008 | Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. JBL vs. John Cena | WWE Championship |
| 2009 | John Cena vs. Edge | WWE Championship |
| 2016 | Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles | WWE Championship |
| 2017 | Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal | WWE Championship |
| 2018 | Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe | WWE Championship |
| 2020 | Edge vs Randy Orton | - |
| 2021 | Roman Reigns vs Cesaro | Universal Championship |
| 2022 | Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton and Riddle vs Roman Reigns, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso | - |
| 2023 | Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar | Singles Match |
| Match | Remarks | Winner |
| Bianca Belair (c) vs. Iyo Sky | WWE RAW Women's Championship Match | Bianca Belair |
| Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Zelina Vega | SmackDown Women's Championship | Rhea Ripley |
| Austin Theory (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Bronson Reed | Triple Threat Match for US Championship | Austin Theory |
| Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest | San Juan Street Fight | Bad Bunny |
| Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Riddle vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) | Six-Man Tag Team Match | The Bloodline |
| Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar | Singles Match | Cody Rhodes |
Backlash was a regular event till 2009 and was put on shelf for several years. While fans had thought that WWE had retired the PPV, it was brought back after the 2016 roster split as a brand-exclusive PPV. However, it did not have quite a good reception as other Premium Live Events and was again dropped in 2019 before being called up yet again in 2020. WWE made efforts to revitalize the event in 2021 when it renamed it to WrestleMania Backlash. While in 2023 the event has been renamed back to WWE Backlash, it seems that the company wants to make it a long time affair and the event might be the one after WrestleMania for the forseeable future.
WWE Backlash 2024 will take place on May 4, 2024.
The name WrestleMania Backlash has been dropped since the 2023 event and it is simply named Backlash. However, the 2024 event is being promoted as Backlash France.
WWE Backlash 2024 will take place at the LDLC Arena in Lyon, France.
While the main event for Backlash France has not been announced, it is likely that Cody Rhodes will headline the event.
While no match has been confirmed, it is unlikely that Roman Reigns will appear at Backlash France.
So far, nothing has been announced regarding CM Punk's role at WWE Backlash.
