Backlash (2024)

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The 2024 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash France, was a professional wrestling premium live event (PLE) produced by the American company WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 19th Backlash and took place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu in the Metropolis of Lyon, France, airing live at 7:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). This was WWE's first PLE 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...

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