It is official. WWE announced today that WrestleMania 41 will take place on April 19th and April 20th from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sin City become the frontrunner over the last week, knocking out the previously rumored city of Minneapolis. In case you haven’t heard: @WWE is on fire right now. There’s only one place that can handle what we’re bringing to #WrestleMania 41… Las Vegas. @AllegiantStadm. April 19 & 20. Are you ready? pic.twitter.com/1ZKpEtq80W — Triple H (@TripleH) May 4, 2024 Allegiant Stadium was the previous host for WWE SummerSlam 2021, which was headlined ..read more

The Smackdown crowd in Lyon, France was absolutely on fire. From the videos I’ve seen of the Backlash crowd before the show got underway, it looks like that will continue here. At this rate, I’m not expecting to see the United States hosting very many WWE pay-per-view events moving forward. These international crowds are making the American fans look awful. I’m not sure what to expect here. On paper, all five matches look like they’ll be good. At the same time, a lot of people are looking at this like a glorified house show with matches that will be fun, but that have relatively obvious outcom ..read more

WWE sets yet another record. The company ran its Backlash event from the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon Metropolis, France earlier this morning, an event that set the record for largest gate of any WW arena show in history. This comes one day after WWE had its highest grossing SmackDown from the very same building. LARGEST GATE OF ANY ARENA SHOW IN WWE HISTORY! Thank you LYON, FRANCE! #WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/nsPde6DAYX — WWE (@WWE) May 4, 2024 That’s not all. There were three sets of champions who retained their titles on Backlash. Bayley managed to defeat Tiffany Stratton and Nao ..read more

Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill are you new WWE women’s tag team champions. The dominant duo defeated the Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) at today’s Backlash France premium live event from France. Cargill and Belair proved to be an efficient team, and used their combination of powerhouse moves to capture WWE gold. What a showing by JADE CARGILL at #WWEBacklash! pic.twitter.com/wFCKw6GUA4 — WWE (@WWE) May 4, 2024 We have NEW WWE Women's Tag Team Champions at #WWEBacklash! pic.twitter.com/5HXtDxs8yT — WWE (@WWE) May 4, 2024 AND NEWWWWWWWWW!!!#WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/BXbpzCNiMJ ..read more

A surprise debut at today’s WWE Backlash in France. The show opened with The Bloodline (Tama Tona is & Solo Sikoa) taking on Kevin Owens and Randy Orton in tag team action. The four men brawled before the bell could even ring, and it appeared the match was going to get thrown out. That was until Nick Aldis came out and declared that the match would occur under No-DQ rules. What followed was a vicious back and forth battle that saw tables, chairs, trash cans, and other plunder used. It appeared that Owens and Orton had the match won, until Tama’s brother, Tonga Loa, pulled the referee from ..read more

WWE Backlash Results 5/4/24 LDLC Arena Lyon, France You can follow me on Twitter @TheHootsPodcast Commentators: (Michael Cole & Corey Graves)  Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin Transcription by Josh Lopez First Match: Randy Orton & Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline w/Paul Heyman In A Street Fight Kevin Owens and Tama Tonga will start things off. Rockers Punches. Owens and Tonga are brawling in front of the announce table. Orton slams Sikoa’s head on the ring apron. Orton is throwing haymakers at Sikoa. All hell is breaking loose at ringside. Producers and security guards are trying ..read more

Today WWE invades the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu, Lyon Metropolis, France for its annual Backlash premium live event. Below is the full final card for the show, which will be headlined by AJ Styles challenging Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Damian Priest (c) vs. Jey Uso WWE Women’s Championship Match: Bayley (c) vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair Randy Orton & Kevin Owen ..read more

David Finlay is once again your NJPW IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. The leader of Bullet Club War Dogs defeated Nic Nemeth (fka as Dolph Ziggler in WWE) at today’s Wrestling Dontaku event, ending the Most Wanted Man’s reign at just 71 days. Nemeth did have one successful attempt in that time, but was unable to overcome Finlay this time around. This makes Finlay a two-time Global Heavyweight Champion. His first reign, which Nemeth ended, began at this year’s WrestleKingdom 18 event from the Tokyo Dome. .@THEdavidfinlay "Into Oblivion" Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CeQLGjTmZ5 ..read more

The French are loud. Really loud. Paul “Triple H” Levesque shared a post on social media during the WWE Backlash: France “go-home” episode of Friday Night SmackDown last night regarding a noise complaint that WWE received due to the crowd reactions. The @WWEUniverse in France literally received a warning about the noise level tonight at #SmackDown @LDLC_Arena. Absolutely insane. Like @myMotorhead said… “Only way to feel the noise is when it's good and loud.” pic.twitter.com/i4KMGnfUtY — Triple H (@TripleH) May 3, 2024 Additionally, Cody Rhodes addressed the loud crowd after the FOX cameras s ..read more

Yet another name has joined the list of talent released by WWE on Friday. F4WOnline.com is reporting that Gable Steveson has been released from NXT. Steveson joins the following talents, who were also released from the company: -Boa -Ezekiel Balogun -Julian Baldi -Trey Bearhill -Emmamaria Diaz, who was showcased on WWE Roku Channel series WWE: Next Gen -Valentina Feroz -Drew Gulak -Keyshawn Leflore, who was showcased on WWE Roku Channel series WWE: Next Gen -Darrell Mason -Vlad Pavlenko -Kiyah Saint The post Gable Steveson Released From WWE appeared first on Wrestling Headlines ..read more