In 2024, WWE is planning to take its premium live events to a new level of global expansion, with Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia, the biannual shows in Saudi Arabia, and Bash in Berlin — Germany’s first premium live event. It’s a wealth of shows in mostly areas that rarely, if ever, receive these grand events, but the worldwide tour won’t stop there.
On Thursday, WWE announced the next Backlash will take place at LDLC Arena in Paris, France on Friday, May 3. This is the country’s first-ever WWE premium live event after hosting non-televised live shows in the City of Lights over the years. Fightful Select had reported that WWE listed this city internally for a premium live event in 2024.
In the announcement, not only did WWE tout Bash in Berlin at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, but Backlash 2023 event’s success.
Earlier this year, WWE brought its post-WrestleMania premium live event to San Juan, Puerto Rico, which was the company’s highest-grossing and most-viewed Backlash ever. The 2023 edition of the event was headlined by Bad Bunny vs. Damian Priest and featured the return of Carlito, who later became a full-time WWE Superstar again.
WWE went to Paris for a non-televised event earlier this year that made waves for the raucous reactions Baron Corbin received. If that was any indication, Backlash 2024 could potentially have a special atmosphere, identical to San Juan earlier this year.
Perhaps this isn’t the last announcement of WWE traveling globally for these shows, with more 2024 premium live event locations yet to be announced. There are many cities around the world that could be fruitful for televised WWE programming, so we’ll see if something else happens.