Backlash (2020)

The 2020 Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 15th Backlash and aired on June 14, 2020, with all of the matches taking place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. While the majority of the event aired live, the main event was pre-recorded on June 7 and produced as a cinematic match. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Kansas City, Missouri; however, the event had to be relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like WWE's other shows since mid-March, Backlash was moved to the WWE Performance Center, though unlike the previous shows, Backlash was not announced until after the start of the pandemic, which made it WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be announced during the pandemic. It was the first Backlash held since 2018 and the final to be titled "Backlash" until 2023 as both the 2021 and 2022 events were titled as "WrestleMania Backlash", which moved the event back to May and reinstated its original concept of featuring the backlash of WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania. This would also be the final Backlash to livestream on the American version of the WWE Network, which merged under Peacock in April 2021. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Randy Orton defeated Edge in what WWE billed as "The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever". In the penultimate match, Drew McIntyre defeated Bobby Lashley to retain Raw's WWE Championship. In other prominent matches, Braun Strowman defeated The Miz and John Morrison in a handicap match to retain SmackDown's Universal Championship and Sheamus defeated Jeff Hardy.