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WWE Backlash date & location announced, John Cena confirmed for event

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time ever, WWE Backlash will take place in St. Louis, Missouri, with one of WWE’s biggest stars already confirmed.

Via social media Friday, St. Louis native Randy Orton delivered the news that the annual premium live event will take place at the Enterprise Center on Saturday, May 10th, and that he will be in attendance. The presale for the show will start next Wednesday.

What Orton didn’t say was that John Cena will also be in attendance as part of his retirement tour, confirmed in the WWE release about the show. Cena will challenge undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes at April’s WrestleMania 41 and whether he rolls into St. Louis with the title remains to be seen.

While Backlash has never been in St. Louis, it will be its second time in Missouri with the 2022 edition emanating from Kansas City.

Last year’s Backlash took place in Lyon, France, setting the then-record for the biggest arena gate in WWE history which has since been broken several times.

AEW relocating April 1 and April 8 Dynamite episodes

Posted on by Bryan Rose

AEW has relocated two of their upcoming Dynamite episodes due to the corona virus outbreak.

In a social media post, the company released rescheduled dates and information for their upcoming shows in Milwaukee and St. Louis.

The St. Louis show, which was scheduled to take place on April 8, will now be held on October 7 at the Chaifetz Arena. The Milwaukee show, which was scheduled for April 1, will now be held on October 28 at the UWM Panther Arena. 

AEW wrote that the April 1 and April 8 episodes of Dynamite will still air live on TNT, but will be relocated. It is currently unknown where the shows will be held.

Fans who have bought tickets for these shows will be offered a refund at the point of purchase, or can have their current ticket honored at the rescheduled dates. Additional details will be released in the future.

The next episode of Dynamite is currently scheduled to take place in Jacksonville, Florida at the Daily’s Place and will be managed under a restricted attendance policy.

St. Louis reportedly getting XFL team

Posted on by Joseph Currier

One of the teams for Vince McMahon’s XFL revival appears to have its home.

KSDK TV in St. Louis, Missouri reported on Tuesday that the city will be getting an XFL team for the league’s 2020 launch. They noted that five of the team’s 10 regular season games will be played at The Dome at America’s Center, which is the former Edward Jones Dome. The NFL’s Rams played there prior to moving to Los Angeles in 2016.

KSDK said that all of the host cities for the XFL teams will be unveiled next week.

There will be eight teams at the start of the XFL revival, with the league owning all of the teams instead of using a franchise model with individual owners. KSDK reported that the XFL has already contacted sports executives in St. Louis about running the city’s team.

Oliver Luck was named as the XFL’s commissioner and CEO this June, and former Buffalo Bills general manager Doug Whaley is the league’s senior vice president for football operations. The XFL has yet to announce a television/media rights deal.

Charlie Ebersol’s Alliance of American Football, a competitor to the XFL, will be kicking off in 2019.