WWE Backlash: Yep, Apparently That’s Tonight
Fans of professional wrestling worldwide are unanimous in their surprise at the realization that WWE’s Backlash pay-per-view is just a few hours away.
“Wait, that’s tonight?” tweeted countless fans throughout the afternoon. “Wasn’t SummerSlam just, like, last week?”
The advent of the content-hungry WWE Network has led the company to steadily add more pay-per-views to its annual schedule, leaving many fans bewildered by sheer quantity.
There are currently 158 WWE pay-per-views annually, including:
- Survivor Series
- Payback
- Backpay
- Backpack
- Halloween Havoc
- Halloween Havoc 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Clash of Champions
- Clash of Number-One Contenders
- Extreme Rules
- Moderate Rules
- Battleground
- Ceasefire
- The Kevin Owens Pay-Per-View
- Money in the Bank
- Money Under the Mattress
- Fastlane
- Passing Lane
- The Bastion Booger Memorial Cruiserweight Tournament
- Roadblock
- Writer’s Block
- No Way Out
- A Few Ways Out
- Cyber Sunday
- Cyber Wednesday Morning Around 10ish
- The Great American Bash
- The Mediocre British Bash
- NXT TakeDown: reSURgenCE
- nxT tAkedoWn: tyPogRAphy
- Baddd Bloodddd
- In Your House: Home Invasion
Amid this ever-growing list of pay-per-views, WWE has eliminated WrestleMania to avoid oversaturating the market.