WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2021
Date:
May 16, 2021
Location:
WWE ThunderDome at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida
Highlights:
- All Championships were retained except the SmackDown Tag Team titles, Rey & Dominik Mysterio made history by becoming the first father/son tag team champions.
- Roman Reigns defeated Cesaro clean without Jey Uso’s help. After the match, Jey & Seth Rollins beat up Cesaro.
- Batista’s new movie “Army Of The Dead” was heavily advertized. To go with this theme, the lumberjack match between Damian Priest and The Miz had wrestlers and extras dressed up as zombies. During the match, John Morrison was “eaten”. After Priest won, the zombies swarmed the ring and “devoured” The Miz as well.
Event Card
UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Roman Reigns (c) retained against Cesaro
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH:
Bobby Lashley (c) retained against Braun Strowman & Drew McIntyre
RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH:
Rhea Ripley (c) retained against Asuka & Charlotte Flair
SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Bianca Belair (c) retained against Bayley
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Rey & Dominik Mysterio defeated Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode to become the new champions
ZOMBIE LUMBERJACK MATCH:
Damian Priest defeated The Miz
PRESHOW MATCH:
Sheamus defeated Ricochet
