According to Wrestlezone’s Josh Lopez, who is in attendance at tonight’s WWE RAW TV taping, WWE Backlash will be hosted in Chicago, Illinois on May 21st.
The event will take place at the AllState Arena in Chicago, Illinois, host of tonight’s RAW taping. It was also revealed the event will be a Smackdown branded event. Smackdown also hosted the 2016 Backlash PPV, which was the first Backlash event since 2009. The updated 2017 WWE pay-per-view event calendar (confirmed events) is below:
April 2nd
Wrestlemania 33
Camping World Stadium – Orlando, FL
April 30th
WWE Payback (RAW)
SAP Center – San Jose, CA
May 21st
WWE Backlash (Smackdown)
Allstate Arena – Chicago, IL
June 4th
WWE Extreme Rules (RAW)
Royal Farms Arena – Baltimore, MD
June 18th
WWE Money In The Bank (Smackdown)
Scottrade Center – St. Louis, MO
August 20th
WWE Summerslam
Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY
November 19th
WWE Survivor Series
Toyota Center – Houston, TX
