WrestleMania 41 has come and gone and now all eyes are looking ahead to the WWE Backlash premium live event. Backlash will air live from St. Louis on Saturday night and John Cena is set to defend his WWE Championship against Randy Orton during the show.
John Cena became a 17 time WWE World Champion when he defeated Cody Rhodes in the main event at WrestleMania 41, and Cody Rhodes has not appeared on WWE programming since the Show of Shows.
PWInsider is reporting that there has been at least one pitch for Cody Rhodes to return at WWE Backlash this weekend. However, it was noted that at this point it hasn’t been 100% confirmed that WWE will be going in that direction.
As of right now five matches have been announced for WWE Backlash and the current card can be seen below.
Undisputed WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Randy Orton
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship
Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch
WWE United States Championship
Jacob Fatu vs. LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Dominik Mysterio vs. Penta
Gunther vs. Pat McAfree