Report: WWE Backlash 2026 location revealed
The WWE PLE schedule for 2026 could include a return to Puerto Rico.
Post Wrestling reports that WWE Backlash 2026 is set to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in May. There has been no official announcement from WWE, but Post Wrestling notes that the company’s internal calendar currently has the PLE listed for Saturday, May 9, 2026.
“The promotion is set to stage Backlash in San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to multiple sources who informed John Pollock and Brandon Thurston,” the report said. “While we have not confirmed the exact date, a source with access to an internal calendar indicates Backlash is listed for Saturday, May 9.”
This would be WWE’s first time back to Puerto Rico since 2023, when San Juan also hosted that year’s edition of Backlash. That PLE was largely centered around music superstar and Puerto Rico native Bad Bunny competing. He defeated Damian Priest in a San Juan Street Fight at the event.
Bad Bunny — who is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in February — remains in contact with WWE and has said he would like to wrestle again. A huge wrestling fan, he was recently spotted in the crowd at a CMLL show wearing a mask.
The Backlash PLE is scheduled to take place just a few weeks after WrestleMania 42, with Las Vegas hosting Mania on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19.
Before Backlash 2023, the most recent WWE PLE to be held in Puerto Rico was New Year’s Revolution 2005.
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