WrestleMania Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It took place on May 16, 2021 and was broadcast from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. It was the 16th event in the Backlash chronology and was WWE’s first pay-per-view to present the ThunderDome from the Yuengling Center during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a four-month residency at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The 2021 event returned Backlash to its original position as the post-WrestleMania PPV, as the event was known for from 1999 to 2009. It was in turn renamed to “WrestleMania Backlash.”
