In what's perhaps one of the least surprising things to come out of this year's WWE Backlash PPV, a majority of WWE talent have voiced their thoughts about making Puerto Rico the permanent home of the celebrated event.
Here's what the report by Mike Johnson of PWInsider Elite said about the talks of bringing Backlash to the beautiful city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, every year going forward: The talk backstage at the Backlash PPV among the talents was that they hoped the company would make San Juan a permanent home for the show, feeling the crowd reactions for both Smackdown and the PPV were at 'Wrestlemania' levels and made the post-Mania PPV the most important the event had been in years. Every wrestler got the appropriate amount of cheers and reactions in Puerto Rico at Backlash.
Backlash is a WWE staple and is traditionally rotated across different venues around the world. Moving it to one permanent home would represent a significant shift from what's usually done in the WWE. But, you can't deny that the proposition is interesting, to say the least.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States, which only adds an exciting twist to this development.
As previously mentioned, Puerto Rico recently hosted this year's WWE Backlash, to much critical acclaim. The highlight of the event, Bad Bunny's win over Damian Priest, saw fans go wild after the San Juan Street Fight match featured several local wrestling legends, including Carlito's first appearance in WWE for a long time. The segment was so popular that there are now talks of the WWE and Carlito possibly signing a new deal for his return.