Backlash (2020)

Backlash was a profession wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE. It took place on June 14, 2020 and was the fifteenth event under the Backlash chronology. All active WWE world titles from the three brands where defended. Twelve matches were contested on the card, with the main event seeing Randy Orton taking on Edge.

Production
Extreme Rules is an annual is a recurring pay-per-view (PPV) event that was established by WWE in 1999. The event continued annually as the post-WrestleMania event until 2009, which was the final event until 2016. It was brought back that year following the reintroduction of the brand extension, where WWE again split its roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands, represented by the shows of the same name; the 2016 event also ended its previous tradition of being the post-WrestleMania pay-per-view. The 2020 event was the fifteenth in the Backlash chronology and featured wrestlers the Raw, SmackDown and NXT brands.

Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on all three brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows.

The main event saw Randy Orton take on Edge in what would be his first singles in-ring match in years. Orton had attacked Edge after the Royal Rumble (2020), hoping that he'd be able to injure his friend and render him unable to compete, "saving him from himself" (as he believed Edge would die before leaving wrestling behind). After Orton attacked his wife, Beth Phoenix, Edge challenged Orton to a Last Man Standing Match at WrestleMania 36, which he won. Afterwards, Orton challenged him to a standard singular match, believing he was the better traditional wrestler, setting up a singles match for Backlash.