{"id":27155,"date":"2016-07-26T19:39:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T00:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27155"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:39:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T01:39:44","slug":"wwe-backlash-returning-smackdown-brand-ppv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/26\/wwe-backlash-returning-smackdown-brand-ppv\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Backlash returning as Smackdown brand PPV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4062564781\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WWE is officially bringing back Backlash as a Smackdown brand Sunday night PPV.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be Sunday, September 11 on WWE Network from Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>WWE has not held Backlash in seven years going back to April 2009 as the post-WrestleMania 25 PPV event.<\/p>\n<p>WWE will also hold a Raw-exclusive PPV on September 25, Clash of Champions, replacing Night of Champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming WWE PPV Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 21: Summerslam (both brands)<\/li>\n<li>September 11: Backlash (Smackdown brand)<\/li>\n<li>September 25: Clash of Champions (Raw brand)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3434484877\"><div id=\"pwtor-3739635792\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor WWE is officially bringing back Backlash as a Smackdown brand Sunday night PPV. The event will be Sunday, September 11 on WWE Network from Richmond, Virginia. WWE has not <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/26\/wwe-backlash-returning-smackdown-brand-ppv\/\" title=\"WWE Backlash returning as Smackdown brand PPV\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3523,3521,3522,3516,71,3302],"class_list":["post-27155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_wwe","tag-backlash","tag-backlash-2016","tag-backlash-ppv","tag-july-26-smackdown","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-backlash"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/WWEBacklash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27160,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27155\/revisions\/27160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}