Posted on 4/26/125 by Colin Vassallo
The Backlash main event was confirmed last night on
Smackdown, with new champion John Cena defending the WWE
Championship against Randy Orton.
The event will take place from Orton’s hometown of St.
Louis, Missouri, and over 14,000 tickets have already been
sold for the show, making it close to a sell-out.
The two were involved in a long opening segment on
Smackdown, with multiple insults thrown each way, and
ultimately, Cena attacking Orton with the title. But The
Viper had the last laugh after he landed his second RKO on
Cena in the span of a few days, leaving the champion laid
out in the ring.
While Cena and Orton wrestled several times over the past 25
years, this will be the first time that it will be a heel
Cena against a face Orton.
Backlash is on Saturday, May 10 and tickets are available
from Ticketmaster.com.