WWE: Jey Uso vs. Damian Priest for WWE World Title Set for Backlash 2024, Artist Rob Schamberger Departure, Becky Lynch Denies Taking Time Off Rumors

Jey Uso vs. Damian Priest for WWE World Title Announced for Backlash 2024

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Montreal, Canada featured the first official match announced for Backlash 2024, which takes place on May 4th at the LDLC Arena in Lyons, France.

This new match announced was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Jey Uso vs. Damian Priest (c).

This match was initially setup at last week’s RAW show involving Uso defeating Drew McIntyre, Bronson Reed, and Ricochet in a #1 Contender Fatal Four-way match for Priest’s WWE World title. During Monday’s RAW show, Judgement Day were involved in a backstage segment that featured Priest revealing to Finn Balor that he will be defending his title against Uso at WWE’s Backlash 2024 event.

Current card for WWE Backlash 2024:

• WWE World Heavyweight Championship match – Jey Uso vs. Damian Priest (c)

---

Artist Rob Schamberger Departs from WWE

Longtime WWE artist Rob Schamberger announced on Monday on Instagram that he has departed from the company.

“After over a decade, my time with WWE has come to a close. I’m grateful that I had the opportunity over this period of time to focus on making art and I’m so lucky that doing so has brought so many wonderful people into my life. I’ve had the opportunity to learn from some the smartest and most capable people in their fields that I’ve ever met. Real friendships, people that I truly love, have been the result of this experience. And it brought you, the person reading this, into my life. How amazing is that?

If you ever bought my art, if you ever came up to say hello at a show, if you ever just gave me a thumbs up on social media, thank you. Thank you for allowing my work into your life.

This chapter has come to a close and a new one is about to begin that I’m genuinely excited about. The work never stops.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Rob Schamberger (@robschamberger)

Prior to his departure, Schamberger had been working for WWE for over the past ten year.

---

Becky Lynch Denies Rumor of Her Taking Break from WWE

As noted before, Becky Lynch is believed to be taking a break from WWE following WrestleMania 40 earlier this month.

Lynch recently responded on Twitter denying the recent rumors and reports of her currently being on a break from WWE. Lynch also promoted a recent tweet by the WWE UK account that mentioned Lynch will be appearing at WWE’s upcoming new tour of Europe.

But the internet said I was taking time off. See you soon, Europe. https://t.co/3ctL2j9GRS

— Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) April 15, 2024