Damian Priest vs. Jey Uso for the WWE World Heavyweight Title will be taking place at WWE Backlash: France.
On last week’s episode of WWE RAW, Jey Uso defeated Drew McIntyre, Ricochet and Bronson Reed in a Fatal Four-Way match to become the #1 Contender to the title. Priest accepted the match on this week’s show.
This is the first match announced for the pay-per-view event.
WWE Backlash: France takes place in Lyon-Décines, France on May 4th.
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On this week’s episode of WWE RAW, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated The New Day and The Creed Brothers to become the #1 Contenders. They will now go on to face off against Awesome Truth.
As of this writing, there is no word on when the match will be taking place.
You can check out some highlights from the match below: