{"id":124182,"date":"2024-04-28T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124182"},"modified":"2024-04-28T01:46:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T05:46:43","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-29-24-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/28\/preview-wwe-raw-4-29-24-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/29\/24) \u2013 Draft, Logan Paul &#038; 6-Man Tag on Backlash Go-Home\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE comes to Kansas for <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">before it takes the Yellow Brick Road to Lyon, France\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">for<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Backlash<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on Saturday (May 4).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0our full preview of the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Backlash<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Go-Home edition of\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> airs live from Kansas City, Missouri <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a08ET on the USA Network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw Match Card (4\/29\/24)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Logan Paul Appears<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">6-Man Tag: &#8220;The Judgement Day&#8221; Damian Priest, Finn Balor &amp; JD McDonagh vs. Jey Uso, Andrade, &amp; Ricochet\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Backlash Preview on Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Damian Priest<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jey Uso\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Backlash<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. The two will be on opposite sides of a 6-man tag team match on\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Priest\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is joined<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The Judgement Day&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">stablemates\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finn Balor\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">JD McDonagh.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Uso has Andrade and Richochet on his team.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Logan Paul\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is currently without a challenger for his United States Championship at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Backlash\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is set<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to appear on\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Perhaps an opponent might show up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/23\/becky-lynch-just-4th-person-to-win-world-championship-in-a-battle-royal\/\" target=\"_self\">Women&#8217;s World Champion <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/23\/becky-lynch-just-4th-person-to-win-world-championship-in-a-battle-royal\/\" target=\"_self\">Becky Lynch<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is also sans combatant for\u00a0<em>Backlash.\u00a0<\/em>With the WWE Draft set to continue on <em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>anyone could show up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kansas City&#8230; 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Adam Pearce (@ScrapDaddyAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrapDaddyAP\/status\/1783223619671199897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE comes to Kansas for WWE Raw\u00a0before it takes the Yellow Brick Road to Lyon, France\u00a0for\u00a0Backlash\u00a0on Saturday (May 4). 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