The 2016 Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 12th Backlash and took place on September 11, 2016, at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. It was the first Backlash held since the 2009 event, subsequently making it the first to livestream on WWE's online streaming service, the WWE Network, which launched in 2014, and it was the only Backlash to be held in September. Following the reintroduction of the brand extension in July 2016, Backlash was the first brand-exclusive PPV of the second brand split and was the first brand-exclusive PPV held since the 2007 No Way Out. The original concept of Backlash was based on the backlash of WrestleMania, however, the 2016 event dropped this theme as it was instead held after that year's SummerSlam—the post-WrestleMania theme would return with the 2021 event.