WWE Backstage Returning With Renee Paquette For Royal Rumble 2021

Host Renee Paquette brings WWE Backstage back to FOX this month...

by Andy H Murray
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WWE Backstage is coming back for the Royal Rumble.

As announced by FOX Sports on Thursday, a special episode of the talk show will air on FS1 at 8PM on Saturday 30 January, the night before Royal Rumble 2021. The network will also broadcast a replay at midnight and another at 5PM ET on Sunday, leading into the Royal Rumble Kickoff Show.

FOX confirmed this via their PR Twitter account:-

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Renee Paquette will return as host, with Booker T and Paige joining her.

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This will be the first time Backstage has aired since March 2020, when it became a casualty of the ongoing global health crisis. It was announced that the show would move off its weekly schedule and would only air on special occasions, though a previously announced episode was cancelled in October, replaced by Talking Smack. Now, Paquette and co. are bringing it back.

The former Renee Young addressed the news with the @WWEonFOX Twitter account, saying she'll be heading to Los Angeles to film the show rather than broadcasting from her home:-

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Paquette's eight-year WWE returned ended in August 2020, though she retained her contract with FOX at the time.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.