WWE BACKLASH 2025
MAY 10, 2025
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
ENTERPRISE CENTER
Watch: Peacock/Netflix (Non-US)
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WOMEN’S INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH
LYRA VALKYRIA (C) VS. BECKY LYNCH
Becky Lynch returned at WrestleMania to team with Lyra Valkyria to win the Women’s Tag Team Titles from Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan. The next day on Raw, Becky & Lyra lost the titles back to Liv & Raquel before Becky turned on Lyra to set this match up. Also, the prestigious Women’s Tag Team Titles will be on ice for a little while because Liv Morgan is filming a movie. If only there was a way for Booker of the Year Paul Levesque to have seen that coming.
Anyway, Becky admitted that she took Bayley out to take her place at Wrestlemania because Bayley never apologized to Becky for her actions when she was a heel, and that she turned on Lyra because the friend of her enemy is her enemy. Why did she team with her to begin with and win the titles instead of turning on her at Wrestlemania or just leaving her high and dry? Eh, it’s wrestling, who cares about details like that?
This is a fairly simple deal that should help to get the Bird Girl over in the long run. Becky wins the title here, has a feud with Bayley in the meantime, and then drops the title back to Lyra around the summertime. Prediction: Becky Lynch
UNITED STATES TITLE FATAL FOUR WAY MATCH
JACOB FATU (C) VS. DREW MCINTYRE VS. LA KNIGHT VS. DAMIAN PRIEST
Jacob Fatu’s first defense of the US Title is here against the rest of the SmackDown midcard. It’s amazing how Drew McIntyre found himself in the midcard hamster wheel after having the best WWE feud of 2024, but he’s here as part of this four-way with Damian Priest and LA Knight. Fatu & Solo Sikoa have flipped spots in the Bloodline with Solo doing the run-ins and helping him out, so expect that to be your finish here. Prediction: Jacob Fatu
PAT MCAFEE VS. GUNTHER
After his underwhelming World Title reign came to an end at WrestleMania, Gunther took his frustrations out on the commentators who gleefully called Jey Uso’s title win. He went to attack Michael Cole and ended up choking out Pat McAfee to the glee of anyone with ears. Gunther was set to be suspended, but McAfee preferred to fight Gunther instead. Look, McAfee is a Logan Paul-type, a good athlete who can be led to a good match by a good wrestler. With that said, I would like Gunther to wrestle some of the good wrestlers on this roster instead of being used to prop up guys like Jey Uso and Pat McAfee to matches on these premium shows. God, I hope he can win this one at least. Prediction: Gunther
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH
DOMINIK MYSTERIO (C) VS. PENTA
The Dominik Mysterio Intercontinental Title reign may already come to an end here as he defends the title for a second time against PENTA. Dominik defended the title against PENTA the night after WrestleMania, only for JD McDonaugh to return from injury to help Dominik retain. I figured Penta would be the endgame of this title reign, and I figured Levesque’s booking patterns would push this out five months longer than necessary. However, with WWE’s acquisition of AAA and the Worlds Collide show coming up in June, they may want to get the belt on PENTA ahead of that show. Why not just…belt him up at WrestleMania to get him the most shine possible? Shhh, don’t worry about it. Prediction: PENTA
UNDISPUTED WWE TITLE MATCH
JOHN CENA (C) VS. RANDY ORTON
the updated Cena vs. Orton Too Many Cooks (the original is from 2015 which really bothers me)
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Prediction: John Cena
