pWotD Episode 2931: Backlash (2025)

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With 368,278 views on Sunday, 11 May 2025 our article of the day is Backlash (2025).

The 2025 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash St. Louis, was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the 20th Backlash event and took place on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania 41.

The event featured John Cena's first appearance at a Backlash event since 2009, which was his last Backlash appearance as an in-ring performer due to his retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, John Cena defeated Randy Orton to retain SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship. In other prominent matches, Gunther defeated Pat McAfee by technical submission and in the opening bout, Jacob Fatu defeated LA Knight, Damian Priest, and Drew McIntyre in a fatal four-way match to retain SmackDown's WWE United States Championship. The event featured the WWE debut of Jeff Cobb.

This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:52 UTC on Monday, 12 May 2025.

For the full current version of the article, see Backlash (2025) on Wikipedia.

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