It's time for the WWE NXT Backlash 2025 premium live event! This event is takes place out of the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
The pay-per-view is set to start at with the Countdown to Backlash pre-show at 5 p.m. ET, with the main card starting at 7 p.m. ET. It will air on Peacock in the United States and Netflix everywhere else.
This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of the WWE Backlash event, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!
Preview & Predictions for WWE Backlash 2025:
On tap for today's event, the true selling point is the headliner with John Cena defending the Undisputed WWE Championship for "one last time" against Randy Orton. The Franchise Player and The Viper have had a storied rivalry dating back nearly 20 years ago. In the grand scheme, Orton's always been just a step behind, though, and that's going to be no different here, as Cena will undoubtedly retain his title by hook or by crook. It's just far too early for him to drop it now.
The same can't be said for Lyra Valkyria, who will almost definitely lose the Women's Intercontinental Championship to Becky Lynch. There's a chance WWE goes with the upset and ends up doing a rematch where The Man wins, but it would be cleaner to just have her capture the title here.
As far as the men's Intercontinental Championship is concerned, Dominik Mysterio should be relatively safe. While Penta is as viable a contender as can be, there are more stories to be told with Mysterio keeping the title than for it to go straight to Penta.
Jacob Fatu is likely to also retain his title as he defends the United States Championship against Damian Priest, LA Knight, and Drew McIntyre. That one is his match to lose and if he does, it will be as a result of Solo Sikoa getting involved and making a mistake.
Lastly, Gunther should absolutely squash Pat McAfee if he's going to retain any of his previous clout that has been dwindling as of late. If WWE's goal is to humble Gunther with losses for some reason, though, following up his submission at WrestleMania with a loss to McAfee would certainly do the trick.
Here are your results for WWE Backlash 2025:
- Fatal 4-Way Match for the United States Championship: Jacob Fatu (c) defeated Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre and LA Knight by pinfall. LA Knight took the pinfall. Solo Sikoa came out to interfere, followed by Jeff Cobb making his WWE debut!
- Singles Match for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Lyra Valkyria (c) defeated Becky Lynch by pinfall to retain the title.
- Singles Match for the Men's Intercontinental Championship: Dominik Mysterio (c) defeated Penta by pinfall due to some interference from The Judgment Day (Carlito, Finn Balor, and JD McDonagh) and El Grande Americano.
- Gunther defeated Pat McAfee by submission (McAfee passing out) with a rear-naked choke.
- Singles Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: John Cena (c) defeated Randy Orton by pinfall to retain the title.
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