Backlash (2025)

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The 2025 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash: St. Louis, was a professional wrestling premium live event (PLE) produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 20th Backlash and took place on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The concept of the event was based around the backlash from WrestleMania 41. 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 in what was a featured match for Raw, Lyra Valkyria successfully defended Raw's WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship against Becky Lynch, Dominik Mysterio retained Raw's WWE Intercontinental Championship against Penta, 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...

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