WWE Backlash 2026 5/9/2026

WWE Backlash 2026 5/9/2026

 

We are in Tampa, FL. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Seth Rollins vs Bron Breakker

Seth comes out with a facemask on. 

Seth lepfrogs a spear, facekicks Bron out then topes him. Seth pounds on him outside then sends him into the rails. Seth lariats Bron over the top then topes him. Bron throws Seth over the rail. Seth then jumps over the rail onto him. Seth is caught off the top and Bron belly to belly suplexes him over the top to the floor. 

Bron bangs Seth's face off the apron. Bron takes him down outside and pounds on him. Bron hits corner spears on Seth. Bron suplexes Seth for 1.  

Seth hits punches and Bron germans him twice. Bron grounded chinlocks him. Seth jawbreakers him and hits chops. Bron tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him for 2. Bron trash talks him. Seth backdrops him. Seth hits punches and Bron running lariats him for 2. 

Bron hits germans on Seth for 2. Bron hits corner spears. Seth is up top and Bron slips as he top rope hurricanrana's him down. Bron throws Seth out. Bron runs around the ring, flies at Seth and is caught with a spear. Seth hits short arm lariats on Bron and then hits forearms. Seth running lariats him for 2. Seth pump kicks him for 2. Seth hits reverse curbstomps on Bron. 

Bron blocks a stomp. Seth gorilla press gutbusters him. Seth misses a move and lands on his neck. Bron standing moonsaults him for 2. Bron hits mounted corner punches on Seth. Seth buckle bomb Bron. Bron hits a hard lariat. Seth's face is banged off the commentary table. Bron jumps off the apron and lariats Seth over the commentary table.

Bron goes up top, Seth walks up the buckles and superplexes him. Bron holds on and falcon arrows him for 2. Bron walks up the buckles and hurricanrana's Seth down. Seth lands on his feet off a hurricanrana from the buckles. Seth superkicks Bron twice then pedigrees him. Seth curbstomps him. Paul Heyman gets on the apron and challenges Seth. Seth grabs a chair outside. Austin Theory and Logan Paul go after Seth and are hit with chairs. Seth curbstomps Austin on the floor then chases Logan away with a chair.

Seth rolls in and gets speared for 2. Bron goes for a spear and Seth kind of turns it into a pedigree. Seth comes off the 2nd rope and Bron spears him. Bron hits another spear and pins Seth.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Bron get the win. It was a good match with them having a lot of near falls. Bron spammed the spear a bit much and the selling could have been a little better but I liked it. Seth going after Logan and Austin was a dumb kayfabe move and hard to even believe to be honest. They had a couple of sloppy moments here. Bron hit a nice lariat here. I was surprised they had Bron win relatively clean when a dirty win would have sparked a rematch.

Trick Williams and Lil' Yachty are interviewed. Trick says Sami is lying when he says he feels great. Trick says he's been running this and is the puppet master. He says the games are over tonight.

WWE United States Title - Trick Williams (c) vs Sami Zayn

They lock up. Sami backs him up in the corner and hits chops. Sami side headlocks him and Trick flying lariats him. Trick hits chops on him. Trick stomps him in the corner. Sami slides out. Trick lariats Sami from behind. Trick is sent into the steps.

Sami chases Lil Yachty then hits mounted shots on Trick inside. Sami chops Trick then lariats him for 2. Sami slaps Trick around. Trick upkicks him and jumping neckbreakers him. Trick leg lariats him and slams him. Trick pump kicks him. Trick uranage's Sami for 2.

Sami clubs on Trick on the buckles then sunset bombs him from the top for 2. Trick facekicks him then Sami blue thunders him for 2. Sami goes over him then goes down holding his knee. Sami cradles Trick for 2. Sami hits Trick with the candy cane stick Yachyt had for 2. Sami stomps on Trick in the corner. Yachty hits Sami with the candy cane stick and Trick spinning facekicks Sami for 2. Sami throws Trick out. Sami knocks Yachty down with a punch then hits him with the stick outside. 

Trick lariats Sami on the steps. Sami ddt's Trick on the steps. Sami running kicks Yatchy from behind outside. Sami misses a helluva kick and Trick hits a trick shot to win.

Thoughts: Sami was on full on heel here. He pounded on Trick a lot and beat up Yatchy. It was a bit one-sided at times but Trick picked up the win as expected. I wouldn't say it was great or anything but I don't think the type of match they were doing here was really going to be. Trick still really needs some exciting offense and I don't know if we will ever see it. It was average.

Yachty throws money up in the air as Trick poses on the ropes.

The Miz and Kit Wilson vs Danhausen and Minihausen

Dan has a cloning machine in the entrance. He opens it up and a midget comes out in Danhausen gear. The midget then rides to the ring with Dan in his car. Cole calls the midget "Minihausen".

Kit boots Mini over then gyrates. Mini hits kicks on Kit then springboard reverse topes him. Mini flying headscissor spikes him. Mini the satellite headcissors Miz. Mini hits leg kicks on Kit. Mini walks up the buckles, rope walks and Kit blocks his hurricanrana. Mini headscissors Kit out. Mini gets on Dan's shoulders then plancha's the heels outside.

Miz sends Dan into the post. Kit running knees Mini from behind. Miz punches Mini. Miz gorilla press powerslams Mini. Mini takes a delayed Kit suplex for 2. Mini is put in tree of woe and Kit hits headbutts on him. Kit misses a flying headbutt in the corner. Mini top rope moonsaults him.

Dan comes in and atomic drops and lariats Miz. Dan overhead suplexes Kit then hits corner lariats on the heels. Dan germans Kit then spinning ddt's Miz. 

Dan pump kicks Kit. Miz rolls up Dan for 2 then facekicks him down. Mini top rope diving headscissors Kit out. Mini topes Kit. Kit goes up the entrance way and boots Mini when Mini follows him. Kit throws Mini into the cloning machine and closes the door. We see someone walk in the back of it dressed like Dan. Lights shoot out of the machine and a bunch of minihausen's attack Kit. Minihausen airplane spins Kit and wasteland's him. Mini tries to curse Kit but Kit holds his mirror up at him. Miz gets a 2 count on Mini.

Miz slaps Dan. Dan thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Dan lariats Kit over the top then lariats Kit over as well. Miz grabs a fire extinguisher and goes to spray it but nothing comes out. Miz then sprays himself and Kit on accident. Mini top rope plancha's Kit outside. Dan pump kicks Miz and pins him.

Thoughts: This was Doink and Dink reincarnated. It was all comedy and goofing around here and was way over the top. Vince would be proud of this one. Someone with booking power is having way too much fun with Dan.

Dan and the midgets dance after. They all then struggle to run away together.

Iyo Sky vs Asuka

They lock up and Iyo is rolled down. Iyo then rolls her from the bottom rope but the lock up stays on. Iyo tries to clean break her and Asuka pushes her. Asuka side headlocks Iyo. We get a "We Want Kairi" chant. Iyo side headlocks Asuka. They shove each other and Asuka hits forearms. Asuka spin kicks her in the gut. Iyo cartwheels off the ropes, sweeps her and basement dropkicks her.

Iyo stomps Asuka in the corner. Asuka hits forearms and Iyo headflips out of a throw. Iyo pendulum double knees Asuka in the corner for 2. Asuka bangs Iyo's head off the post and rail top. Asuka hits Kawada kicks on Iyo as she hangs off the apron. Asuka pulls on Iyo's legs. Asuka chokes her with her leg. 

Asuka facekicks Iyo around as we get more Kairi chants. Iyo hits forearms and Asuka chest kicks her down for 2. Asuka armlocks her. Asuka throws her down backwards and pounds on her. Asuka chest kicks her while she is on her knees. Iyo forearms her then rolls her into a double stomp. Iyo hits shotei's and bangs Asuka's arm over the top rope. Iyo top rope dropkicks her. Iyo corner meteora's her for 2. Asuka hits some strikes and sliding kicks her for 2.

Iyo superkicks her in the face for 2. Iyo germans her for 2. Asuka turns it into an AT lock and an armbar. Iyo spin kicks her in the face and both go down. Iyo stunners her. Asuka armbars her. Iyo grounded chickenwings her. Iyo's head is banged off the post.

Iyo uppercuts her. Iyo hurricanrana's her off the top but Asuka rolls through and gets a 2 count on her. Asuka misses a hip  attack and is stuck in the ropes. Iyo dropkicks her. Iyo goes for a tope and is forearmed. Iyo's head is banged off the commentary table. Iyo blocks a blue mist with a notebook on the commentary table. Iyo sweeps her on the commentary table. Iyo crossbodies her off the commentary table. Iyo asai moonsaults her outside. 

Iyo misses a top rope moonsault. Asuka ends up grabbing an armbar off of it. Asuka grounded chickenwings her. Iyo turns it into a pin attempt. Iyo hits a slap flurry on her. Asuka germans her. Iyo germans her then corner meteora's her. Iyo top rope moonsaults her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a good, long match. They stiffed each other, Iyo flew around and the spot where Iyo blocked the mist was pretty cool. There were a few sloppy moments but it was nothing bad. These are two girls who have been working together for over 10 years and this was never going to be bad. It was nice to see them get a ton of time to do their thing. We got a couple rounds of "We Want Kairi" chants here, though the rumor is she left WWE on her own accord.

They hug after and Asuka kisses her. They both then walk out without any trouble. 

They show Dan Spivey and Steve Keirn in the crowd but Cole stupidly confuses the two.

John Cena comes out to the ring. Cen says this is cool and thanks everyone. Cena says moments like this make him think of the next phase of his WWE career. The crowd chants for one more match. He says he thinks about his last match and was happy but says others were upset by it. He says it was an evening of opportunity. Cena says we saw Sol Ruca, Je'Von Evans and Oba Femi at that show. 

Cena says debuted 4 months ago and was strutting and kicking Brock's @ss at Mania. Cena says it hit him and they gotta do this again. Cena announces "The John Cena Classic". He says it'll have the best of today competing vs the best of tomorrow in the hopes of being crowned a champ. He says it's a brand new event and a brand new championship in the WWE. He says it's a title he's putting his name on. He says he's striving for a certain level of excellence and wants to make it special. 

Cena says our voice will be heard louder than ever before as the fans will vote to crown the champ. He says every participant qualifies. He says a star may not win the match but could win the vote and become champ. Cena says he doesn't want to just do it for just one year and says the sky is the limit. The crowd chant for Oba and Cena says he's watching so let him hear you. 

Cena thanks WWE for taking the chance on this idea. He thanks the fans and thanks Tampa. 

Cena says this city means a lot to him and you can add this to the list. He thanks the fans for the noise. Cena says he will see us at the John Cena Classic and says it's time for the main event.

Thoughts: The most popular wrestler is probably going to win this thing. It depends on how they set up but if it's truly a legit vote, we could get some odd results off of this. 

The commentators shill root beer with a dog mascot.

World Heavyweight Championship - Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu

Fatu has one of those Hawaiian flower necklaces on. 

They lock up and RR side headlocks him. RR shoulders him over and Fatu gets up as RR poses. They lock up again and Fatu side headlocks him. Fatu shoulders him over. RR lariats him then Fatu lariats him down. Fatu lariats him over the top but RR lands on his feet. 

RR catches Fatu's tope and Fatu goes for the tongan death grip. He rams RR into the post with it. RR pulls Fatu's throat over the top then RR pulls on Fatu's arm around the post. RR pulls on Fatu's fingers and bangs his hand off the post.

RR yanks on the arm then pulls it around the ropes. Fatu headbutts him several times. RR uppercuts him. RR hits mounted corner punches on Fatu. RR hits corner lariats on Fatu. Fatu grabs the arm and lariats him down.

Fatu misses a corner splash and goes into the post. RR hits lariats. RR funning facekicks him. RR superman punches him for 1. Fatu makes faces and RR is shocked. Fatu hits punches on RR. Fatu lariats and sentons him. 

Fatu corner lariats him then hits mounted corner headbutts. Fatu corner hip attacks him. RR superman punches him. RR driveby kicks him on the apron. Fatu does the tongan death grip. Fatu powerbombs RR on the commentary table. 

They get back in, Fatu charges at him and is speared. Fatu pop-up samoan drops him. Fatu double jump moonsaults him for 2. Fatu does headbutt drops on RR. Ftu hits mounted punches. Fatu top rope swantons and RR gets his knees up. They trade shots on their knees then get up and trade. Fatu corner hip attacks him twice.

Fatu does the tongan death grip on RR. RR breaks free and squashes the ref in the process. RR hits 2 superman punches then Fatu superkicks him. Fatu pop-up superman punches him and spears him for 2. 

Fatu grabs the tongan death grip. RR takes the turnbuckle pad off, bangs Fatu's head off of it and spears him. RR pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good match and probably the best match of the night. The two matched up well, they kept up a good pace and they did some smart stuff here with Roman working the fingers and needing shortcuts to win. I don't love Fatu losing and I probably would have just had Fatu win by countout. But that's really only complaint about this. 

Fatu puts the tongan death grip on Roman after. The ref breaks it up twice and Fatu pop-up samoan drops him. Officials come in to break it up. Fatu superkicks Hurricane Helms thn throws Adam Pearce out. Fatu puts the hold on again. 

Fatu yells, "I told him", a few times. Fatu leaves then comes back to do the death grip again. Fatu then holds the title up over Roman. 

The show ends. Cathy tries to interview Roman but it is cut off. Fatu says he kicked Roman's @ss and says he told us how wild he is. He asks when the last time you saw somene like him get crashed out. He says Roman's punk @ss just realized he's all gas and no breaks with it.  

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener and thought it was good. Trick/Sami was a bit one-sided and average. The Danhausen tag was something out of Vince's brain and was too over the top and unserious. Iyo/Asuka was a good wrestling match. The main was very good with Fatu and Roman really clicking well. I'd give this a 6 out 10 as we had some good, bad and average stuff here. I thought it was a good show overall and was better than I expected going in.