It’s time for some Backlash in Tampa! The new World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns defends the championship against his own family Jacob Fatu! Bron Breakker returned at Mania but now he faces his former mentor Seth Rollins! Iyo Sky finally stands up to go one-on-one with Asuka to defend her honor! Trick Williams defends the United States Championship against former champ Sami Zayn in a Mania rematch! Danhausen has his first PLE match with a mystery partner against The Miz and Kit Wilson! Also, John Cena will be here live to tell us about a history-making announcement! Join us for a live recap of WWE Backlash today with the main premium live event starting at 6 PM ET with the first hour also airing live on ESPN2, and the rest of the show on ESPN Unlimited (USA) and Netflix (worldwide). Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!
We start out seeing the Superstar arrivals from earlier. Of course, Danhausen arrived in his casket-mobile. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are the commentators of the PLE. Seth Rollins is the first man to enter the arena, and the crowd sings his song. Bron Breakker storms out next with Paul Heyman accompanying him to the ring. Danilo Anfibio will be the referee for the first match.
* Seth Rollins vs. Bron Breakker
Rollins leapfrogs over him at the bell, sends him out the ring, hits a suicide dive, and beats him up around at ringside. Rollins throws him back in, tosses him back out the ring, hits another suicide dive in front of the announce table, and continues the brawl at ringside. Breakker tosses him over the barricade, but Rollins flies back at him, they get back in the ring, Breakker catches him off the top, and tosses him with a belly-to-belly overhead throw over the ropes! Back in the ring, Breakker takes control of the match, delivers a standing suplex, covers for a 1-count, Rollins fights back, but Breakker delivers a German suplex, hits another German suplex, and puts him in a rear chinlock.
Rollins battles back with a jawbreaker, chops him on the chest, Breakker catches him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and covers for 2. Breakker talks trash while gripping his head in a chinlock, Rollins gets to his feet, and counters with a back suplex. Rollins fights back, but Breakker runs the ropes for the 23 MPH clothesline, and covers for 2. Breakker delivers three more German suplexes, Heyman smiles, Breakker covers for 2, hits shoulder thrusts in a corner, sets him up on the top, Rollins fights him off, but Breakker runs back up for the Breakkensteiner for a near-fall! Heyman gives him some words of advice while he’s still in control. Breakker throws him out to the floor, stalks him from one side of the ring, charges, and Rollins superkicks him! The referee is counting both men, and they get in at the count of 9.
Rollins hits several short-arm clotheslines, gets a 2-count, hits a running knee, and covers for a 2-count. Rollins stomps on his head, Breakker blocks The Stomp, gets to his feet, picks him up for the military press gutbuster, Rollins counters the spear with a knee strike, Breakker hits a standing moonsault, and gets a 2-count. Breakker does a 10-punch in a corner while talking trash, Rollins cuts him off to hit the buckle bomb, and Breakker clotheslines him. “This is awesome! This is awesome!” Rollins rolls out the ring, Breakker goes after him, slams his head onto the announce table, gets on the apron, and hits the diving clothesline onto and over the announce table! Heyman likes it as he has a big grin on his face. Breakker sends Rollins back into the ring, goes up top, but Rollins pops up for the SUPERPLEX, and Breakker reverses to hit his own FALCON ARROW for 2.5!!
Breakker stands over Rollins, sets him up on the top turnbuckle, Rollins blocks the superplex, rakes his back, Breakker hits another Breakkensteiner, sets him up in the opposite corner, goes for the Breakkersteiner again, but Rollins lands on his feet! Rollins ducks a clothesline, superkicks him, another superkick, hits the Pedigree, and hits THE STOMP! Heyman gets on the apron to taunt Rollins just to get his attention. Rollins gets out the ring, grabs a steel chair, and hits Austin Theory and Logan Paul with the chair! STOMP to Theory! Logan Paul backs away as Rollins chases him with the chair. Rollins gets back in the ring before he gets counted out, Breakker hits the SPEAR, and covers for the 1-2-KICKOUT!! Breakker takes the straps down, charges, Rollins counters the Spear with the Pedigree, gets up on the middle ropes, leaps off and BREAKKER HITS THE SPEAR IN MID-AIR!! Breakker runs the ropes for another SPEAR, covers, and gets the 1-2-3!!! WINNER: BRON BREAKKER!!
Paul Heyman is in the ring to congratulate Bron Breakker on his big victory getting the win over the former world champion. We get a look at the new video game Invincible VS available now. Time for some ads, basically a PLE commercial break.
Sami Zayn comes out and he is getting booed, but they still sing along to his song. Cathy Kelly interviews Trick Williams and Lil Yachty in Gorilla. Trick says he is the vet in the game, and tonight the games are over. “Let’s talk about it.” Lil Yachty heads out holding a kendo stick, accompanying the champion Trick Williams to a rousing chant of “Whoop that, Trick!” Trick and Sami shove each other before referee Daphanie LaShaunn shows off the title and calls for the opening bell.
* United States Championship: Sami Zayn vs. Trick Williams {C}
They scuffle in a corner, Sami chops him on the chest in a corner, puts him in a side headlock, Trick hits a leaping clothesline, chops him on the chest, and hits a backhand for good measure. Williams stomps him down in a corner to the chant of “Whoop that Trick!” Zayn exits the ring to take a breather, Williams clotheslines him from behind, Zayn reverses an Irish whip and sends him into the steel steps. Sami takes control now with a beatdown in the ring, punches and chops him, hits a clothesline, and covers for 1 as the crowd chants “Sami sucks!” Sami slaps him, taunts Yachty, Trick hits a capoeira upkick followed by a jumping neckbreaker.
Trick fights back, hits a crescent kick, body slams him, grabs his right hand, floats over, Sami counters the urinage with an armdrag, Trick blocks him, Sami side-steps the Trick Shot, then Williams counters the blue thunder bomb, plants him with the Book End, and covers for a 2-count. Trick sets him up on the top rope, Sami fights him off, clubs him on the back, hits the sunset flip powerbomb, and gets a 2-count. Sami sets up for the Helluva Kick, Trick gets a boot up to block, Sami catches him with the blue thunder bomb, and gets a near-fall as the crowd chants “Sami, Sami sucks! Sami, Sami sucks!” Sami goes down holding his knee, Williams picks him up, Zayn rolls him up for 2 playing possum, Yachty has referee LaShaunn’s attention, Sami hits Trick with the kendo stick, and covers for 1-2-NO!
Trick crawls to the ropes, Sami stomps on his head over and over, the ref checks on the champ, Sami stomps him down some more, the crowd chants Yachty’s name, so he gets on the apron, hits Sami with the kendo stick, Trick hits the discus kick, covers, and gets 2.9! Zayn sends him out the ring, gets in a cheap shot on Yachty, and whacks him repeatedly with the kendo stick! Trick clobbers Sami, sets up for the Book End on the steel steps, but Sami counters with a DDT ONTO THE STEEL STEPS! Sami throws the champ back into the ring, gets on the apron, looks over at Yachty, and hits Yachty with the HELLUVA KICK! Sami gets back in the ring, Trick side-steps the Helluva Kick, hits the TRICK SHOT, and covers for 3!! WINNER, and STILL, WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION: TRICK WILLIAMS!!
Lil Yachty is already back in the ring tossing money in the air to celebrate Trick’s big title defense. This ends the broadcast of Backlash on ESPN2, and continuing on ESPN Unlimited in the States and on Netflix internationally. This also leads us to another commercial break.
