WWE Backlash 2025, also known as Backlash St. Louis, was a thrilling professional wrestling event produced by WWE on May 10, 2025, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Featuring top stars from Raw and SmackDown, the event was built around the fallout from WrestleMania 41. The main event saw John Cena defeat Randy Orton to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship. Other highlights included Gunther's victory over Pat McAfee and Jacob Fatu successfully defending the United States Championship in a fatal four-way match. The event also marked the WWE debut of Jeff Cobb.
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00:00:00Interesting that Pat with a clean break and now just mocked by Guthler and a big right!
00:00:11Oh, all right, that'll wake up.
00:00:13And that could be, and again, you just see the inexperience of Pat as he tried to come up over the top and over exuberance.
00:00:19Oh, goodness!
00:00:20Pat McAfee, welcome to the greatest, most unstoppable force Europe has ever created.
00:00:34Yeah, and overzealousness is the way to put it.
00:00:36I mean, Pat can't get cute here.
00:00:38He's just got to try to take the fight to Gunther or this is going to happen.
00:00:41And Gunther now with a kick right to the shoulder and things are about to get nasty here.
00:00:50And Pat, though, not giving up.
00:00:54Pat with a couple lefts, some body shots to Gunther.
00:00:57Right here now on the top of his own.
00:00:59And Gunther wants some more.
00:01:00It's just bouncing off Gunther.
00:01:03Bring it, Pat, bring it!
00:01:05Another one, another one!
00:01:07Oh, oh, and that would just drop McAfee.
00:01:11I mean, the gulp in power between the shots from these two is so obvious.
00:01:17It's about ten unanswered from McAfee.
00:01:20Now watch yourself here, Cole.
00:01:22Don't get too excited.
00:01:23Stay in your lane.
00:01:25I mean that for your own protection.
00:01:31I never want to find out.
00:01:37I hope Pat is in a position to one day tell us.
00:01:42I don't even think Pat knows where he's at now.
00:01:51Another chop dropping Pat.
00:01:54And look, I know you're excited, Cole, but as the seconds tick by a victory here for Pat McAfee.
00:02:00What does this prove?
00:02:01Seriously.
00:02:02What does any of this prove for you?
00:02:04Just pin him and be done with it.
00:02:06Just move on.
00:02:07I don't know if you should be talking back at Gunther at this point.
00:02:10I'm not talking back at Gunther at this point.
00:02:10This is one conversation this mess.
00:02:11I'm telling him to have some mercy and just finish this thing.
00:02:14Look, the aim of the game is to stay out of Gunther's way.
00:02:18Both you and McAfee have failed miserably at that, and these are the consequences.
00:02:21On a shoulder tackle just drops McAfee.
00:02:27Went for the elbow.
00:02:28Pat moves out of harm's way.
00:02:29And now Pat with a kick.
00:02:30Remember, former Pro Bowl punter.
00:02:33Kick to the spine.
00:02:34And Pat a bit shocked as Gunther makes it back to his feet.
00:02:38Pat breathing pretty heavy here.
00:02:39You would expect that snap there now.
00:02:41And Gunther with a kick to the spine of his own.
00:02:43Well, I'll tell you right now, you could be a top marathon runner, a brilliant NFL player,
00:02:48a premiership footballer.
00:02:49You don't have the same kind of in-ring win as Gunther has at this game.
00:02:55Come on, Pat.
00:02:56Come on.
00:03:03Come on.
00:03:04Dig down deep one time.
00:03:06One big blow.
00:03:07Come on, Pat.
00:03:08What do you got left?
00:03:09Come on, Pat.
00:03:11Come on, Pat.
00:03:14Well, Pat's still on his feet after that chop.
00:03:16Pat delivered another one.
00:03:17Oh, that's good.
00:03:19Plants, McAfee.
00:03:20Cover him.
00:03:21Cover him.
00:03:23No, you cover him.
00:03:26Gunther's inviting you in, Cole.
00:03:28I suggest you sit your backside down on that chair and break eye contact.
00:03:36Take a look at this.
00:03:37Just when a chop bounced off.
00:03:39Gunther, the reply was swift, a big size 15 boot to the kisser of McAfee.
00:03:46Again.
00:03:48Come on, Pat.
00:03:49Come on.
00:03:50You do feel like Gunther can end this at a moment's notice what he wished to, but I think
00:03:55he's enjoying this too much.
00:03:57The fans are all over him, Pat.
00:03:59Come on.
00:04:04Why do you just, why do you end the fight?
00:04:06Just end it.
00:04:10Oh!
00:04:12Well, that woke Gunther up.
00:04:14And a German suplex released.
00:04:17And things are starting to get ugly.
00:04:18Yeah, it's a full body assault on Pat McAfee.
00:04:21Pin him.
00:04:21Just pin him.
00:04:22Can you end this thing, please?
00:04:24Gunther, just end the damn match.
00:04:26The more you ask, the less likely he is to do so, Cole.
00:04:30What has he got to prove here?
00:04:31Wait, he's already beat the hell out of the guy.
00:04:34I mean, he can end it right here.
00:04:37Making a point.
00:04:38He is beyond reproach from mere mortals.
00:04:40Mortals on the desk like us, and here we go.
00:04:43The lights are fading out.
00:04:45Thanks for coming, Pat McAfee, and mercifully, this one is on its way to being up.
00:04:51Wait, no!
00:04:52Pat's trying to fight out of this.
00:04:54Pat said he was trying to talk to some people about how to get out of this hole.
00:04:57Another German suplex to McAfee.
00:05:01Okay, pin him.
00:05:03One, two, three.
00:05:04Just end this thing.
00:05:04Just end it.
00:05:06Cole, you're appealing for completion.
00:05:08Well, he's made his point.
00:05:09I get you.
00:05:09Okay?
00:05:10Gunther's mind is a compassion-free zone at this point.
00:05:14The guy that, he's made his point.
00:05:17You're appealing to logic, but it's falling on deaf ears.
00:05:21Okay.
00:05:27No, I ticked you off.
00:05:29End this match now.
00:05:30And be done with it all.
00:05:35You have to bite your tongue when you're in close proximity.
00:05:39To Gunther at the moment.
00:05:41I'm just asking him to end the match, Wade.
00:05:42I get it.
00:05:42I'm not saying anything.
00:05:44I get it.
00:05:45This has never been about the one, two, three for Gunther.
00:05:48He knows he's got that in the bag whenever he feels like it.
00:05:51This is now a public spectacle.
00:05:56Public flogging is what it is.
00:05:59Come on, Pat.
00:06:03They're trying to...
00:06:04Pat trying to hang on.
00:06:06Fans coming to life here.
00:06:07Pat trying to stick in this thing.
00:06:08Elbow well-placed.
00:06:11Here comes Pat.
00:06:12Come on, Pat.
00:06:12Little rally here.
00:06:14Little rally.
00:06:15You've been against the wall before.
00:06:17You've been against the wall before.
00:06:18Come on.
00:06:18Gunther's wrong.
00:06:19Come on, Pat.
00:06:20McAfee.
00:06:21Oh, landed on his feet.
00:06:22Gunther from behind.
00:06:24Pat lands on his feet again.
00:06:26Kick straight to the spine.
00:06:27Here comes McAfee.
00:06:28Come on, Pat.
00:06:29Come on, Pat.
00:06:30Come on.
00:06:32Do something here.
00:06:33Up to the jaw.
00:06:34Cover.
00:06:35Cover.
00:06:35And a kick out.
00:06:38And Gunther quickly back to his feet.
00:06:39Right in McAfee's face.
00:06:40Oh, my God.
00:06:41Pat McAfee has a foot like a traction engine.
00:06:44Capable of an 85-yard punch.
00:06:47And it just bounced up the steel jaw of Gunther.
00:06:51We knew this wasn't going to be pretty.
00:06:53It wasn't going to be a five-star wrestling match.
00:06:55It was going to be a vicious fight.
00:06:57And now Gunther begging for more from Pat.
00:06:59And Pat delivering chop after chop.
00:07:01Won by Gunther again.
00:07:02Pat still on his feet.
00:07:04How much does Pat have left?
00:07:06That was a big chop by Pat.
00:07:07Pat still on his feet.
00:07:08Still hanging in there.
00:07:09Pat giving it everything he has.
00:07:11Big right.
00:07:12Come on, Pat.
00:07:13Well, Pat McAfee has already blown away expectations.
00:07:17Pat, you've already morally won this.
00:07:19I completely agree.
00:07:20My job.
00:07:21And McAfee's still in this.
00:07:22Slugging it away with Gunther.
00:07:24Pat McAfee may have the upper hand here.
00:07:26And Gunther's covering up.
00:07:27And Pat.
00:07:28Oh, my God.
00:07:29Big kick.
00:07:29Gunther's in trouble again.
00:07:30And McAfee again with a super kick.
00:07:33Gunther's wobble.
00:07:35Finish the jump pass.
00:07:36Oh, caught.
00:07:37And now Gunther's going for a power bomb on McAfee.
00:07:40And he delivers it.
00:07:41And the damn match just ended now.
00:07:43Enough of this.
00:07:44End the match.
00:07:45You got him beat.
00:07:47Enough of it.
00:07:48You got him beat.
00:07:49Well, Gunther getting wobbled there might be as good as it gets for McAfee.
00:07:53And now the torturous Boston Crab.
00:07:56A blind center of the ring.
00:07:59Pat McAfee swore blind.
00:08:00He would never tap out.
00:08:03Pat, Cole.
00:08:04See now, Cole.
00:08:05Cole, get back here.
00:08:06What are you doing?
00:08:07Michael Cole has left the damn desk.
00:08:09You absolutely not.
00:08:11Case.
00:08:12McAfee.
00:08:13Coming back alive.
00:08:14Inches away from that bottom row.
00:08:17But the ring general Gunther transitions the hole.
00:08:21And now staring into the eyes of Pat McAfee's best buddy, Michael Cole.
00:08:27Continuing to torture Pat McAfee.
00:08:31And Cole, get the hell out of danger.
00:08:39Oh, God.
00:08:40I cannot help you from here.
00:08:42Oh, my God.
00:08:44That is a 58-year-old man.
00:08:54Get the hell off him, Gunther.
00:08:56What the hell are you doing?
00:09:02Oh, my God.
00:09:04Oh, no.
00:09:06Get on him, McAfee.
00:09:07Well, mercifully, somehow, Michael Cole has scrabbled out of there.
00:09:14As Gunther's still in hot pursuit.
00:09:19Turns his back on Pat McAfee with the O'Connor ring.
00:09:22Oh, two champ.
00:09:24Almost the biggest shock of all time in this industry.
00:09:30And Michael Cole still in too close proximity to Gunther as this match continues.
00:09:38Cole grabbing the foot.
00:09:40Rebirth.
00:09:41Oh, lateral press.
00:09:43Two and three quarters.
00:09:44Two and three quarters.
00:09:44And Gunther now furious, completely enraged, focused on Michael Cole.
00:09:53Sleever on the line.
00:09:55Sleever locked in deep on the ring general.
00:09:58Is Gunther going to fade?
00:10:00Escaped.
00:10:00Massive lariat connected with the jaw of Pat McAfee.
00:10:07And once again, the class, the power, the strength of this Austrian destroyer coming to the full.
00:10:16And Pat McAfee is now being put to the sword.
00:10:20There's simply no way I'll give up Pat.
00:10:22Oh, Pat McAfee somehow continuing to attempt to fight through this.
00:10:32The inevitable, inevitable demise, Gunther getting the hocks in deep.
00:10:38The fun is truly over.
00:10:40Pat McAfee's face turning.
00:10:42Pugh's getting their referee and just end this tactic.
00:10:46Oh, God, Pat.
00:10:47Well, it's miraculous.
00:10:55And Pat McAfee's summoning strength of God knows where.
00:10:59Fighting out of this.
00:11:02With his face turning completely in human shape.
00:11:09Just end it, Pat.
00:11:10Give up.
00:11:11His eyes got Blackpink and that is over.
00:11:21Get Pat McAfee some medical attention immediately.
00:11:24Here is your winner, the ring general, Gunther.
00:11:35Well, Gunther beats Pat McAfee here at Backlash, which should come as a surprise to nobody.
00:11:40But the guts to resolve the effort from Pat McAfee is something I will be applauding until the end of my days.
00:11:51And even Gunther, the indomitable force, seems astounded that it took him ratcheting up through the gears
00:12:03to put away Pat McAfee, a mere announcer here in WWE.
00:12:17But the danger is truly still present.
00:12:20Watch yourself, lads.
00:12:21Here and, for you, I will don't hear that.
00:12:23Good girl.
00:12:44Good girl.
00:12:45Wow, a rare, rare show of respect from one of the greatest this industry has ever seen,
00:13:09Pat McAfee, we are so proud of you, what an effort, and how much abuse did Pat McAfee force himself through this agonizing Boston Crab,
00:13:20desperately well done by Michael Cole, who left the desk, has called to continue to talk,
00:13:26Michael Cole, something to get dragged in the ring, that distraction opened in a brief window,
00:13:32for McAfee to pull off the ultimate of shot, this is Michael Cole holding the leg of the ring general,
00:13:38perhaps the greatest chance McAfee had, of pulling off that all-timeous shot, it wasn't quite enough,
00:13:45and as the sleeper was hooked in, a reversal immediately from Gunther, following this clobbing like lariat,
00:13:53and the sleeper locked in the hooks deep, Pat McAfee fading, the eyes turning to dark pits,
00:14:03and finally getting thrown out, I...
00:14:10Pat McAfee, that was absolutely incredible.
00:14:14A wow deserved, standing ovation for a man, who performed above and beyond this evening, a backlash.
00:14:27Thank you, Pat McAfee.
00:14:31As we try and catch our breath here, let's go and take a special look, at the new movie, Karate Kid Legacy,
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00:15:58On June 7th, Los Angeles hosts two epic events.
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00:16:09All gas, no brakes, here we go!
00:16:12And WWE Money in the Bay.
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00:16:34I knew Pat McAfee was crazy, but you showed me something else there, Cole.
00:16:37How are you feeling?
00:16:38I'm good.
00:16:40I feel for Pat.
00:16:41But listen, I said this a couple of weeks ago.
00:16:43I'm not going to let a guy like Gunther stop me from doing my job.
00:16:47And I've got to call one of the biggest main events in history coming up.
00:16:50So I'm going to be here to do my job.
00:16:52So let's get to work.
00:16:53WWE is coming to L.A. on Saturday, June 7th with Worlds Collide.
00:16:58That's at the key of form.
00:16:59And Money in the Bank at the Intuit Dome.
00:17:02Individual event tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.
00:17:07There's going to be plenty to talk about tonight on the Backlash kickoff show here in St. Louis.
00:17:14It takes place immediately following our upcoming main event.
00:17:17Of course, Triple H will be a part of that show.
00:17:20You'll see some of the other stars will be involved.
00:17:22Jackie, Biggie, and Peter taking over the festivities from there as soon as our main event is done tonight.
00:17:28You know, Wheatley American Vodka and WWE are proud to be joined tonight by Technical Sergeant Michael Perkins from the USO and Scott Air Force Base right here outside of St. Louis.
00:17:38Wheatley raises a glass to Technical Sergeant Perkins and all retired and active members of the U.S. military for your service.
00:17:47Final time of the night, we're going to show you some comparisons between two all-time greats and John Cena and Randy Orton.
00:17:55Combined 31 world titles, another 15 other championships.
00:18:01Both have won Money in the Banks, both Royal Rumbles as well.
00:18:04But tonight, it is a rivalry reborn.
00:18:07For over two decades, two Titans have defined era after era.
00:18:10John Cena defends his 17th championship against Randy Orton here in Orton's hometown of St. Louis.
00:18:15Can the Viper slay one more legend on his quest to regain the title?
00:18:19Or will Cena's Destructive Farewell Tour march on?
00:18:22Cena in Orton for the undisputed WWE Championship.
00:18:32Winners write history.
00:18:36Cena is a 17-time world champion!
00:18:40When that hits zero, the title comes home with me!
00:18:49There is no one in the WWE with the strength, the wisdom, or the ruthless aggression!
00:18:59The last real champ is here!
00:19:06RKO!
00:19:08Out of nowhere!
00:19:12I have known you for 25 years.
00:19:15If you look at that class in OVW back in 2002, we were looking at the future of WWE.
00:19:24Randy Orton and John Cena are amazing to watch rise together as a child.
00:19:29A child, you would wait and watch for far away.
00:19:34But you always knew that you'd be the one that work while they all play.
00:19:40And you, you lay awake at night and scheme.
00:19:46One of the youngest, most charismatic, WWE superstars is going to ascend to greatness.
00:19:53Here we are, our champion!
00:19:58Here we are, our champion!
00:20:01Here we are, our champion!
00:20:06He's in it!
00:20:07The youngest!
00:20:0814th time world champion!
00:20:09World champion in history!
00:20:11Yeah!
00:20:12And the champion!
00:20:1414th time world champion!
00:20:18Randy Orton versus John Cena has become the rivalry.
00:20:24What magic they made when they were in there together.
00:20:27Nothing comes close to them.
00:20:28Randy and John brought out the best in one another.
00:20:32Randy Orton and John Cena were on parallel roads.
00:20:36Both of those guys wanted the exact same thing.
00:20:38And that's to be the biggest star this business has ever seen.
00:20:41Here we are, our turn away now!
00:20:48Here we are, our champion!
00:20:52Here we are, our champion!
00:20:54We're down, we're down, we're down, we're down!
00:20:57I am going to ruin wrestling for everyone!
00:21:01In this weird, bizarre world where I'm a good guy and you're a bad guy.
00:21:05I've figured out, you are the latest legend that I have to put down!
00:21:13Put that title on the line and fight me!
00:21:15Come on!
00:21:19Randy Orton versus John Cena.
00:21:22You're not going to ruin wrestling, not over my dead body!
00:21:26What I am trying to do, Randy Orton, is when I leave here, three generations of your family is erased!
00:21:36How dare you?
00:21:38How dare you?
00:21:40Randy Orton does not believe that John Cena is the last real champion!
00:21:54ником!
00:22:00Tenet
00:22:04Tenet
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00:22:06Tenet
00:22:08Tenet
00:22:09Tenet
00:22:12Tenet
00:22:13Four
00:22:16Tenet
00:22:17Tenet
00:22:18Tenet
00:22:19Incredmate
00:26:42I need one.
00:26:44I need one.
00:26:46I promise you that way.
00:26:46Don't worry.
00:26:48I'm buying tonight.
00:26:50I still get goosebumps every time these two men grace the ring.
00:31:05Here to grace St. Louis with his presence one final time.
00:31:15He is the last real champion.
00:31:25John Cena.
00:31:35Big fight feel here tonight.
00:31:37Here tonight.
00:31:39It was August 9th of 2001.
00:31:43Randy Orton.
00:31:45And John Cena.
00:33:28You know.
00:33:30plus tonight you know a lot has been made of course the history that john cena made at
00:33:35wrestlemania 17th world title rick flair of course now sits in second place with 16 world championships
00:33:42third on that list time for third is this man randy orton in the hall of famer triple h with 14
00:33:51wade an incredible feat a good chat with randy orton we saw on our pre-show randy orton claims
00:34:00he's got at least 10 years left in his body and if he makes this number 15 then 17 will become
00:34:07tantalizingly close you know i was sort of expecting that john cena obviously with its
00:34:14cheap little slap but that was just to play mind games you knew it wasn't going to hurt randy
00:34:18randy who may be in the best shape of his life and there's a poke in the eye
00:34:22an official chad patten gonna let a little bit go here tonight as well he should
00:34:28and let me tell you cole the difference of wrestlemania is that cody rhodes refused to
00:34:33take that low road with john cena he was too morally pure and it came back to bite him
00:34:39randy orton historically has had no issue whatsoever in taking whatever low road is available all bets
00:34:46are off now and i like that for randy orton and here's cena now uh back center of the ring you know
00:34:51for randy orton i've said many many times over the years he has absolutely no absence of malice
00:34:56he doesn't like anybody and despite his growing popularity over the years he's still the same old
00:35:04randy orton way yeah the personality doesn't change sometimes they love him sometimes they hate him but
00:35:10innately inside randy orton there are those sadistic voices turning him to the dark side
00:35:17and that is a massive benefit to orton tonight if he's going to dethrone
00:35:20the so-called last real chap he had a tremendous sit-down interview with randy on the countdown show
00:35:28wade very open in a lot of the things that he talked about yeah and i'll tell you right now this is by far
00:35:33the most mature version of randy orton i have ever seen oh truly is in 2025 the locker room leader that
00:35:41john cena never was during his time on top well i mean you would know better than i would since you
00:35:47spent time in the locker room but not sure if i agree with that statement i think many people would
00:35:51believe cena was a locker room leader for much of his career i completely dispute that i think john cena
00:35:57was about one man and one man only and randy actually echoed that in my interview with him throughout
00:36:02his career on top john cena put himself first and foremost whereas somebody like randy orton
00:36:07is consistently giving this this also coming from the guy that headed up a group that tried to end
00:36:12john cena's career in fact you had a match with randy or at one point where john cena was forced to be
00:36:17the referee in that match because of this whole silly nexus situation you were involved in there's
00:36:21nothing silly about the nexus i was a young guy trying to punch up and make a name for myself that's all
00:36:26that was you can't play the young guys taking shortcuts like that but randy orton is a man who
00:36:32certainly doesn't need any shortcuts this evening physically built to perfection and now john cena has
00:36:38taken a stroll he would have never seen this out of the old john cena whatever happened to the the
00:36:44hustle loyalty and the respect and the never give up attitude of this man john cena knows physically he
00:36:50cannot match the absolute best so he has to take these shortcuts on randy orton is saying hell no you
00:36:56ain't getting away that easy yeah randy orton is he wants an opportunity at the championship of course
00:37:02he has to pin or submit john for that to happen interesting interview in billboard magazine with randy
00:37:08orton among the subjects they talked about was the fact that and here's cena now with a clothesline
00:37:14was the fact that randy finds himself in this unfamiliar position of getting cheered when he always
00:37:19used to be cena getting cheered when he faced orton in the past yeah it's unadulterated at this point
00:37:24and let me tell you the entire locker room in wwe is completely united behind randy orton this
00:37:31spiteful megalomaniac that 2025 john cena has become he does not own the history and the legacy
00:37:39of this company of that championship that he's currently in possession of or says he's going to retire with
00:37:45it because he's the quote last real champion
00:37:54still impressed with the shape that john's able to maintain with the schedule that he has
00:38:01dude i can't lose a pound if i try physically incredible shape is john cena and he showed that
00:38:09he absolutely does not have that ring rust at wrestlemania 41
00:38:2317 000 plus in st louis in unison standing along with randy's punches give him 20 more please randy
00:38:35orton and cena now on jelly legs not a good place to be when you're in that kind of proximity to a man
00:38:45as dangerous as randy orton cover by randy on cena and cena kicks it too randy knew he wasn't going to
00:38:51pick up the win there that was more psychological than anything else well that's the methodical pacing
00:38:56that has made randy orton one of the absolute greatest of all time and now that carving stomp
00:39:03being targeted across the frame of johnson i think we've named it the orton stomp by now
00:39:10and wade you i'm old school pal and you mentioned this wade in the countdown i thought it was really
00:39:13interesting the methodical style of randy orton that's the style that cena worked against cody
00:39:18rhodes at wrestlemania and it really helped john in that matchup but now he's in the match against
00:39:22a guy like orton who does the same thing yeah you're absolutely right so cody rhodes is a much
00:39:26faster paced superstar than john cena having to be at wrestlemania 41. cody was baited into that
00:39:33if cena wants to take things slow tonight that entirely plays into the wheelhouse of the viper randy
00:39:39orton who looks a different class for the champ this evening oh randy with a knee to the face of
00:39:45cena and a kick out let's not forget i mean let alone the fact that his dad is a cowboy bob orton we
00:39:52mentioned 40 years ago this weekend the big match with hulk hogan at saturday night's main event but
00:39:58you know he also learned the trade and all the tricks in the book from not only triple h but the nature
00:40:05boy the dirtiest player in the history of the sport as part of evolution well we talked about
00:40:10that low road no finer tutors in history to give you a road map on how to excel on that low road
00:40:19and drop the hammer at the right time against john cena who certainly is not going to give up easily in
00:40:25this one yeah cena looking for a sleeper now on orton got him caught center of the ring not sure if john has
00:40:29it all and now he might john putting his entire pressure on the body of randy randy's massive
00:40:35frame able to hold john up at least momentarily but john trying to wrestle him down to the mat yeah we
00:40:39saw that montage of the history between these two you can see from the frame alone how much the physique
00:40:44of randy has changed over the years once upon a time he made well have collapsed when john cena was on
00:40:50his back not here oh yeah yeah the viper wrapping himself around john cena more like a chin lock
00:40:59applied here wrestling john down to the mat now to one knee run he's done a hell of a job of keeping
00:41:06his ego and his anger intact so far oh now john turns it around into a sleeper of his own now remember
00:41:11this is seen his first title defense since he won the championship at wrestlemania he's not had a match
00:41:16since then randy orton now locks up john again and now john into one of his own well these two know
00:41:24each other so well that back suplex brings both men down in the center of the ring again senior
00:41:32official chad patten working this match tonight it's going to be incredibly difficult for either one of
00:41:39these two to catch the other by surprise this evening you know wade we talked earlier no one ever thought that
00:41:44someone would would knock off the 16 time world championship record held by flair cena did it
00:41:52now people are talking about the fact that nobody's ever going to get to 17 but if orton's talking
00:41:56about hanging around another 10 years he may do that yeah it's only randy orton who's in with any
00:42:01form of chance right now that's for sure shoulder tackle now by cena orton goes down again and john
00:42:08and there's that spin slam by cena and john cena's got where he wants him will he give the fans what
00:42:16they want muscle memory for cena and hats off to cena not even breathing heavy
00:42:22mockingly
00:42:31and now john with the five knuckles shuffle across the forehead of orton well he's a knob
00:42:36but he's absolutely capable of tapping into that historical burst and here we go gold tina looking
00:42:42for an aa and orton who's able to slip out from behind randy now with the clothesline now orton
00:42:47start to pick up the pace it is may it is the final number of months of john cena's legendary career
00:42:56he wants to retire as champion orton has something to say about it tonight they'll talk about tapping into
00:43:02historical best randy orton doing what he does like nobody else and cena's in trouble here he's been in
00:43:09this position before it's a draping ddt but oh cena great move cena pulling up orton here and again
00:43:18these guys know each other so well wait yeah when you know that now cena look at the spfu randy blocking
00:43:25it so so well keep those hands where they are randy john trying to lock it in but randy orton able to
00:43:31block at least momentarily john's able to slip it in there though he doesn't have all of it as orton
00:43:36now tries to drag john to the rope yeah cena desperately trying to rear back and stretch that
00:43:42spine of randy orton but randy perhaps at this point at least too powerful to alarm to do so john
00:43:49cena realizing that looks to grab and drag working back through the middle of the ring randy creates
00:43:55some space we've got to stay away from the heaviest hitters and here we go again this time now vintage
00:44:01randy orton with a draping ddt and i think randy
00:44:09as he recuperates may start hearing some voices i've tasted that ddt many times from randy orton and
00:44:16things never went well in the aftermath randy shrugging off some pain in that lower back from that sd everton
00:44:31the viper the viper is coiled the viper is ready to strike
00:44:43went for the rko cina blocked cina now with randy up on his shoulders
00:44:49attitude adjustment wait a minute
00:44:58both men down
00:45:03okay well look at this out massive amount of effort there from johnson look at this
00:45:08it's all right there we missed it yes randy went for the rko and both men took each other out
00:45:17just shows you how lightning fast the reactions of randy orton are in real time we were oblivious to
00:45:23it but check the slow-mo my god keeping himself in the match yeah incredible cena delivering an a.a.
00:45:29while randy countered at the same time of the rko and well cena smelled victory there
00:45:36but taking it away at the death is the unrepentant viper it's amazing and so many years of watching
00:45:45these two do battle and it just each and every time it's just so blessed to be out here way to
00:45:50to watch these two all-time greats go at each other two most iconic professional wrestlers of this
00:45:57millennium and you've shared the ring with both of them that's incredible oh yeah and i rarely had
00:46:01any form of success hey but by john one a and one b now randy orton fires back
00:46:16and a big uppercut by randy i'll tell you 17 000 plus have been invested and not only oh wait a minute
00:46:27cover kick out by randy well that time randy orton just had no answer you had to think he was
00:46:34rocked by those massive shots from john cena
00:46:39randy orton having said big deep to protect the legacy of not only his family but his entire industry
00:46:46i was going to say 17 000 invested in every move in this match tonight in fact they've been invested in
00:46:52every move of every match tonight and what has been an incredible show
00:47:08we've had three title retention so far tonight cena trying to make it full
00:47:14and now randy orton up on his shoulders again able to use those long arms to hang on to the top rope
00:47:20and the momentum now this is wildly seen off the ropes again there's another shoulder tackle to
00:47:25randy randy rko out of nowhere come on randy looking for the pin here and john cena rolling out of harm's
00:47:35way randy could not capitalize oh my god john cena picking up the pace on this one randy orton with a
00:47:41desperation throw at the rko so much has been taken out of orton and he may have got a stinger at some
00:47:49point trying to get some feeling back in the hands grabbing the neck look at his rko so
00:47:53instinctive randy's had precision and wait he's had neck issues back issues shoulder issues his entire
00:47:59career 25 years at the top taking on guys like john cena will do that to your frame both of these men
00:48:06wrapped with countless injuries over the years it's astounding they can still do this at the very top
00:48:12level it's been nearly eight and a half years oh wait a minute the legend killer wants to be the
00:48:18goat killer went for the punt john cena able to counter into another a.a to retain hook of the leg
00:48:27orton kicks out wow well randy orton did promise us a couple of weeks ago he was gonna connect with a
00:48:35pump to the skull of john c but excitement over committed turn his back briefly and cena was ready
00:48:43to pounce but he will do it somehow still randy orton and i'm looking over on in the ring he keeps
00:48:50wiggling those fingers i don't know how much feeling is left in there big fight atmosphere 17 000 plus
00:48:57sold out st louis tonight our main event at backlash cena orton once again perhaps the final time for the
00:49:05undisputed wwe championship and now john cena mocking randy orton
00:49:16big smile on his face off the reaction of the wwe fans and orton's hometown and now john cena
00:49:25maybe lighting up for a part of his own randy orton moves out of harm's way randy now went for an
00:49:29rk on the part and shoved into the official i'm not sure that was a inadvertent but getting
00:49:35inverted by cena but nonetheless the official chad patton's down yeah that was a heavy landing for
00:49:41chad patten and that was chad down cena with a third a delivered to randy but john is very well aware
00:49:47there's no official right now yeah how many times you see people dive on a pin in that situation that is
00:49:5225 years of experience of john cena knowing full well he's gonna hide into nothing but with the referee
00:49:59down what the uh you know john is staring down at the title remember what happened in wrestlemania
00:50:06when cody rhodes wouldn't pull the trigger wouldn't use the championship well you can go as low as you
00:50:12want at this point you can't see me referee can't see why even why history is why that was the answer
00:50:21history i mean you've already made history history you didn't have to act like this well he's trying to
00:50:27own history that's the point that's why he wants to retire with that championship and with the referee
00:50:32down randy um puts out of nowhere but again there's no official but the viper is struck cover on john
00:50:41one two three four oh and chad just came too but not enough and cena kicks out
00:50:52randy orton knew that was his opportunity and cena is now really well what a roller coaster
00:50:5960 seconds this was swinging back and forth both men looking to be closing in on the win
00:51:11randy's in a bad way but i think john cena is even worse off at this point oh
00:51:15chad patten i'm not even sure he can breathe
00:51:30oh boy get the hell out of the way wade
00:51:34you don't have to tell me twice oh god you remember that pent-up rage that was supposed to be
00:51:40targeted and kevin owens he didn't just dissipate it's remained and it's been refocused on john
00:51:47cena what are you talking about this man's had pent-up rage for 25 years
00:51:54randy orton is uh get out hold on oh man somebody get a doctor over here chad went head first into the
00:52:04steps yeah chad patten's done and now john cena sending randy orton off the ring post well the
00:52:09referee chad patten was trying to plead with randy or speak some sense get him back in the ring and
00:52:14that was the moment john cena capitalized and got straight back into this and again i got to admit
00:52:20something here wade john has been just a step quicker tonight to beat randy orton to the punch he's got that
00:52:27look on his face that he's loved every second of it so far he's trying to embarrass and humiliate
00:52:33randy orton in his hometown well he's going to do that if he puts him through this table here
00:52:38you know just to scowl and the disgusting look on the face of the disgusted look i should say on
00:52:44the face of cena and now john with randy orton up top
00:52:50focusing on the announce table now randy orton though he's got john up on his own and randy
00:52:56orton now look at this randy with an a-a to cena on top of the table
00:53:17john cena bouncing off the table spine first off this really full of steel table and randy's talking to
00:53:25himself now and that's never a good thing you might want to get back cole you've already well
00:53:30god's danger once this evening you want me to go
00:53:39randy now just dragging john cena up talking some trash as he's doing it but amidst this carnage
00:53:47referee chat pattern is down and i assure you out he's not coming back here well somebody somebody
00:53:54better check on chad he's out we need another official down here randy's beat the hell out of cena
00:54:01and i don't think he's done yet but a lot of walking wounded our medical staff are focused on a lot of the
00:54:07bodies that have been been beaten up this evening
00:54:12and things are about to get even worse judging by the actions of randy orton who has found something
00:54:19he likes to look up randy orton uh he's setting up a table wade randy orton is now setting up a table
00:54:38i mean he's already put john into one and through one and now he's got the hood of our announce table
00:54:46that he's tossing out of harm's way and he's going to drag john cena now
00:54:50the morality goes out the window referees down take your chance make this a street fight
00:54:55and now john fighting back bouncing randy off the steel steps here
00:55:06randy fighting back
00:55:08randy
00:55:30well a brief pause from randy orton after the amount of energy he's exerted
00:55:37this evening you can't blame him but john cena looks back to rights at this point two tables he's
00:55:43been through but way there's a there's a serious problem here we don't have an official this has
00:55:48turned into an all-out street fight an absolute brawl referee chad pattinson down for a number of
00:55:54minutes he went head first into the steel steps well we need a contingency plan because this match is
00:56:00continuing maybe general manager peers should think about sending another official down here it is awesome
00:56:05guys but randy's not gonna have a chance to win things if there's nobody to count
00:56:13well tactic at that point through unlimited damage
00:56:18until a referee finally shows up there's nothing stopping you guarantee victory and randy orton now
00:56:25is coiled and ready to strike john cena trying to come to now trying to make it back to his feet
00:56:31orton is primed and ready randy orton now rk on a cedar
00:56:37ball head to cover cover wait a minute look who's coming look who's coming
00:56:41official ready oranga into the ring
00:56:43cedar kicks it too not quite quick enough for randy orton but we've got another official in the ring
00:56:49well the frustration is palpable inside this arena the hometown boy had it won but somehow i'll give all
00:56:59the credit in the world after going through two tables and tasting an rko john cena refuses to die
00:57:07and now as randy talks to the official john cena stalking him from behind oh the championship bounced
00:57:24off the face oh ko the officials down again brandy orton's got the damn championship one again and again
00:57:32there's no official
00:57:39and now general manager nick aldous from smackdown and a bunch of officials heading down to the ring
00:57:45trying to get the official uh eddie orangle to come to i'll tell you right now i've seen many
00:57:50championship shots to the cranium in my time that was about as hard a hit as i have ever seen i'm not
00:57:58surprised this was focused on the referee who's down and randy of course frustrated he had this one
00:58:04of course he did now he's uh yelling at all this the general manager get another referee nick
00:58:12very many left
00:58:13after seeing two caucuses of referees who complained nobody else who wanted to run down
00:58:21get some oh rko in all this that'll be a fine another rko it's an rko party in st louis a frustrating
00:58:31but with rko after rko
00:58:36there are bodies everywhere carnage at the hands of a completely out of his mind
00:58:44randy arden bodies everywhere and now voices ringing in the ears of the sadistic psychopath
00:58:51and they complain randy orton for losing his right at this point he had the title one in a number of
00:59:02times in this match john cena is defenseless in the corner randy orton is backing up into position
00:59:09he tried to do this earlier tonight i mentioned the legend killer for many years planted legends
00:59:15one final legend to kill
00:59:23and whoa whoa whoa how are you doing true our truth coming to the aid of his long time
00:59:31rko
00:59:34truth a long time fan of cena's coming out here to to defend john low blow
00:59:39no i mean all truth lives in a alternative reality he did come out here because he's
00:59:50a fan of john's but the problem now off the low blow cena has the championship gold in hand again
00:59:57right off the skull of orton he gets rid of the evidence into the cover again no official but coming
01:00:05coming to and dragging himself into the ring is chad patten patten's back into the ring the cover now by cedar
01:00:11randy orton is down and out and john cedar recades the damn championship
01:00:16here is
01:00:36i don't even know what to say anymore uh except the fact that the old john cedar never
01:00:41in a million years would have taken a victory like that well this which is which is what made him
01:00:48special way that is what made john cena special well you're a reformed fanboy like a lot of people
01:00:54at this point but this is the most desperate soulless john cena we have ever seen but crucially
01:01:01that's irrelevant right now what is relevant is that john cena is still the champ
01:01:07well he wants to uh retire the title the last real champion in his mind and i mean
01:01:18well this was the second referee who got felled eddie orango championship shot through the skull
01:01:24connected with a flush rko and randy had this one this was the moment this place should have come
01:01:29and glued and randy should have been the 15th time world champion now randy's going to suffer a lot of
01:01:35fines after the carnage he left as his uh uh his frustration just an rko party anyone in reasonable
01:01:46range took one our producers our executives jamie noble face first bouncing off the map
01:01:54and this was when randy orton lined up the pont and it should have been executed that was the kill shot
01:02:00all right truth out here uh to save his long time uh oh buddy i guess always a fan of cena
01:02:08and of course for the officials still out that was delivered the low blow weight and then it was just
01:02:12a distraction from all three opened the window for john cena to do the dastardly take it as low as you
01:02:20want and run you on at this point with that championship shot he's out completely cold you hope
01:02:26beyond hope there would be some way he could kick out of this you know what three count was in
01:02:35you know what makes me so angry about all this is the fact that that was a great match john put on
01:02:40a hell of a shelf i know you can't see me but can you hear me cut the damn music
01:02:54i don't need music
01:03:06what i need is competition
01:03:08and i sure as hell don't need you
01:03:19drink it in st louis because this is what the last real champion
01:03:30looks like
01:03:38so
01:03:49you
01:03:51you