WWE Backlash Results 5/9 - Two Titles On The Line, Seth Rollins Faces Bron Breakker

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for WWE Backlash on May 9, 2026, coming to you live from the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida at a special start time of 6 PM ET!

Roman Reigns will be putting the World Heavyweight Championship on the line for the first time since dethroning CM Punk at Night Two of WWE WrestleMania 42 on April 19 as he defends against Jacob Fatu. Despite being family members, Fatu threw out the challenge to tonight's match on the April 20 episode of "WWE Raw" as Reigns was flanked by his cousins Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso. Reigns subsequently chose to accept the following week on the April 27 episode of "Raw" following a verbal confrontation between the two men that ended in Fatu leaving Reigns laid out with several headbutts and a submission hold. 

After being dethroned as United States Champion by Trick Williams at Night Two of WWE WrestleMania 42 on April 19, Sami Zayn will have the chance to win the gold once again as he challenges Williams for the United States Championship. With Williams previously having mocked Zayn by calling him a gingerbread man, Zayn disguised himself in a gingerbread costume on the April 24 episode of "WWE SmackDown" to crack a candy cane across Williams' spine. Zayn brought back the gingerbread man on the May 1 episode of "SmackDown", leaving him laid out with an attack in the ring, forcing medical officials to escort him to the back, and Williams to host a funeral for him on the May 8 episode of "SmackDown". 

Since being kicked out of The Vision a few months ago, former leader Seth Rollins has vowed to seek his retribution on the group and has had his eye on Bron Breakker. Tonight, Rollins will have his chance to do so when he goes head-to-head with Breakker. With Breakker having left Rollins laid out with a spear on April 20 in the midst of a brawl between Rollins, The Vision, and The Street Profits, Breaker and Rollins once again came face-to-face in a verbal confrontation on April 27 during which Rollins threw out the challenge to tonight's match as a means for Breakker to prove that he's a main event player. 

Former friends turned foes IYO SKY and Asuka will be colliding with one another in a grudge match. Although SKY answered a Women's Intercontinental Championship Open Challenge that Becky Lynch had issued on April 27, Asuka ensured that SKY would not become the new titleholder by costing her and leaving her laid out in the ring with a kick and the Asuka Lock in the moments that followed the title match. 

Danhausen will be joining forces with a mystery tag team partner to take on The Miz and Kit Wilson. With Danhausen shown to have broken into The Miz's house for a day of fun on the April 24 episode of "SmackDown", The Miz and Wilson looked to try outsmarting Danhausen on May 1 by leaving a briefcase of baby powder to spray out at him under the guise of being free money. While Danhausen ultimately was the one to outsmart the pair by making actual money appear and having the baby powder spray into The Miz and Wilson's faces, The Miz and Wilson got their retribution later that same night by having The Miz pretend to choose if he would align with Wilson or Danhausen so that they could attack him in the ring.  

Additionally, John Cena will be making an appearance on tonight's show after promising on his X page that he has some history making news to share with the WWE Universe.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping some of the events that have led up to Backlash.

Michael Cole and Wade Barrett then greet audiences at home as Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring. Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman follow.

The bell rings and Breakker charges at Rollins. Rollins jumps out of the way and sends Breakker crashing out of hte ring, then delivers a suicide dive to level him on the outside and sends him crashing into the two barricades on the entrance ramp.

Rollins dumps Breakker back in the ring and clotheslines him back out the other side, then rains down right hands on Breakker. Breakker responds with a few right hands of his own on Rollins and dumps him into the crowd, but Rollins flies back into the ringside area over the barricade.

The pair return to the ring, and Rollins ascends to the top rope. Breakker catches him and sends Rollins crashing out of the ring with a belly-to-belly suplex. He dumps Rollins back inside the ring and lands a German suplex on him, then wears him down with a sleeper hold.

Rollins powers up to his feet and lands a jawbreaker on Breakker, then fires off a chop on his chest. Breakker intercepts Rollins with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and goes for a pin, but Rollins kicks out and Breakker continues to wear him down.

Breakker connects with another German suplex on Rollins, then jams his shoulder into Rollins' midsection and ascends to the top rope with Rollins in hand. Rollins fights off Breakker, but Breakker joins Rollins back on the ropes and delivers a hurricanrana to him. He goes for a pin, but Rollins kicks out.

Breakker looks to spear Rollins on the outside, but Rollins intercepts him with a superkick. The referee begins a ten count, but both men beat it before Rollins catches Breakker with a running knee to his head and pins him. Breakker kicks out, then delivers a standing moonsault to Rollins and rains down right hands on Rollins in the corner.

Rollins lands a Buckle Bomb on Breakker, but Breakker levels him with a clothesline and delivers a second one to Rollins off the ring apron to send him crashing over the announce desk. Rollins intercepts Breakker with a superplex back in the ring, but Breakker sends Rollins crashing into the mat and sits him on the top rope.

Rollins rocks Breakker with a pair of superkicks and connects with a Pedigree on him, then follows it up with a Curb Stomp. Heyman hops up onto the apron as Rollins stares him down. Rollins rolls out of the ring to grab a chair from under it.

Austin Theory and Logan Paul try blindsiding Rollins, but Rollins sees them coming and hits them with the chair. He delivers a Curb Stomp to Theory and chases Paul up the entrance ramp with the chair in hand, but Breakker is waiting with a spear to Rollins when Rollins gets back inside the ring.

Breakker pins Rollins, but Rollins kicks out and Breakker looks to land a second spear on him. Rollins sees Breakker coming and catches him with a Pedigree, then ascends to the middle rope and flies. Breakker catches Rollins with a spear mid-air, then runs the ropes and connects with another spear on Rollins for the win.

Winner: Bron Breakker

Sami Zayn then makes his way to the ring. Trick Williams and Lil Yachty follow. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Williams fires off chops on Zayn and delivers stomps to him in the corner, but Zayn rolls out of the ring and grabs one of the ring steps. Yachty stops Zayn, but Zayn stares him down on the outside and rains down right hands on Williams back inside the ring.

Williams and Zayn ascend up the ropes, but Zayn lands a Sunset Flip on Williams. Williams looks to land a leg lariat on Zayn, but Zayn catches him with a Blue Thunder Bomb and goes for a pin. Williams kicks out, but Zayn fires off stomps on the side of Williams' head and calls for the Helluva Kick. Yachty cracks the candy cane kendo stick across Zayn's head, opening the door for Williams to land Trick Shot on Zayn. He goes for a pin, but Zayn kicks out.

Zayn catches Yachty with a right hand on the outside and repeatedly hits him with the candy cane kendo stick. Williams sends Zayn crashing on top of the ring steps, but Zayn catches Williams with a DDT on the ring steps and dumps him back in the ring.

Zayn runs over Yachty with a Helluva Kick on the outside and looks to land a Helluva Kick on Williams. Williams ducks out of the way and takes out Zayn with a Trick Shot for the win.

Winner (and still): Trick Williams

Kit Wilson and The Miz then make their way to the ring. Danhausen and his mystery tag team partner Minihausen follow. 

Minihausen and Kit Wilson begin the action. The bell rings and Wilson runs over Minihausen with a big boot. Minihausen levels Wilson with a springboard shoulder tackle and a hurricanrana and sends him crashing out of the ring, then gets on Danhausen's shoulders and flies off them to level Wilson and The Miz on the outside.

The Miz sends Danhausen crashing into the ring post and levels Minihausen with a forearm, then tags in. Wilson tosses Minihausen over to The Miz for The Miz to deliver an Over The Shoulder powerslam on him before Wilson tags back in and lands a delayed vertical suplex on Minihausen.

Wilson drapes Minihausen off the top rope by his knees and fires off knees on his midsection, then charges at him. Minihausen sits up, then tags in Danhausen. Danhausen delivers a German suplex to Wilson, then sends The Miz crashing into the mat with a Tornado DDT and sets up for a running knee on The Miz, but The Miz pushes Wilson out of the way and Danhausen accidentally hits Wilson.

Minihausen chases Wilson up the entrance ramp and looks to curse him. Wilson takes out Minihausen and traps him back in the cloning machine that he came out of during Danhausen's entrance, but the door of the cloning machine breaks down and several more Minihausens come out of it and attack Wilson.

The first Minihausen looks to curse Wilson, but Wilson grabs his signature mirror and points it at Minihausen so that Minihausen curses himself. The Miz sneaks up behind Minihausen and lands a Skull Crushing Finale on him, then goes for a pin but Danhausen breaks the fall.

Danhausen tags himself in and sends The Miz crashing out of the ring. The Miz grabs a fire extinguisher, but it sprays into The Miz's face. This opens the door for Danhausen to run over The Miz with a pump kick inside the ring for the win.

Winners: Danhausen and Minihausen

IYO SKY then makes her way to the ring. Asuka follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Asuka shoves SKY, but SKY takes out Asuka with a shotgun dropkick and fires off stomps on her in the corner. She jams her boots into Asuka's face and pins her, but Asuka kicks out and trips SKY as she looks to fly off the ropes on the outside. She sends SKY's head bouncing off the ring post, then sends SKY crashing into one of the barricades face first and drapes her across the ring apron. She fires off rapid fire kicks on SKY and jams her boot into SKY's neck, then wears her down with a submission hold and whips her into the mat.

Asuka fires off kicks on SKY, but SKY lands a double stomp on Asuka's midsection and ascends to the top rope. She lands a missile dropkick on Asuka, but Asuka catches SKY with a spinning back fist and a running knee on her.

SKY levels Asuka with a kick and cinches in a sleeper on her, but Asuka gets her foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Asuka and SKY then teeter on the ropes, but SKY pulls Asuka off with a hurricanrana. Asuka transitions into a pinfall, but SKY kicks out.

Asuka drags SKY on top of the announce desk and looks to spray her blue mist into SKY's face. SKY grabs Wade Barrett's notepad to shield herself from the mist, then ascends to the top rope and delivers a springboard moonsault to Asuka. She dumps Asuka back in the ring and sets up for Over The Moonsault, but Asuka traps SKY in an armbar. SKY transitions into a pinfall, but Asuka kicks out and cinches in the Asuka Lock on SKY. SKY manages to escape and delivers a meteora to Asuka in the corner, then follows it up with Over The Moonsault for the win.

Winner: IYO SKY

After the match, Asuka hugs SKY and raises her hand. The two women share a heartfelt moment. 

John Cena then makes his way to the ring.

Fans chant that they want Cena to have one more match, but Cena reflects on making sure that his final ever professional opponent had to earn their way into a match and that edition of "WWE Saturday Night's Main Event" featured "NXT" talent including Sol Ruca, Je'Von Evans, and Oba Femi. He says Femi debuted in December and already has a WrestleMania win against Brock Lesnar, then says he's honored to announce the John Cena Classic. He says it'll be an entire evening of the best of today competing against the best of tomorrow, featuring main roster and "NXT" talent who have hopes to crown a champion. He says there will be a brand new event and a brand new championship he's personally putting his name on, then says he's striving for a certain level of excellence and planning to do what he can to make it special.

Cena says the biggest Superstar in WWE is the fans, then says on top of a new event and new championship, the voices of the fans will be heard as they will be the ones to pick the champion of of the John Cena Classic even if they aren't the person who emerges as the winner. He says it will be a single event that embodies what he stands for, then promises to give the fans all that he has and thanks WWE for giving him the chance to do something. He also thanks the audience at home and the live crowd in Tampa.

Jacob Fatu then makes his way to the ring. Roman Reigns follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Fatu runs over Reigns with a shoulder tackle, but Reigns looks to level Fatu with a clothesline. Fatu stays standing and levels Reigns with a clothesline of his own, then clotheslines Reigns out of the ring and looks to fly over the top rope to cinch in the Tongan Death Grip on Reigns. He sends Reigns crashing into the ring post spine first while he still has the Tongan Death Grip cinched in on Reigns.

Reigns rains down right hands on Fatu in the corner, then fires off clotheslines on him. Fatu responds with a running senton to Reigns and follows it up with a clothesline to him in the corner, then fires off headbutts on Reigns. Reigns clears the announce desk on the outside, but Fatu sends Reigns crashing through the announce desk and dumps him back in the ring.

Reigns catches Fatu with a spear and pins him, but Fatu kicks out and lands a pop-up Samoan Drop on Reigns. He delivers a moonsault to him off the top rope and pins him, but Reigns kicks out.

Fatu and Reigns exchange right hands with one another, but Fatu delivers a Hip Attack to Reigns in the corner and cinches in the Tongan Death Grip on him. Reigns rakes Fatu's eyes and sends him crashing into the corner, accidentally hitting the referee in the process. He rocks Fatu with a pair of Superman Punches, but Fatu rocks Reigns with a superkick. Reigns lands another Superman Punch and a spear on Fatu, then goes for a pin but Fatu kicks out.

Fatu cinches in the Tongan Death Grip on Reigns once again, but Reigns pulls off one of the top turnbuckle pads. He sends Reigns crashing into the exposed turnbuckle and spears him for the win.

Winner (and still): Roman Reigns

After the match, an enraged Fatu cinches in the Tongan Death Grip on Reigns. Officials pry Fatu off Reigns, and Fatu heads up the entrance ramp as Reigns is checked on. Fatu decides to re-enter the ring and cinch the Tongan Death Grip back in on Reigns, but officials pry him back off Reigns. Fatu then stands tall over Reigns holding up the World Heavyweight Championship belt as the show goes off the air.