Planned Match Order For WWE Backlash 2025

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The planned match order for tonight’s May 10 WWE Backlash 2025 premium live event in St Louis, Missouri has emerged.

UPDATE: Jackie Redmond announced during WWE’s official Backlash Countdown show that the United States Championship four-way was confirmed to be opening Backlash, indicating a change in plans from the order listed below.

Tonight’s card features five matches – four of them with championship gold on the line – headlined by hometown hero Randy Orton challenging John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship.

Fightful Select has provided details on the match order, noting that as of Friday, plans were for the Orton vs Cena match to main event the show.

Moreover, the Intercontinental Championship match with Dominik Mysterio defending against Penta was planned to be the opening match.

Becky Lynch challenging Lyra Valkyria for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship was set to be the fourth match, taking place before the main event.

That would leave Gunther vs Pat McAfee and the United States Championship four-way with Jacob Fatu defending against LA Knight, Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest going on second and third, although the exact order for those two is unconfirmed as of this writing – UPDATE, according to Cory Hays of PW Nexus, The US Title is set to be second on the rundown, with Gunther vs McAfee third.

That means the full planned order is as follows:

Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Penta – Intercontinental Championship

Jacob Fatu (c) vs. Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre vs. LA Knight – United States Championship

Gunther vs. Pat McAfee

Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch – Women’s Intercontinental Championship

John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton – Undisputed WWE Championship

It’s worth noting that this is just what was planned, and the order may end up changing by the time they actually take place.

We’ll keep you posted if the full and complete match order does emerge, and we’ll of course cover all the news throughout WWE Backlash tonight.

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