WWE Backlash 2026 Matches Seth Rollins Vs. Bron Breakker & Trick Williams Vs. Sami Zayn To Air In First Hour On ESPN2

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WWE has announced that Seth Rollins vs Bron Breakker and Trick Williams vs Sami Zayn will air during the first hour of Backlash on ESPN2.

Similar to WrestleMania 42, the first hour of Backlash will air on ESPN2 starting at 6pm ET before the rest of the event will air behind the paywall of the ESPN app.

During Raw tonight it was confirmed that the Rollins vs Breakker and Williams vs Zayn matches will be the first ones that air in that first hour.

The other three matches confirmed as of this writing are IYO SKY vs Asuka, Danhausen and a mystery partner vs Kit Wilson and The Miz, and Roman Reigns defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob Fatu.

Also announced is that John Cena will be appring at WWE Backlash to announce what he called “history-making news.”

The official WWE preview for Rollins vs Breakker is as follows:

Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker will be out to destroy each other when they clash at WWE Backlash. 

Once united with Rollins in The Vision, Breakker led a coup that kicked The Visionary out of his own faction in October. 

After both Superstars suffered injuries, Bron suddenly reemerged at WrestleMania 42 to Spear Rollins and cause him to lose to Gunther on The Grandest Stage of Them All. Breakker followed the attack by charging down the entire WrestleMania ramp and blasting Rollins with a monstrous post-match Spear. 

On the Raw after WrestleMania, Breakker again delivered a vicious beatdown to his one-time mentor. This led to a war of words the following week with Rollins suggesting that Breakker prove he’s ready to take over in a one-on-one showdown.

WWE’s preview for Williams vs Zayn, which sees Williams defend the United States Title, is as follows:

At WWE Backlash, United States Champion Trick Williams will battle Sami Zayn in a highly personal showdown.

Williams and his friend Lil Yachty first introduced a live-action Gingerbread Man on the SmackDown before WrestleMania, a situation designed to mock Sami that ended with Zayn hitting the tasty character with a thundering Helluva Kick.

Two days later, Trick captured the United States Title from Zayn on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

Five days later on SmackDown, Williams threw himself a Championship Celebration. When Gingerbread Man showed up for the festivities, however, it was really Zayn in disguise. The irate former titleholder laid waste to both Trick and  Lil Yachty with a brutal Candy Cane attack. 

The following week, Zayn snapped. Fed up over the silliness he felt was making a joke out of him, Zayn attacked Gingerbread Man. Trick rushed the crumbly mess backstage for help, but it was too late. The Gingerbread Man was pronounced “cooked” soon after. 

A despondent Williams responded by agreeing to battle Zayn in a title rematch at WWE Backlash before announcing a funeral for Gingerbread Man.

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