WWE Backlash 2025 hoped to deliver a quality follow-up to WrestleMania 41 from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a night of highs and lows, particularly starting with the strongest action of the premium live event.

Randy Orton may have set a record for the most RKO's delivered in a single match, but they were not enough to defeat John Cena at WWE Backlash.

Cena put the top male prize on the "WWE SmackDown" brand at stake against his old rival Randy Orton at "Backlash 2025." It was an Undisputed WWE Championship that featured outside interference, which the 17-time world champion took full advantage of.