3 matches that could be last-minute additions to WWE Backlash 2025

WWE Backlash 2025 will take place this weekend in St. Louis, Missouri, with stars like John Cena, Randy Orton, Becky Lynch, and Drew McIntyre already landing themselves a match. However, some more bouts can be added before the premium live event.

WWE Backlash 2025 currently has five matches set for this weekend. John Cena will defend the Undisputed Championship against Randy Orton, Lyra Valkyria's Women's Intercontinental title will be defended against Becky Lynch, and Jacob Fatu will defend the United States title in a four-way. Meanwhile, Dominik Mysterio and Penta will battle for the Intercontinental gold, and Gunther will battle Pat McAfee in a singles match. However, with SmackDown still about to occur this week, another match can be added for the upcoming PLE.

In this list, we will look at three matches that could be last-minute additions to WWE Backlash 2025.

#3. Logan Paul vs. Jey Uso for the World Heavyweight title

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Jey Uso's first challenger for the World Heavyweight Championship was Seth Rollins, which occurred on this week's RAW show. However, the first person he clashed with after winning the gold at WrestleMania 41 was Logan Paul, who also made his presence known after the recent Monday show ended.

After The Maverick attacked the champion this week, The Yeet Master can make his case against Adam Pearce and have a match scheduled as soon as possible, which will be at WWE Backlash 2025.

#2. WWE Backlash 2025 can feature another women's match

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It's noticeable that there is a major lack of women's matches for the upcoming premium live event. Due to this, the company can capitalize on an ongoing clash on SmackDown and set up a major title match.

Tiffany Stratton has been targeted by several women from the Friday show to get a chance to battle for the Women's Championship. Her first challenger after WrestleMania 41 was Jade Cargill, but Naomi also made her case about wanting to have a title shot. Meanwhile, Nia Jax just outright attacked the champion from behind.

The four women can come to blows again at the upcoming SmackDown episode. After Nick Aldis can't contain them, he can schedule a four-way match for the title instead.

#1. CM Punk and Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker

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Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Paul Heyman's new alliance on RAW has attacked several top stars these past few weeks. However, some of them, like Sami Zayn and CM Punk, managed to fight back this week after they helped Jey Uso against them.

Heyman can advise Rollins and Breakker to handle Zayn and Punk immediately so they won't be able to form a better plan, and to ensure the rest of the roster won't cross them. Due to this, Sami and Punk might be called out ahead of WWE Backlash 2025.

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Hazel has had a penchant for writing since high school. Apart from pursuing Humanities and Social Sciences for her senior year, she attended classes about creative and nonfiction writing. In 2019, Hazel started working as a ghostwriter, and three years later, she began working for Sportskeeda. In 2023, she became a published author under 8letters Books Publishing House. Even today, when she is not studying as a pre-med student or writing for Sportskeeda, she enjoys reading and writing novels.

Her favorite wrestlers are Edge and Randy Orton. She recalls watching John Cena vs Big Show vs Edge in WrestleMania 25 in her first wrestling match. Hazel enjoyed the entrances, and what got her hooked was how cool and ruthless Edge was and how John Cena never backed down from his challenges.

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