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00:00The following is a Fatal Full-Way Match for
00:07the United States Championship.
00:14Introducing the Challengers of the United States Championship.
00:21For the United States Championship.
00:28Introducing the Challengers.
00:30First, from Los Angeles, California, weighing in at 240 pounds, L.A. Knight.
00:39What an incredible way to kick off Backlash tonight,
00:42a Fatal Full-Way Match for the United States Championship.
00:51Hello again, everybody.
00:55At ringside tonight, I'm Michael Cole from Monday Night Raw.
00:58He's Wade Barrett from Friday Night SmackDown.
01:00Our normal partner, Pat McAfee, not here tonight,
01:02because he has a match with Guthrer later on.
01:05But what a way to kick off the night for the U.S. title.
01:07Yeah, what is likely to be one of the most physical matches of the year.
01:11Championship on the line, packed arena,
01:14and they are bellowing out support for the megastar L.A. Knight. Yeah!
01:19Some tremendous statistics from our Jackie Redman during the countdown show.
01:23L.A. Knight has been extremely successful so far in 2025.
01:30More wins than just about anyone.
01:32Let's go, let's go, let's go!
01:34CHEERING
01:35There we go!
01:49Let's go.
02:19Next, from Aaron Scumplin, weighing in at 275 pounds, Drew McIntyre!
02:32Drew McIntyre has not held a championship since WrestleMania 40, some near 14 months ago.
02:41The night he won the World Heavyweight title, defeating Seth Rollins, only to hold it for five-plus minutes before being cashed in on by one of the men in this matchup tonight, Damian Priest.
02:52And those 14 months have been the longest of McIntyre's career.
02:57Well, just cast your eyes on Drew McIntyre.
03:01That physique is undeniably fab, but the grimace on the face tells its story.
03:08Drew McIntyre is livid that he is in a fatal four-way matchup this evening,
03:13instead of a one-on-one match after winning a number-one contenders match on SmackDown a couple of weeks ago.
03:21He aims to make these three opponents pay this evening.
03:25Of course, McIntyre yesterday on SmackDown did connect with a play more to the jaw of the champ, Jacob Batu.
03:39That could be the pathway to victory and gold tonight for McIntyre.
03:43And a win here, capturing the United States Championship will make Drew McIntyre a Grand Slam champ.
04:13From New York City, weighing in, at 249 pounds, Damian Priest.
04:38Damian Priest is a former United States champion.
04:44Would love to win the gold back here tonight.
04:52No one will ever forget, backlash two years ago in Puerto Rico.
04:57Damian Priest and Bad Bunny.
05:00One of the most incredible matchups we've seen at this event.
05:04As we celebrate the 20th backlash here tonight.
05:08Damian Priest has a major point to prove after losing the Sin City Street Fight at Wrestlemania 41 to one of his opponents tonight.
05:19Drew McIntyre, something the Street King Priest wants to make good this evening.
05:24And tonight, Backlash is brought to you in part by Papa John's.
05:41Order pizza and more for delivery tonight.
05:44Cast, blue, come, va, two!
06:01Cast, blue, come, va, two!
06:10And the opponent from Sacramento, California
06:37weighed in at 291 pounds.
06:42He is the United States Champion,
06:48the Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Pateau.
06:55Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Champion, Jacob Pateau,
06:59has never been pinned or made to submit since his arrival here at WWE.
07:03The interesting thing about this matchup tonight, Wade,
07:07is he doesn't have to be pinned or be submitted
07:09in order to lose this United States Championship
07:12because the first man to gain pinball or submission becomes the champion.
07:16Yeah, that's why Drew McIntyre's reaction to this becoming a fatal four-way
07:22is a little surprising to me.
07:23I think the pathway to victory for LA Knight, Damian Priest,
07:28and indeed the Scottish Terminator McIntyre
07:31is that much easier in that they don't have to pin the current champion,
07:36a man who may well be unpinnable.
07:39Jacob Pateau staring across the ring at that man, LA Knight.
07:42The man Pateau defeated at WrestleMania in an incredible match
07:46for the United States title.
07:47What a shock, McIntyre has a scowl on his face
07:51as he makes his way to the ring to officially begin this match
07:55for the prestigious United States Championship.
07:59Dozens of WWE Hall of Famers have held this title over the years.
08:03Of course, the very first crowned back in 1974.
08:06Someone who this part of the world knows very well.
08:09The late great Harley Race,
08:11the first ever United States Champion,
08:13an inspiration for many men on the current roster in WWE.
08:20So, Wade, strategy tonight for these men in this match.
08:23BATU! BATU! BATU! BATU! BATU!
08:27Avoid the man that the world is chanting the name of right now,
08:32Jacob Fatu, try and focus all of your energies
08:36on softening up one of the other two
08:38and stay out of this cold, violent barbarian's way.
08:41Yeah, and no surprise that the two rivalries have split off
08:45to start this match, BATU and LA Knight,
08:46and of course, McIntyre and Priest.
08:50We talked a lot on the Countdown Show
08:52whether Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest,
08:55nearly 14-long, 14-month rivalry with each other
08:58would possibly cost them in this match tonight.
09:01Oh, immediately vacating the ring
09:03and leaving the answer to the champ of the four-
09:11Now into the ring.
09:12Priest and LA Knight were tagging together last night,
09:15the second the match ended,
09:16they started throwing fists at one another.
09:18All bets are off now, every man for himself.
09:22And LA Knight now, oh, and there's that slingshot.
09:25Shoulder right to the chest of Jacob Fatu.
09:28Oh, and look at two driven into LA Knight's knees
09:32and LA Knight focused here in the early going tonight.
09:37Oh, out of the blocks is the megastar.
09:39He wants his goal back.
09:41And LA Knight now, oh, TDT.
09:54Lance Damian Priest tonight is so focused here, Wade.
09:57Well, this has been an absolute cakewalk thus far for the megastar,
10:02but putting one of these men down for the three count
10:04is a very tall order this early in a match.
10:07Fatu going for the Samoan drop, but again,
10:08LA Knight counters it.
10:10And here's the cover now.
10:12And a kick out by Fatu.
10:14Off that inverted DDT by LA Knight.
10:17It's been a two-minute highlight reel
10:19of LA Knight's ability thus far.
10:21This was not what anyone was anticipating.
10:24But you do fear the megastar may well run out of steam
10:27at this kind of pace.
10:28And now Damian Priest goes out for Jacob Fatu
10:30as the champion starts to fight back.
10:32Remember, Knight was embarrassed
10:34at the way that he lost at WrestleMania.
10:36It was a great match,
10:37but he did not want to lose the title on the grand stage.
10:40Oh, and a big elbow drops Fatu again.
10:42The behesion between Priest and the megastar once again
10:46only take you so far in a match like this.
10:49On a temporary alliance formed here,
10:51because remember, it's every man for himself
10:53when it comes to a fatal four-way.
10:55Fatu driven into the post.
10:58And now LA Knight, just like I said, temporary alliance.
11:01Well, I like the alliance in taking out Jacob Fatu.
11:04Oh, my God.
11:04What a throw by McIntyre.
11:05What an absolute domineering powerhouse.
11:08And Priest landed off a spinebuster.
11:12Is this the pace you expected?
11:14Neckbreaker.
11:15It's not a pace that can be kept up for long,
11:18not with the mass of these bodies.
11:20These are four huge competitors.
11:22Neckbreaker to Jacob Fatu
11:24and after a trio of neckbreakers,
11:26Drew McIntyre is going to wow us
11:29with his athleticism into a kip-up.
11:31That's a 275-pound man, ladies and gentlemen.
11:34Just an unfair number of gifts
11:37bestowed upon Drew McIntyre.
11:39McIntyre looking for a Claymore
11:41and he's intercepted by LA Knight.
11:43You talked about it earlier.
11:45The Claymore to Fatu last night
11:46almost repeated itself here 24 hours later.
11:49Well, we've seen time and time again already in this match
11:51the inherent problem of a fatal four-way.
11:53There is always a fresh opponent
11:55lurking and waiting to strike
11:57when you least expect it.
11:59That step-up kick by Priest
12:00and Fatu now on the top rope.
12:03Damian Priest gonna go up high as well.
12:04So agile for a one.
12:05Big man and Hurricane Rana
12:07sends Fatu across the ring.
12:09Oh, six-foot-five superstars
12:11should be capable of moves like that.
12:13And Priest!
12:15Just one wrinkle in the massive playbook
12:18of this powerful Puerto Rican.
12:20And now Damian Priest
12:21takes out Fatu on the other side.
12:23Off that flatliner,
12:25taking out LA Knight.
12:27McIntyre finds his way back
12:29into the ring as well.
12:30Priest turns his attention again
12:31into the champion.
12:33And a big kick by Priest again.
12:39This cost Priest,
12:41if you remember,
12:42this move here,
12:43old school from the top ropes
12:44against McIntyre and Pennsylvania.
12:46Well, this turns into a crossbody.
12:48In costume this time,
12:49worked perfectly.
12:50And now a big clothesline
12:52turns Fatu inside out.
12:53And Jacob Fatu
12:54has got zero momentum
12:56so far in this matchup.
12:57The other trio at moments
12:59have looked like they're
13:00closing in on victory.
13:03And perhaps that facade
13:05of invincibility
13:06is being chipped away
13:08on Fatu
13:09by the other three competitors.
13:10Not at all.
13:11Oh!
13:11Focused their biggest offense
13:12on Jacob Fatu,
13:14perhaps realizing
13:15he is the most durable threat
13:16in the matchup.
13:17Getting a heel kick by him.
13:19Damian Priest,
13:20who now finds himself in control.
13:22I'm impressed,
13:23because Priest is in control
13:24and he's not breathing heavy at all.
13:26This deep into a matchup
13:27from a lot of offense.
13:28Where'd he go?
13:29Oh, look at this.
13:29Now, Fatu
13:30some eye drop
13:31out of the barricade.
13:33Interesting.
13:34He said that about Priest.
13:35I talked to him earlier today.
13:36He said,
13:36ever since WrestleMania
13:37he's increased his cardio.
13:41He's tightened up the diet.
13:42And I have no interest
13:43in being anywhere near this man,
13:45because he is completely unhinged.
13:48Here's a man who,
13:50and I've told this story before,
13:52spent a number of times in jail,
13:53got out,
13:54had to sleep on a mattress.
13:55He said,
13:56I'm never going back there again.
13:57I'm going to become a wrestler.
13:58I'm going to make some money.
13:59And I'm going to destroy people
14:00in the process.
14:01I'm going to use that killer instinct
14:02that I learned in jail
14:03and take it on
14:04on everybody here
14:05in WWE.
14:07Oh, God.
14:07We've got two alpha males
14:09from opposite sides
14:10of the planet
14:11about to square off.
14:12No back down in either one of these men.
14:17McIntyre and Fatou.
14:20Oh, gas,
14:20no breaks.
14:21Doesn't do you any good
14:22when you hit a brick wall.
14:24That's the words of McIntyre.
14:26Quite the moment
14:40building here in St. Louis.
14:42Fatou and McIntyre
14:43exchanging blows.
14:44Now it's McIntyre
14:57is a bit wobbly.
14:59What a headbutt.
15:03By Drew.
15:04And a big shoulder tackle.
15:06Drew McIntyre
15:06might be about to get dog walked.
15:08Pop-up Samoan drop.
15:11Yeah, what I mean.
15:13What?
15:14That's what he said.
15:15This guy's a quote to machine.
15:17You translate that?
15:19I think it means
15:19do you know what I mean?
15:21Oh, got it.
15:21Oh, into the corner.
15:23Paying homage
15:23to of course Umaga
15:24and Rukisi.
15:26Not the kind of guy
15:27I want to have many conversations with
15:29but like everyone else
15:31I want to stare on in awe
15:33at the power
15:34of Jacob Fatou.
15:36Yeah, I made sure
15:37there was a table between us
15:38when I spoke with him earlier.
15:39Gotta stay a safe distance
15:41away from this man.
15:42The problem is
15:43he can close distance
15:44in double quick time.
15:48Indeed it is
15:49an incredible athlete
15:50for his size
15:52the power
15:53and the agility
15:54the strength
15:56and the quickness
15:56the high impact
15:58offensive style.
16:00He's also absorbed
16:01more punishment
16:02than anyone else
16:02in this matchup
16:03yet now
16:04he is firmly
16:05in control.
16:06What does that tell you?
16:07Oh, he took a little bit
16:08too much time there
16:08and McIntyre
16:09right to the eyes
16:10the official can do nothing
16:12because remember
16:12no disqualification
16:13in a fatal four-way match.
16:16You simply gotta go savage
16:17against Jacob Fatou.
16:20Do what you gotta do
16:21to get it done.
16:22And now L.A. Knight
16:23across McIntyre
16:26stops away
16:27at the midsection
16:28of McIntyre.
16:30McIntyre is in trouble now.
16:32Feel that frenzy
16:33of energy
16:34taken over this place.
16:37L.A. Knight
16:38into the corner!
16:40McIntyre
16:41not able to do anything
16:44as L.A. Knight
16:44now heads to the top rope.
16:46Time to go to work
16:47on the champ.
16:48Fatou able to
16:49knock him away.
16:50Well, Priest down.
16:51McIntyre tied up.
16:52This is effectively
16:53a one-on-one match.
16:54This is where you need
16:55to get to
16:55to get victory here.
16:57What the hell
16:57is Fatou thinking?
16:59And look at the core strength
17:00of McIntyre
17:01as he sends
17:02Fatou into Knight
17:03and Jacob Fatou
17:05follows it up.
17:06What an incredible pivot
17:07from Jordan
17:08by McIntyre.
17:09And Priest
17:09driven into the announce table.
17:12Jacob Fatou
17:14has him on their feet
17:15in St. Louis.
17:17This guy is an
17:17absolute athletic freak
17:20and he's close
17:21and another kill.
17:22Swan
17:23tied from the top.
17:27And L.A. Knight
17:28blood force trauma.
17:31Priest
17:32South of Heaven.
17:36Play more
17:37by McIntyre.
17:38All of the mutants.
17:39Priest into the cover.
17:41Priest into the cover.
17:42McIntyre breaks things up.
17:43Priest almost
17:44is able to steal it.
17:45Oh God.
17:46Talk about stealing.
17:47Defeat from the jaws
17:48of victory.
17:49McIntyre
17:50almost falling
17:51on his own sword there.
17:53This is absolutely
17:54incredible.
17:55First spot two
17:56with the slot tie
17:58but that wasn't it Wade.
17:59Unloading all
18:00of the heavy artillery.
18:01Do not turn your back.
18:03Do not celebrate.
18:04BFT from the megastar
18:06bullet immediately
18:07by a crutch
18:08inside of heaven.
18:10And then McIntyre
18:11here in the big one.
18:13All four men are down.
18:14It's for the prestigious
18:15United States Championship.
18:17Incredible electricity here.
18:2517,000 plus
18:27in St. Louis.
18:29Two things guaranteed.
18:31To win
18:31you need to take
18:32your body to places
18:33your opponents won't.
18:35And secondly
18:36all four of these men
18:37are going to need
18:38major medical intervention
18:40when this one is over.
18:41Well maybe not Fatou
18:42who's back to his feet
18:43and shaking
18:44and juking
18:45and driving.
18:46And now
18:46oh!
18:48McIntyre caught him.
18:50And now Drew
18:50looking at the future
18:51shot.
18:52DDT!
18:53About that medical
18:54attention call.
18:56And Fatou now
18:57rolls out to the apron.
18:58L.A. Knight
18:59able to counter.
19:00Look for the BFT.
19:02L.A. Knight
19:02got caught up with Fatou
19:04rolled out of the ring.
19:05And now McIntyre
19:05after shock again.
19:07And shoots in
19:07a future shock again
19:08Clyde McIntyre
19:09kip up now by Drew.
19:12We're all feeling
19:13the aftershocks
19:14of the level of impacts
19:15these competitors
19:16are absorbing.
19:18Drew's cooking
19:19something up here
19:20like a tightly coiled
19:223, 2, 1
19:25Climor!
19:28Drew McIntyre
19:30into the cover!
19:32Hooks the leg!
19:33And Priest
19:35Priest pulled the ruck
19:36off before a three count!
19:38Ref can't do anything
19:40no disqualification
19:41and once again
19:42Davian Priest
19:43has screwed
19:44Drew McIntyre
19:46out of a championship!
19:47Perfectly legal
19:48but incredibly
19:49underhanded
19:50Priest just
19:52haunting the career
19:54of Drew McIntyre!
19:55But again Wade
19:56we talked about
19:56this earlier tonight
19:57with this
19:58awesome animosity
20:00between these two men
20:01spill out
20:02and cost them the match!
20:03Priest just
20:03cost McIntyre
20:04a title again!
20:06Meanwhile
20:06Fatou back into the ring.
20:08And this has just
20:09played into the hands
20:10of Jacob Fatou
20:11and potentially
20:12L.A. Knight
20:14or maybe to Fatou
20:16because he's just
20:17delivering headbutt
20:18after headbutt
20:19tonight
20:19and that's
20:21Roland Tencent
20:22a one-on-one matchup
20:25because McIntyre
20:26and Priest are down
20:27and the timekeepers
20:28there
20:28went for the moonsault
20:29Knight rolled out of
20:30harm's way
20:31now it's L.A. Knight's
20:32turn
20:33it's the moonsault
20:34that has taken
20:34everyone out
20:36L.A. Knight just
20:37getting away
20:37in the nick of time
20:38what does everybody
20:39want?
20:40L.A.
20:41from the top rope
20:44big elbow
20:45down goes
20:45the champ
20:46Knight now
20:50top rope again
20:51delivers the elbow
20:52to the heart of Fatou
20:53Knight into the cover
20:54to retain
20:54I should say
20:55regain his championship
20:56and a kick out
20:57at two and a half
20:58so smart
21:00of the megastar
21:01you have to stack
21:02offense against
21:03something
21:03wait a second
21:04meanwhile the fight
21:05between McIntyre
21:06and Priest
21:06has now spilled out
21:08onto the floor
21:09seats of the
21:10WWE fans here
21:12McIntyre
21:12driven off
21:13an equipment
21:14equipment case
21:16and now
21:16talking trash
21:17to the camera
21:18well you certainly
21:19can't win a match
21:19all the way out there
21:20these two completely
21:22focus on one another
21:23and not victory
21:25at this point
21:25it seems
21:26the hell are they
21:27going now
21:27McIntyre
21:28and Priest
21:29up in that area
21:32for where our audio
21:33and our video
21:34equipment are all
21:35stored
21:35those massive
21:36massive crates
21:38nothing positive
21:39ever happens
21:40from this position
21:41and now up top
21:42McIntyre
21:44looking to take
21:44Priest out
21:45of the entire
21:46equation
21:46that is a long
21:47old drop
21:48Cole
21:48Priest now
21:53breaking the
21:54eyeballs of
21:55McIntyre
21:56little payback
21:57and again
22:02the rage
22:03the disdain
22:05between these
22:06two
22:06coming to a
22:07boiling point
22:08tonight
22:08Priest
22:09lifting
22:10McIntyre
22:11up south of
22:11heaven
22:11chokeslam
22:12all the way
22:14to the floor
22:15my god
22:16that was a
22:16kamikaze
22:17south of heaven
22:19taking out
22:20McIntyre
22:20but at what cost
22:21McIntyre's down
22:29Priest is down
22:30LA Knight
22:32and Fatou
22:32are down
22:33at ringside
22:33as we take
22:34another look
22:34watch this
22:35impact wave
22:36oh my god
22:37a standard
22:37south of
22:38heaven
22:38is bad
22:39enough
22:39but with
22:39the elevated
22:40height
22:41crashing
22:41through their
22:42table
22:42both men
22:44may well be
22:45wiped out by
22:46this such is
22:47their level of
22:48hatred for one
22:49of them
22:49again we
22:51speculated about
22:52this earlier
22:52would it affect
22:53these two men
22:54in this match
22:54and apparently
22:55it has
22:55weighed
22:56medical staff
22:57have understandably
22:58sprinted out
22:59here that may
23:00have been
23:00an error
23:01from Damian Priest
23:03who saw the
23:04red rag before
23:05his eyes
23:06the mist
23:07descended
23:08and there is
23:09now a somber
23:11chill in the air
23:12as these two men
23:12are in grave
23:13danger
23:14and again
23:14remember Wade
23:15there are no
23:15count outs
23:16there are no
23:16disqualifications
23:17this matchup
23:17ends only with
23:18pinfall or
23:19submission
23:19so LA Knight
23:20realizing that
23:21trying to take
23:22advantage
23:22as he sends
23:23the champ Fatou
23:24into the ring
23:25post
23:25well I'm
23:26completely
23:26writing off
23:27McIntyre and
23:29Priest
23:29oh god at this
23:30point this is a
23:31one-on-one match
23:32and it's getting
23:32really really ugly
23:34and now Fatou
23:35on our announce
23:36table
23:36the hood of the
23:37announce table
23:38compressed into
23:39our laps
23:39and now
23:40using the
23:40front of the
23:41announce table
23:42as a weapon
23:43to Fatou
23:44Jacob Dow
23:45perch on the
23:47announce table
23:47here
23:48well the referee
23:48is completely
23:49unable to prevent
23:52any of this
23:53carnage going on
23:54match continues
23:55LA Knight
23:57LA Knight now
23:59oh my god
24:00Knight headed up
24:01to the second
24:02rope
24:02and look who's
24:04here
24:04Solo Sokoa
24:06pulling
24:07Jacob Fatou
24:09off the
24:10announce table
24:11and maybe
24:12saving his
24:13championship
24:14pays to have
24:17backup in this
24:18game and LA
24:19Knight just knew
24:19and his chance
24:20of victory
24:21went baggy
24:22look out
24:26and a
24:27course line
24:27who the hell
24:28oh my god
24:31Wade
24:31Wade that's one of the
24:33biggest free agents
24:34on the planet
24:34oh my god
24:35that's Jeff Cobb
24:37assaulting LA Knight
24:41sending him into the
24:42to the post
24:43apparently doing
24:44Solo Sokoa's
24:45dirty work for him
24:46well
24:47LA Knight
24:49completely blindsided
24:50has absolutely
24:52no idea
24:53what hit him
24:54or who hit him
24:55this guy is just
24:57a ball of muscle
24:58and menace
24:59he just crushed
25:01Knight's spine
25:02against the
25:02ring post
25:03and now
25:05sends Knight
25:05back into the
25:06ring
25:06Fatou now
25:08coming to
25:09that ringside
25:11he looks as
25:18confused as we
25:19are
25:19hey get this
25:21guy out of
25:21here now
25:22come on
25:23get out
25:23hey get him
25:28out of
25:28here
25:29well the damage
25:42has been done
25:43by that man
25:43and now
25:44Jacob Fatou
25:45is going to
25:45continue
25:46the assault
25:47on a
25:48now defenseless
25:49LA Knight
25:50and again
25:50Wade
25:51Fatou looks
25:52as perplexed
25:53as the rest
25:53of us
25:54well whatever
25:54the deal
25:55Solo Sokoa
25:56has struck
25:56here
25:57Fatou
25:58apparently
25:59had no clue
26:00and Fatou
26:04retains
26:05the United States
26:07Championship
26:08here is your winner
26:09and still
26:12the United States
26:14Champion
26:16the Samoan Werewolf
26:19Jacob
26:20Fatou
26:22Batou
26:23said don't look
26:25a gift horse
26:26in the mouth
26:27Batou retains
26:28thanks to that
26:30intervention
26:30but it does not
26:32appear that
26:32Jacob Fatou
26:33wanted any kick
26:34or any help
26:36whatsoever
26:36Jacob Fatou
26:42wins the fatal
26:43four-way match
26:44for the United States
26:46Championship
26:46Wade
26:47remember what
26:48Solo Sokoa
26:49said last night
26:51on Smackdown
26:52he said
26:52I'm out of
26:53soldiers
26:53you gotta wonder
26:56is this man
26:57his newest
26:59soldier
27:00I had to
27:03lose
27:05if
27:08I'm not
27:09unless
27:10he's
27:10bald
27:10than
27:11you
27:17he
27:18오늘
27:18ever
27:19��면
27:19he
27:20and
27:23he
27:24ゲ
27:24go
27:24he
27:27he
27:28can
27:28you
27:29uh
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