Jacob Fatu comments on his WWE Backlash World Heavyweight Title match and how important is, going as far to admit he "prayed and cried for days like this"

After it was made public last year that WWE was allowing R-Truth's contract to run out, the company instead decided to keep him and had him make a surprise return at Money in the Bank, so perhaps something similar could happen with Kairi.

Two more matches were added to the WWE Backlash 2026 match card after what happened on Friday's episode of SmackDown in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Danhausen has been looking for a tag team partner to join him at WWE Backlash 2026 to face The Miz and Kit Wilson. According to odds from MyBookie, Punk is -200 to appear as Danhausen’s mystery

Roman Reigns returns to the squared circle to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against his cousin, Jacob Fatu, Saturday night in Tampa, Florida, in the main event of WWE Backlash.

CM Punk is the favorite to be Danhausen's tag team partner against Kit Wilson and The Miz at WWE's 2026 Backlash PLE.

WWE Backlash 2026 features Roman Reigns vs. Jacob Fatu for the World Heavyweight Title, and the Tongan Death Grip has reshaped the build's storyline density.

WWE has released a lot of Superstars over the course of the past two weeks, but none of those releases were more surprising than that of Kairi Sane. Not only was Sane a talented top star in WWE, but she was an integral part of a storyline that ran through WrestleMania and is now awkwardly continuing without her.

The WWE product itself hasn't been a big draw lately, but the current Backlash card feels undermined by a lack of creativity that doesn't end with it.

The rivalry between Bron Breakker and Seth Rollins has taken another turn ahead of WWE Backlash. Breakker offered insight into why their alliance came crashing down. The timing of the revelation adds another layer to a feud that has already recorded its share of blindsides and paybacks.