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Michael Cole might have said it best when the bell rang to end the opening match at Backlash: “The Bron Breaker has arrived.”
Breaker defeated Seth Rollins in a brutal match between a rising star and a multiple champion. Breaker needed to break out and outmaneuver Rollins throughout the match to gain a split second advantage over him.
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Bron Breaker and Seth Rollins face each other at WWE Backlash at the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., on May 9, 2026. (Kevin Sabitus/WWE/Getty Images)
It helped that he had Paul Heyman in his corner, and thus the rest of The Vision. Rollins took his eyes off Breaker for a moment to hit Austin Theory with a chair and a Stomp and chase Logan Paul out of the ring area. When Rollins got back in the ring, Breaker hit him with a spear.
Although Rollins wasn’t completely out of it, he went up to the middle rope for an Avalanche Stomp. But Breakker hit Rollins with a spear as “The Visionary” came off the ropes. He then put a groggy Rollins in the middle of the ring, jumped off the ropes to gain momentum, and hit Rollins with a torpedo spear.
Bron Breaker enters the ring during WWE Backlash at the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., on May 9, 2026. (Conor Kvatek/WWE)
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Breaker picked up the win and the biggest win since joining the WWE main roster. Earlier, Breakker and Rollins feuded when the former was still in NXT.
It was Breaker’s first match since appearing in the Royal Rumble back in January. He got his dynamite back at WrestleMania 42, costing Rollins a victory against Gunther.
Seth Rollins and Bron Breaker face each other at WWE Backlash at the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., on May 9, 2026. (Michael Owens/WWE)
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Breakker is now in the driver’s seat of his own future. Gold awaits “Unpredictable Bada–.”
