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WWE star Gunther showed no grace in his fight against the former NFL –punter and current commentator Pat McAfee in their match at Backlash on Saturday night.
Competitors’ rivalry began when Gunther attacked play-by-play commentator Michael Cole on “Monday Night Raw” after Wrestlemania 41. McAfee stepped in and Gunther put him in a sleeping team. The fight was made weeks after their confrontation.
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Gunther and Pat McAfee in action under WWE Backlash at Enterprise Center on May 10, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
Gunther played with McAfee for most of the match, delivered Chop and after Chop to McAfee’s chest.
McAfee turned tables on Gunther and almost picked up the Pinfall victory on the Austrian Behemoth. He hit a pair of big boots on Gunther, but to no use. Gunther continued to absorb each kick.
Cole pleaded McAfee about giving up. Gunther pulled the Cole into the ring and pushed him around and out of the ring. He even tried to help McAfee get the advantage as he tried to prevent Gunther from kicking out of a pin.
Gunther and Pat McAfee Square Off on WWE Backlash at Enterprise Center on May 10, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
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Gunther hit a Lariat on McAfee and eventually slept in the middle of the ring.
McAfee subsequently showed in a post on X. A picture showed just how red his chest was.
“My chest … is ahhh … Burning,” he wrote on the social media platform.
Gunther tilted his cap to McAfee after the match.
Gunther is looking to come back in violation of the World Heavyweight Championship after he lost it to Jey Uso at Wrestlemania. Gunther had been on a war path in the weeks following the troubled loss.
