Bron Breakker is heading into his Backlash match against Seth Rollins ready to close the chapter on their long-running feud. Speaking with ESPN SportsCenter, the former NXT Champion explained why the May 9 match means as much as it does to him.
“I think this means everything, especially for me getting back into the world title picture. I think the first order of business is getting through Seth Rollins and sort of putting that story to bed, because we have a lot of history. Obviously, Seth took me under his wing a little bit over a year ago after WrestleMania (41), to groom me as the next big thing in WWE but things went a little astray along the way because I just had this feeling, at some point or another, Seth was either going to turn his back on me or pull the rug on me as soon as things maybe didn’t start going his way, along with his vision of how he saw the group going. So, I just beat him to it, really.”
Rollins originally brought Breakker into The Vision in April 2025 before being removed from his own faction by Breakker and Bronson Reed in October, an angle that was used to write Rollins off TV due to a legitimate injury. Rollins returned at Elimination Chamber in February and has been chasing Breakker since.
This week’s Raw saw Rollins take a Spear from Breakker after Joe Hendry defeated Austin Theory in a match that featured Logan Paul interference. Backlash takes place Saturday, May 9 in Tampa, Florida.