Again in March, it was introduced that WWE would head to Puerto Rico for Backlash, marking the primary time since January of 2005 that WWE would maintain an occasion on the island. Unsurprisingly, it was revealed that Bad Bunny would be part of the proceedings, because the world well-known artist and native of Puerto Rico has a rich history with the promotion and has turned himself into probably the greatest wrestlers among the many celebrities who’ve stepped into the squared circle.
WWE set things up for Bunny to step into the ring at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot for a San Juan Avenue Combat in opposition to Judgement Day’s Damian Priest, with whom he teamed at WrestleMania 37. Unsurprisingly, the group was electrical as he made his option to the ring to his 2017 single “Chambea.”
Bunny, proper out of the gate, confirmed off his chops within the ring, hitting Priest with a Michinoku driver.
The match finally spilled to the skin of the ring, the place Bunny hit Priest with a crossbody from the highest rope.
Bunny was in a position to go to his buying cart stuffed with weapons and take it to Priest with some trash can lids and a kendo stick. After Priest acquired the kendo stick away from him, Bunny hit him with a Falcon Arrow for a two depend, and finally, Priest was in a position to pull a quick one on him by getting him out of the ring and throwing a giant boot via a rubbish can.
From there, Priest hit Bunny with each a rubbish can lid and a kendo stick earlier than issues spilled into the group. Whereas there, Priest was in a position to land a Damaged Arrow via a desk earlier than throwing Bunny over his shoulder and carrying him again to ringside.
After ducking out of the trail of a kick from Priest that hit the turnbuckle, Bunny began to assault his left leg, which included a kendo stick proper to the ankle. He wrapped a sequence round Priest’s ankle and pulled his leg right into a turnbuckle, then smashed his leg with a chair. Finally, Priest’s Judgement Day companions, Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio, ran in to intrude, just for Rey Mysterio to come back to Bunny’s help. Whereas that wasn’t sufficient, Carlito made a cameo in a Latino World Order shirt to assist, which ended with Rey hitting Dominik with a 619 and Carlito spitting an apple in his face. Whereas Judgement Day have been making an attempt to retreat, Savio Vega got here out with Latino World Order to take them out.
Again within the ring, Bunny threw a determine 4 on Priest and attacked his injured leg, which led to him practically tapping out. Priest was in the end in a position to get out of it, however Bunny countered for a near-fall, and after Priest went head-first right into a chair caught within the nook, Bunny landed a Sliced Bread #2 for an additional near-fall. To get the pinfall, Bunny landed a Canadian Destroyer, which was a callback to his match at WrestleMania 37.
Dangerous Bunny hits the Bunny (Canadian) Destroyer on Damian Priest.
What a fucking match, Bunny is palms down one among, if not the most effective superstar wrestler of all-time.#WWEBacklash pic.twitter.com/8jax9bsgLZ
— PW Chronicle (@_PWChronicle) May 7, 2023
The LWO got here out after with a Puerto Rican flag for Bunny, who celebrated whereas the group sang alongside to his entrance music. Whereas this didn’t shut the night time, this may go down as probably the most entertaining matches in WWE this 12 months.