WWE Backlash 2025 predictions: 3 reasons Randy Orton should beat John Cena
for the Undisputed
Championship at Backlash PLE.
WWE's upcoming Premium Live Event, Backlash 2025, is set to take over the Enterprise Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, next week.
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The main event showdown set in stone for the show will see hometown hero Randy Orton challenge his iconic rival, John Cena, for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
The Last Real Champion has plans to leave WWE with the prestigious championship upon the end of his farewell tour. However, his old foe, Randy Orton, surfaced on the RAW after WrestleMania 41 to take him out and signal his intentions at winning a potential 15th World title.
With the stage set and Orton walking into the match with huge advantages, here are three reasons Randy Orton should dethrone John Cena for the title:
3. A step towards breaking the record set by John Cena
John Cena set the record for most World titles in WWE at 17 on the Grandest Stage of Them All, WrestleMania 41. The ruthless Cena dethroned Cody Rhodes to win the championship in questionable fashion. However, much like Ric Flair's record was broken, there might come a time when Cena's record would also be shattered.
Among the current crop of the WWE roster, Orton is a front-runner to do that as he has close to ten years left in the ring. WWE could start moving towards that direction by having the Viper dethrone the Cenation Leader at WWE Backlash this year.
2. Potential showdown with Cody Rhodes at a big WWE PLE
Ever since Cody Rhodes returned to WWE in 2022, there have been major speculations regarding a 'Teacher vs Student' showdown between him and his former mentor, Randy Orton. Moreover, WWE has made multiple teases about the match over the last year, with the latest being on the road to WrestleMania 41.
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Should Randy defeat John Cena for the WWE title, it could set the stage for Cody Rhodes' return after losing at Mania this year. The American Nightmare's resurgence could lead to him challenging Orton for the title at a major PLE.
1. Hometown advantage
The biggest reason that a potential Randy Orton win can happen against John Cena at WWE Backlash is his home-field advantage.
WWE Backlash 2025
is set to take place in Orton's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.
The arena will be filled with huge Orton fans and also his family, as he revealed on SmackDown, so the Viper winning looks like a possibility, much like CM Punk famously defeated John Cena at the 2011 Money in the Bank in his hometown of Chicago where the fans had the show hijacked in Punk's favor.
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