This Was Bad Bunny's Return To WWE Backlash

Bad Bunny clinched the win over Damian Priest during the WWE Backlash event, held in his native Puerto Rico. Photo: YouTube / WWE

This Saturday April 6th took place setback, one of the most important weekend events of the World Wrestling Entertainment. The event has since generated great anticipation from fans of both sports shows and urban music alike Benito Martinez Ocasiobetter known as bad bunnycelebrated his triumphant return to the ring.

This wasn’t the only surprise setbackWell, one of Bad Bunny’s requests for working with WWE again was that the event be held at their headquarters Puerto Rico, the island Benito hails from. It was like that after more than almost 20 years Founded by the McMahon family, the company returned to Puerto Rico to face a historic backlash.

Therefore, bad bunny opposed his people Damian Priest in one fierce “street fight” which lasted over 25 minutes and resulted in Bad Rabbit his first solo win in the WWE ring.

The feud between the two Puerto Ricans (Priester is of Puerto Rican descent) dates back to 2021 when both teamed up to face off John Morrison and The Miz In Wrestlemania 37, achieve victory. Two years later, Priest turned heel (he ended up referring to “the bad guys” in wrestling) and teamed up with him Dominik Mysterio (son of Rey Misterio) founds the team Judgment Daywherever they participate Finn Balo and Rhea Riplay.

In Wrestlemania 39Bad Bunny was part of the commentators in the fight between Rey and Dominik Mysterio. When Dominik tried to hit Rey with a chain, Bad Bunny got up from the announce table and took the chain from his hands. Taking advantage of the distraction, Rey used his legendary 619 move on Dominik and finished him off with a Frog Splash (Iron), claiming the win.

A night later on the RAW show (April 3, 2023), Dominik punched his father and then pointed to Bad Bunny, who was in the audience. After coming to, Dominik tried to punch Benito, but the Puerto Rican blocked the punch and punched Dominik back, throwing him to the ground. Faced with this, Damian Priest stepped out of the ring and threw Bad Bunny to the floor, only moments later to smack him into one of the commentary tables, officially starting the feud.

On Raw on April 3, 2023, Bad Bunny was slammed into one of the announce tables by Damian Priest, beginning their feud.

A month later, during the press conference that took place before Backlash, Bad Bunny beat Damian Priestwho is fanning the fumes for his May 7th fight.

The long awaited night came at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After four fights, it was Bad Bunny’s turn to settle accounts with Damian Priest. Bad Bunny entered the ring to the rhythm of the Chambea theme, accompanied by a chain around his neck, and as wrestling fans will know, a street fight allows opponents to seize any weapon to finish off their rival.

Bad Bunny is thrown into a table during his fight against Damian Priest in Blacklash

The match started with classic wrestling moves and holds but gradually escalated into a match full of weapons like steel chairs, kendo sticks and of course the chain that the Bad Rabbit used to enter the arena.

At times it seemed like Priest was winning the fight, in fact he stopped the referee from counting to three when Benito had his back to the canvas so he could continue to ‘suffer’ him. The ghosts at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum were red hot when they suddenly appeared Finn Balor and Dominick Mysterio to support his Judgment Day partner, but to his surprise, Bad Bunny wasn’t alone; Rey Mysterio, Savio Vega, The LWO and Carlito,They also joined the fight and caused real chaos.

Carlito returned to WWE during a fight between Bad Bunny and Damian Priest

It’s worth noting that Carlito, another fighter of Puerto Rican descent, has a long history with WWE but has been out of the company’s ring since 2021 His return to his home island came as a big surprise to everyone present.

With only Priest and Bunny left in the ring, the latter tried everything to get Priest to surrender, nearly destroying a metal chair on his back. It wasn’t until Bad Bunny performed his special move, the rabbit destroyer, that the count of three arrived and took the interpreter of Safaera historic victory in setback.