Pat McAfee took fairly the beating on Saturday evening.
The divisive sports activities media enigma has already proven a capability to excel in a WWE ring, however his return to motion at Backlash 2025, weeks after WrestleMania 41, left the “Raw” commentator licking his wounds.
McAfee, 38, took a bruising defeat by the hands of former WWE World Heavyweight champion Gunther in St. Louis.
The “Ring General” is understood for his punishing in-ring type and feuded with the previous Colts punter main as much as the WWE’s first main present following ‘Mania.
Stated punishing type is often highlighted by Gunther’s legitimately laborious chops, by which he lays it in on the chest of his opponents, which McAfee felt throughout their match — and after.
“My chest… is ahhh… burning,” McAfee wrote on X together with a photograph of his shiny crimson chest.
The match noticed McAfee endure a relentless assault, culminating in Gunther’s signature sleeper maintain that rendered him unconscious.
The encounter lasted roughly 14 minutes, which is prolonged in WWE circles, even for a Premium Stay Occasion.
Comparatively, this stands as McAfee’s second-longest singles match in WWE, simply shy of his 16-minute debut in opposition to Adam Cole in 2020 whereas in NXT.
All through the match, Gunther dominated along with his signature chops, leaving McAfee’s chest visibly battered, and general, he dominated the WWE shade commentator en path to a decisive victory.
McAfee is predicted to return to his commentary duties on WWE programming, in addition to varied different media ventures, following his loss to Gunther.
Within the storyline, McAfee requested for the match after Gunther attacked him and play-by-play man Michael Cole on Uncooked.
