Pat McAfee Gets Gunther Match After WWE Attack

Pat McAfee came looking for a fight on WWE Raw as he isn’t backing down after being choked out by Gunther.

At WrestleMania 41, Gunther put his World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Jey Uso in the opening contest of the weekend. Uso survived the worst of The Ring General’s offence and even used it against him as Jey Uso tapped out Gunther with a sleeper hold to win the World Heavyweight Title for the first time in his career.

On Raw in Las Vegas, the fans chanted “you tapped out” at Gunther, which only added to his already raging anger after losing his title. Gunther confronted Michael Cole about the situation, and Cole replied that he wasn’t the one who had tapped out. The former champion locked Cole into a chokehold before Pat McAfee broke it up. As officials ran out to stop the situation from escalating, Gunther locked McAfee in a chokehold and choked him out.

Pat McAfee Facing Gunther At Backlash

On the April 28 edition of Raw, Pat McAfee returned to the show and was ready to get in The Ring General’s face. McAfee asked stand-in General Manager Nick Aldis to lift the suspension on Gunther so he could get his hands on him. Aldis refused, noting that both men were too important to the company to let that happen.

Aldis, however, noted that he had discussed the possibility with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and made a match official for Backlash between Pat McAfee and Gunther.

This will be McAfee’s eighth match in WWE and his first since he was part of the men’s Royal Rumble bout in 2024.