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Payback (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE . It will take place on May 17, 2015, at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore , Maryland .[ 1] It will be the third event under the Payback chronology. It will be the first Payback event to be held outside of the Chicago suburb of Rosemont , Illinois . Payback will be available for free to new subscribers on WWE's monthly subscription service, the WWE Network in over 140 countries.[ 2] [ 3]
Background
Payback will feature professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots , and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown . Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[ 4] [ 5]
At WrestleMania 31 , John Cena defeated Rusev to win the United States Championship . Following a rematch at Extreme Rules , Cena retained the title by defeating Rusev in a Russian Chain match . Later in the event, after visiting The Authority , Lana announced that Cena would defend the title against Rusev in an "I Quit" match at the event.[ 6]
At Extreme Rules, Seth Rollins defeated Randy Orton in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship .[ 6] On the April 27 episode of Raw, after Orton and Roman Reigns defeated Rollins and Kane , it was announced, by vote on the WWE App, that Rollins would defend the title against Orton and Reigns in a Triple Threat match at the event.[ 7] On the May 4 episode of Raw , Dean Ambrose defeated Rollins, and per match stipulation, he was added to the match, thus making the match a Fatal Four Way match .[ 8]
Matches
See also
References
^ Martin, Adam. "Baltimore to host the WWE Payback PPV in 2015" . wrestleview.com . Retrieved 15 September 2014 .
^ Martin, Adam. "New subscribers will get the WWE Network for free in May" . wrestleview.com . Retrieved 1 May 2015 .
^ "New Subscribers Get May Free Including Payback" . Retrieved 1 May 2015 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012 .
^ "Live & Televised Entertainment" . WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012 .
^ a b Caldwell, James. "CALDWELL'S EXTREME RULES PPV REPORT 4/26: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of live PPV - Rollins vs. Orton steel cage, Cena vs. Rusev, Last Man Standing, more" . Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 27 April 2015 .
^ Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 4/27/15 (Payback main event set)" . wrestleview.com . Retrieved 28 April 2015 .
^ Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 5/4/15 (Changes to Payback main event)" . wrestleview.com . Retrieved 5 May 2015 .
^ Clapp, John. "United States Champion John Cena vs. Rusev ("I Quit" Match)" . WWE. Retrieved 27 April 2015 .
^ Burdick, Mike. "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton (Fatal 4-Way)" . WWE. Retrieved 27 April 2015 .
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