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Payback (2017)
Promotional poster featuring Chris Jericho
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw SmackDown
DateApril 30, 2017
CitySan Jose, California
VenueSAP Center
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Payback (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for the Raw brand. It will take place on April 30, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California,[2] and will be the fifth event in the Payback chronology. Due to the Superstar Shake-up, the event will include two interbrand matches.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by WWE on the Raw brand.[3][4] Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows Monday Night Raw and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.[5] As a result of the Superstar Shake-up, Payback will also include two interbrand matches involving wrestlers from the SmackDown brand; their storylines are also produced on SmackDown Live.[6]

At WrestleMania 33, Kevin Owens defeated Chris Jericho to win his first United States Championship.[7] The following night on Raw, Jericho was granted a rematch for the championship at Payback. Jericho and Seth Rollins were then scheduled to face Owens and Samoa Joe on Raw, but the two attacked Jericho backstage, taking him out of the match. Jericho was then replaced by the returning Finn Bálor, who had been out since SummerSlam 2016, and Rollins and Bálor defeated Owens and Joe.[8] The following week, Owens faced Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, who moved to the Raw brand as a result of the Superstar Shake-up. Owens lost to Ambrose, and after the match, Jericho appeared and delivered a Codebreaker to Owens.[6] The next night on SmackDown, Owens was moved to the SmackDown brand. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan then decided that Jericho would transfer to SmackDown if he defeated Owens at Payback.[9]

On the WrestleMania 33 pre-show, Neville defeated Austin Aries to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.[10] On the April 4 episode of 205 Live, Aries won a fatal four-way number one contender's match to earn another match against Neville[11] at Payback.[6]

At WrestleMania 33, Randy Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth WWE Championship.[7] On the following episode of SmackDown, Wyatt challenged Orton to a "House of Horrors" non-title match and Orton accepted. Wyatt and the returning Erick Rowan then lost a tag team match against Orton and Luke Harper.[12] On the April 10 episode of Raw, Wyatt was moved to the Raw brand as a result of the Superstar Shake-up, but he was still allowed his non-title rematch with Orton, which was confirmed to happen at Payback.[6] The next night on SmackDown, Orton faced Rowan. During the match, Wyatt appeared on the TitanTron, after which, Rowan attacked Orton with the steel steps and got disqualified.[9]

At WrestleMania 33, The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) made their return to WWE and were inserted into the Raw Tag Team Championship fatal four-way ladder match, where they won the championship.[7] The following night on Raw, former champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson invoked their rematch clause, but were unsuccessful. Later in the show, Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Enzo Amore and Big Cass to become the number one contenders for the tag titles.[8] The following week, the championship match was confirmed for Payback. Also on that episode of Raw, The Hardys teamed up with Cesaro and Sheamus where they defeated Gallows and Anderson and The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico).[6] On the April 17 episode of Raw, Jeff defeated Cesaro in a singles match, and the two teams shook each others hands out of respect.[13]

On the January 30 episode of Raw, Samoa Joe made his main roster debut by attacking Seth Rollins on Triple H's behalf.[14] Joe's attack on Rollins re-injured the same knee that had sidelined Rollins from November 2015 to May 2016,[15] and almost kept Rollins from competing at WrestleMania 33.[16] However, Rollins managed to recover enough to defeat Triple H in a non-sanctioned match at WrestleMania.[7] On the post-WrestleMania Raw, Rollins teamed up with the returning Finn Bálor and the two defeated Joe and Kevin Owens.[8] The following week during the Superstar Shake-up, unsure of his fate, Rollins talked about what he still wanted to do on Raw, which included settling his score with Joe. New Raw General Manager Kurt Angle declared that Rollins would be staying on Raw, after which, Joe came out and attacked Rollins and the two brawled.[6] A match between the two was scheduled for Payback.[17]

At the Royal Rumble, Braun Strowman interfered in the Universal Championship match, costing Roman Reigns the title.[18] The two then faced each other at Fastlane, where Reigns was victorious.[19] The following night on Raw, Strowman declared that Reigns had gotten lucky, but he was interrupted by The Undertaker, who Reigns entered into a feud with and defeated at WrestleMania 33.[20][7] Strowman then reignited his feud with Reigns on the April 10 episode of Raw, where he brutally attacked Reigns backstage, including rolling Reigns, who was strapped onto a stretcher, off a loading dock, and then flipping over the ambulance that Reigns was put in. The attack injured Reigns' shoulder.[6] The following week, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle scheduled Strowman to face Reigns at Payback. Angle also gave Strowman the night off. Despite this, Strowman began wreaking havoc backstage until Big Show stopped him, resulting in a match between the two on Raw. The match ended after Strowman superplexed Big Show from the top rope and made the ring implode.[13]

At WrestleMania 33, Bayley retained the Raw Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, and Nia Jax in a fatal four-way elimination match.[7] On the April 10 episode of Raw, Sasha declared her desire to challenge Bayley for the title one-on-one. Alexa Bliss, who had lost the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 33, then appeared, followed by Mickie James, and both revealed that they had been moved to Raw as a result of the Superstar Shake-up;[6] Charlotte was moved to SmackDown.[9] The next week, Alexa defeated Sasha, Mickie, and Nia in a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender against Bayley for the Raw Women's Championship at Payback.[13]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Kevin Owens (c) vs. Chris JerichoSingles match for the WWE United States Championship
If Jericho wins the title, he will be transferred to SmackDown[21]
2The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. Cesaro and SheamusTag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship[22]
3Randy Orton vs. Bray WyattHouse of Horrors match[23]
4Neville (c) vs. Austin AriesSingles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship[24]
5Roman Reigns vs. Braun StrowmanSingles match[25]
6Seth Rollins vs. Samoa JoeSingles match[26]
7Bayley (c) vs. Alexa BlissSingles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[27]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

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