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2020 WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event
Payback is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions . It is scheduled to take place on August 30, 2020 at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida . It will be the sixth event in the Payback chronology.
Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes , villains , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[ 1] [ 2] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown .[ 3]
On the August 14 episode of SmackDown , it was revealed that Bayley and Sasha Banks would defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at Payback.[ 4]
Matches
References
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012 .
^ "Live & Televised Entertainment" . WWE . Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012 .
^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016 .
^ Powell, Jason (August 15, 2020). "8/14 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the the latest Retribution attacks, a Triple Brand Battle Royal for a shot at the Smackdown Women's Championship at SummerSlam, Big E vs. John Morrison, Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss" . Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ "Bayley and Sasha Banks to defend Women's Tag Team Titles at WWE Payback" . WWE . August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
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