The Watch ListĀ looks at what matches you should be watching. They are recommended by todayās professional wrestling stars. WrestleZoneĀ spokeĀ with Nic Nemeth, who looked back on his 2013 WWE Payback encounter with Alberto Del Rio. The match is remembered for the successful ādouble turnā of each participant, and Nemeth is proud of the story they were […]
2023 was a special year for WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. The former WWE Women’s Champion had a run as a heel. During her run, she wrestled Becky Lynch on a few occasions. One of them was a Steel Cage match at WWE Payback in 2023, which also marked Stratus and Lynch’s first Steel […]
In the main event of WWE Payback, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt put his Universal Championship on the line in a Triple Threat No Holds Barred Match against Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns. Match notes written in real-time: Strowman attacked Wyatt as his music was still playing and the match got started without Reigns. Early on, […]
In the semi-main event spot of WWE Payback, Dominik and Rey Mysterio teamed up to take on Seth Rollins and Murphy. Match notes written in real-time: Rey was going to start the match but it looked like a swerve because Dominik charged at Rollins and Murphy and attacked them to star the match. Dominik and […]
In one of the featured matches on the show, Keith Lee took on Randy Orton at WWE Payback. Lee still has the generic music and they added something that looks like a toga during his entrance but he took that off and revealed that he’s wearing the shorts that he used to wear in NXT […]
Bayley and Sasha Banks put their Women’s Tag Team Championship on the line against Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax at WWE Payback. WWE has been playing up that Banks and Bayley are heading for a split soon. Notes written during the match in real-time: There was a point in the match where Jax was knocked […]
The third match of the night for the main card of WWE Payback featured King Corbin vs. Matt Riddle. Before the match got started, Riddle was interviewed backstage and Riddle walked off angry because he was told that Corbin tweeted that Riddle is a failure at home. The match was fine, nothing special. Late in […]
In the second match of the night on the WWE Payback main card, Big E took on Sheamus as Big E continues his run as a singles wrestler. Notes written in real-time during the match: They started out slow in the first few minutes but things slowly began to pick up around 5 minutes into […]
The main card for WWE Payback kicked off with the United States Championship match between Apollo Crews and Bobby Lashley, who was accompanied to the ring by The Hurt Business. After a lock up and some back and forth action, Lashley took over on offense after a minute into the match but Apollo surprised Lashley […]
It was announced during the WWE Payback Kickoff show that Drew McIntyre suffered a hairline fracture of his jaw when he took the third punk kick from Randy Orton last Monday on Raw. WWE previously said that McIntyre may have suffered a skull fracture and potential bran bleeding, which is a career-threatening injury. The update […]