WWE Payback 2017 Viewing Details
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2017
Time: 8:00 P.M. EST
TV Channel: WWE Network
Location: San Jose, California
Main Event: Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
The WWE universe will be shaken to its core as Payback 2017 looms on the
Kickoff Show: Enzo & Cass vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Enzo Amore starts off the match by attacking Karl Anderson. But the former Bullet Club member quickly reverse the tide with a knee. Gallows gets the tag and takes down Enzo with a yuge right hand. Enzo tries to rallies back, but Anderson knocks him down again.
Anderson & Gallows seem solidly in control. They look like they’re about to decisively put down the little Enzo. They think Big Cass is incapacitated. Big mistake, fellas. He slides in the ring and helps his little big buddy Enzo pull off the win with a roll-up.
Enzo & Big Cass defeat Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Kickoff Encounter: The Hardy Boyz meet The Golden Truth
Hahahahaha yessssss! The Hardys don’t seem entirely broken. But Matt is showing some shades of his former persona from the iMPACTful Wrestling. The Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth) encounter the broken brethren backstage and request a future in-ring showdown between the two. Delightful!
The Hardy Boyz are back, baby! One of the best tag teams in all of
Kickoff: Miz TV featuring Finn Balor
Miz invites his guest Finn Balor down to the ring. Balor makes his usual epic ring entrance. Miz complains that it took five minutes for him to complete his entrance.
The Miz build’s up Balor as a champion everywhere he goes, from Europe to Japan to the WWE. But then Miz calls him a failure for only holding onto the WWE Universal Championship for a day because of injury. He calls all Balor’s fan failures.
Balor doesn’t care. He says going to win back his WWE Universal Championship from Brock Lesnar. Miz finds that laughable. How can Balor beat “The Beast Incarnate”? Especially when The Miz claims that he himself can mop the floor with Finn.
The former Universal Champion takes offense to this insult. He says there’s two clubs: “The Balor Club” and “The Finn Balor just kicked my ass club.” The Miz is about to join the second group.
But Miz pulls his wife Maryse between himself and Finn. Balor says that every episode of Miz TV ends the same way, with The Miz getting his ass kicked. But really, he’s not worth it. Miz is insulted by this comment and yells at Finn, who turns around and nails Miz with a sling blade.
The Miz gets knocked on his ass, and his wife has to help roll him out of the ring. The Miz tumbles out of the ring onto the floor below. He looks up at Balor standing victorious in the ring.
WWE Payback 2017 Kickoff Show
WWE United States Championship: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Chris Jericho
Jericho starts off the match strong. Jericho beats Owens down in and outside the ring. KO tries to turn the tide, but Jericho nails a perfect dropkick. Y2J hits a running bulldog and then attempts a lionsault, but KO reverse.
Kevin Owens is the alpha male of WWE’s Raw brand. He yells at the audience
Owens starts to dissect Jericho. Y2J head smacks into the ring-post. KO attacks the tired Jericho on the outside, as he sends him into the barricade and then unleashes a sick cannonball on his foe.
Jericho returns to form with some devastating chops on Owens. KO battles back with some kicks, but that’s not enough to take out Y2J. Jericho mashes Owens’ finger into the steel steps.
Y2J locks in the Walls of Jericho and Owens’ hurt fingers can’t reach the ropes.
Chris Jericho defeats Kevin Owens to become the new WWE United States Champion
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Neville (c) vs. Austin Aries
Both men lock up to start this contest. Aries uses his speed to get the upper-hand and stun the King of the Cruiserweights. Austin launches his body onto Neville on the outside.
Aries tries the 450 splash, but Neville turns the tide. Neville whips Aries into the corner, and seriously starts whipping his ass. Austin looks dazed and Neville capitalizes. But Neville gets too cocky and starts posing for fans. Big mistake.
Aries battles back and starts mopping the floor with Neville. Austin has solidly regained control over this match. He locks in the Last Chancery on Neville. It looks like this is it for the King of the Cruiserweights…until he uses the champion’s advantage. Neville grabs the referee and throws him across the ring. Neville breaks free from the submission hold.
Austin Aries defeats Neville by disqualification. Neville remains champion
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship match: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Sheamus & Cesaro
The crowd chanted “Delete” and “Brother Nero” quite a bit in this match. They miss the broken brillance of yesterday. Matt and Jeff dominant Cesaro in the early going, exchanging hot tags. Jeff lands a Poetry in Motion off of his brother’s back. Matt sets his focus on Cesaro’s shoulder, but eats an uppercut. Sheamus gets the tag and nails a rolling Senton onto the prone Hardy.
Cesaro lays out Matt with a running uppercut. Sheamus also lays out Matt, this time with a clothesline. Jeff gets the tags and goes onto the attack against The Celtic Warrior, with an inverted atomic drop and leg drop. But soon enough, Jeff is being dissected by both opponents.
Matt Hardy comes in the ring like a great ball of fire. He smacks Cesaro’s head over and over again in the turnbuckle as the crowd chants “Delete! Delete! Delete!”
Cesaro & Sheamus look primed for victory. But Jeff throws a wrench in those plans. Sheamus is unaware Jeff got the tag, as he pins Matt, Jeff lands a Swanton Bomb.
The Hardy Boyz retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Post-match: Cesaro & Sheamus shake each Hardy’s hand as a sign of respect. But then, the losing team turn heel and go on the assault. Sheamus and Cesaro beat the crap out of The Hardys. Matt is left blooded.
WWE Raw Women’s Championship match: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
Alexa Bliss was a complete she-beast in this match. Bayley tried rallying back. But Bliss was way too dominant, almost mopping the floor with the hometown girl. Alexa sends Bayley hurling into the steel post shoulder-first early on in the match. Bliss would capitalize on a hurt Bayley, dropping her with a DDT to end the match. “Little Miss Bliss in the Raw Women’s Champion,” says Corey Graves. Michael Cole notes that Alexa Bliss is the first woman in history to win both Raw and SmackDown’s Women’s Championships.
Alexa Bliss defeats Bayley to become the new WWE Raw Women’s Champion
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House of Horrors match Part I: Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt
It’s hard to describe this match. It’s a mixture of a B-rated horror film and The Hardy Boyz Final Deletion Video. The segment starts off with Orton in a limousine. He finds a creepy looking house, and ventures inside. The house is dark and messy. In one room, baby dolls are hanging from the ceiling like ornaments.
Wyatt and Orton go to war inside this house. Both men are laying into one another. Orton tries to smack Wyatt with a frying pan, but Bray kicks him in the balls instead. Bray knocks a refrigerator onto Orton.
Bray Wyatt leaves his home. The lights in his house turn on and it’s glowing blood red. Wyatt enters the limousine and drives off to the arena. The remainder of the match will take place in the arena. If Orton doesn’t make it to the arena, he forfeits the match.
Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe
WWE Payback 2017 Announced Matches
- Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns
- House of Horrors match: Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt
- WWE Raw Women’s Championship match: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
- Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe
- WWE Cruiserweight Championship match: Neville (c) vs. Austin Aries
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship match: The Hardy Boyz (c) vs. Sheamus & Cesaro
- WWE United States Championship match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Chris Jericho
- Kickoff match: Enzo & Big Cass vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson