WWE Payback
WWE Payback was an American annual professional wrestling event produced annually by WWE, a Connecticut–based promotion, and broadcast live and available through pay-per-view (PPV). The event was established in 2013, replacing No Way Out in the June slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.[1][2] In 2015, the event moved to the May slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar. WWE swapped dates between Payback and Extreme Rules in 2016, with Payback taking place on May 1 and Extreme Rules taking place on May 22; making this event as a post-WrestleMania pay-per-view event.
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Promotion(s) | WWE |
Brand(s) | Raw (2017) |
First event | Payback (2013) |
Last event | Payback (2017) |
With the brand extension reinstated after Battleground PPV event in 2016, the 2017 edition of the event was moved to the late April slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar and being made as a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view event. The event was expected to return in 2018, as a SmackDown branded event. However, the event was taken off of WWE's PPV lineup as all events after WrestleMania 34 became dual-branded.
Championship bouts are scheduled on every card, with the lower-tier titles featured on the undercard and the top-tier featured on the main card.
Dates and venues
Raw-branded event |
Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event | |||||
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Payback (2013) | June 16, 2013 | Rosemont, Illinois | Allstate Arena | John Cena (c) vs. Ryback in a Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship[3] | |||||
Payback (2014) | June 1, 2014[4] | The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) vs. Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista) in a No Holds Barred Elimination match | |||||||
Payback (2015) | May 17, 2015[5] | Baltimore, Maryland | Royal Farms Arena | Seth Rollins (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. Dean Ambrose in a Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
Payback (2016) | May 1, 2016[6][7] | Rosemont, Illinois | Allstate Arena | Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship | |||||
Payback (2017) | April 30, 2017[8] | San Jose, California | SAP Center | Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman | |||||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||||
See also
- List of WWE Network events
- List of WWE pay-per-view events
References
- "Updated List of 2013 WWE Pay-Per-View Events". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- "WWE Announces Brand New PPV for Chicago in June". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- Caldwell, James (June 16, 2013). "CALDWELL'S WWE PAYBACK PPV RESULTS 6/16 (Hour 3): Edward Ticklebot vs. Rye Bread main event, Tag Title match". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- "Updated List: Complete 2014 WWE PPV Calendar with Announced Dates and Locations". Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
- Martin, Adam. "Baltimore to host the WWE Payback PPV in 2015". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- Johnson, Mike (February 23, 2016). "WWE PPV UPDATES". PWInsider.com. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- Johnson, Mike (March 8, 2016). "WWE PAYBACK 2016 PRE-SALE CODE". PWInsider.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- "WWE Payback 2017 tickets available this Friday". WWE. Retrieved 20 February 2017.