Payback
(2014) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event
produced by WWE. It will take place on June 1, 2014 at the Allstate
Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It will be the second event under the
Payback chronology, with the event having originated in 2014.
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Promotion: WWE
Date: June 1, 2014
Venue: Allstate Arena
City: Rosemont, Illinois
Payback will feature professional wrestling matches involving different
wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that
play out on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portray heroes or
villains as they follow a series of events that build tension, and
culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The main
event heading into the event is between Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton
and Batista) and The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman
Reigns). After losing to them at Extreme Rules, Evolution continued to
feud with The Shield. The following night on Raw, Triple H forced Dean
Ambrose to defend his United States Championship in a 20-man battle
royal, which was won by Sheamus. The Shield then fought The Wyatt Family
later in the night; just as things turned in The Shield's favor,
Evolution came out and distracted The Shield, allowing Bray Wyatt to
pick up the win for the Wyatt Family by pinning Roman Reigns. Evolution
then assaulted The Shield and hit Roman Reigns with The Shield's
signature triple powerbomb. The following week, The Shield challenged
Evolution to a rematch at Payback, which Evolution accepted. It was
announced following week on Raw that the match at Payback will be a No
Holds Barred Six-Man Elimination Tag Team match.
Since costing
him title matches at the Royal Rumble and Elimination Chamber, The Wyatt
Family have been feuding with John Cena. This led to several matches at
subsequent events, with Cena defeating Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania XXX
in a singles match and Wyatt winning a Steel Cage match at Extreme Rules
via escaping from the cage. On the May 12 edition of Raw, Wyatt
challenged Cena to a Last Man Standing match, which was accepted by Cena
on the May 16 edition of SmackDown.
On the May 19 edition of
Raw, there were three Beat the Clock challenge matches to determine a
new number one contender to face Bad News Barrett for the WWE
Intercontinental Championship at Payback. The matches were Big E vs
Ryback, Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark
Henry. Big E beat Ryback to set a time of 5:02; Van Dam defeated Del Rio
and set a new time of 4:15, and Ziggler and Henry wrestled to a time
limit draw. This gave RVD the win and the title shot.
Sheamus
will defend his United States Championship against Cesaro at Payback.
The two wrestlers fought to a double countout on the May 13 episode of
Main Event. On the May 19 episode of Raw, Cesaro defeated Sheamus in a
non-title rematch due to some slight interference from Cesaro's manager
Paul Heyman, setting up the title match at the PPV.
Paige will
defend her WWE Divas Championship against Alicia Fox at Payback. The two
divas faced each other on the May 12 episode of Raw, which Paige won,
and on the May 19 episode of Raw, which Fox won.
Current WWE
World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan announced on May 12th on Raw
that he would have to go into surgery for his neck on the 15th of that
week. Because of this Stephanie McMahon suggested that Daniel Bryan
would have to surrender the title if he cannot return to action by the
pay-per-view where he was originally scheduled to defend against Kane.
While his surgery was successful, it was still unknown if Bryan could
compete for the title so McMahon gave him another week to surrender the
title. On the May 26 edition of Raw, Bryan stated that while he found no
shame in dropping the title due to injury, he did not want to give it
to McMahon after everything he's been through. Upset at this, she gave
Bryan one more chance to give her the title saying that if he does not
surrender the title to her by the pay-per-view, she would fire his wife
Brie Bella.2
On the May 26 episode of Raw, Zack Ryder celebrated
Memorial Day by coming out with an American flag before facing Rusev.
Rusev defeated Ryder via submission, but refused to let go after the
bell rang until Big E came in, eventually knocking Rusev out of the
ring. This set up a match between both men at Payback.
