No. | Matches | Stipulations |
1 | Kalisto (c) vs. Ryback (Pre-show) | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship |
2 | Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles | Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship |
3 | The Miz (c) (with Maryse) vs. Cesaro | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship |
4 | Dean Ambrose vs. Chris Jericho | Singles match |
5 | Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens | Singles match |
6 | Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) vs. Natalya (with Bret Hart) | Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship |
7 | Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady vs. The Vaudevillains | Tag team match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Tag Team Championship |
8 | Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin | Singles match |
Following WrestleMania with a show called "Payback" seems like it would make for a huge number of rematches, but given that Mania was a steaming pile of garbage, I'm happy to report that there is not a single one occurring here outside of the pre-show. On paper this looks more promising than the overwhelming majority of WWE's PPVs. Basically the only match that looks totally uninteresting to me is Dean Ambrose vs. Chris Jericho, and even that is unlikely to completely suck.
Reigns almost certainly retains, but the underlying story stuff and the fact that this match hasn't been done before (to my knowledge) means that I'm definitely interested in the main event.
Miz is killing it right now, and as strange as it feels to say, it seems really clear that he should go over Cesaro here. Cesaro's total inability to cut any sort of promo is really unfortunate.
Zayn vs. Owens obviously has tremendous potential. I suppose the range of finishes should be something from: (1) Owens wins dirty; (2) Sami wins flukey; (3) Non-finish. I would hope and expect that this isn't a one-and-done.
Seems like the Vaudevillains should go over Enzo and Cass. That isn't my correct hatred of sing-along talking - I actually like Enzo and Cass a decent bit - but it doesn't seem like the time to set up New Day vs. Enzo and Cass yet, and it's better to legitimize more than one team so that the tag team division is actually a division rather than a series of 2-on-2 feuds where only two teams are ever viable at a time. Basically one of these teams can absorb a loss here and the other can't, and the ones who can't are good enough that they shouldn't.
Women's Title and Corbin-Ziggler are both predictable, but Nattie-Charlotte has been good in the past and Corbin-Ziggler could be entertaining to some extent. This is a natural match to put Corbin into at this point, so even if it's predictable I applaud the booking sense they're showing with him.