IWE Payback (2017)

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Payback (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for the Raw brand. It will take place on April 30, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. It will be the fifth event in the Payback chronology.

Background

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The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by IWE on the Raw brand. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television show Monday Night Raw and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.

At WrestleMania 33, Kevin Owens defeated Chris Jericho to win the United States Championship. The following night on Raw, Jericho was granted a rematch for the championship at Payback. Jericho and Seth Rollins were then scheduled to face Owens and Samoa Simpson on Raw, but the two attacked Jericho backstage, taking him out of the match. Jericho was then replaced by the returning Finn Bálor, who had been out since SummerSlam 2016, and Rollins and Bálor defeated Owens and Simpson. The following week, Owens faced Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, who moved to the Raw brand as a result of the Superstar Shake-up. Owens lost to Ambrose, and after the match, Jericho appeared and delivered a Codebreaker to Owens. The next night on SmackDown, Owens was moved to the SmackDown brand. SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan then decided that Jericho would transfer to SmackDown if he defeated Owens at Payback. The two traded barbs from their respective shows over the next couple of weeks.

On the WrestleMania 33 pre-show, Neville defeated Austin Aries to retain the IWE Cruiserweight Championship. On the April 4 episode of 205 Live, Aries won a fatal four-way number one contender's match to earn another match against Neville at Payback. On the April 10 episode of Raw, Neville's backstage interview was interrupted by T.J. Perkins, who claimed that he could defeat Neville for the title. Neville then told Perkins that he was being overlooked and others, like Aries, were being given opportunities. He also told Perkins that he had respect for him. Aries then appeared and said that Neville was lying, but Perkins walked away without saying anything. Later, Perkins defeated Aries. After the match, Perkins aligned with Neville, turning heel. On the April 18 episode of 205 Live, Aries defeated Perkins, but after the match, Perkins and Neville teamed up on Aries. On the following Raw, Aries and Gentleman Jack Gallagher teamed up and defeated Neville and Perkins.

At WrestleMania 33, Kevin Orton defeated Bray Wyatt to win his ninth IWE Championship. On the following episode of SmackDown, Wyatt challenged Orton to a "House of Horrors" match for the title and Orton accepted. Wyatt and the returning Erick Rowan then lost a tag team match against Orton and Luke Harper. On the April 10 episode of Raw, Wyatt was moved to the Raw brand as a result of the Superstar Shake-up, but he was still allowed his rematch for the IWE Championship, which was confirmed to happen at Payback. The next night on SmackDown, Orton faced Rowan. During the match, Wyatt appeared on the TitanTron, after which, Rowan attacked Orton with the steel steps and got disqualified. Wyatt similarly delivered promos about the House of Horrors match over the next couple of weeks on both Raw and SmackDown.

At WrestleMania 33, The Hooper Boyz (Josh and Matt Hooper) made their return to IWE and were inserted into the Raw Tag Team Championship fatal four-way ladder match, where they won the championship. The following night on Raw, former champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson invoked their rematch clause, but were unsuccessful. Later in the show, Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Enzo Amore and Big Cass to become the number one contenders for the tag titles. The following week, the championship match was confirmed for Payback. Also on that episode of Raw, The Hardys teamed up with Cesaro and Sheamus where they defeated Gallows and Anderson and The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico). On the April 17 episode of Raw, Josh defeated Cesaro in a singles match, and the two teams shook each others hands out of respect. The following week, Matt defeated Sheamus after Sheamus got distracted by Josh who Sheamus had shoved outside of the ring. After the match, The Hoopers reluctantly shook hands with Cesaro and Sheamus.

On the January 30 episode of Raw, Samoa Simpson made his main roster debut by attacking Seth Rollins on Triple K's behalf. Simpson's attack on Rollins re-injured the same knee that had sidelined Rollins from November 2015 to May 2016. Rollins managed to recover enough to defeat Triple K in an Non-sanctioned match at WrestleMania 33. On the post-WrestleMania Raw, Rollins teamed up with the returning Finn Bálor and the two defeated Joe and Kevin Owens. The following week during the Superstar Shake-up, unsure of his fate, Rollins talked about what he still wanted to do on Raw, which included settling his score with Joe. Raw General Manager Kurt Angle declared that Rollins would be staying on Raw, after which, Simpson came out and attacked Rollins and the two brawled. A match between the two was scheduled for Payback, and the two traded barbs on the following Raw. On the final Raw before Payback, Rollins, Enzo Amore, and Big Cass were scheduled to face Simpson, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson, but Gallows and Anderson attacked Enzo, taking him out of the match. Enzo was subsequently replaced by Finn Bálor, and the team of Rollins, Cass, and Bálor defeated Joe, Gallows, and Anderson.[12] Gallows and Anderson were then scheduled to face Enzo and Cass on the Payback pre-show.

At the Royal Rumble, Braun Strowman interfered in the Universal Championship match, costing Roman Reigns the title. The two then faced each other at Fastlane, where Reigns was victorious. The following night on Raw, Strowman declared that Reigns had gotten lucky, but he was interrupted by The Undertaker, who Reigns entered into a feud with and defeated at WrestleMania 33. Strowman then reignited his feud with Reigns on the April 10 episode of Raw, where he brutally attacked Reigns backstage, including rolling Reigns, who was strapped onto a stretcher, off a loading dock, and then flipping over the ambulance that Reigns was put in. The attack injured Reigns' shoulder. The following week, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle scheduled Strowman to face Reigns at Payback. Angle also gave Strowman the night off. Despite this, Strowman began wreaking havoc backstage until Big Show attacked him, resulting in a match between the two on Raw. The match ended after Strowman superplexed Big Show from the top rope and made the ring collapse. The following week, Kalisto, who was one of the wrestlers that Strowman attacked backstage the previous week, defeated Strowman in a dumpster match. Afterwards, Strowman beat down Kalisto, locked him in the dumpster, and rolled it off the stage.

At WrestleMania 33, Bayley retained the Raw Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, and Nia Jax in a fatal four-way elimination match. On the April 10 episode of Raw, Sasha declared her desire to challenge Bayley for the title one-on-one. Alexa Bliss, who had lost the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 33, then appeared, followed by Mickie James, and both revealed that they had been moved to Raw as a result of the Superstar Shake-up; Charlotte was moved to SmackDown.The next week, Alexa defeated Sasha, Mickie, and Nia in a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender against Bayley for the Raw Women's Championship at Payback. The following week, after a verbal confrontation between Bayley and Alexa, Alexa faced Sasha where Alexa got herself intentionally counted out. After the match, Bayley tried to get Alexa back to the ring, but Alexa escaped backstage. Alexa then returned and surprise attacked Bayley.

On the April 24 episode of Raw, it was announced that Finn Bálor would be The Miz's guest on Miz TV, which was scheduled for the Payback pre-show.

Results

1. ^ This time indicates the combined length of time that the match was shown on the show's broadcast. As the first part of this match was pre-taped prior to Payback at the House of Horrors and with the second part occurring live in the arena, it is impossible to determine the exact length of time that the match was taped for during filming which took place at the House of Horrors.

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

References

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