WWE Payback 2017 Preview and Predictions

Apr 29, 2017 at 1:12 PM

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WWE Payback 2017 Preview and Predictions

There are not many pay-per-view events of WWE that come with fewer expectations like this one. Since the brand split, this might be the first event that fans seem less bothered about.

An event with no world championships on the line. This is happening in WWE for the first time that they had two world titles and no titles are being defended in a pay per view event.

There is another awful thing about this event; a world champion is in action in a non-title match? Have you ever heard of such nonsense before?

Let us tell you, this is happening because of the botched up WWE superstar shakeup. They had some other plans, but they had to change things in urgency and they botched it totally.

So let us look forward to the matches that are listed for the event.

Let us see what to expect from these matches:

Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt – House of Horrors Match

Generally, we start our prediction section with the world championship match on the card. But since there is no world championship match, let us start with the match that the world champion is involved in.

As we had been saying in our introduction section, the whole scenario of this match is really nonsense. They actually planned this match for Backlash. But as WWE botched up the superstar shakeup, they had to book it at Payback.

As the title is not on the line, we think Bray Wyatt is going to win this match. And Bray Wyatt winning this match makes sense too. Here is how we think they would book the whole thing; Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers will attack Randy Orton during the match and will cost him the match. They should book Jinder in this match like this, only this is the way they could make Jinder look a little strong.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Bray Wyatt win

Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe

On paper, this match looks really good and this might come out to be the best match of the event. But seriously, tell us how much excited are you about this match? Are you looking forward to this match at all? Just think about it, Samoa Joe vs. Seth Rollins, the match that took two months to be organised, two of the fan favourites are in action, and fans are not excited about this match at all!

The creative team is to be blamed completely for this lack of excitement among the fans. It shows how terrible the Raw writers are doing right now. This is by far the worst main event storyline build up since the brand split. They could present it as a huge match. But in spite of building up a good feud, they totally neglected it. As if it is already a big match, let us not bother about it.

For the prediction part, we think Samoa Joe is going to win. And Joe needs to win this match to keep his momentum going. A defeat for Seth Rollins to Samoa Joe at this stage will not affect his career much.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Samoa Joe win

Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman

This is the feud that the Raw creative team concentrated solely in the build up. Since WrestleMania ended, their only goal was to build up this feud. They neglected all the other feuds to build this one up properly. And we must agree with the fact that they did a decent job in building this feud up.

But everything will go in vain when Roman Reigns will win this match. All the hype for Braun, all the push and everything, nothing will matter after this match. This match is going to bury Braun Strowman once and for all. And we do not see any reason of Braun winning it.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Roman Reigns win

WWE United States championship – Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho

This is possibly the most predictable match on the card. We are not sure if there is much to talk about it. So we are coming directly to the prediction part; Kevin Owens will win the match and will retain the title.

This is possibly the first time that an event cannot make the fans excited about inter-promotional matches. And it all happened because of the poor bookings since WrestleMania.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Kevin Owens win

WWE Cruiserweight championship – Neville vs. Austin Aries

Here is another contender for the match of the event. We are pretty damn sure that this is going to be a great match. The last time they faced each other was on the WrestleMania pre show, they showcased a good contest and it was certainly one of the better matches of that night.

The build up for this feud was pretty good. With the involvement of TJ Parkins in this match it looks even more interesting. We would predict a victory for Austin Aries in this match. It is a little difficult to predict the result of this match. TJ Parkins can also get involved in favor of Neville to cost Aries the match. But we would go with the difficult choice in this case.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Austin Aries win

WWE Tag Team championships – The Hardy Boyz vs. Sheamus and Cesaro

This is one match we are seriously looking for. This match is anticipated for several reasons. First of all, it might mark the beginning the broken gimmick of the Hardy boys. There is another thing that we are waiting to see in this match, Sheamus and Cesaro might split up and it might start their singles run again.

For the match prediction, we are pretty sure that this will be a good contest. With four of the best performers of WWE included in the match, we can of course expect something big. We think Hardys will not drop the title right now.

Sportzwiki Prediction – The hardy Boyz win

WWE Raw Women’s championship – Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss

This is a good thing that they are considering Alexa Bliss as a contender for the title from the very beginning of her Raw debut. And she rightfully deserves it. Fans were afraid if Raw could do justice with a talent like Alexa, but seems like they will not bury her.

Now comes the prediction part, it is a little difficult to predict the outcome of this match. A defeat in this match for either woman will not affect their particular careers. We think the champion Bayley is going to retain in this case. We have a feeling that they will not allow Alexa Bliss to be the first woman to win both Raw and Smackdown women’s title. It looks like they will give Charlotte Flair the honour to be the one to hold both titles for the first time.

Sportzwiki Prediction – Bayley win

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