WWE Payback Returning As Premium Live Event In 2023: Updated PLE Schedule

WWE Payback is making its way back to the calendar set for the upcoming premium live events in the year 2023. WWE’s corporate website recently made a spree of announcements consisting of future events and it announced the return of the infamous event that was a part of WWE programming for the better part of the last decade.

As confirmed on the corporate website of the company, WWE Payback will return with the 2023 edition from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 2. With a Saudi Arabia PLE waiting in October and then Survivor Series in November, the speculation was that an international PLE could be in store in September, possibly in Australia which may not be happening, right now.

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The last time WWE Payback was hosted was in the summer of 2020 during the pandemic era. On August 30 of that year, Roman Reigns returned to action for the first time in several months and captured the WWE Universal Championship to start his historic reign that has now surpassed 1000 days.

WWE Payback 2023 PLE confirmed during Labor Day weekend

WWE Payback 2023 edition is interestingly scheduled for the Labor Day weekend when All Elite Wrestling usually hosts their annual All Out pay-per-view. The date for this year’s All Out is yet to be officially announced and there’s doubt over the happening in the first place since just a week prior, AEW will host All In from London, England, their first international PPV outing. In 2022, WWE had Clash at the Castle scheduled on September 3, followed by the NXT Worlds Collide during the All Out weekend.

WWE Payback 2023 will be the first PLE in Pittsburgh since Extreme Rules 2018. Tickets for the show will begin on Tuesday, June 27 at 10 AM EST via TicketMaster. Fans can also register for the event.

Following the announcement of WWE Payback, the currently confirmed premium live event schedule goes as follows,

– WWE Money in the Bank (July 1 from the O2 Arena in London, England)
– WWE SummerSlam (August 5 from the Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan)
– WWE NXT Great American Bash (July 30 at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas)
– WWE Payback (September 2 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
– WWE Wrestlemania 40 (April 6/7 from the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)