WWE Payback 2017 Results and REVIEW

Kickoff Match: Enzo Amore and Big Cass defeated The Club. The Club were going for the Magic Killer, but Cass booted Gallows out of the ring, and Amore rolled up Anderson for the win.
-> ok for the kickoff show but still the worst match of the evening. 6 of 10 points.

1. United States Championship Match: Chris Jericho defeated Kevin Owens (c). Jericho smashed Owens’ hand in the ring steps, so Owens was unable to hit a pop-up powerbomb. Jericho locked in the Walls of Jericho, and Owens was forced to submit after not being able to reach out for the rope with his bad hand. Jericho becomes the new United States Champion, and will report to Smackdown.
-> BIG SURPRISE here with Jericho winning the US TITLE. Guess he will be forfeit the title on SD live or lose the title in a match/rematch on Smackdown. Good match for 7 of 10 points.

2. Cruiserweight Championship Match: Austin Aries defeated Neville (c). Aries appeared to have the match won after a sunset flip powerbomb into the Last Chancery, but Neville pulled the referee onto them to break the hold. The ref DQ’d Neville and Aries won, but did not win the championship.
-> Pretty good match but lame booking at the end. WWE got so many great cruiserweights and still using bad booking to finish ppv matches. 8 of 10 points for the match, 0 for the finish.

3. Raw Tag Team Championship Match: The Hardy Boyz (c) defeated Sheamus and Cesaro. Jeff Hardy pinned Sheamus after a Swanton Bomb. After the match, Sheamus and Cesaro attacked and bloodied the Hardys, then posed with the Tag Team Championship belts.
 -> solid tag match with The HARDYZ retaining the title. Best thing is the HEEL TURN of Cesaro and Sheamus. 7 of 10 points.

4. Raw Women’s Championship Match: Alexa Bliss defeated Bayley (c). Bliss sent Bayley crashing into the ring post, then DDT’d her for the victory. Bliss is the new Raw Women’s Champion.
-> After winning at WrestleMania, Bayley losing her title to Bliss without BANK´s heelturn. Maybe Banks vs Bliss is the feud for the next weeks. Another really good womans ppv match for 8 of 10 points.

5. The “House of Horrors” match began with Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt battling in a haunted house. There were a lot of camera angles. Orton would enter a scary room, and Wyatt would run in and punch him. The fight appeared to end when Wyatt pushed over a refrigerator onto Orton. Wyatt posed on the lawn to make the house turn from blue to red, then hopped in a limo and told it to drive to the arena. – Later Bray Wyatt arrived at the arena in a limo. He walked to the ring, where Randy Orton appeared somehow. The fight continued until the Singh brothers interfered, allowing Jinder Mahal to show up with the WWE Championship and attack Orton. Wyatt hit a Sister Abigail to win the match. This was a non-title haunted house match.
-> Thank god BRAY won this match. Never liked ORTON and never will. Liked the creepy house part. Thats good booking and storytelling. 7 of 10 points and the right winner.

6. Seth Rollins defeated Samoa Joe. Joe had Rollins in the Coquina Clutch, but Rollins countered with a fireman’s carry into a modified cradle to score a surprise three-count.
->  Guess the feud is far from over. Really like the chemistry between them. Very good match for 8 of 10 points.

7. Braun Strowman defeated Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns had his shoulder heavily taped. Strowman was able to pin Reigns after a long battle and two powerslams. After the match, Strowman brought the ring steps into the ring and tossed Reigns into them. He ended the show by slamming the steps down into Reigns’ ribs, causing Reigns to start coughing up blood.
-> Good booking too and finally Reigns lost. The attack with the steel steps after the match were hard to watch because it looks like the stairs went to deep into Reigns chest and start the bleeding. Hopefully he is not seriously injured. Great mainevent, right winner... 8 of 10 points.

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