WWE Payback 2016 (Wrestling Review)

WWE

Payback

Rosemont, IL

May 1st, 2016

 

WWE Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Tournament Final Match
Colin Cassady & Enzo Amore vs. The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch)

A tag team tournament finals match here. It was going well until Enzo smacked the bottom rope hard sliding out of the ring and knocked himself out it appears. Match ends. 

1 / 5

Singles Match
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

A fantastic match here. The crowd was glued into this which is rare for a midcard match especially one so early in the show. Both guys had their moments here and it could have gone either way multiple times. 

4.25 / 5

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
The Miz (w/Maryse) (c) vs. Cesaro

Another really good match here. A lot of cool moments here and the Sami / Owens brawling interference worked well with the story. I hate the cheap roll up finish but it worked here to protect Cesaro from taking a legit pin. 

4 / 5

Singles Match
Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose

A good match that got a lot of time. Bit spread out but overall it worked well and showed off Ambrose well against a vet like Jericho. 

3.5 / 5

WWE Women’s Title Match
Charlotte (w/Ric Flair) (c) vs. Natalya (w/Bret Hart)

This was a fine match with an awful finish. Having Bret out there and then redoing a Screwjob angle is just super lame honestly. 

2.5 / 5

WWE World Heavyweight Title No Count Out No Disqualification Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles

Not a huge fan of the restarts here. I know the story for it all but it killed the pacing of the match really. Otherwise this was a fine match and ended up how you’d figure.

3 / 5

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