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Hey
everyone! You may have seen some of my posts before where I fantasy book how
WWE should book a certain show! This time we're looking at the "first PPV
of the new era", Payback. My god, do I have an ending in mind. Without
further ado, here is how I would book the historic night of May 1st 2016,
Payback!
Pre Show: A
Social Media Lounge segment with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson is announced
for later in the kickoff. For the first 20 minutes, the panel hypes the matches
and gives their predictions and we're shown a bunch of video packages.
Throughout this segment, the panelists keep hinting at but not mentioning the
Bullet/Balor club and they ask if AJ will bring "friends" tonight in
his match with Reigns. Welp, spoilers, he does. We go to Kalisto vs Ryback for
the US Title, a match that has had no build whatsoever. Ryback comes out first
followed by the US Champion, Kalisto. Now, I'd have Ryback win this match and
the title. Here's why: Kalisto has been booked like shit as US Champ. He's
barely on TV, and he's had two feuds in 5 months for the title: Del Rio and
Ryback. I'd have Ryback win it here because it's about time Kalisto drops the
title, and he could even go into the IC title picture for a while. Ryback wins
it here because Ryback shouldn't lose twice in this feud, and Ryback winning
the title would lead up to Cena's return and him winning it back. Ryback and
Cena would have a match at Money In The Bank, where Cena wins it back and
elevates the title again, and brings back the US Open Challenges and all that.
I don't think Cena should beat Kalisto for it obviously, because that would
make Kalisto look like a jobber. Ryback doesn't have anything to lose, unlike
Kalisto, so Ryback wins the title here, and holds it until Money In The Bank,
where Cena wins it back. Ryback is just like a placeholder. Extreme Rules is
the next PPV, but it's before May 30th, when Cena is returning, so the match
would occur at Money In The Bank on June 19th. Ryback could have a short feud
with Del Rio and it could be Ryback vs Del Rio at Extreme Rules. I know many
people think Ryback is shit, and I agree on that, but in the long run it would
be better for Cena to return and defeat Ryback for the title than a rising star
like Kalisto.
The match
ends when Kalisto goes for a Salida Del Sol on Ryback by running on the ropes
but Ryback grabs him and flips him around for his old Backpack Stunner move
then hits a Shellshock on him for the win.
Winner and
new US Champ: Ryback.
The panel
briefly discuses the match and they hype the matches some more and then we have
the Social Media Lounge with Gallows and Anderson. Preferably they pick out the
questions that hint that Styles could have "help" in the match with
Reigns.
The SML ends
and the panel gives their final predictions for Styles vs Reigns and we go to
the main show.
MAIN SHOW:
1st Match:
Enzo and Cass vs The Vaudevillans in the finals of the No.1 Contender Tag Title
Tournament.
This match
would kick off because the actual tag title match for the winners would take
place later and the matches shouldn't be too close together. The commentators
welcome us to Payback. Enzo and Cass are out first to a huge pop from the
Chicago crowd and they do their pre match promo. They make fun of the
Vaudevillans like only they can. Enzo and Cass of course end the promo with
Cass spelling Sawft for the crowd. (insert some stupid JBL line yelling
"It's spelled S-O-F-T, BYRON!") Vaudevillans come out next to huge
boos. The match goes about 9 minutes, this match doesn't need to be long. I'd
have Enzo and Cass win here. I don't know if the Dudleys should screw them
later in the night. I know this makes VV look weak but they would rebound from
their loss soon. Enzo and Cass get the win when Enzo rolls up Aiden English to
a giant pop from the Chicago crowd after VV have miscommunication when
attempting their finisher and Cass throws out Gotch. Enzo and Cass are the
hottest team in WWE right now, with the exception of New Day. I'd have Enzo and
Cass win here. I'm debating as I type this if I would have The Dudleys screw
Enzo and Cass in the actual championship match instead of the regular finals
for more heat, and to further the feud and to have massive heat on the Dudz.
I'll decide.
Winners:
Enzo and Cass.
2nd Match:
The Miz w/Maryse vs Cesaro for the Intercontinental Title.
I sure hope
there is a ton of Cesaro Section signs in the chicago crowd for this show and
this match. This feud has been horrendous in my opinion. I love Cesaro. The
Miz..... is... a guy. The whole buildup has been MizTV segments with the two
men throwing cheesy movie lines at each other that 24% of fans got. Many fans
dislike Miz and think he's stale. I would have Cesaro win here in a big swerve.
Cesaro is probably the best technician in the company now that Daniel Bryan
left. I think someone as talented and over as The King Of Swing as IC Champ
would bring some real prestige back to it. He should have a nice long reign
with it too, like around 9-10 months. The match doesn't need to go long, just
about 7 minutes. Cesaro wins with a Sharpshooter. I think a fun spot in this
match could be where Cesaro is swinging Miz and Maryse runs in and jumps on Miz
to stop the swing and Cesaro gets pissed and swings Maryse. But anyways, Cesaro
is your new IC Champ.
Winner and
New IC Champ by submission: Cesaro.
3rd Match:
Dean Ambrose vs Chris Jericho.
Not much to
say about this match other than Ambrose NEEDS a win here. He suffered an
underwhelming loss to Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania and Jericho is there to put
talent OVER RIGHT? (Vince: What are you talking about, damnit, AJ Styles BEAT
Jericho at Wrestlemania!") Yeah. Let's just forget about that forever. I
think this match will be on of the best on the show. The match goes about 16
minutes and Ambrose wins with a Dirty Deeds. A couple spots in this match:
-Jericho has
Ambrose on the Spanish Announce table and Jericho is on the apron and does a
Lionsault off the ropes and puts Ambrose through the table.
-To set up
the lionsault spot, Jericho has Ambrose in the walls on the table.
-Ambrose and
Jericho are brawling all around the arena and at one point Jericho is down in
the timekeepers area and Ambrose runs on the announce tables from the opposite
side barricade and jumps onto Jericho in the timekeepers area but Jericho
catches him with a Codebreaker.
And just a
bonus, a fun drinking game could be to drink every time Jericho calls Ambrose
an idiot, stupid, or a stupid idiot.
Ambrose wins
with the Dirty Deeds as noted.
Winner: Dean
Ambrose.
We go to a
backstage interview with Renee Young and her guests are The Usos. Renee asks
The Usos their thoughts on the main event on if they have anything to say to
Gallows and Anderson, who they have been having a mini feud with. The Usos are
getting hot and going off on G&A and they say Reigns will retain the title
when Gallows and Anderson jump the Usos from behind. Gallows throws Jimmy
through the curtain/greenscreen wall and the TVs and they put them through
tables and attack them with things near them in the backstage area. Gallows and
Anderson do the Too Sweet to huge pop from the Chicago Crowd and they leave as
the cameras pan over the Usos, injured after the attack. This will make sense
later.
4th Match:
Baron Corbin vs Dolph Ziggler.
Clearly WWE
is trying to push Corbin big with his Andre Battle Royal win at Mania. He has
been dominating Ziggler recently. I'm still not entirely sold on the guy, but I
really respect him for trying to get better as I've seen in NXT and him
insulting random fat dudes in the crowd is really funny. WWE could really make
something with Corbin. Corbin squashes poor Dolph Ziggler and gets the win with
an End Of Days on a chair that he snuck into the match earlier. Corbin pins
Ziggler for the impressive win as the heat is hopefully on Corbin from the
Chicago crowd. Corbin beats Ziggler down after the match with a chair and
throws him all around ringside.
Winner:
Baron Corbin
And now,
Vinnie Mac will decide who runs Monday Night Raw. I had an idea for a mega
troll for this Chicago crowd and I think it will be one of the greatest trolls
in history. Everyone is expecting Lillian to announce the details for the next
match, but suddenly CM Punk's music hits to hopefully one of the biggest pops
in the last 10 years. The crowd is going insane and Vince just comes out
looking confused and looking at the titantron. He has a mic and the music stops
and there is nuclear heat on Vince. The crowd is chanting Asshole and Vince
pretends to apologize and says that the tech crew just hit the wrong music.
This would be SO funny and Vince could pull it off great, trolling the fans
with Vince coming out to Punk's music, thinking he's returning. Vince talks
about Shane running Raw recently and makes fun of the crowd. The crowd is still
pissed, booing him and chanting asshole at him for the Punk troll. Vince says
he needs to think about what's best for bussiness. He starts thinking and says
he needs to hear from the devils themselves first, so he brings out Stephanie
McMahon to big boos and Steph sucks up to Vince and says she should run Raw.
Steph is running her mouth when Shane's music hits to an enormous pop. Shane
praises the Chicago crowd for a cheap pop and starts going off on Vince and
Stephanie. Shane says that since he's been running Raw lately the fans have
loved it. Shane says he's given new stars exposure, and made matches the fans
actually want to see, and he's starting a new era. He says that unlike Vince,
he's actually listened to what the fans want to see. Vince insults Shane and
calls him his bitch. He says he doesn't know what he's talking about. Things
get heated with Shane and Vince and suddenly the crowd explodes as we here the
words"Ladies and Gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman". Heyman says that
he and his client are best for business. Heyman says he should run Raw, and
that he would inflict authority in the company. He says that any problems Vince
had, who would take care of it? Brock Lesnar. Any time any superstars were
being uncooperative. Brock Lesnar would teach them a lesson. He says that WWE
would have control again with Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar in control. Vince
and Paul have words, and Vince sides with Shane. There is a whole big segment
and I don't really have an idea of what should happen but in general, Vince
ends up swerving everyone and going to Shane's side, and Heyman announces he has
a way to settle this. He says that his client couldn't make it to Chicago
tonight but he has a proposition. At next month's PPV, the night WWE goes
Extreme, at Extreme Rules, it will be Brock Lesnar vs Shane McMahon, Last Man
Standing, for control of Raw. Vince accepts. This obviously won't be the last
match that involves a stipulation for control of Raw. I just think Heyman in
that situation would be really interesting and fresh, and Lesnar would be there
to kill anyone who causes a problem.
If you REALLY
want to mix things up... WWE could find some way to bring back Big People Power
Johnny Laurinitus. I even saw some people in a thread saying that Teddy Long
could appear. Even Eric Bischoff, which I REALLY want to be brought back solely
for this angle just to hear his music again. My god. Imagine if Eric Bischoff
returned tonight...
We go to the
Kickoff Panel now to get their thoughts on the show so far.
5th Match:
The New Day vs Enzo and Cass for the Tag Team Titles.
Again, I
don't know how this match should go. Both teams are so godamn over, and I feel
like New Day has held the titles for long enough but I feel like they shouldn't
lose them here. Enzo and Cass should not win the titles here, though. Much like
Zayn in the Zayn-Owens feud, Zayn is the huge over baby face underdog and his
character is that he just can't seem to come out on top at first, but he keeps
trying and it all eventually leads to his big win and celebration, when he
hopefully meets Owens in the culmination of their first feud on the main roster
of many to come at Summerslam for the IC Title. I feel like the Dudleys have
unfinished business with Enzo and Cass, and screwing them here would get them
nuclear heat. New Day come out to a huge pop and they do their usual wacky
comedy New Day lines, and they remind us that this tournament is sponsored by
Booty O's. Kofi says he had a son recently and the crowd cheers. He says that
he's only currently feeding him Booty'O. That way, when he/she grows up, it'll
make sure that they aren't booty. He says that the New Day is certified to
fight any children in the crowd who think they're better than Kofi's new kid.
They make fun of Enzo and Cass and the crowd is clapping New Day rocks as Woods
plays the trombone. Enzo and Cass do come out and call New Day sawft and make
fun of them. The match starts and Cass and Big E start off and have a stare
downs The two big guys on each team. The crowd is dueling chanting (How You
Doin? New! Day Rocks!), and both teams are over as hell. it goes about 14
minutes and New Day win when the ref is knocked out from earlier in the match
and Enzo and Cass are going for the Air Enzo/Rocket Launcher, (whatever their
finisher is called), and the Dudleys push Enzo off the rope rope and start
beating them down to massive boos. The Dudleys hit a 3D on Enzo and then go to
the ramp and laugh as Big E crawls in the ring and pins Enzo to retain their
titles. Enzo and Cass would go on to have their final battle with the Dudleys,
in either an Elimination Tornado Tag Match or Steel Cage match at Extreme
Rules. Actually, New Day could defend against whoever their challengers are in
a Steel Cage, and Enzo and Cass could face the Dudleys in an Elimination Tables
match. Enzo and Cass would finally eventually win the titles at Summerslam.
Judging by what i've said, Summerslam looks like the ppv with the most
"long-time coming" if you will, wins in recent memory.
Winners and
still WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day.
6th Match:
Charlotte w/Ric Flair vs Natalya w/Bret Hart for the Women's Championship.
(God, it feels good to type that).
I'm not even
sure if Flair will be here since he told Nattie to kill herself on Smackdown,
and then he had the incident at the airport. Assuming he will. We get a video
package for this match and Natalya comes out first with Bret to a big pop.
Charlotte comes out next with Flair and we get formal ring introductions.
Charlotte has been doing great as a heel recently, despite what anyone else
thinks. Most of the screwjob finishes Flair has caused to help Charlotte have
turned out great. The match goes about 10 minutes and is hopefully awesome,
because Natalya and Charlotte are always amazing together. The crowd is really
into it hopefully, and Charlotte retains the Womens Title when Charlotte
actually is tapping out to Nattie but Flair runs over as fast as he can to the
bell ringer and snatches the bell from him. Since the bell wasn't rung, the
match didn't officially end, which means Charlotte didn't officially tap out.
Nattie breaks the hold and starts yelling at Ric. The bell ringer eventually
gets the bell back from Flair, and rings the bell, and tells Lillian Garcia to
announce that since Flair illegally stole the ring bell, Charlotte is still
champ by DQ. Flair and Charlotte are celebrating, and Natalya and Bret look
pissed. Natalya gets a mini rematch at Extreme Rules, but Becky Lynch and Sasha
are also added back into the title picture, when it's Charlotte vs Natalya vs
Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch in a fatal fourway New Jersey Street Fight, which
Extreme Rules is in New Jersey, and I also think it would be the first ever
Women's Street Fight. Forgot to mention that an obvious spot in the
Nattie-Charlotte match here is that Charlotte has Nattie in the Figure-8 inside
the ring, as does Flair on Bret on the outside, but Nattie gets out and puts
Charlotte in the Sharpshooter, as does Bret to Ric. Just a cool little easter
egg.
Winner by
DQ: Natalya. But still Women's Champ: Charlotte.
7th Match:
Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn.
This match
is gonna be awesome. We get the video package we saw on Raw with the history
between the two men. Sami Zayn comes out first to a giant pop and the crowd
sings his theme song. Owens is out next. Zayn runs at Owens as he's making his
entrance and they do the spot where they keep punching each other over and over
again. This match goes about 18 minutes and is likely absolutely awesome. There
is lots of high spots and they brawl into the crowd. Zayn does his DDT through
the ring post spot and suicide dives by both men. The crowd is chanting This is
Awesome. One of the big spots in the match is that they are brawling in the
crowd and they are near the doors and the balcony area and Zayn is down on the
floor. Owens climbs the stairs and stands on the barricade and delivers a giant
frogsplash to Zayn and they both go through the floor. The match ends when
Owens is stunned in the corner and Sami is going for the Helluva Kick but Owens
catches him and throws him up for a Pop-Up Powerbomb. Owens is celebrating
after the match and continues to stomp Zayn after the match to massive heat.
After the match Owens goes to the back and the crowd is chanting for Sami as
cameras show him go, injured, to the back.
We get an
advertisement for Extreme Rules, and the new shows coming to the WWE network.
8th Match:
Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Title.
Ah, here we
go. There is SO many possibilities of what could happen in this match. AJ wins
the title in a giant swerve clean. Roman retains clean and people are pissed.
Balor Club attacks debuts and attacks Reigns to help AJ win. Balor Club debuts
and attacks STYLES to help Roman retain. Among other scenarios. But I have one
that I think will blow all of that away.
We get the
video package for the match and it's hyped up. The video package ends with a
gunshot sound. HiNT HINT. Roman Reigns comes out first to NUCLEAR DEAFENING
BOOS from the Chicago crowd. Reigns makes his way to the ring and his music
stops and there is some time to build hype before Styles comes out. There is a
different atmosphere in the arena and it feels like a big fight feel. The crowd
is chanting for Styles and after about 30 seconds his music finally hits to a
huge pop. Styles comes out and makes his usual entrance. The match goes about
16 minutes and is hopefully phenomenal. PUNS! There is lots of awesome spots,
like Reigns spearing Styles through a barricade, Styles going for a Phenomenal
Forearm and Reigns counters into a Superman Punch, among other things. And of
course, Styles goes for a Styles Clash to an enormous reaction. Now, I hate
that like 3 people have already kicked out of the Styles Clash in WWE, but the
match needs to go on for the big ending, so Reigns kicks out of the styles
clash for a great near fall. The insanity begins and the match is nearing it's
end when Reigns hits a superman punch on AJ. Reigns is going for the final
spear and he's in the corner and he says "OHHHHHHH AHHHHH" when
suddenly the lights go out. There is an enormous pop and the crowd is on their
feet as they know what's coming. The lights are still out and suddenly the
titantron shows the night landscape outside of the arena. And then, Finn
freakin Balor walks up in view. He cuts a short promo about how WWE is about to
change forever. They're here to destroy anyone in their way. They're not
stopping for anyone. They're going to the top of the food chain. Gallows and
Anderson walk up behind him now. He says that they're the Balor Club. They do
what they want. Their music hits. I found a fab made video that could be
similar to their music and titantron, but Balor's name comes first, then
Styles. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Wrd70jb4URI
The roof is
being blown off the place as the crowd is chanting This Is Awesome and Holy
Shit. They make their way to the ring. Now, I'm not having Balor Club turn on
Styles. I just don't feel like that's the right thing to do. Styles is laughing
as he joins the club on the outside. Their music is still playing and they are
on the right side of the ring if you're on the ramp, and they are just standing
on the outside looking at Reigns. Reigns is getting ready to fight when he
looks at the titantron and suddenly Dean Ambrose's music hits. Reigns knew that
G&A would ambush the Usos, so he has extra backup. Ambrose defeated Jericho
earlier in the night and he got a big pop. Now, Reigns and Ambrose are in the
ring. Balor Club climbs up on the apron now. It's 2 to 4. You gotta know who
the next guy to come out is. Seth Rollins's music hits to a deafening pop and
he walks down to the ring in his black and gold pants gear. The crowd is
chanting for Rollins and the 3 former shield members look at each other. Balor
Club steps into the ring now. Shield and Club on opposite sides. But it's still
3 to 4. Who's out to help The Shield next? Of course, it's everyone's favorite
Roman Reigns cousin, Dwayne the Rock Johnson!! The place explodes and Rock
makes his grand entrance and then joins the 3 in the ring. Here they are. The
Balor Club has finally debuted, and they are staring off with The Shield and
the Rock.
Just to be
clear by the way, this is NOT a shield reunion. Balor Club and Shield would
feud on and off, and it would all end with a match at Survivor Series. 4 on 4.
Balor,Gallows, Anderson, and Styles vs Rollins, Reigns, Rock, and Ambrose. Over
the months Balor Club would add 2-3 more members but the "main
branch" of the stable would be the 4. Now, back to the show. The 8 are
staring off and Balor is in the middle. He holds up the gun pose with his
fingers and shoots the other 4 men as Styles, Gallows and Anderson do the Too
Sweet sign. They all run at each other finally and the brawl ensues as the
crowd is on their feet. Everyone hits their finishers on each other and it ends
as Balor hits a Coup De Grace on Reigns. Shield and Rock are all laid out in
the ring and Balor grabs a mic and simply says: "We are the Balor Club. We
don't fuck around." He then drops the mic, and sets it on fire,
symbolizing how the WWE is about to go up in flames. PPV end.
Balor Club
continues to dominate for about a year. By the way, this would obviously mark
the start of a Rollins babyface run. Balor Club would kick off Raw the
following night and continue their thing with Reigns. It would likely be Reigns
vs Balor for the title at Extreme Rules, maybe in an Extreme Rules match. I'll
put the preferred Extreme Rules card below. Also, just to clarify, Rollins
would still definitely continue to be a top star. For the first 1-2 months of
his return he could maybe have a very short run with the Intercontinental Title.
He would continue to be a main eventer and could maybe win the WWE Title back
in a match at Summerslam. Rollins would have a separate segment at the
beginning of the second hour of Raw the following night where he breaks up with
the Authority. Well, that's all I have in terms of Payback. I think that would
be a pretty damn good PPV.
Extreme
Rules Card:
-WWE Title:
Roman Reigns vs Finn Balor (Extreme Rules Match)
-Brock
Lesnar vs Shane McMahon for Control of Raw. (Last Man Standing)
-IC Title:
Cesaro vs Chris Jericho
-Kevin Owens
vs Sami Zayn (I Quit Match)
-Tag Team
Titles: New Day vs Gallows and Anderson (Steel Cage Match)
-Enzo and
Cass vs The Dudley Boys (Tornado Tag Elimination Tables Match)
-Women's
Title: Charlotte vs Natalya vs Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch (Fatal Fourway New
Jersey Street Fight)
-Seth
Rollins vs AJ Styles
-Dean
Ambrose vs Baron Corbin
-Kickoff
Show: Ryback vs Alberto Del Rio for US Title.
If you think
there's too many matches with Stipulations, there's not. It's called Extreme
Rules for a reason.
Well, that
was how I would book Payback. I applaud any of you who actually sat down and
read the whole thing. I hope you liked it! Tell me if you would like to see
anything I wrote. Be sure to look out for my "How WWE Should Book Extreme Rules
2016" post the day before that! Thanks for reading.
