Two Huge Matches Announced For WWE Payback

In two weeks WWE will follow up WrestleMania with the first pay per view of the post-Superstar Shake-Up era. As of today, the only matches known for WWE Payback were Chris Jericho attempting to win back the United States Championship from Kevin Owens, The Hardy Boyz defending their Tag Team Championships against Sheamus and Cesaro and new Raw star, Bray Wyatt, attempting to win back the WWE Championship from Smackdown’s Randy Orton in a “House of Horrors” match.

With Brock Lesnar sitting the ppv out and taking the Universal Championship with him, WWE clearly needed to up the star power of Payback with only two weeks remaining to “sell” the show to the WWE Universe.

Monday night on Raw we learned of two huge matches added to the April 30th show that should produce some amazing in-ring action.

Seth Rollins vs Samoa Joe

It was the match that was set to take place at WWE Roadblock. Seth Rollins will look to get revenge against the man who nearly cost him another WrestleMania payday. Joe has yet to lose since joining the main roster and Seth Rollins is coming off arguably one of the most important wins of his career. 

A loss for either of these stars could greatly stunt their recent momentum. 

After Samoa Joe defeated Chris Jericho on Raw, he told Rollins that while their first encounter was business, their match at Payback would be personal, but The Kingslayer reminded Joe that “Payback was a bitch.” 

Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman

Despite it being reported that Roman Reigns had suffered a separated shoulder and multiple internal injuries, Kurt Angle announced tonight that The Big Dog will be facing the man who threw him off a loading dock while he was strapped to a gurney and then tipped him over while he was in an ambulance.

Roman Reigns defeated Strowman cleanly at WWE Fastlane and considering WWE’s 50/50 booking, there’s a very good chance The Monster Among Men will get his win back and set up a final match between the two at Extreme Rules.

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