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I have no problem with getting the same three marquee matches. That's obviously where it's headed. Bryan and Kane are continuing their rivalry as are The Shield and Evolution, and does anyone think that Cena and Wyatt are gonna randomly just instigate a feud with someone else three weeks before the PPV? Cena even said the words "last man standing" in his promo on Main Event this past week. That was likely a clue that the rumors of Cena and Wyatt having a Last Man Standing match at Payback are legit.

For what it's worth, there's talks of splitting The Shield/Evolution rivalry into three separate matches singles matches instead of doing a six-man tag team match again. If that happens, I figure we'll get Reigns and Batista in a powerhouse type of match, and the other two matches (HHH/Ambrose and Orton/Rollins, or HHH/Rollins and Orton/Ambrose) I can see happening either way.

No problem with Adam Rose vs Swagger either. Nice little feud in the under card that should have the novelty of seeing Rose perform for the first time. I also hope Barrett is on the card to deliver the "bad news" to the Chicago marks at the start of the show that their hero CM Punk isn't gonna be here tonight.
 
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I also hope Barrett is on the card to deliver the "bad news" to the Chicago marks at the start of the show that their hero CM Punk isn't gonna be here tonight.

and then Punk's music hits and he comes out, challenges Barrett to a title match and wins the IC title.... then he walks out again and never returns. Sounds like something WWE creative would come up with, right? lol
 

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TNA isn't awful, damn TNA haters flooding the thread though.
 

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Well, TNA hasn't been that great recently either. And I also don't think we should start burying Batista because Meltzer or some mark said Dave didn't want to put him over. All I saw was Batista being beat clean by DB at WM and Reigns at ER. Anyway, yeah, they're repeating the triple main event, and although that doesn't make me very excited, well... it doesn't kill the PPV (and we all know that with monthly PPVs this stuff is bound to happen).
 

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Well, TNA hasn't been that great recently either. And I also don't think we should start burying Batista because Meltzer or some mark said Dave didn't want to put him over. All I saw was Batista being beat clean by DB at WM and Reigns at ER. Anyway, yeah, they're repeating the triple main event, and although that doesn't make me very excited, well... it doesn't kill the PPV (and we all know that with monthly PPVs this stuff is bound to happen).

Someone reminded me of this match, not really worth the watch but worth posting.



The match was pretty one-sided, but the story was about establishing Bryan as someone with heart and all of that. Match lasted 5 minutes and Bryan was so competitive that Batista lost a Beat the Clock Challenge, and he even got a LeBell Lock in. Considering this was "0-9 on NXT" Bryan vs "I'm getting my rematch for the WWE Championship" Batista, that's quite a lot to give a guy. Also, he put over Bryan at Wrestlemania. Based on his history, big Dave might be a Danielson mark.
 

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Someone reminded me of this match, not really worth the watch but worth posting.



The match was pretty one-sided, but the story was about establishing Bryan as someone with heart and all of that. Match lasted 5 minutes and Bryan was so competitive that Batista lost a Beat the Clock Challenge, and he even got a LeBell Lock in. Considering this was "0-9 on NXT" Bryan vs "I'm getting my rematch for the WWE Championship" Batista, that's quite a lot to give a guy. Also, he put over Bryan at Wrestlemania. Based on his history, big Dave might be a Danielson mark.

I do remember that match, when DB was a geek who jobbed to rookies every week he went there and gave Batista a run for his money. I don't buy that he just went "well he's small I'm not losing again".
 

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I do remember that match, when DB was a geek who jobbed to rookies every week he went there and gave Batista a run for his money. I don't buy that he just went "well he's small I'm not losing again".

It's hard to believe it but Batista has always had somewhat of an attitude to this kind of thing; he's never been one to accept "kayfabe" in the fullest IMO.
I would not be surprised if he actually said something along those lines about DB.


This is one statement I found regarding the matter: (Take it or Leave it; it pretty much just sums up what other dirt sheets/rumor mills are saying)
Batista felt that him losing to someone smaller than him, after he tapped out to him at WrestleMania XXX and right before he’s going to appear in a big summer blockbuster movie, wouldn’t be a good fit for him and would not be a good way for fans to remember him until he returns again... Batista is still expected back for SummerSlam.
--www.PWMania.com
 

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It's hard to believe it but Batista has always had somewhat of an attitude to this kind of thing; he's never been one to accept "kayfabe" in the fullest IMO.
I would not be surprised if he actually said something along those lines about DB.


This is one statement I found regarding the matter: (Take it or Leave it; it pretty much just sums up what other dirt sheets/rumor mills are saying)

--www.PWMania.com
You may be right. I just don't like reading reports and immediately jumping to conclusions, because you know, reports may not be accurate. But it may have happened, who knows?
 

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Payback looks shit. They're doing Shield vs Evolution which is fine with me, but having D-Bry vs Kane AGAIN with Bryan just getting his ass kicked all over the ring over and over again is just stupid. The Usos don't have a feud and we're not sure what the rest of the midcard is going to be doing.
 

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Payback looks shit. They're doing Shield vs Evolution which is fine with me, but having D-Bry vs Kane AGAIN with Bryan just getting his ass kicked all over the ring over and over again is just stupid. The Usos don't have a feud and we're not sure what the rest of the midcard is going to be doing.

Worst part is is that it's hard to realistically fantasy book something to the midcard. Maybe with the character change Paige vs Alicia could be an interesting matchup due to the character change. After the 6-mans could we get Usos vs Harper and Rowan? Would be cool... They could do the Cody/Goldie breakup to have a draw for this card, but right now what's the point... Sheamus and Barrett don't have interesting opponents... Rusev can kill another black dude, but we don't need 2 squash matches on one show... The midcard is really barren right now.
 
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I heard some whispers on another forum about a potential:
BNB squashing RVD
and then
Sheamus vs Cesaro

Dunno if there's any truth to it but figured I'd add it to the rumored matches thread :)
 

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Should be:

- John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Kane - for the vacant WWEWHC
- The Shield vs. Evolution - tornado tag
- Sheamus (c) vs. Cesaro - US title
- Rusev vs. Big E
- Adam Rose vs. Jack Swagger
- Cody Rhodes vs. Goldust
 

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Honestly, the best thing they can do with this show now is to give up on it as a regular PPV. They should try something new with this show, maybe created a new match stipulation, try out different matchups or add different things... make it a concept PPV in one way or another. You can't gauge crowd reactions in Chicago, but it would be cool to have a big #1 contender's tournament or a NXT title match or an El Torito open challenge or all sorts of silly, random stuff...