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WWE is now back to live pay-per-views and interestingly, the company made the bold decision to have their second live pay-per-view in more than five months, WWE Payback, just a week after SummerSlam.
This meant that many of the matches that took place at Payback were announced merely days before the show since the pay-per-view as a whole had just seven days for build-up.
Despite this, WWE's biggest stars put on another fantastic event that saw three impressive Championship changes and a number of show-stealing matches. Whilst there were some memorable moments at this year's Payback, there were also some that many of the following WWE stars would rather forget.
#5. Who is Liv Morgan's partner?
Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott reunited to take on Peyton Royce and Billie Kay on the Kickoff Show ahead of WWE's Payback event last night, but it appeared that Tom Phillips was unsure of who Liv Morgan's partner actually was.
As The IIconics made their way to the ring for their bout, Phillips was attempting to fill in the gaps for any viewers who had missed the feud in recent weeks, but made a clear mistake.
Phillips can be clearly heard stating that The IIconics have made life hell for Peyton Royce and Liv Morgan in the weeks leading up to Payback. Peyton Royce is a member of The IIconics, so Phillips obviously meant to say Ruby Riott, but he didn't go back and correct himself, which is usually what happens when a commentator trips over anyone's names.
Luckily this was at the beginning of Royce's promo and given the fact that the Australian star was talking over Phillips at the time, it wasn't as noticeable as many of the mistakes that came later in the show.
#4. When is Clash of Champions?
WWE had two pay-per-views in August and many members of the WWE Universe were worried that this could be the case once again when two different dates were advertised for Clash of Champions at Payback last night.
The original date for the show was being reported as September 20th, but WWE changed it to September 27th a few days ago. As can be seen, they didn't change the advert before last night's Payback event.
With that being said, the first adverts for the show were part of last night's Payback event and WWE added a lot of confusion when they played the ad with the old date on. Thankfully, Michael Cole later confirmed that the date was September 27th.
Many media outlets then reported that the date of the show was September 20th based on the advert that the company showed ahead of the Universal Championship match. It can now be officially confirmed that the actual date is four weeks from last night on September 27th, just to avoid any more confusion.
#3. Bayley drops Shayna Baszler
Bayley and Sasha Banks defended their Women's Tag Team Championships against the mismatched team of Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler last night at Payback, and in the end, new champions were crowned.
It was a rough week for The Boss, who went from having two titles to having none in the space of seven days. Although, it could be argued that it could have been a much worse week for Baszler if she had been injured due to a botch by Bayley at Payback.
The SmackDown Women's Champion and The Boss lifted Baszler to set her up for an inverted slam. It looked like the two women didn't communicate with one another and Baszler ended up being dropped by Banks and then Bayley. It ended up looking like a really awkward fall for Baszler.
Luckily the former MMA fighter is used to much worse and was able to shake it off and continue the match. She definitely got her own measure of revenge when she locked both women in a submission. Bayley eventually tapped and new Champions were crowned last night at Payback.
#2. Liv Morgan slips off the rope
Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott took on The IIconics on Payback's kick-off show and it was the newly united Riott Squad that was able to pick up the victory. It didn't come without error though, as Liv Morgan made a number of mistakes once she got the hot tag in.
The biggest one came as she jumped off the middle rope and looked to deliver her usual dropkick to Peyton Royce. The ropes must have been slippery since Liv tripped and only managed to make minimum contact with Royce in what looked like quite a big botch from the former NXT star.
There were a few other moments in the match last night at Payback where the contact between the women wasn't as clean as it should have been and Riott missed the turnbuckle when using it as a weapon.
This was a match that the WWE Universe had high expectations from. The four women have been feuding for a while and needed to have a blow-off match, but there is a reason it was on the kickoff show for Payback.
#1. Braun Strowman was already in the ring
Braun Strowman lost his Universal Championship to The Fiend at SummerSlam just a week ago. The triple threat No Holds Barred Match at WWE Payback was his chance to win back the title he won at WrestleMania.
The Fiend was the first star to make his way to the ring, but the match started when Strowman attacked him when he entered the squared circle. The issue here is that Strowman was already in the ring when Wyatt made his way down the ramp.
Strowman should have run in, but in the darkness, he obviously mistimed his entrance and can be seen standing in the ring as Wyatt walks around to step through the ropes.
The former champion was unable to win back his title last night at Payback as Roman Reigns made his way to a broken ring late in the match and was able to spear Strowman for the victory.
It seems that Payback just wasn't a good night for The Monster Among Men, who could now be out of the Championship picture after two clean losses in seven days.
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