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WWE Payback 2020 is one of the most unpredictable pay-per-views of the year so far, with many of the matches on the six-match card featuring possible interferences and/or betrayals.
The main event of WWE Payback 2020 will see the returning Roman Reigns face Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat match.
Only one other singles title will be on the line at WWE Payback 2020, with Apollo Crews defending his United States Championship against Bobby Lashley, while Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler will challenge Bayley and Sasha Banks for the Women’s Tag Team titles.
Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton, King Corbin vs. Matt Riddle and Dominik & Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins & Murphy have also been announced for WWE Payback 2020.
With so many storyline twists and turns potentially on the horizon, let’s take a look at five betrayals that could take place at the WWE Payback 2020 pay-per-view.
#5 Cedric Alexander betrays Apollo Crews at WWE Payback 2020
Even though MVP already has Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin as members of The Hurt Business, the former United States Champion has made it his mission to add Cedric Alexander to the group over the last few months.
So far, Alexander has refused to listen to any of MVP’s offers, and he has continued to join forces with his tag team partner, Ricochet, as well as Mustafa Ali and Apollo Crews, to take on The Hurt Business in various matches on WWE RAW.
The United States Championship match between Crews and Lashley at WWE Payback 2020 is one of the most difficult to predict on the show.
Yes, this whole Crews vs. MVP storyline has felt like a set-up for Lashley to win the United States Championship further down the line, but is it too early to take the title away from Crews?
Lashley and Benjamin were banned from ringside when MVP challenged for the United States Championship at SummerSlam. However, that will not be the case at WWE Payback 2020 when Lashley faces Crews, which opens up the possibility of Alexander & Co. getting involved to try to help the current Champion.
If that does happen, perhaps we could see a swerve in this storyline with Alexander finally accepting MVP’s offer by costing Crews the title at WWE Payback 2020.
#4 Nia Jax betrays Shayna Baszler at WWE Payback 2020
Although Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler have never teamed up in an official WWE match, they have suddenly become the top contenders for Bayley and Sasha Banks’ Women’s Tag Team titles at WWE Payback 2020.
Many people are predicting that The Golden Role Models’ title reign will come to an end at WWE Payback 2020, with the unlikely duo of Jax and Baszler putting their differences aside to become the latest set of dysfunctional Tag Team Champions in WWE.
The problem here is that, while Bayley and Banks’ days as Women’s Tag Team Champions do appear to be numbered, Jax and Baszler have no momentum whatsoever as a duo heading into WWE Payback 2020.
Daniel Bryan & Kane, The Miz & Damien Mizdow and Braun Strowman & Seth Rollins are three examples of WWE tag teams who won titles even though they did not get along.
Still, despite the friction in those tag teams, it felt like the next natural step in all three of those storylines for them to win the gold together – something that cannot be said for the Jax vs. Baszler rivalry.
The Irresistible Force clearly does not play well with others, so do not be surprised if she betrays Baszler in their match at WWE Payback 2020.
#3 Bayley betrays Sasha Banks at WWE Payback 2020
Alternatively, could we finally see Bayley and Sasha Banks separate at WWE Payback 2020?
The Women’s Tag Team Champions have never faced each other in a one-on-one match at a WWE pay-per-view, with their last major singles match coming way back in October 2015 when they battled it out in a 30-minute Ironman match at the NXT TakeOver: Respect event.
There has been constant speculation about a possible betrayal between the best friends ever since they reunited on RAW in July 2016, but it has still never happened.
Ahead of WWE Payback 2020, the latest episode of SmackDown saw Bayley accidentally imply that Banks is the weak link in their tag team, and she even pointed out that The Boss has now failed to retain the RAW Women’s Championship in all five of her reigns with the title.
It is inevitable that these two Superstars will split up at some point between now and WrestleMania 37, but it remains to be seen how and when the betrayal will occur.
If it happens at WWE Payback 2020, the likelihood is that Bayley will attack Banks for being the weak link in their team.
#2 Alexa Bliss betrays Braun Strowman at WWE Payback 2020
With two days to go until WWE Payback 2020, the storyline involving Alexa Bliss and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt took another twist on SmackDown when Nikki Cross pointed out that Bliss’ new dreadlock reminded her of “The Fiend”.
Over the last year, “The Fiend” has altered the minds and personalities of several WWE Superstars after attacking them multiple times, including Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, The Miz, Daniel Bryan and Braun Strowman.
It appeared as though WWE might have abruptly dropped Bliss’ involvement in this storyline after she failed to appear in the match between “The Fiend” and Strowman at SummerSlam, but her segment on Friday confirmed that Bray Wyatt’s alter-ego is still very much in her mind ahead of WWE Payback 2020.
The WWE Payback 2020 main event (“The Fiend” vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns) is all about the return of Reigns and his quest to win back the Universal Championship, but there is still every chance that Bliss could make a statement by costing Strowman the match.
After all, the Triple Threat match has a No Holds Barred stipulation, which means anybody can interfere and there is no risk of disqualification.
Perhaps Bliss, whose feelings still appear to be torn between “The Fiend” and Strowman, could bring an end to her friendship with The Monster Among Men by distracting him to set up the finish to the WWE Payback 2020 main event.
#1 Shorty G betrays King Corbin at WWE Payback 2020
This spot was going to be saved for Dominik Mysterio possibly betraying Rey Mysterio. However, with WWE already advertising a match between Rey and Seth Rollins for the episode of RAW after WWE Payback 2020, it seems extremely unlikely that a possible Mysterio betrayal could take place this Sunday.
Over on SmackDown, we saw Matt Riddle pick up a comfortable victory against Shorty G on the go-home episode of the blue brand’s show before WWE Payback 2020.
This time last year, Shorty G was involved in a heated rivalry with King Corbin in the King of the Ring tournament on RAW, yet he now finds himself doing his former rival’s dirty work for him in a storyline that, in all honesty, is not doing anybody any favors.
We have seen in the past that WWE has quickly dropped storylines when they are not working, so it would not be at all surprising to see Shorty G have a change of heart by choosing to side with Riddle instead of Corbin at WWE Payback 2020.
