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Last night's Payback PPV was a great show, probably the strongest WWE PPV of the year thus far. Punk/Jericho was excellent. There was nothing bad on the show, and most was good to very good, even the Divas match. Add in an electric Chicago crowd, and it made for a very enjoyable, entertaining PPV. It was also a very eventful show with a lot of storylines coming out of it...
John Cena defeated Ryback in a Three Stages of Hell Match with the big spot being Cena hitting the AA through the top of the ambulance. It was an impressive spot, but also a bit corny considering how the ambulance was just falling apart throughout the match. Anyway, that has to be the end of Cena and Ryback. Ryback will move back down to the midcard, and Cena will move onto whoever is next. It's been talked about being Daniel Bryan, but that certainly didn't seem like the case last night.
Mark Henry teased on Twitter last night that he would be announcing retiring tonight. I would guess that won't be the case. The talk had been of Cena facing Daniel Bryan at Money In The Bank, but now I'm starting to think we may see Cena vs Henry instead. No inside info, just a gut feeling.
As I said earlier, CM Punk returned last night and defeated Chris Jericho in a match that you should really go out of your way to see. To make it even more impressive, Jericho worked the match with a torn meniscus. The possible bigger news is that after the show, CM Punk split up with Paul Heyman. He said that he was never Heyman's client, just friends, and they would remain friends. He said Heyman should focus on Brock and CURTIS AXEL, and this will likely lead to a Brock vs Punk program down the line.
Alberto Del Rio (and Ricardo Rodriguez) turned heel last night when they brutally attacked Dolph Ziggler's injured head from his concussion, despite the trainers trying to step in to stop them. Ziggler played the babyface the entire match, but in the end, it wasn't enough, and Alberto Del Rio defeated him to win the World Heavyweight Title. The crowd caught on and booed Del Rio early on. AJ was in tears over Ziggler's safety. We'll see where this leaves AJ and Big E tonight.
Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton. There was no real dissension between Bryan and Orton other than Bryan accidentally hitting Orton with a suicide dive to the outside. The word is that the Randy Orton heel turn has once again been put on hold, and that seemed to be the case last night. Daniel Bryan was penciled in to face John Cena for the WWE Title at Money in the Bank, but after last night, that doesn't seem to fit in the plans.
CURTIS AXEL won the Intercontinental Championship when miz had Wade Barrett in the Figure Four but CURTIS AXEL stole the pin on Barrett. CURTIS AXEL is so great that even miz kicked out of the Perfectplex.
We'll also have more McMahon Family Drama tonight. As I said in last week's thread, The USA Network loves the McMahons and want them on TV as much as possible. Last week was painful bad, so hopefully they have something better tonight. Vince and HHH will again feud tonight whether or not HHH should face CURTIS AXEL (not for the Intercontinental Title of course because HHH is above that). The eventual plan is for Vince and Stephanie to be heel power figures.
