Sheamus vs Damien Sandow
Sheamus levels Sandow with the battering ram. Sandow avoids The Fiery Red Hand escaping to the outside. Sandow takes control of the match with a boot to Sheamus’ face. Chinlock on Sheamus. Sheamus snapmares Sandow off the second rope. Drop toehold by Sandow. Sandow with the side Russian legsweep. Sandow follows with the Cobito Acquiet. Sandow with forearm clubs across the chest. Sheamus stands up with Sandow on his shoulders and delivers the Electric Chair. Sheamus with a series of axehandles, the shoulder tackle to Sandow. Sandow sends Sheamus to the outside. Sheamus back in and Sandow delivers a swinging neckbreaker. Sandow with a headbutt to Sheamus. Sheamus sends Sandow over the ropes. Sandow on the apron delivers a forearm. Sheamus with a kick and The Fiery Red Hand. Sandow suplexed back into the ring. Sheamus looking to go to the top rope again and Sandow cuts him off. Sandow with a neckbreaker and Sheamus tied up in the tree of woe. Sandow with knee strikes, looking for the Terminus. Sandow counters White Noise. Sandow with an overhead toss off the ropes. Sheamus with a series of irish curse backbreakers. Sheamus sets it up and delivers a Brogue Kick for the three count
The winner of the match: Sheamus
Welcome to WWE Payback and we are live from the All State Arena in Chicago, Illinois. We get an opening montage hyping tonight’s top three matches. The two championship matches as well as the return of the Second City Saint, Chicago’s own CM Punk,
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Miz vs Wade Barrett vs Curtis Axel
Miz unloads on Barrett and Axel. Axel sent over the top rope. Miz with a roll up on Barrett and flapjack. Axel careful before re-entering the ring. Barrett from behind on Miz. Miz slides to the outside. Axel thrown back in. Barrett with a pumphandle slam on Axel. Miz looking for the SCF and Barrett shakes him off. Barrett with a big boot to Axel. Miz laid across the top rope and Barrett with a kick to the ribs. Barrett with knee strikes to Axel. Miz with a roll up from behind and clothesline from Barrett. Axel sends Barrett over the top rope. Axel with a dropkick to Miz. Knee to the midsection by Axel. Miz fights back with punches and kicks. Barrett back in with an irish whip to Axel. Miz unloading with clotheslines. Axerl tossed into Barrett. Miz with the running clothesline. Axehandle to Barrett. Kick to Axel’s face. Miz looks for the figure four but Barrett kicks Miz away. Barrett hits Winds Of Change. Perfect Plex countered as Barrett looks for Wasteland. Axel with the Perfect Plex on Barrett. Miz with the SCF but Barrett throws Miz to the outside. Miz pulls Barrett out of the ring. Miz goes for the figure four. Axel kicks Miz into Barrett. Miz locks the figure four on Barrett. Axel slides back into the ring and covers Barrett for the three count
The winner of the match and NEW Intercontinental Champion: Curtis Axel
We get the video hyping Mark Henry’s return to Raw tomorrow night
Backstage: Heyman and Axel are celebrating and Triple H walks in. Vince McMahon then walks in and congratulates Axel. McMahon asks Triple H if he can feel it. Triple H vs Curtis Axel on Raw and Triple H says nope not feeling it one bit.
WWE Diva’s Title: Kaitlyn vs AJ
Kaitlyn unloads on AJ and AJ slides out of the ring. Kaitlyn tosses AJ over the announce table. AJ tossed back into the ring. Necklock by AJ on Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn off the ropes runs into an elbow. Neckbreaker by AJ. AJ with the submission, bringing Kaitlyn down to one knee. Clothesline by Kaitlyn. An exchange of pin reversals by Kaitlyn and AJ. AJ looking to escape but Kaitlyn trying to drag her to the middle. AJ kicks her away and a slap to Kaitlyn. AJ with a near fall on Kaitlyn. AJ with the Black Widow on Kaitlyn and Kaitlyn fights out of it. Kaitlyn with a spear on AJ. Kaitlyn picks AJ up over her shoulders. AJ counters. Kaitlyn hits the turnbuckle head first. AJ back to the Black Widow and Kaitlyn taps
The winner of the match and NEW Diva’s Champion: AJ
Backstage: Natalya, Layla and Alicia Fox are consoling Kaitlyn over her title loss
United States Championship: Kane vs Dean Ambrose
Ambrose unloads on Kane but Kane pushes him down. Elbow by Kane. Kane with a suplex on Ambrose. Chinlock by Kane. Ambrose with a headbutt. Kane with the sidewalk slam. Irish whip in the corner. Snapmare by Kane but Ambrose counters the dropkick. Takedown by Ambrose. Kane counters the suplex. Powerslam to Ambrose. Ambrose runs into a big boot. Kane going to the top rope. Ambrose cuts him off. Ambrose looking for a superplex Kane counters pushing Ambrose off the turnbuckle. Kane misses with the clothesline. Inverted headlock by Ambrose. Sleeperhold by Ambrose. Ambrose off the ropes gets hit with a right hand. Chokeslam countered by Ambrose with elbows to the head. Kneelift by Kane and dropkick. Sunset flip by Ambrose but Kane picks him up and delivers a big elbow. Dropkick by Ambrose. Ambrose looking for Old School but Kane throws him off the turnbuckle with an armdrag. Clotheslines in the corner by Kane. Kane from the top rope hits the flying clothesline. Kane looks for the chokeslam but Ambrose counters a right hand sends Ambrose to the floor. Ambrose plants Kane head first on the floor and slides back into the ring beating the ten count to retain the title
The winner of the match: Dean Ambrose
We get a video hyping the return of Rob Van Dam at next month's Money In The Bank PPV
World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler
Del Rio with a tilt o whirl backbreaker and Ziggler slides to the outside to re-group. Ziggler back in. Del Rio with a headbutt to Ziggler. Ziggler with an irish whip runs into a high elbow. Back suplex by Del Rio. Ziggler with a dropkick. Del Rio bounces Ziggler’s head off the announce table. Del Rio and Langston get into a shoving match and referee Mike Chioda ejects Langston from ringside. Ziggler back in the ring as Del Rio puts a side headlock on Ziggler. Sleeper by Ziggler. Del Rio goes for the cross armbreaker but Ziggler reverses. Ziggler with the ZigZag. Del Rio with a dropkick on Ziggler. Series of kicks to the head by Del Rio. Ziggler hits another ZigZag. Del Rio with a final kick and the cover for the three count
The winner of the match and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio
CM Punk vs Chris Jericho
Waistlock by Punk reversed by Jericho. Punk into an early submission and Jericho counters into a hammerlock. Snapmare by Punk. Side headlock by Jericho. Shouldberblock by Jericho. Punk with a dropkick and a side headlock takedown. An exchange of chops between Punk and Jericho. Jericho misses with a splash in the corner. Punk sent over the top rope to the floor with a clothesline. Baseball slide by Jericho. Punk going to the top rope nails Jericho with a double axehandle. Punk has the arm locked up. Kneelift to the gut by Punk. Punk back to work on the arm. Irish whip by Jericho and Jericho runs into a boot. Jericho with a double axehandleof his own from the top rope. Running bulldog to Punk. Lionsault misses its mark. Punk with the neckbreaker. Running high knee by Punk. Running bulldog and Lionsault by Jericho. Jericho counters the GTS amd locks in Walls Of Jericho. Punk counters into a submission hold as Jericho tries to fight out of it. Punk transitions into the Anaconda Vise. Punk looking for the GTS and Jericho counters again looking for The Walls again. Punk kicks Jericho away going for another GTS. Roll up by Jericho. Codebreaker by Jericho. Punk and Jericho exchange punches and it’s Punk who gets the upper hand. Dropkick by Punk. The running knee. Punk to the top rope looking for the flying elbow. The target hits its mark. GTS to Jericho and a near fall. Another GTS blocked by Jericho. Codebreaker countered by Punk and Jericho gets clotheslined over the ropes. Suicide dive by Punk to the outside. Jericho with a series of elbows to the side of the head. Walls Of Jericho on Punk, Punk counters and hits the GTS for the three count
The winner of the match: CM Punk
WWE Tag Team Championships: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton & Daniel Bryan
Reigns unloads on Bryan. Bryan hits a clothesline to Reigns. Reigns with a right hand and The Shield cutting Bryan off early on. Clothesline by Rollins. Chinlock by Reigns. Another clothesline by Bryan. Orton with clotheslines to Rollins and a powerslam. Orton with the draping DDT to Rollins cut off by Reigns but it’s Reigns who gets planted with the DDT. Rollins off the turnbuckle gets powerslammed by Orton. Rollins is hooked up in the middle rope and gets planted with the DDT. Reigns with a cheap shot to Orton sending him to the floor. Double stomp by The Shield on Orton. Reigns with an elbow drop and now Orton cut off from his corner. Orton fights his way out of the corner but The Shield back in control. Samoan Drop by Reigns. Bryan gets the hot tag unloading on The Shield with dropkicks and clotheslines. Reigns and Rollins sent to the outside and Bryan with the suicide dive but Bryan misses and takes out Orton. Reigns with a backbreaker on Bryan but Bryan counters taking Reigns out. Bryan with a superplex off the top rope to Rollins. Roll up by Rollins and Bryan counters into the No Lock but it’s broken up by Reigns. Reigns with a spear to Bryan. Orton with an RKO to Reigns. Scissors kick by Rollins to Bryan for the three count
The winners of the match: Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns
Ryback vs John Cena
Stage 1: Lumberjack Match
Ryback unloads on Cena. Cena fights back Ryback with a powerslam. Fallaway slam by Ryback. Cena with a fisherman suplex and a slam. Elbowdrop by Cena. Cena to the outside momentarily but back into the ring. Series of headbutts by Ryback. Ryback with a chinlock. Cena tries to break it looking for the AA. Ryback hits the Backpack and Cena tossed to the outside. Suplex by Ryback. Cena tosses Ryback out of the ring. Ryback back in and Cena hits the shoulder tackle and the front slam. Five knuckle shuffle countered as Ryback military presses Cena to the outside. AA countered as Ryback holds onto the ropes and Ryback on the outside. Cena on the top rope dives onto the lumberjacks. Cena and Ryback in the ring once more. Drop toehold into the STF and Ryback gerts to his feet hits Shell Shocked for the three count
Stage 1: Ryback
Stage 2: Tables Match
Ryback charges into Cena. Ryback slides out of the ring and brings out a table setting it up. Ryback sets Cena up looking for a powerbomb. Cena counters into an AA but Ryback counters and hits a spear. Military press by Ryback countered by Cena. Cena looking for another AA but Ryback kicks the table and Ryback gets sent to the outside. Cena sent shoulder first into the steps. Cena gets hit with the ring steps. Cena hits the ring steps against Ryback’s skull. Another table comes into play. Cena leveled with the steps is laid out on the table. Ryback goes to smash Cena with the steps but Cena moves out of the way and Ryback breaks the table with the steps. Five moves of doom by Cena. Ryback counters the AA. Meat Hook clothesline by Ryback. Ryback sets up the table. Cena counters Ryback’s Shell Shocked and puts Ryback through the table with an AA
Stage 2: John Cena
Stage 3: Ambulance Match
Ryback puts Cena through the announce table. Ryback picks Cena up over his shoulder and carries him to the top of the ramp where the ambulance is. Cena pushes Ryback into the ambulance door. Cena slams Ryback against the side of the ambulance. Cena whips Ryback into the door of the ambulance using the door as a weapon. Ryback throws Cena onto the windshield. Cena climbing up onto the roof of the ambulance. Ryback following and Cena hits him sending him back to the floor.. Ryback grabbing a crutch. Ryback climbing back up and now it’s Cena and Ryback on the roof of the ambulance. Cena picks Ryback up and delivers an AA through the roof of the ambulance
Stage 3: John Cena
The winner of the match: John Cena
-End Show-
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