WWE Payback

WWE Payback is a series of professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming shows made by WWE. The concept of the event is the wrestlers looking for payback against their opponents.

The first event happened on June 16, 2013 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois and took over the slot of No Way Out.^[1] Payback then took place yearly until 2017, with that year's event being exclusive to the Raw brand.^[2] It then no longer was a yearly show, but the name was used for two events in 2020 and 2023.^[3]^[4]

Dates and venues

	Raw-branded event

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Ref.
1	Payback (2013)	June 16, 2013	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	John Cena (c) vs. Ryback in a Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship	^[1]
2	Payback (2014)	June 1, 2014	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins) vs. Evolution (Batista, Randy Orton, and Triple H) in a No Holds Barred Elimination match	^[5]
3	Payback (2015)	May 17, 2015	Baltimore, Maryland	Royal Farms Arena	Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns in a fatal four-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[6]
4	Payback (2016)	May 1, 2016	Rosemont, Illinois	Allstate Arena	Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship	^[7]^[8]
5	Payback (2017)	April 30, 2017	San Jose, California	SAP Center	Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns	^[2]
6	Payback (2020)	August 30, 2020	Orlando, Florida	WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center	"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat match for the WWE Universal Championship	^[3]
7	Payback (2023)	September 2, 2023	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PPG Paints Arena	Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the World Heavyweight Championship	^[4]
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Caldwell, James. CALDWELL'S WWE PAYBACK PPV RESULTS 6/16 (Hour 3): Edward Ticklebot vs. Rye Bread main event, Tag Title match (June 16, 2013)Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 WWE.com Staff. WWE Payback 2017 tickets available this Friday. WWE (February 20, 2017). Retrieved February 20, 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Johnson, Mike. SUMMERSLAM UPDATE, WWE REVIVING OLD PPV NEXT MONTH AS WELL. PWInsider (July 31, 2020). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Lambert, Jeremy. WWE Payback Announced For September 2. Fightful (June 16, 2023). Retrieved June 16, 2023.
↑ Updated List: Complete 2014 WWE PPV Calendar with Announced Dates and Locations (February 11, 2014)Wrestle Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
↑ Martin, Adam. Baltimore to host the WWE Payback PPV in 2015. WrestleView (September 9, 2014). Retrieved September 15, 2014.
↑ Johnson, Mike. WWE PPV updates. PWInsider (February 23, 2016). Retrieved February 23, 2016.
↑ Johnson, Mike. WWE PAYBACK 2016 PRE-SALE CODE (March 8, 2016)PWInsider. Retrieved March 10, 2016.