WWE: Payback – Flops of the show

If you’ve read my review about Payback, you’d know that I liked the show a lot. Unlike the other PPVs, it wasn’t below average or average, but was one of the better PPVs since the beginning of 2012. I gave it a 4 star rating out of a possible 5, but I did have my qualms about some of the matches and how they were booked. Although I would never imagine a Cena–Ryback match to be perfect, it was decent, and they performed to best the best of their limited abilities. The other matches, however, could’ve been booked better. In this article, I take a look at five instances that could’ve been avoided/booked in a better way that would have improved the quality of PPV just a bit better.

 

5) Heyman didn’t turn on Punk

What was the whole point in Jericho challenging Punk? Don’t get me wrong, they put on arguably the best match of the year, and I absolutely love both the performers. But we’ve seen a program between them before as well, and there was nothing new to it that would’ve made me jump and take notice. I prophesied a Jericho heel turn, or at the very least, Heyman turning on Punk, and WWE had a good chance to do that. When Punk left the WWE couple of months ago, he left Heyman stranded in the ring, and Heyman, being a brilliant businessman that he is, could’ve come up with a point saying Punk left him in high waters, and that’s why he wanted retribution. The feud/match could’ve been booked in a better way. Instead, we get Punk telling Heyman that they should ‘just be friends’, and he’s not his client on wwe.com video! Call me old fashioned, but I’d like to see a turn in the ring, and in a sensible storyline. Not on an app or a video that 80% of the fans wouldn’t even watch. Where will Punk go from here? I’m pretty sure Heyman will turn on Punk anyway and bring Lesnar back to feud with him. Why didn’t they do that at a place where Heyman would’ve been the most hated man alive? I honestly don’t know.