Payback (2020)

Payback is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place on August 30, 2020. It will be the sixth event in the Payback chronology.

Payback
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateAugust 30, 2020
WWE Network event chronology
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Payback chronology
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Storylines

The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[1][2] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[3]

On the August 14 episode of SmackDown, it was revealed that Bayley and Sasha Banks would defend the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship at Payback.[4]

Matches
No. Matches* Stipulations
1 Bayley and Sasha Banks (c) vs. TBD TBD for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship[5]
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • *Card subject to change
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References
  1. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  2. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  4. Powell, Jason (August 15, 2020). "8/14 WWE Friday Night Smackdown results: Powell's review of the the latest Retribution attacks, a Triple Brand Battle Royal for a shot at the Smackdown Women's Championship at SummerSlam, Big E vs. John Morrison, Braun Strowman and Alexa Bliss". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. "Bayley and Sasha Banks to defend Women's Tag Team Titles at WWE Payback". WWE. August 15, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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