Sunday, May 1, 2016

Payback 2016 - The LIVE Results

Dolph Ziggler beats a cocky Baron Corbin with a surprise roll-up as Corbin shows off, giving Corbin his first-ever main roster loss.



Sami Zayn is in the Social Media Lounge. He considers Bret "The Hit Man" Hart his biggest inspiration growing up. He doesn't know if he'll ever fully trust Kevin Owens again, but he says "never say never." He doesn't know if he truly regrets being friends with Owens.

Kalisto retains the WWE United States Championship against Ryback.



The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) start the main show. One team will have the shot at their WWE Tag Team Championships tonight, and they plan to have a ringside seat to see which team earns that shot. Xavier Woods also opens his Twitter DMs for Beyonce.

Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady vs The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) ends with Enzo Amore hitting his head on the bottom rope and then on the mat before lying in a heap outside of the ring after a powerful Irish Whip from Simon Gotch. The match is ended and Enzo Amore is sent out on a stretcher.

Kevin Owens beats Sami Zayn. During the match, it is learned that Enzo Amore is able to speak and move his extremities after being moved to a local medical facility. After the match, Kevin Owens forces Byron Saxton to interview him about his victory over Zayn. When Saxton asks if the war between him and Sami Zayn is over, Owens says that's not what he asked, and declares he's the better man anyway. He now says he can focus on getting the WWE Intercontinental Championship back. When he finds out The Miz vs. Cesaro for the Intercontinental Championship is the next match, he guests on commentary for the match.





The Miz retains the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Cesaro after grabbing the tights during a roll-up, after Cesaro is distracted by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, who brawl afterSami Zayn takes out Owens on commentary. Miz taps to Cesaro's crossface, but the ref is too busy with Owens and Zayn. After the match, Owens takes out everybody, and is about to hit The Miz with the pop-up powerbomb when Maryse gets Miz out of there.





Dean Ambrose beats Chris Jericho.





Mauro Ranallo interviews AJ Styles. Styles says he will have the match of his life and become WWE World Heavyweight Champion all by himself. He's told Luke Anderson and Karl Anderson that it's all about him tonight and that it will stay one-on-one. He'll show Roman Reigns why he's phenomenal.

Charlotte retains the WWE Women's Championship againast Natalya with the Sharpshooter...even though Natalya never taps out. Bret Hart punches out Ric Flair, and Natalya takes down Charlotte. Both uncle and niece execute the Sharpshooter on their respective opponents.







Vince McMahon shows up. After talking about the evolution of Raw, he hopes that his choice is an ethical person with great business acumen. He introduces his daughter Stephanie McMahon first, and she says that she would rather be feared and respected than felt sorry for. She runs down what she and Triple H have done as The Authority, then verbally craps on Shane in an effort to deem her brother Shane McMahon unfit to run Raw. Shane shows up as Stephanie is finished speaking. Shane shows some internet headlines proving that he is the better choice...and that Stephanie and Triple H can't claim such. He also says that while Vince can be credited for the WWE Network, the jump in Network subs can be credited to him. However, he says that under Stephanie and Triple H, the fans were not being heard, and that he returned because of that. After hearing what both have to say, Vince says he listens to himself at the end of the day, and it's all about what he wants. He wants his children to either collaborate with or turn against each other. Both Shane and Stephanie control Raw. Shane extends his hand, and Stephanie shakes it.



Enzo Amore is reported to have a concussion, though all other tests have come back negative.

AJ Styles beats Roman Reigns by count-out after a Phenomenal Forearm on Roman Reigns into an announce table. After the match, however, Shane McMahon shows up and restarts the match with no count-outs.





AJ Styles beats Roman Reigns by disqualification when Roman Reigns accidentally hits AJ Styles with a low blow as Styles comes off the top rope. Stephanie McMahon shows up and makes the match no-disqualification.

Roman Reigns retains the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against AJ Styles after involvement from both the team of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso). After the match, Vince McMahon talks with both Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon. Both of them agree with Vince that AJ Styles should have a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Stephanie says it should be at Extreme Rules, and Shane says that it should be an Extreme Rules Match. Vince makes it so, and Stephanie tells Shane that she respects his decision.



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