12 Burning Questions For WWE Payback 2016

12. Does Anyone Care About Kalisto/Ryback?

It hurts to write those words about two men who clearly care about their work and are trying to put together an interesting program. Ryback has been walking a fine line between face and heel, acting like a condescending big man rather than a straight-up bully, while Kalisto has been the underdog champion for several months, but he’s been given little to do as champ.

The result is a United States Championship match that was added almost as an afterthought last week and taking place during the Payback kickoff show. That match itself is a rematch from the WrestleMania kickoff show. That means that for two straight PPVs, the U.S. title will be defending in a pre-show match, after being around the waist of John Cena for much of 2015.

That’s quite the fall for a title that was defended in the main event of a PPV less than a year ago.