7 Reasons WWE Payback PPV Has Died A Slow Death

By John Canton /

This Sunday's WWE Payback event takes place following a tumultuous month of May news for WWE. From the stock going down significantly causing Vince McMahon to lose approximately $350 million to the WWE Champion Daniel Bryan needed neck surgery, it's been full of bad news. It feels like the music of Bad News Barrett is going to start up any minute now or maybe an Undertaker like lightning bolt is going to strike down on WWE. The good thing about Payback is that June is a new month and Chicago is arguably the best city that WWE routinely visits. The crowd will certainly help things even if the build up to some of the matches has been pretty poor. While this isn't a piece that will predict what's going to happen, here is something you can take to the bank: There will be CM Punk chants all night long. That's what they do. Those chants are interesting not because he is coming back even if we want him to, but because WWE never acknowledges. When any other chants start up the announcers usually comment. They are trained to have selective hearing in WWE. There are plenty of reasons why Payback might be a good show, but there are also several reasons why the build to it has been lackluster at best and because of that it's the least anticipated PPV of the year so far. Here are seven of those reasons.