7 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Payback 2015

By Scott Carlson /

1. Tag Team Wrestling Takes Center Stage

If Sunday€™s New Day versus Cesaro/Kidd match doesn€™t encourage WWE to go back to contesting all Tag Team Championship matches as two-out-of-three falls, then something is wrong with the company. The tag title bout was a show-stealer, with all five men (counting Xavier Woods) delivering a collectively awesome performance. The teams hit some incredible moves that exemplified why fans still love tag team wrestling: Tyson Kidd timing Cesaro€™s delayed vertical suplex before helping to force Kofi Kingston to the ground; Kidd€™s catapult into a spinebuster and giant swing/dropkick for the first fall; Big E spearing Cesaro through the ropes and out of the match; Kidd then having no one to tag for the rest of the second fall; and the backbreaker/springboard elbow combo from Cesaro and Kidd. Describing those moves doesn€™t do them justice. Both teams had fans eating outing of their hands, and it€™s worth a second look. Of course, the finish €“ Xavier Woods sneaking in to steal the final pin after failing to successfully use the €œFreebird Rule€ earlier €“ perfectly capped the match, with the fresh man holding down a spent Cesaro. This match showed why a 2/3 falls match still is an awesome tool to break out. Perhaps WWE should revert to the old Saturday Night€™s Main Event deal for tag title matches and have them always be held under 2/3 falls rules.