WWE Payback 2017: Assessing The Potential Quality Of All 8 Matches

8. The Club Vs. Enzo & Cass

If it wasn't scheduled for the Kickoff portion of the show, the next natural fit would surely be the semi final death spot; this dynamic is beyond stale and devoid almost entirely of stakes and intrigue.

There is a maximum three star ceiling erected above it. It barely even works as a crowd-popping curtain-jerker because Enzo and Cass have suffered a sharp dip in popularity away from the familiar and friendly Full Sail environment. It doesn't help that the tone of their act has been mangled beyond recognition on the flagship. Enzo, once an affable pest, has devolved into an utter irritant. Big Cass meanwhile is Big Cass; he has a distinct and one-dimensional role, and he plays it well enough often enough.

But both men, even after years of experience, are still prone to botching - and even if the match is smooth and free of errors, it can only be an inconsequential and fine affair. The Club tandem of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson are still barely over.

An eager arena audience might help it along, but it would sets eyes rolling if it were to take place on RAW. The match would be an insult if it were promoted on the main card in the pre-Network era - hardly the stuff of promise.