WWE Payback 2020: 8 Results Predictions
IOU: One wasted Sunday night.
Without delving too far into the personal or, for that matter, self-indulgent, the post-exertional malaise (to give it its medical term) that arrives for many sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a set which includes your writer - is more commonly referred to as 'payback'. It's the kinetic debt we incur to live, at least for part of the week, something approximating a normal life.
So the inadvertent relevance of WWE branding the second of their dual-pay-per-view experiment with this moniker is not lost on me. After a bumper SummerSlam weekend - and with AEW's All Out on the horizon - did we really need a pointless show sandwiched between? Myalgic encephalomyelitis isn't exactly a prerequisite for burnout here: precisely who is purring in anticipation at the return of one of WWE's least relevant interstitial B-shows, a week after their last ThunderDome spectacular?
It is, in more relatable terms, the hangover which follows the Biggest Party of the Summer, an unpleasant drudge you just want to get over with. As if to hammer home this stomach churning metaphor, the show features Baron Corbin, Sheamus, and Randy Orton in prominent roles.
And ultimately, this babalas will likely end with Hair of Big Dog.
8. Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan Vs. The IIconics
A last-minute addition to the card, just to guarantee the Bank Holiday weekend is wasted as much as possible, sees the recent pairing of Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan go up against, by some measure, bona fide veterans of the WWE women's tag team scene The IIconics in the show's Kickoff presentation.
All you need to know is that Ruby and Liv (alongside Bianca Belair), beat The IIconics and Belair's bête noir Zelina Vega in a six-person contest on Raw this past Monday. 50/50 101, combined with the thoughtless 11th hour addition to the card, spits out our answer.
Prediction: The IIconics