10 WWE Payback 2020 Impulse Reactions
2. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (c) Vs. Roman Reigns Vs. Braun Strowman
WWE could have quite easily have not bothered doing anything with these three on the go-home SmackDown. The match was announced on Monday as way to drop Roman Reigns straight back in on pay-per-view, leaving many to panic that the company was just going to put the Universal Title back on 'The Big Dog' - as if it hasn't been just under two years since he last held it.
Instead, the company dropped another bomb - Reigns was seemingly alligned with Paul Heyman, and wasn't yet happy to sign a contract for the match he was apparently already booked for.
Huge stories in the context of the programme, but as Heyman ducked and dodged questions on behalf of his new charge during the show, it became clear how little of 'The Big Dog' we'd get until the bitter end of this match.
It was a bait and switch, effectively. The promised triple threat was instead yet another singles brawl before 'The Big Dog' arrived. So let's get to that...