12 Burning Questions For WWE Payback 2016
1. What Does Ending Mean For Roman’s Title Reign?
Regardless, it looks like there are going to be some shenanigans during the world title match. It’s doubtful that we’re going to get a completely clean ending to the match, with either Roman Reigns spearing AJ Styles or Styles hitting the Phenomenal Forearm on Roman.
Depending on how many extracurriculars there are during this match, one has to wonder what message that sends about Roman’s title reign. If in Reigns’ first title defense you have interference, a former NXT champion debuting (Finn Balor) and potentially a new stable forming in the aftermath, does that make Roman as champ secondary? Is that a sign that WWE could be acknowledging that Reigns as champ is not the big draw to close a show?
This is a tough question to answer – or even ask – without having seen how Payback will end. But if things end in disarray with interference from a reformed Bullet Club, then the question will have to be posed and considered over the following weeks.
Sunday is Roman’s first PPV world title defense (unless you count Sheamus’ Money in the Bank cash-in at Survivor Series). It’s hardly an empire if your first defense is overshadowed by outside forces.