12 Burning Questions For WWE Payback 2016

6. Who Wins First Round Of Zayn/Owens?

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One of the more hotly anticipated matches on Payback’s card among fans isn’t a title match. It’s the first WWE singles match between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.

The two former best friends and now bitter rivals have battled since Owens’ debut in NXT late last year, and WWE has not hesitated to play up their real-life friendship on the independent circuit. A video detailing the friendship/rivalry shown on Raw was really well done, giving fans some good perspective into why this is a personal feud, not just your typical WWE feud of the month.

Given that, it’s pretty clear that this is just the first match between Zayn and Owens, and many more will come throughout the coming months and years. So who will strike first in Sunday’s match?

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.