7 Times Payback Wasn't Delivered In WWE

This Sunday, World Wrestling Entertainment will present Payback, the fifth special event of 2016 and the company's first following the extravaganza that was WrestleMania.

The promo video for the show includes Bray Wyatt (now injured) waxing lyrical in his usual style, talking of how 'one word drives us', and that one word is payback.

'Payback' is defined as the act of revenge or retaliation, and it is an integral part of professional wrestling. At its heart wrestling is the story of good versus evil, of the bad guys antagonising the good guys, often getting the upper-hand before eventually getting their comeuppance. It might not be true in real life, but in pro wrestling good triumphs more often than not.

There are many examples in wrestling history when this hasn't quite been the case however. On a few occasions the bad guy has antagonised the good, has downright bullied them for a period of time and still coming out on top, with the bullied left to look like a chump.

Of course, this isn't to say that every single story in wrestling must end with the good guy on top, for such a state of affairs would be stale. Still, there are a few examples where payback was necessary but payback never came.

Here are seven such times.

2014 should have been a beautiful year for Brie Bella. It started with her beau Daniel Bryan rising to the very top of professional wrestling and the two tying the knot soon after.

The outlook looked rosy, but injury would rob her husband of his career and her boss made her life hell. She quit but would return, only for her own sister to cost her victory over Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley in a big grudge match at SummerSlam.

Nikki continued to berate her sister, running her down on a weekly basis with increasingly hurtful words. The two had a match at Hell in a Cell 2014 where the loser would be forced to become the winner's personal assistant for 30 days.

Such matches generally lead to the heel winning and putting the babyface through further hell until they can't take it anymore, clawing their way back and eventually vanquishing their foe.

The first half of that was true, as Nikki defeated Brie thus forcing her to take on PA duties for the Bella Empire. Just three days before the stipulation would end, however, Brie would assist Nikki in defeating AJ Lee for the Divas Champion.

The twins were reunited, with the hurtful comments of the previous couple of months seemingly forgotten. What we learnt was that if you bully your sibling, they will probably help you in your dastardly ways just because.