8 Things WWE Got Right At WWE Payback 2017

Some logical storytelling made sure Payback wasn't a total house of horrors...

by John Bills
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From the moment Vince McMahon announced the 2017 superstar shake-up, Payback was always going to be a transitional pay-per-view at best. The draft left the show in a no-win position with a card that no longer made any long term sense - not to mention the fact that RAW's top two championships were absent entirely.

Whilst it might not be wise to judge Payback against the usual WWE pay-per-view standards, the show actually turned out quite well. All of the traditional matches on the main card were in the three star range, and a couple of fresh faces put in their best performances on the main roster to date. RAW needed someone to stand up last night, and they received more than one response.

WWE Payback 2017 had the potential to be one of the all-time worst WWE pay-per-views. The event ended up somewhere in the middle, but in truth that should be celebrated. WWE got something right in each match after all. Yes, even in that match...

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.