8 WWE Payback Results Predictions

4. Alexa's Ranking Set To Lower?

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Predicting this one should be as simple as recognising Bayley's residence and billing from San Jose, CA, noting the venue of Payback, and resolving WWE's usual formula to produce the unlikely and unfancied Alexa Bliss as the only possible answer. Usually, all logic is violently defenestrated in the face of the company's inexplicable home-town disinclination.

For this match however, following this usual pattern would be a level of lunacy Jupiter would envy (63 moons, science fans). No doubt WWE wish for Bliss to make an immediate impact on the red brand, but just featuring in a title match should be more than enough. Alexa has also been in the news this past week regarding scurrilous claims I'm not prepared to detail. Despite the story possessing no semblance of veracity, the company are probably keen to keep Bliss away from the spotlight for the time being. Consequently, this one has a rare home win for a WWE champion written all over it.

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