WWE Payback 2017: 20 Best Internet Reactions To Braun Strowman's Win

6. Braun And Roman Put On A Great Match

For all the apparent inevitability of Roman Reigns picking up the win over Braun, their match at Payback was actually a high-point (and far better than the HOH that preceded it). Maybe that was all just a cunning ploy to make people invest in Reigns' match a little more?

Putting aside the implications of the result for a moment and the aftermath as separate considerations, the match itself earned a surprising amount of praise. Even from those offering the praise...

It might feel dirty, but there is a truth about Roman Reigns too few people care to acknowledge...

And he sells an awful lot better than his former Shield comrade...