Okay... so here are my thoughts on Payback...
Enzo/Cass vs The Club- It was a meh match but it was on the pre-show. So what did you expect?
Miz TV segment- It was as good as a talk segment you could have these days with Miz doing what he did really well on Smack Down- be awesome on the mike. Should have been on tomorrows RAW.
KO vs Jericho- As I commented during the show, it was great storytelling and actually makes their solid Wrestlemania match even better in retrospect since now that's Part One of a two match blow-off.
Austin Aries vs Neville- That match started at a hundred miles an hour with arm drags and cross bodies right and left and didn't ease up. There is a place for dusty finishes in wrestling and this was it. That dusty finish was very par for the course. It was great!
Alexa Bliss vs Bayley- Alexa
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Oh sorry, review for the match- It was a pretty decent match until the finish. Now, I understand how babyfaces losing in hometowns are an instant heat magnet but that only works when it's rare and there isn't a feeling that WWE is more interested in trolling their audience. More importantly and specific to this case, Bayley needed a hometown win face pop WAYYY more to kick start her title reign than Alexa needed the heat from beating her.
Samoa Joe vs Seth Rollins- It was only a decent match. I say 'only' because this was my prediction for "match of the night" and it didn't live up to that hype. I didn't particularly dig the finish of the match but I guess they have more planned for the two.
Sheamus/ Cesaro vs Hardyz- The match was incredibly stiff and did foreshadow what was to come in hindsight. I'm totally up for that heel turn- it was very well executed. Also, Jeff lost a tooth to a PK!
As a side, Sheamus/ Cesaro commentating on the match on RAW Talk was absolutely brilliant to hear and see.
Reigns vs Strowman- Wow. Just wow. Lets be real. It was great. Reigns sold that shoulder like a sum*****. And that post match beat up was the best segment involving Reigns INSIDE a wrestling ring in some time.
House of Horrors- I thought it was boring. And a House of Horrors match shouldn't be boring. And the problem is it was self serious. As comparison, in Tag Team Apocalypto, there was a freakin' volcano in the Hardyz backyard. That's CRRAZZY! It was better than the Wrestlemania match, so that's something. I didn't mind Jinder getting involved since it gives him some more legitimacy.
