2020 WWE Payback predictions, card, matches, start time, date, location, Roman Reigns rumors, PPV preview – CBS Sports

Accurate one week after SummerSlam, WWE is returning to pay-per-perceive with its Payback tournament. The show goes down on Sunday night, and or no longer it’s taking a leer cherish one other stacked summer tournament from inside the ThunderDome at Orlando’s Amway Center. With tiny time to compose to a brand novel pay-per-perceive, WWE historical Raw to space up half of the cardboard whereas SmackDown on Friday desires to be poised to comprise out the relaxation of the tournament. 

Payback will launch up at 7 p.m. ET with the show expected to closing approximately three hours, no longer counting the kickoff show, which begins one hour sooner than the valuable card at 6 p.m. CBS Sports activities will be with you the total components on Sunday with reside outcomes, highlights and prognosis.

Let’s rob a closer leer at who our CBS Sports activities experts predict will near out on top at WWE Payback. Overview out their picks and explanations for WWE’s 2nd PPV in as many weeks below.

2020 WWE Payback predictions

Riott Squad vs. The IIconics (Kickoff Gift)

The IIconcs possess gained consecutive singles fits over Liv Morgan and Ruby Riott, but after having so many potentialities in the girls’s mark team division, it’s miles obvious to me that The IIconics are here to position over the rehashed Riott Squad, who desires to be elevated to No. 1 contender scheme for the titles. Fascinated by I’m of the belief that Bayley and Sasha Banks will surprise many by maintaining later in the show, I’m going with the Riott Squad successful here and taking the titles from the Golden Role Items briefly allege — presumably as early as Raw on Monday night. Rob: Riott Squad wins

Tremendous E vs. Sheamus

Tremendous E is getting the long-awaited flee as a singles with the relaxation of Contemporary Day sidelined. There appears to be like to be to be a real willingness by WWE to let Tremendous E in point of fact succeed in the role and Sheamus is an very ultimate first grand project on his proceed. The two showed factual chemistry in a Tremendous E “grand meaty males slapping meat” showdown on SmackDown, and hopefully they’re given time to expand on the probably confirmed there sooner than Tremendous E will get the take to proceed his march in the direction of higher and better issues. Rob: Tremendous E wins — Brent Brookhouse (additionally Adam Silverstein)

Matt Riddle vs. King Corbin

WWE appears to be like to be dedicated to Riddle as a top-tier participant. And if that’s the case, then you might maybe maybe well presumably no longer possess him lose his first grand pay-per-perceive match. There’ll be plans to lengthen their feud thru shenanigans by Corbin, but I appropriate don’t perceive it going down. An mad Corbin attempting to proceed to repay of us to rob out Riddle after a loss appropriate makes extra sense. Rob: Matt Riddle wins — Brookhouse (additionally Silverstein)

United States Championship: Apollo Crews (c) vs. Bobby Lashley 

Credit score to WWE for reserving Crews robust for the length of most of his U.S. title flee. But if he’s appropriate going to flee thru the total Damage Business, what’s the level of the crew? Crews outsmarted Lashley in the arm wrestling contest, beat MVP twice elegant and now faces the man who almost took down Drew McIntyre for the WWE title a few months in the past. Crews’ reign ends here. Rob: Bobby Lashley wins the title. — Silverstein (additionally Brookhouse)

Females’s Label Group Championship: Bayley & Sasha Banks (c) vs. Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax

Whereas I first and predominant expected this to be the self-discipline where the Golden Role Items misplaced their straps, I additionally expected to perceive Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan as the ones contending at Payback. Why WWE would throw Baszler and Jax together for this when Baszler already made crystal determined her intentions to be Asuka’s No. 1 contender makes no sense to me. The thoroughly components I can perceive Baszler and Jax successful is if WWE’s goal is to possess a “stronger” team be the ones to defeat Bayley and Banks thoroughly for Baszler and Jax to implode in per week or two and descend the titles. But that’s ghastly reserving since the goal of a extra established team beating Bayley and Banks could well maybe well be to position them over in the valuable voice. So I could err on the aspect of retention here. Rob: Bayley & Sasha Banks retain the titles — Silverstein

I form no longer fancy the premise of Baszler and Jax successful the titles, particularly when there are assorted, established mark teams who desires to be getting the shot. But or no longer it’s determined that we’re heading to Bayley vs. Banks, and leaving Bayley with the thoroughly title after their team held the total gold sets that up nicely. Meanwhile, Baszler sharing the titles with Jax will thoroughly play into their feud. I can undoubtedly perceive Bayley and Banks maintaining whereas tranquil constructing to higher points as the teamwork between Baszler and Jax falls apart. But it appropriate feels cherish the trigger is getting pulled here on the title commerce. Rob: Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax take the titles — Brookhouse

Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins & Murphy

There’s a level where the Mysterios must take up a take to retain this shifting forward. Rollins has tormented Rey in every components that you just might maybe maybe presumably imagine, along with striking off his eyeball and brutalizing his son as Rey sat by helpless and handcuffed to the ropes. Then, the Mysterios had been left to be attacked by Retribution. There must be a 2nd where the Mysterios procure a victory, or else there’s nowhere else for this sage to transfer. Rob: Rey & Dominik Mysterio take — Brookhouse (additionally Silverstein)

Randy Orton vs. Keith Lee

There are few worse imaginable decisions than having Lee lose here. If he’s going to be a participant on the valuable roster, he mustn’t be dropping fits but — even in opposition to Orton. There’s a truly easy path to victory here with Drew McIntyre serving to Lee take the take. That will be a declare in its comprise ravishing, with Lee “wanting back,” nonetheless or no longer it’s the suitable route to transfer to present protection to all people involving and proceed constructing in the direction of the Orton/McIntyre rematch. Rob: Keith Lee wins — Brookhouse (additionally Silverstein)

Universal Championship: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman (No Holds Barred)

WWE had an grand opportunity to rethink and retool the Reigns persona when he courageously returned from his battle with leukemia. Not appropriate in phrases of how it booked him but additionally the leer of his persona (the vest, the entrance tune, and so forth.). Whereas it did procure some restraint by no longer reserving Reigns in the title image for months, the goal used to be in the halt to position him over at WrestleMania. With Reigns pulling out amid COVID-19 and now relieve, WWE could well maybe well in point of fact feel the must book him relieve into the voice they deliberate him to rob four months in the past. Let’s hope they show identical restraint brooding about Wyatt appropriate gained the title one week in the past, here’s a triple risk match (that capacity Reigns doesn’t possess to be interested by the attain to lose) and it could possibly probably maybe maybe well behoove WWE from a reserving level of view to compose a longer, drawn-out feud with Reigns chasing Wyatt. Rob: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt retains the title — Silverstein (additionally Brookhouse)