Backstage: Kane, The New Day & Seth Rollins
We see Kane walking backstage. He walks past The New Day. They are celebrating wild and telling Kane “we told you!” Kane keeps walking and rolls his eyes.
Up walks Seth Rollins, accompanied by J&J Security. He tells Kane that what he just did to Reigns and Orton was great, but The Authority is coming back and they are going to punish Kane for what he did to Rollins.
Kane tells Rollins that what he did with Reigns and Orton was best for business. He says that brings him to Rollins. He says he can’t leave their opponent at Payback not having any action tonight.
He says tonight it will be Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose and just so there won’t be a repeat from last week, J&J Security is banned from ringside. Rollins isn’t happy so he flips out and complains. Kane threatens to make a bunch of weird stipulations to make things worse if Rollins doesn’t shut up. Rollins walks away pissed as the fans cheer. We head to commercial break on that note.
Ryback & Bray Wyatt Segment
When we return from commercial, Renee Young is in the ring. She introduces Ryback. “Feed Me More” blares from the speakers as he makes his way out to the ring in street clothes.
As he makes his way to the ring, we see highlights of Bray Wyatt attacking him twice. Young asks Ryback if he knows why Wyatt is attacking him. He says he doesn’t know but it doesn’t matter because he’s not afraid to face fear. The Montreal fans get Ryback to pause in his tracks a few times with “Goldberg” chants. They approve and start chanting “Feed Me More” instead.
Ryback goes on to talk about some of the severe injuries he’s had in the past and how doctors told him he would never wrestle. He tells Bray he’s faced fear many times, but he takes it on directly and he eats it. He says that is what he does. He leads the fans in a loud “Feed Me More” chant.
Finally, Wyatt cuts in humming “He’s Got The Whole World” backstage in a dark, smokey room. He says Ryback is painting himself like an undestructable force. He says he sees him as a scared little boy. He talks about how fear controls people. Wyatt tells Ryback he’s going to make him fade away just like his dreams. He finishes by simply saying, “Run!” We cut to commercial.
Tyson Kidd & Cesaro vs. The Ascension
When we return from the break, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, along with Natalya, make their way to the ring. Out next is The Ascension. It’s time for some tag-team action.
Konnor and Kidd kick things off for their respective teams. Kidd gets in a little bit of fast-paced offense, but Konnor takes over. Konnor and Viktor get Kidd in their corner and continue to tag-in and tag-out to keep a fresh guy on him.
Finally, Kidd gets to Cesaro and makes the tag. Cesaro takes the hot tag and is flying all over the place. He whips him into the corner back-and-forth about 20 times and followed in with an elbow each time. That was like a standinng version of the big swing or something. Whatever it was, it was cool and the fans loved it.
Cesaro calls for the swing but The Ascension double-teams him to get him down. Kidd makes the save. Viktor turns around into a Cesaro Swing as he tags Kidd in before starting the swing. Kidd does a move off of the swing and pins him. 1-2-3. Kidd and Cesaro win.
Winners: Tyson Kidd & Cesaro
Renee Young Catches Up With Seth Rollins
Backstage, Renee Young catches up with Seth Rollins and asks him for his thoughts on his match with Dean Ambrose tonight. Rollins says there’s no point to have this match and says Kane is a moron. We head to a break on that note.