This week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown closed out with Big E, Otis and Tucker defeating The Miz, John Morrison and Sheamus.
Sheamus could not get along with his team and he ended up leaving to the backstage area during the match so that left Miz and Morrison at a disadvantage. Big E won the match for his team by pinning Miz after hitting the Big Ending.
After the match, Roman Reigns was shown backstage with Paul Heyman and he said that he will win on Sunday and “that’s not a prediction, that’s a spoiler.” Heyman ended by saying, “believe that.”
The impression that was given here is that Reigns has aligned himself with Heyman. This is Heyman’s first WWE TV appearance in several months and the first thing he’s done since he was removed as the head of creative on Raw.
Wait a minute. IS @WWERomanReigns A PAUL HEYMAN GUY NOW?!?#SmackDown #WWEPayback @HeymanHustle @ScrapDaddyAP pic.twitter.com/J36WQmhD7M
— WWE (@WWE) August 29, 2020
Click here for more notes from this week’s SmackDown, including Sami Zayn’s return and something odd happening with Alexa Bliss.
Here is the card so far for WWE Payback on Sunday:
WWE Universal Championship – Triple Threat No Holds Barred Match
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Champion) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Bayley and Sasha Banks (Champions) vs. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax
WWE United States Championship
Apollo Crews (Champion) vs. Bobby Lashley
Dominik Mysterio and Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins and Murphy
Matt Riddle vs. King Corbin
WWE Payback airs this Sunday at 7 pm eastern on the WWE Network. The show will take inside the ThunderDome in the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
