Payback (2020)

Payback was a profession wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE. It took place on February 16, 2020 and was the sixth event under the Payback chronology. Twelve matches were featured on the card, with the main event seeing seeing The Fiend defending the Universal Championship against John Cena.

Production
Payback is a pay-per-view event that was established by WWE in 2013. The event ran annually from 2013–2017 until it was brought back in 2020. The 2020 event was the sixth event in the Payback chronology and featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and NXT brands.

Storyline
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on all three brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows.

The main event saw The Fiend putting the Universal Championship on the line against John Cena. The Fiend had been undefeated since his debut at SummerSlam (2019) defeating everyone he's come across from Finn Bálor to The Miz to Daniel Bryan. Cena had defeated Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 30, embarrassing his opponent in front of the audience. Since, Wyatt has wanted payback. When Cena appeared on SmackDown to announce his plan to retire from the WWE, The Fiend appeared behind him, challenging him to a match for the Universal Championship at Payback.

Trivia

 * *During their match, Shayna Baszler entered the cage and beat down both opponents before dragging Lynch out of the cage making sure she retained the title as Baszler is determined to be the one to face her at WrestleMania.
 * After her title defense against Bianca Belair, Ripley was attacked by Charlotte Flair, who challenged her for the NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36.