5 Surprising moments from WWE Payback 2017

Poor Roman. He takes a beating and still gets booed.

#3 Alexa Bliss wins the title

I guess you ever win in your hometown. Sorry, Bayley.

I am a huge fan of Alexa Bliss. If anyone was a victor in the brand split it was a talent like Bliss. She wasn’t the biggest success in NXT and entered SmackDown as a question mark.

She quickly showed her in-ring talent and especially her impressive mic skills in the last seven months. She carried the SmackDown’s Women division as its top female heel and it showed in the loud pop she received when she appeared on Raw during the Superstar Shake-up.

The possibilities for matches with Sasha Banks and Bayley seemed great for some fun long-term feuds. Then she won her the Raw Women’s Champion clean in her first attempt.

It all seemed quite rushed. Alexa winning the title puts us back in the familiar routine of the cocky heel champion we have seen a lot on Raw recently. But with the Women’s title being constantly passed around like a hot potato, it is all getting a little bit silly. Nonetheless, it was surprising to see it yet again so soon.

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