WWE Payback 2013: 5 talking points of the PPV

Del Rio and Ziggler exchange characters

Alberto Del Rio surprised everyone by beating Dolph Ziggler to become the new World Heavyweight Title. No one expected this to happen, but the way WWE carried it was absolutely brilliant. WWE used Ziggler’s concussion as a means to create sympathy as Del Rio looked relentless against the champion. Del Rio targeted Ziggler’s head over and over again as the already pro-Ziggler crowd sided to his corner completely. Del Rio’s heel-ish match strategy and a similar promo after the match does indicate that Ziggler and Del Rio have swapped their characters and this feud will continue with Ziggler as the face and Del Rio the heel. But what about Langston and AJ. Will the crowd manage to support them? As far as I see, WWE will separate Ziggler from the two in the weeks to come.