Payback

Payback
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Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
First event	Payback (2013)

WWE Payback is a professional wrestling event produced annually by WWE, a Connecticut–based promotion, and broadcast live and available through pay-per-view (PPV). The event was established in 2012, replacing No Way Out in June slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar.^[1][2] In 2015, the event moved to the month of May slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar. WWE swapped dates between Payback and Extreme Rules in 2016, with Payback taking place on May 1 and Extreme Rules taking place on May 22.

The event has been held only in indoor arenas in the United States (the first two events have both taken place at the Allstate Arena, in Rosemont, Illinois). Championship bouts are scheduled on every card, with the lower-tier titles featured on the undercard and the top-tier featured on the main card.

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The Hell in a Cell: The match History

The original concept for the Hell in a Cell structure was created by Jim Cornette. As detailed in the Kayfabe Commentaries release "Timeline of WWE: 1997", Cornette described this concept as a combination of a cage which surrounded the majority of the ringside area (this was a cage design which was popular in Memphis wrestling promotions), and the cage used in both the NWA (National Wrestling Aliance) and WCW (World Championship Wrestling) for their WarGames matches (which had a top on the cage). On an October 2015 video podcast, Vince Russo said Cornette probably did come up with the concept, but the name "Hell in a Cell" came from him.

The Undertaker completed in his 14th Hell in a Cell match atWrestlemania 32, more than any other Superstar.

The Hell in a Cell match was first introduced at WWF Badd Blood on October 5, 1997 at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The background to the inaugural match was built on Undertaker's loss to Bret Hart two months prior at the 1997 SummerSlam in a WWF Championship match which Shawn Michaels was assigned to referee. Michaels had deliberately interjected himself in the match and cost The Undertaker a win which resulted in a match between the two at In Your House: Ground Zero. That match was ruled a no-contest due to the two bypassing and attacking the officials. As a climatic end to the feud, their following bout was originally scheduled to be held as asteel cage match. However, instead of a normal cage enclosing only the ring, a larger roofed structure was constructed, enclosing not only the ring but also the surrounding ringside area. The wider space between the ring apron and the cell walls allowed for entering and exiting the ring. At Badd Blood, Michaels defeated The Undertaker, (with interference from The Undertaker's debuting brother Kane) and won the number-one contendership to the WWF Championship. The cage's size also makes the use of weapons possible as well. Wrestlers usually use weapons in Hell in a Cell by taking them from under the ring.

Hell in a Cell matches are rare in WWE as it is designed to be the climax to certain feuds. There have only been thirty three such matches in WWE, 30 of which have been broadcast on pay-per-view events due to the logistical difficulty in setting them up and its perception as a special attraction due to the nature of the match. In 2009, WWE presented its first pay-per-view event to specifically feature the Hell in a Cell for its marquee matches. Despite the match's profile, prior to the first self-titled Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event, championships were defended six times out of sixteen of the Hell in a Cell matches. The first time a title was defended in the match was at the 2000 No Way Out with Triple H retaining the WWF Championship in the sixth Hell in a Cell match. The longest Hell in a Cell match was held at Bad Blood 2004 between Triple H and Shawn Michaels at over 47 minutes. The first time a title changed hands in a Hell in a Cell match was in 2009, when The Undertaker won the World Heavyweight Championship from CM Punk. The Undertaker has been involved in the most Hell in a Cell matches having competed in fourteen and has the record for most victories at seven. Only two matches have been broadcast on television, both in 1998 on Raw is War. The Hell in a Cell match on the June 15th edition of Raw is War between Stone Cold and Undertaker vs. Kane and Mankind went to a no contest. On the August 24th edition of Raw is War, Mankind fought his tag team partner at the time, Kane in a Hell in a Cell match. This match went to a no contest after Stone Cold Steve Austin interfered and assaulted Kane. Then when Undertaker tried to break inside the cell to help his brother, Mr. McMahon raised the cell and made Undertaker and Stone Cold wait to get their hands on each other until Summerslam. The match has appeared at WWE's flagship event, WrestleMania, twice (WrestleMania XV and XXVIII) with a third being set to take place at WrestleMania 32between The Undertaker and Shane Mcmahon.

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Shawn Michael : MR. WrestleMania And The Heartbreak King

For those of a similar name, see Sean Michaels (disambiguation).

Shawn Michaels
Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXIV in March 2008
Birth name	Michael Shawn Hickenbottom
Born	July 22, 1965 (age 50) Chandler, Arizona, United States[1]
Residence	San Antonio, Texas, United States[2]
Spouse(s)	Theresa Wood (m. 1988–94) Rebecca Curci (m. 1999)
Children	2
Family	Matt Bentley (cousin)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Sean Michaels[3] Shawn Michaels
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[4][5]
Billed weight	225 lb (102 kg)[4]
Billed from	San Antonio, Texas[4]
Trained by	José Lothario[6]
Debut	October 16, 1984[7]
Retired	March 28, 2010

Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965), better known by his ring name Shawn Michaels, is an American professional wrestling personality, television presenter and retired professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE, as an ambassador and occasional non-wrestling performer, since December 2010. Michaels wrestled consistently for WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), from 1988 until his first retirement in 1998. He held non-wrestling roles from 1998 to 2000 and resumed wrestling in 2002 until retiring ceremoniously in 2010.

In the WWF/E, Michaels headlined major pay-per-view events between 1989 and 2010, closing the company's flagship annual event,WrestleMania, five times. He was the co-founder and original leader of the successful stable, D-Generation X. He also wrestled in theAmerican Wrestling Association (AWA), where he founded The Midnight Rockers with Marty Jannetty in 1985. After winning the AWA Tag Team Championship twice, the team continued to the WWF as The Rockers, and had a high-profile breakup in January 1992. Within the year, Michaels would twice challenge for the WWF Championship and win his first WWF Intercontinental Championship, heralding his arrival as one of the industry's premier singles stars.

Michaels is a four-time world champion: a three-time WWF Champion and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion. He is also a two-time Royal Rumble winner, the first WWF Grand Slam Champion and the fourth WWF Triple Crown Champion, as well as a 2011WWE Hall of Fame inductee. Michaels won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated "Match of the Year" reader vote a record eleven times













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Triple H: The King Of King

Triple H
Triple H at WrestleMania 31 in March 2015
Born	Paul Michael Levesque July 27, 1969 (age 46) Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Residence	Weston, Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events & Creative for WWE Professional wrestler
Years active	1992–present
Employer	WWE
Salary	$1.5 million (2013)[1]
Title	Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events & Creative (2013–present)
Spouse(s)	Stephanie McMahon (m. 2003)
Children	3
Family	McMahon
Website	WWE Corporate Bio
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Hunter Hearst Helmsley Jean-Paul Lévesque Terra Ryzing[2] Terra Risin' Terror Rising[3] Triple H
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[4]
Billed weight	255 lb (116 kg)[4]
Billed from	Boston, Massachusetts (as Terror Risin'/Terra Ryzing) Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France (as Jean-Paul Lévesque) Greenwich, Connecticut (as Hunter Hearst Helmsley/Triple H)[4]
Trained by	Killer Kowalski[4]
Debut	March 24, 1992

Paul Michael Levesque^[5] (born July 27, 1969),^[6] better known by his ring name Triple H (an abbreviation of the name Hunter Hearst Helmsley), is an American professional wrestler, corporate executive, and actor. He is the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion in his ninth reign; the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events & Creative of WWE; and the founder and senior producer of NXT. He is married into the McMahon family, which maintains majority ownership of WWE.^[1] In addition to his corporate role, Levesque makes regular appearances on WWE television as an authority figure and wrestler.

Levesque entered several bodybuilding contests after graduating high school in 1987. He commenced his professional wrestling career in the International Wrestling Federation (IWF) in 1992, under the ring name Terra Ryzing, and won his first championship, the IWF Heavyweight Championship. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, where he was soon repackaged asJean-Paul Lévesque, a French Canadian aristocrat.^[6] In 1995, Levesque moved to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), where he became Hunter Hearst Helmsley and, later, Triple H.^[7] In 1997, Triple H co-founded the influential D-Generation Xstable, which became a major element of the WWF's "Attitude Era". After winning his first WWF Championship and beginning a storyline marriage with Stephanie McMahon in 1999, Triple H became a regular main event wrestler (in 2003, Levesque married McMahon in real life). Over the next two decades, he would win a total of 14 world championships and lead stables The McMahon-Helmsley Faction, Evolution, and The Authority, with whom he continues to perform.^[4][8] From 2010 onwards, Triple H began wrestling on a part-time basis as he took on a greater behind-the-scenes role within WWE.

In the course of his career, Levesque has held a total of 25 championships, including nine WWF/E Championships and five World Heavyweight Championships.^[9][10] He is the seventh Triple Crown Champion and the second Grand Slam Champion in WWF/E history. Triple H was also the winner of the 1997 King of the Ring tournament, the 2002 and 2016 Royal Rumbles, and has headlinedWrestleMania, WWE's flagship pay-per-view, six times (WrestleMania 2000, WrestleMania X8, WrestleMania XX, WrestleMania 21,WrestleMania 22 and WrestleMania XXV); he will headline the event for a seventh time at 2016's WrestleMania 32,^[11] thus tying Hulk Hogan's record.^[12]

Outside of professional wrestling, he has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television, including the lead role in theWWE Studios production The Chaperone

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Randy Orton: The Viper

Randy Orton
Orton in May 2014
Birth name	Randall Keith Orton
Born	April 1, 1980 (age 36) Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Residence	St. Charles, Missouri, United States[1]
Spouse(s)	Samantha Speno (m. 2007;div. 2013) Kimberly Kessler (m. 2015)
Children	1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Randy Orton
Billed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[2]
Billed weight	250 lb (110 kg)[2]
Billed from	St. Louis, Missouri[2]
Trained by	Bob Orton Jr. Mid Missouri Wrestling Alliance Ohio Valley Wrestling[3] South Broadway Athletic Club[3]
Debut	March 18, 2000[4]

Randall Keith "Randy" Orton^[5][6] (born April 1, 1980)^[7][8] is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed withWWE since 2001, but is on hiatus due to injury as of March 2016. He is a 12-time world champion,^[9][10] having held the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship eight times and the World Heavyweight Championship four times. He was the final holder of the World Heavyweight Championship.^[11]

Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, and his uncle Barry Orton all competed in the professional wrestling business.^[7][12] Before being promoted to the main World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice.^[13]

Orton became a member of the stable Evolution shortly after his WWE debut, which quickly led to a Intercontinental Championshipreign, his first title with the company.^[14] He also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting and then physically attacking WWE Hall of Famers and wrestling veterans.^[2] At age 24, he became the youngest person ever to hold the World Heavyweight Championship.^[15] With this win, he departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, they held the World Tag Team Championship.^[16]

After Rated-RKO disbanded in mid-2007, Orton gained two WWE Championship reigns in one night, and at 27, he became the youngest two-time WWE Champion.^[17][18] He formed the group The Legacy with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in 2008. It disbanded in 2010 and Orton returned to singles competition. From 2013 to 2015, Orton was aligned with The Authority, who named him the "face of the WWE". Overall, he has won 14 total championships in WWE. He is also the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match^[19]and has headlined many pay-per-view events for the organization, including WrestleManias XXV^[20] and XXX.^[21]

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