Payback (2017)

Payback (2017) was aprofessional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for the Raw brand. It took take place on April 30, 2017 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. It was be the fifth event in the Payback chronology. Due to the Superstar Shake-up, the event included two interbrand matches.

Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the pre-show. In the main event, James Harrison defeated Dean Ambrose and The Miz to not only retain his WWE Universal Championship but to also win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. On the undercard, Bray Wyatt defeated Randy Orton in a House of Horrors match and Seth Rollins defeated Samoa Joe to end his undefeated streak since joining the main roster. The event also saw two titles change hands: Chris Jericho defeated Kevin Owens to win back the United States Championship, thus transferring Jericho to the SmackDown brand, and Alexa Bliss defeated Bayley to win the Raw Women's Championship, becoming the first woman to hold both the Raw Women's Championship and SmackDown Women's Championship.