Payback 2013 Payback was a professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by WWE , which took place on Sunday , June 16 , 2013 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont , Illinois It was the first Payback PPV in WWE history . It replaced the No Way Out event . Background . Payback featured professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre - existing feuds , plots , and storylines that play out on WWE ' s primary television programs , " Raw " and " SmackDown " . Wrestlers will portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches . After their Last Man Standing match at Extreme Rules in May , which ended in a no - contest , Ryback drove an ambulance into the arena on the May 20 episode of " Raw " , challenging John Cena in an Ambulance match for his WWE Championship . A week later on " Raw " , Cena responded by turning the challenge into Three Stages of Hell , with the first fall being a lumberjack match , the second fall a tables match , and the originally - decided Ambulance match as the third fall . Ryback accepted the new stipulation , making the match official . On the May 27 episode of " Raw " , Chris Jericho hosted " The Highlight Reel " segment with Paul Heyman as his guest , where he inquired the latter about one of his clients , CM Punk ' s absence from the WWE since April , and much like in their feud early the previous year , disputed with Heyman on who between the two of them was the " best in the world " . To put that argument to rest , Jericho issued a challenge to Punk at Payback , which Heyman subsequently accepted on Punk ' s behalf . On June 3 , 2013 , during an episode of " Raw " , the contract for the match was signed between Jericho and Heyman , again on Punk ' s behalf . On the April 8 episode of " Raw " , Alberto Del Rio defeated Jack Swagger and his manager , Zeb Colter in a two - on - one handicap match , and was subjected to a post - match beatdown from the duo , allowing Dolph Ziggler a chance to cash - in his Money in the Bank contract for the World Heavyweight Championship that was held by Del Rio ; after a short match , Ziggler pinned Del Rio to win the title for the second time . This started a triangular feud amongst Ziggler , Del Rio ( who wanted a rematch for the title as per his championship rematch clause ) and Swagger ( who claimed to be the number one contender to the title ) , which was to culminate in a Triple Threat Ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship at the Extreme Rules pay - per - view on May 19 . However , heading into that event , Ziggler suffered a legitimate concussion in a non - title match against Swagger at the May 7 tapings of " SmackDown " ( aired on May 10 ) , thereby preventing him from competing at Extreme Rules . Instead , Del Rio and Swagger faced off each other in an " I Quit " match to decide the number one contender to Ziggler ' s title , which Del Rio won . Ziggler returned on the June 10 episode of " Raw " , and announced he would defend his championship against Del Rio at Payback . On the May 20th episode of " Smackdown " , Fandango attacked The Miz during an Intercontinental Championship match against the champion Wade Barrett . During a match between Barrett and Fandango , the WWE universe voted for Miz to be the special guest referee for the match . Barrett shoved Miz , which caused Miz to intentionally attack Barrett to allow Fandango to pin him , but then Miz proceeded to attack Fandango . As Miz still had his rematch clause from the " Raw " after WrestleMania 29 , he invoked it for Payback , thus setting up a Triple Threat Match between himself , Barrett , and Fandango . On the June 7th episode of " Smackdown " , Fandango suffered a concussion , therefore he was removed from the triple threat match . It was revealed on the June 10th episode of " Raw " by Paul Heyman that Fandango would be replaced with his client , Curtis Axel . Also , on the June 7th episode of " Smackdown " , Kane had a falling out with Daniel Bryan , leading to the apparent breakup of Team Hell No . Bryan was teamed with Randy Orton to face The Shield ' s Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns , winning the match by disqualification after Dean Ambrose attacked the two . Meanwhile , Kane faced Ryback , winning by disqualification after Ryback put Kane through a table , sending a message to John Cena . On the June 10th episode of " Raw " , it was announced by Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero that Bryan and Orton would face Rollins and Reigns for the WWE Tag Team Championship , and Kane will face Ambrose for the WWE United States Championship . On the April 22 episode of " Raw " , AJ Lee won a divas battle royal to become the number one contender for the Divas Championship . On the April 29 episode of " Raw " , after a confrontation with AJ , Dolph Ziggler , and Big E Langston backstage , Kaitlyn started receiving gifts from a secret admirer . On the June 10 episode of " Raw " , Kaitlyn ' s secret admirer was revealed to be Langston , although it turned out to be a mind game planned by Lee who just wanted to get inside Kaitlyn ' s head prior to their match for the Divas Championship . Aftermath . The next night on Raw , John Cena would challenge anybody to step forward for a shot at the WWE Championship . Mark Henry returned to seemingly announce his retirement before hitting Cena with a World ' s Strongest Slam . Later , Mr . McMahon announced that Cena would defend his title against Henry at Money in the Bank . CM Punk along with Paul Heyman would come out to challenge Alberto Del Rio to a match on the next night of Raw . Afterwards , Punk would tell Heyman that while he is still a Paul Heyman guy , he does not want Heyman to be at ringside for any more of his matches . Later that night , Punk would defeat Del Rio in that match via countout , in which Del Rio backed away from the match and Dolph Ziggler would attack him from behind . After that , Brock Lesnar came out to speak to Punk face to face , but would hit Punk with a F - 5 instead . On the June 21 episode of SmackDown , Alberto Del Rio would defeat Chris Jericho via disqualification as Dolph Ziggler assaulted him . Upset that Ziggler interfered , Jericho would give Ziggler a Codebreaker and Del Rio would kick him in the head . It was announced on the June 24 episode of Raw that Del Rio will face Ziggler for the World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank . Kane was given another shot at the United States Championship against Dean Ambrose , but he would win via disqualification when Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns interfered . Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton would face each other in a no disqualification match , but Bryan would suffer an apparent nerve damage , giving Orton the victory by match stoppage . Afterwards Bryan got into an argument with Triple H backstage because of Triple H stopping the match . Four days later on Smackdown , both men would face each other again with Bryan getting the countout victory over Orton , but Bryan was dissatisfied with the result . Three days later on Raw , Bryan and Orton would face each other again in a match , but it resulted in a double disqualification , so Vickie Guerrero , with the advice of Triple H , granted the rematch with the WWE Universe voting on the stipulation . Later in the night , both men would face each other in a street fight , with Bryan defeating Orton by submission . On the next night on Raw , Sheamus would face Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes of Team Rhodes Scholars in a two - on - one handicap match , but would take the loss as a result on Sandow covering him up . 4 days later on SmackDown , Cody Rhodes faced Sheamus , in a losing effort , but after the match , Sandow beat Sheamus down . Three days later on Raw , Sheamus would team with Christian to defeat Team Rhodes Scholars . On Smackdown , Sheamus would defeat Sandow in a Dublin Street Fight . Christian returned on the June 17 episode of Raw . Four days later on Smackdown , after beating Drew McIntyre , The Shield attacked him , setting up a match on Main Event between Christian and Dean Ambrose . Christian won after Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns attacked him , until The Usos saved him . On the June 24th episode of Raw , The Usos won a triple threat tag team match to determine the # 1 contenders to the WWE Tag Team Championship . Christian and The Usos faced The Shield on the June 28th episode of Smackdown , and won . On the June 24 episode of Raw , Chris Jericho and Ryback were fighting over being left off the card for Money in the Bank , so Vickie Guerrero put them in a match against each other at the PPV . The feud between AJ Lee and Kaitlyn continued on at Money In The Bank , where AJ ( with Big E Langston ) defeated Kaitlyn ( with Layla ) to retain the WWE Divas Championship .