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Payback (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on May 17, 2015, at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. It will be the third event under the Payback chronology, and the first Payback event to be held outside of the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. Payback will be available for free to new subscribers on WWE's monthly subscription service, the WWE Network in over 140 countries.

Background
Payback will feature professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

At Extreme Rules, Cena retained the United States Championship by defeating Rusev in a Russian Chain match. Later in the event, after visiting The Authority, Lana announced that Cena would defend the title against Rusev in an "I Quit" match at the event.

At Extreme Rules, Seth Rollins defeated Randy Orton in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. On the April 27 episode of Raw, after Orton and Roman Reigns defeated Rollins and Kane, it was announced, by vote on the WWE App, that Rollins would defend the title against Orton and Reigns in a Triple Threat match at the event. On the May 4 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose defeated Rollins, and per match stipulation, he was added to the match, thus making the match a Fatal Four Way. On the May 11 episode of Raw, Triple H announced that if Rollins loses the title, Kane will no longer be the WWE Director of Operations.

On the Extreme Rules pre-show, Neville defeated Bad News Barrett. On April 28, Barrett defeated Neville to win the King of the Ring tournament, changing his ring name to King Barrett. On the May 7 episode of SmackDown, Neville and Dolph Ziggler defeated Barrett and Sheamus. On the May 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that Barrett would face Neville at the event.

At Extreme Rules, Ziggler defeated Sheamus in a Kiss Me Arse match. On the May 7 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler and Neville defeated Sheamus and Barrett. On the May 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ziggler would face Sheamus at the event.

At Extreme Rules, The New Day defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to win the Tag Team Championship. On the April 30 episode of SmackDown, Kidd and Cesaro defeated The New Day by disqualification in a rematch for the titles. On the May 11 episode of Raw, it was announced that The New Day would defend the titles against Kidd and Cesaro in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Tag Team match at the event.

On the May 11 episode of Raw, during a match between Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow, in the guise of Macho Mandow, The Ascension attacked Axel and Mandow, resulting in Axel and Mandow teaming together to attack The Ascension. It was then announced that Axel and Sandow would face The Ascension on the Payback pre-show.

On the April 27 episode of Raw, Bray Wyatt attacked Ryback after Ryback defeated Bo Dallas, having sent messages to Ryback weeks prior. On the April 30 episode of SmackDown, Wyatt attacked Ryback after Ryback defeated Luke Harper. On the May 11 episode of Raw, Ryback attacked Wyatt. On May 13, it was announced on WWE.com that Ryback would face Wyatt at the event.

At Extreme Rules, Nikki Bella defeated Naomi to retain the Divas Championship. On the April 27 episode of Raw, Naomi defeated Brie Bella. On the May 4 edition of Raw, Naomi and the returning Tamina Snuka attacked Nikki and Brie. On the May 11 episode of Raw, Tamina defeated Brie. On the May 14 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Tamina and Naomi would face The Bella Twins at the event.