Universal Championship Match For WWE Payback 2020 Set

By AG

Posted on August 25, 2020

• ON THIS DAY IN NWA HISTORY (August 24, 1983) – NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

On this day in 1983, Jim Crockett Promotions aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling’.

This episode featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments featuring the 1983 NWA Wrestling Superstars.

The card can be found below:

Ric Flair vs. Golden Boy Grey

The Assassins vs. Ric McCord & Steve Muslin

Bugsy McGraw vs. Ben Alexander

Greg Valentine vs. Vinnie Valentino

Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr. vs. Bill Howard & Kelly Kiniski

Dick Slater & Jake Roberts vs. Steve Muslin & Vinnie Valentino

The Assassins vs. Gene Ligon & Keith Larsen

Ric Flair vs. Ben Alexander

Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Bill Howard & Golden Boy Grey

• Universal Championship Match For WWE Payback 2020 Set

In the main event of last night’s WWE SummerSlam 2020 pay-per-view, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt defeated Braun Strowman in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win the Universal Championship.

After the match, “The Big Dog” Roman Reigns made his shocking return to WWE and destroyed both Fiend and Strowman.

WWE has now announced that The Fiend will defend his newly won Universal Title against Reigns & Strowman in a No Holds Barred Triple Threat Match this Sunday at WWE Payback 2020 pay-per-view.

BREAKING: #TheBigDog @WWERomanReigns is BACK, and he'll challenge #TheFiend @WWEBrayWyatt AND #TheMonster @BraunStrowman in a #TripleThreat Match for the #UniversalTitle THIS SUNDAY at #WWEPayback! pic.twitter.com/kRPtDMqtzJ
— WWE (@WWE) August 25, 2020