— Daniel Bryan refused to surrender the WWE World Heavyweight Title Monday night on RAW. As a result, Stephanie McMahon told him that if he doesn’t give the title up publicly at WWE Payback this Sunday she will fire Brie Bella for shoving her several weeks ago.
— Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett will face United States Champion Sheamus this week on SmackDown. The show will be taped tomorrow and air Friday on SyFy.
— Also on RAW as noted earlier, Brad Maddox was relieved of his duties as Raw General Manager by Stephanie for allowing The Shield to be at ringside last week. Maddox had been beaten up by the group until he allowed them to be there.
— The Usos will face Erick Rowan and Luke Harper in the top match at WWE Main Event, which will air live tomorrow on the WWE Network.
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