On the June 7 episode of "SmackDown", Fandango suffered a concussion, therefore he was removed from the triple threat match. It was revealed on the June 10 episode of "Raw" by Paul Heyman that Fandango would be replaced with his client, Curtis Axel. Also, on the June 7 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 10 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. During the Payback Kickoff pre-show, which was the first pre-show for a WWE pay-per-view to use the "Kickoff" name, Sheamus defeated Damien Sandow after a Brogue Kick. The actual pay-per-view opened with a triple threat match for the Intercontinental Championship involving Wade Barrett, Curtis Axel and The Miz. Axel won the match after Miz applied the figure-four leglock on Barrett and Axel pinned Barrett to win the title. Axel celebrated his win by looking to the sky and kissing the title, in memory of his father Mr Perfect, a former Intercontinental Champion. Next, Kaitlyn defended the Divas Championship against AJ Lee. In the end, Kaitlyn stripped AJ of the belt on her jeans and when the referee was distracted, AJ struck Kaitlyn with the belt. Kaitlyn attempted a spear but AJ forced Kaitlyn to submit to the Black Widow to win the title. After that, The Shield's Dean Ambrose defended the United States Championship against Kane. The match ended when Kane attempted a Chokeslam on Ambrose but Ambrose reversed into a Snap DDT onto the floor. Ambrose retained the title by countout. In the fourth match, Dolph Ziggler defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio. A double turn took place during this match, with Del Rio playing off Ziggler's legitimate concussion by targeting Ziggler's head. In the end, Del Rio performed a Superkick on Ziggler, who was kneeling, to win the title.