The 2013 Payback was the inaugural Payback professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. The event took place on June 16, 2013, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. It replaced WWE's previously well-known event, No Way Out. The concept of the event was the wrestlers seeking payback against their opponents.
Promotional poster featuring Randy Orton
The event was held at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
John Cena and Ryback feuded together prior to the event.
Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, northwest of Chicago, located at the corner of Mannheim Road and Lunt Avenue, just north of Mannheim Road's interchange with the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90) about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of O'Hare International Airport. The facility opened in 1980 as the Rosemont Horizon and seats 17,500 for basketball and 16,692 for ice hockey.
Allstate Arena in 2023
Image: Allstate Arena logo
Arena during the 2019 Calder Cup Finals
Arena being set up for hockey ahead of game 1 of the 2022 Calder Cup Finals