WWE Payback 2015: How to Fix Least Promising Storylines so Far

In order to ensure that Payback goes off with a bang, the WWE has to ensure that all storylines and matches on the pay-per-view are built correctly heading into the show.

While the Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship will take precedence, there are some interesting matches lower down the card that haven't quite been fixed up just yet.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, the Divas Championship match is one key storyline that needs some touching up.

The return of Tamina Snuka certainly spiced things up a bit on Raw this past week, but the trouble is that there's been no clear directive over who is playing what role heading into Naomi vs. Nikki Bella.

The Bella Twins have been forced into a sudden and hurried face turn, largely due to the fact that Naomi took out Paige to force her way into the championship reckoning.

Having Tamina return to act as Naomi's enforcer (just as she did for a long stretch of AJ Lee's incredible title reign recently) will help to establish the good and bad in this feud. With a new look as well, Naomi has potential to move forward as a credible heel.

What we need to see, though, is more interaction on the microphone between both parties. If the Bella Twins are babyfaces now, they need to start showing it and acting like it. We need more heat placed on Naomi, and both Nikki and Brie need to bring out their A-game on the mic.

Elsewhere, Dolph Ziggler and Sheamus look like they're destined for a rematch at Payback given the way their contest ended at Extreme Rules. This is also a feud that needs fixing up.

Sheamus' actions after Ziggler beat him at Extreme Rules left the door open for this feud to continue, but you just don't get the feeling that there's enough hype being placed on the rivalry at the moment.

Ziggler and Sheamus cost each other serious chances of winning the King of the Ring tournament last week, but since then, there's not been much happening. Neither Superstar was in action on SmackDown last week, and this week, they were placed in tag action.

The focus of the match was more about Neville and Bad News Barrett, meaning that Ziggler and Sheamus took a bit of a backseat.

So what happens from here? Let's see more of what we saw during the King of the Ring tournament—both men costing each other matches and some hostile, violent confrontations. 

Sheamus is at his best when things get unhinged and out of control, and it's a scenario that suits Ziggler too. The WWE needs to cut them both loose in the buildup to Payback for this rematch to work.

Finally, you simply can't help wondering what on earth is happening with the third installment of John Cena vs. Rusev.

Cena's open challenges on Raw each week are enjoyable, especially when guys such as Sami Zayn answer the challenge, as he did on Raw this week.

But with Cena fighting any challenger who comes his way, it means almost no interaction between champion and challenger ahead of the pay-per-view.

All we had this week on Raw was Rusev watching Cena's match against Zayn on a screen. That does very little to create any hype about yet another match between two men who look to be heading in completely different directions.

Perhaps the best option here would be to suspend Cena's challenges until after he defeats Rusev at Payback, which feels inevitable at this point. Let's see more confrontations between the two Superstars to make this feud feel important. 

Otherwise, the match could be the least interesting of the entire pay-per-view.