It took place on June 1, 2014, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois for the second consecutive year.

In the main event, The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) defeated Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista) in a No Holds Barred six-man tag team elimination match.

[5][6] The main feud heading into the event was between Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista) and The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns).

The following night on Raw, Triple H forced Ambrose to defend his United States Championship in a 20-man battle royal, which was won by Sheamus.

[14] WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan announced on May 12 that he would have undergo neck surgery later that week.

[9] Because of this, Stephanie McMahon suggested that Daniel Bryan would have to surrender the title if he cannot return to action by the pay-per-view where he was originally scheduled to defend against Kane.

[10] On the May 26 episode of Raw, Bryan stated that while he found no shame in dropping the title due to injury, he did not want to give it to McMahon after everything he had been through.

[10] On the May 19 episode of Raw, there were three beat the clock challenge matches to determine a new number one contender to face Bad News Barrett for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Payback.

The matches were Big E vs. Ryback, Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio, and Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark Henry.

[10] On the May 26 episode of Raw, Zack Ryder celebrated Memorial Day by coming out with an American flag before facing Rusev.

[17] The actual pay-per-view opened with Sheamus defending the United States Championship against Cesaro (accompanied by Paul Heyman).

The end came when Van Dam attempted a Split Legged Moonsault but Barrett countered the move by raising his knees.

During the match, both men executed their respective finishing moves - Wyatt a Sister Abigail and Cena an Attitude Adjustment - but in both cases, the opponent did not stay down.

[18] In the main event, The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) faced Evolution in a no holds barred six-man tag team elimination match.

The match descended into a brawl throughout the arena, where Orton attacked Ambrose and Triple H hit Rollins with a TV monitor.

[18] On the June 2 episode of Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced that Daniel Bryan would defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Kane in a stretcher match if he was able to compete.

If Bryan was not able to compete, he would be stripped of the title, and the Money in the Bank ladder match at the titular pay-per-view would be for the vacated WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

[20] While Evolution was in the ring addressing that their loss to The Shield was not the end of their feud, Batista interrupted Triple H, demanding the one-on-one WWE World Heavyweight Championship match which he earned at the Royal Rumble.

Without warning, Seth Rollins attacked Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns with a steel chair, turning his back on The Shield and aligning himself with The Authority.

[19] The next night on Raw, Cody Rhodes choose Sin Cara as the new partner for Goldust and the two took on Curtis Axel and Ryback.

Sin Cara and Goldust ended up losing and Rhodes, who was watching the match backstage, had a disappointed look on his face.