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Payback (2014)
Payback (2014) was a WWE pay-per-view held on June 1, 2014, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Chicago, where The Shield swept Evolution in the main event.
Payback (2015)
WWE Payback 2015, third Payback pay-per-view, held May 17, 2015 at Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore. Seth Rollins retained the WWE World Heavyweight Title in a fatal four-way; Cena beat Rusev in an I Quit match; no title changes.
Payback (2016)
WWE Payback 2016, May 1, 2016 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, the first pay-per-view of WWE's New Era; Roman Reigns retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against AJ Styles in a twice-restarted main event.
Payback (2017)
Payback (2017), WWE pay-per-view, April 30, 2017, SAP Center, San Jose; Strowman beat Reigns, Bliss and Jericho won titles, Wyatt won the first House of Horrors match.
Payback (2020)
Payback (2020) was WWE's sixth Payback pay-per-view, held August 30, 2020 in the ThunderDome at Amway Center, Orlando, one week after SummerSlam. Roman Reigns, with Paul Heyman, won the Universal Championship from The Fiend and Braun Strowman.
Payback (2023)
Payback (2023): WWE premium live event, September 2, 2023, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, hosted by John Cena; first Payback since 2020; Rollins retained over Nakamura, Judgment Day won tag titles; record viewership, gate, and merchandise.
Payton Talbott
Payton Talbott (born 1998) is an American UFC bantamweight from Las Vegas training at Reno Academy of Combat; 12-1 record, 8 KO wins, Contender Series graduate, ranked No. 7, with wins over Cejudo and Figueiredo.
Pedro Morales
Pedro Morales (Pedro Antonio Morales, 1942-2019), Puerto Rican WWE Hall of Fame wrestler; first WWE Triple Crown Champion, 1,027-day WWE Champion, record 619 days as Intercontinental Champion.
Pedro Munhoz
Pedro Munhoz, "The Young Punisher", Brazilian bantamweight (born 1986), 22-fight UFC veteran 2014-2026, RFA champion, BJJ black belt; notable wins over Garbrandt, Font, Rivera; released by UFC April 2026.
Pehlwani
Pehlwani, also called kushti, is the traditional wrestling of the Indian subcontinent, fought on prepared earth rather than a mat and practiced in training schools called akharas.
Pencak silat
Pencak silat, also silat or silek, a family of Indonesian martial arts spanning sport, self-defence, mental-spiritual, and artistic aspects; inscribed by UNESCO in 2019, governed internationally by PERSILAT (formed 1980).
Penelope Ford
Penelope Ford (Olivia Hasler, born 1992), American professional wrestler in AEW; original women's division member, Kip Sabian's wife, MegaBad tag team with Megan Bayne, 56% AEW win rate.
Pentagón Jr.
Pentagón Jr. (Penta El Zero Miedo, Pentagon Dark, Penta), Mexican masked wrestler born 1985; Cero Miedo persona, Lucha Brothers with brother Fénix, Lucha Underground, AEW Death Triangle, WWE from 2025.
Pernell Whitaker
Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker (1964-2019), American boxer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist and four-division world champion; undisputed lightweight champion 1990; famous Chavez draw; 40-4-1 (17 KOs).
Perro Aguayo Jr.
Perro Aguayo Jr. (Pedro Aguayo Ramírez, 1979–2015), El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mexican second-generation luchador, AAA and CMLL rudo, founder of Los Perros del Mal; died of cervical fracture and cardiac arrest in a 2015 Tijuana match with Rey Mysterio.
Perry Saturn
Perry Saturn (Perry Arthur Satullo, born 1966) is an American professional wrestler, ex-Army Airborne Ranger, Killer Kowalski trainee, three-time ECW Tag Team Champion with The Eliminators, WCW TV Champion, and WWE European and Hardcore Champion.
Persephone (wrestler)
Persephone (Priscilla Miranda, born 2001, El Paso) is a Mexican-American wrestler signed to AEW and CMLL, reigning AEW TBS Champion and CMLL World Women's Champion after beating Mercedes Moné in March 2026.
Petar Kirov
Petar Kirov (Петър Киров), born 1942 in Kalchevo, Bulgaria, is a Greco-Roman wrestler who won Olympic flyweight (52 kg) gold at Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972, plus three world and four European titles.
Petar Lesov
Petar Lesov (Петър Лесов), born 1960 in Rakovski, Bulgaria, is a flyweight boxer who won 51 kg gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, becoming Bulgaria's youngest Olympic champion, later a two-time European champion and national coach.
Pete Dunne
Pete Dunne, the Bruiserweight, is an English WWE wrestler from Birmingham; second WWE United Kingdom Champion with a 685-day reign, British Strong Style member, later Butch and Rayo Americano.
Pete Rademacher
Pete Rademacher (Thomas Peter Rademacher, 1928-2020), American heavyweight boxer, 1956 Olympic gold medalist, and the only man to fight for the world heavyweight title in his professional debut, losing to Floyd Patterson by sixth-round KO in 1957.
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts (born 1970), "The Dutch Lumberjack," is a retired Dutch heavyweight kickboxer and three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion (1994, 1995, 1998), famous for his right high kicks and a record 6:43 tournament win in 1998.
Peter Farkas
Péter Farkas (Farkas Péter), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler born 1968 in Budapest; Olympic middleweight (82 kg) champion at Barcelona 1992, world champion 1990-91, later imprisoned for a marijuana farm and recaptured in Andorra.
Peter Kadiru
Peter Kadiru (born 1997, Hamburg) is a German heavyweight boxer, 2014 Youth Olympic gold medalist, three-time European amateur champion, 23-2 pro, lost a 2026 WBA title fight to Murat Gassiev.
Peter Maivia
High Chief Peter Maivia (Fanene Leifi Pita Anderson, 1937–1982), Samoan territory-era wrestler and NWA Hawaii promoter, blood-brother of Amituana'i Anoa'i, adoptive grandfather of The Rock, WWE Hall of Famer 2008.
Peter McNeeley
Peter McNeeley, "The Hurricane," American heavyweight boxer from Medfield, Massachusetts, 47-7 pro record. Best known as Mike Tyson's first post-prison opponent, stopped in 89 seconds on August 19, 1995.
Peter Mehringer
Peter Joseph Mehringer (Kansas Whirlwind), 1910-1987, American wrestler; self-taught via mail-order course, won 1932 Olympic light-heavyweight freestyle gold, first KU gold medalist, also NFL lineman, stuntman, and engineer.
Peter Quillin
Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin (born 1983, Chicago) is a retired American boxer, WBO middleweight champion 2012-2014 with three defenses, ending 34-2-1, 1 NC (23 KOs).
Peter Seisenbacher
Peter Seisenbacher, Austrian judoka (born 1960, Vienna), middleweight -86 kg; Olympic gold 1984 and 1988, first judoka to defend an Olympic title; world champion 1985; later convicted of sexual abuse and sentenced to five years in prison.
Peter Toth
Péter Tóth (Petár), Hungarian fencer (1882-1967), MAC Budapest; Olympic team sabre gold 1908 and 1912, 1906 Intercalated Games sabre bronze, founding FIE member 1913, ten-time Hungarian champion.