Unforgiven(2016)

Unforgiven(2016) was a pay-per-view that took place on September 25th, 2016, live from Buffalo, New York. The event was hosted by the Raw brand, with the main event featuring a match between Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Title.

Background
This was the first event of the series that was hosted by the Raw brand. It was the first pay-per-view of the series to bear the Unforgiven name and the first five match pay-per-view card, though only by a technicality.

After Brock Lesnar won the World Heavyweight Title at Summerslam, he and GM Paul Heyman were running the Raw brand. During a triple threat to crown a new number one contender, the Shield reformed to help Seth Rollins defeat Hideo Itami and Finn Balor. The Hounds of Justice claimed that they had arrived on Raw to end Heyman's reign of terror, and wanted a stipulation added to Lesnar and Rollins' title match. If Lesnar was to lose the match, Heyman would be fired. Heyman agreed, but only if he, and only he, was allowed at ringside for the match. The semi-main event featured a Loser Leaves Town match between Shawn Michaels and Triple H. After Michaels turned on Triple H, delivering a Sweet Chin Music, the two had been feuding, with Michaels picking up a win thanks to help from Baron Corbin. This match was arranged to settle the score, with the loser leaving the Raw brand.

CM Punk had been doing everything possible to hold onto his Intercontinental Title, getting himself disqualified and taking advantage of any weakness in his challenger. After he escaped the cage at Summerslam, former champion John Cena got one more shot at the belt, with Paul Heyman making a ladder match between the two men. Rusev and Kurt Angle met in a match to help decide the new number one contender, which ended with Rusev getting disqualified. The two traded attacks back and forth, with Angle challenging the Bulgarian Brute to a Submission match to determine the better man. Trish Stratus defeated Chyna for the WWE Women's Title at Summerslam in an instant classic, with Chyna challenging for a rematch for the belt.

Event
The Shield were only partially successful, with Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns defending the World Tag Team Titlesagainst Hideo Itami and Finn Balor, but Seth Rollins coming up short in the main event thanks to Paul Heyman's interference. Nia Jax took out Chyna before she could face Trish Stratus, taking her spot and defeating Trish for the belt. However, the decison was reversed, with the match being wiped for the record books.

Rusev made Kurt Angle tap out, and CM Punk escaped once more with his title in hand, thanks to interference from Baron Corbin. In a bloody brawl, it was Shawn Michaels that came out victorious, removing Triple H from Raw. After the match, the two former tag team partners shared a handshake.