WWE Fastlane 2016

A rumoured match is Braun Strowman vs The Big Show. If they're really looking to make this one of their big four PPV's, this really is not the way to do it. It's just going to be an awful match.

I hate Braun Strowman.. WWE always does this, tries to push a untalented monster character. I guess it must work because they keep doing it... over and over. Ambrose will get pinned by Reigns, Lesnar somehow gets screwed out of the title.

Never see enough of Strowman to know whether he could be a good big man or not. Seem more than enough of Big Show though to know that he's past it and definitely can not put on a semi-decent match with a guy like Strowman. Will be a worst match of the year contender.

New matches added. Brie seems to be getting a title match just for the sake of it - would rather Charlotte was part of the tag team match building into her Wrestlemannia match, presumably against Sasha.

Kalisto vs Del Rio AGAIN (the feud feels a lot longer than it is thanks to the load of title matches in such a short space of time). Hopefully they don't switch the title again. If they want to push Kalisto then he needs to win here.

New matches added. Brie seems to be getting a title match just for the sake of it - would rather Charlotte was part of the tag team match building into her Wrestlemannia match, presumably against Sasha.

Kalisto vs Del Rio AGAIN (the feud feels a lot longer than it is thanks to the load of title matches in such a short space of time). Hopefully they don't switch the title again. If they want to push Kalisto then he needs to win here.

I wonder if they will break up the Lucha Dragons now, since Kalisto has gotten way over since he has been by himself for the last month or so. Plus who ever plays that Sin Cara role is just doomed to get injured constantly!

I really am enjoying the build to the triple threat match. On Raw it was neat seeing Ambrose take a F-5 and tell Lesnar to come back and give him more! Everyones involved, plus they seem to be putting some tension between Reigns and Ambrose. Like Ambrose doesn't need Reigns to "look out for him".

Brie Bella is going to get pushed now that Daniel Bryan retired most likely. Not a big fan of Charlotte really.

Before last nights Raw, I think everyone was very certain that Reigns was winning the main event and going on to face Triple H at Mannia. But what if it's Ambrose? He's dropped the title, as we all knew that the IC title holder wouldn't be going to Mannia to fight for the WWE Title, so now he's freed up for it. He's also getting more of a push that anyone in the build up to this match. What if Ambrose wins, beats Triple H and has his title reign, and they turn Reigns heel shortly after due to jealousy and wanting the title of Ambrose as he feels he deserves it more? Personally I like the sound of that... would be something different than what everyone is expecting. And the crowd reactions at the Rumble and the night after seemed to indicate that the fans were more interested in seeing Triple H as the champion than Reigns, so turning him heel in the near future could be good for him as a character whilst at the same time elevating Ambrose.

Also, Owens vs Ziggler has been added to the card. And the US TItle match is now a 2 out of 3 falls match.

My predictions:

-Charlotte
-Owens
-Styles
-Kalisto
-Banks & Becky
-Wyatts
-Ambrose

Added the final 2 matches on the card - 6 man tag match (hopefully will end quickly) and Styles vs Jericho (really hope gets 20 minutes)

I don't that Jericho even has the stamina to go 20 minutes... that's one thing i don't see him improving on since he has been back... he seems like he is just getting blown up five minutes in every match.

Apparently the Kalisto vs. Del Rio match will be on the pre-show. That's a shame. A title match shouldn't be on a pre-show anyway, and this had the potential to be one of the better matches on the card. The 6 man tag match should be the pre-show match.

What a terrible show... two thumbs down.

I think the first two hours were good - but the third hour was shocking. Main event was decent but half hour of the PPV was made up of Truth v Axel and the pointless New Day segment. Not worth the 9.99 overall.

EDIT: Styles/Jericho and Owens/Ziggler were the two standout matches as expected.

Last edited by rhys (Mon-22-Feb-2016 11:45:37)

Disappointed that they didn't mix things up. It's a shame when the main event was so predictable. Would have been nice for Ambrose to win to really mix things up.

Still can't work out how losing does the Wyatt Family any good at all. Against 2 has beens and 2 never been, the Wyatts should have easily gone over. They're becoming a joke, if they aren't now classed as one already.

The preshow match was arguably the best match of the night and wasnt even on the show! But this was just an average outing for WWE. Divas had two solid matches, Owens and Ziggler had a good one, AJ and Jericho had a good one, and the main event was fun.

Does anyone else think though that Jericho and Styles is missing something? Its like they dont click that well together in the ring. Odd.  Maybe I just still am getting used to AJ effing Styles in the WWE. He will always be Mr. TNA to me and still hard to get used to this.

Jericho can't keep up with Styles. He still thinks he's a mid 90's WCW cruiserweight. When he's an odd-shaped, bloated mock-star in his mid 40's. They kept saying this is a dream match and everyone wanted to see it. Maybe 10 years ago, not now.