WWE Fastlane 2017

I'm hoping for just one thing. Somehow, someway, Owens retains the Universal Title.

I'm hoping for just one thing. Somehow, someway, Owens retains the Universal Title.

Same. I'm hoping that Lesnar interferes and costs Goldberg. That would add some more tension to the feud that is needed in the build up to Mania.

So far I'm only really looking forward to the Cruiserweight match.

Two more matches added last night. Better card that Elimination Chamber - although it helps not having six people in one match.

I am getting tired of the Charlotte formula of her winning the belt back at the PPV only to loose it again on raw only to win it back again at the ppv.  It's getting old. I much prefer the women's division on SD.

Yeah I was thinking that. Charlotte will win here which gives Bailey a pointless title win. I always figured that she would win the belt at Mania and it would be special. Wouldn't be as special now as it would be her second title win.

Bayley's title win would have been much better served at WrestleMania, while ending Charlotte's PPV streak. But as usual, WWE aren't patient enough to let the story that should happen, happen.

Apparently the Owens vs Goldberg match will be short. My hope is that as the ref starts the match they play Lesnars music. Heyman comes out which distracts the ref, Lesnar sneaks in - F5 - ref turns around and Owens pins. Owens retains, Goldberg is furious and Lesnar backs up the ramp proud to have the upper hand for once.

Will be the one time that I will be more than happy at a ridiculously short title match.

If Owens jobs like Lesnar did, it makes him look pathetic. And if he last longer than Lesnar, it makes Lesnar look pathetic. Either way, Lesnar screwing Goldberg seems the best way to get out of the hole they've dug themselves in to.

If Owens jobs like Lesnar did, it makes him look pathetic. And if he last longer than Lesnar, it makes Lesnar look pathetic. Either way, Lesnar screwing Goldberg seems the best way to get out of the hole they've dug themselves in to.

This. Having Lesnar screw Goldberg out of the title is the only way that they can dig themselves out of the hole they've put themselves in. Either Lesnar looks shit, Owens looks shit, or they do an interference. Those are their only options really, and considering they've been struggling for main event talent in the past year, making Owens look like shit and losing the title in a minute definitely wouldn't help that at all. Especially when they can easily keep him looking strong as well as Goldberg and Lesnar. They can all come out of this looking good.

It's starting to look like an okay PPV. Certainly looks better than Elimination Chamber did.

As poor as the pre-Mania PPVs can be, they can also add some excitement as well if they do the build to Mania right. I don't know anyone that wants to see Owens vs Goldberg, but if they do the Lesnar interference thing then I'm marking out. It would be great and get some excitement back. I don't mind them doing angles, even in title matches, so long as it's done right and builds up the anticipation for Mania.

The only one that won't is the womens title match. Bailey's chasing of the title is meaningless if she loses as she's already done what she set out to do - win the womens championship. It's just a match to get the title back on Charlotte to keep her streak going where she hasn't lost a singles PPV match. But then if Charlotte loses at Mania, like most people seem to think she will do, what was the point in even giving the title to Bailey on Raw? They've sucked all the anticipation out of this feud way too early.

Apart from that though, I'm hoping to see some real build for Mania happening, hopefully done right. I can't say I'm looking forward to Mania, but I want this PPV to change that. Give me some build and anticipation for the biggest event of the year.

Well that was awful. WWE Title match (I know it's the Universal Title, but it's still one of the main WWE Title matches) just before Mania and it lasts less than a minute. What a joke. Made worse by the fact that it's a title change that didn't need to happen and adds nothing to one of their main feuds. When a WWE Title makes no difference to a match at all, you know that it's just a really pointless change. And in less than a minute. It could be worse I guess, they could have had him lose it at Mania in less than a minute like they did with Daniel Bryan. The worst part is that the whole thing has done nothing to make me want to see Goldberg vs Lesnar any more than I did before and if anything has made me less excited for the whole thing. This is like a TNA move when Dixie was in charge. It's that high on the absolute bollocks chart imo. Well done WWE *sarcastic clap* *sarcastic clap* *sarcastic clap*

And they've bigged up Charlotte's singles PPV streak for ages and had her lose on a throwaway PPV. Why not do that at Mania? Oh yeah, because they have to fit as many women as possible into the match so that they all get pay days. So save the streak for another PPV and make it meaningful like they'd bigged it up to be.

WWE booking is weird as of late. It's like they look at the best option of how to book something and don't bother with it as they're determined to have small short term victories. I still can't understand why they had Cena win the title for 2 weeks instead of having AJ lose it at EC. Just so Cena could match the record? Pointless with a meaningless title reign. Should have been a big thing but it wasn't. They just seem to not be bothered at the moment.

WWE booking is weird as of late. It's like they look at the best option of how to book something and don't bother with it as they're determined to have small short term victories. I still can't understand why they had Cena win the title for 2 weeks instead of having AJ lose it at EC. Just so Cena could match the record? Pointless with a meaningless title reign. Should have been a big thing but it wasn't. They just seem to not be bothered at the moment.

And they want records for everything as well. They wanted Daniel Bryan to have the record for shortest title match at Mania, a few years ago they wanted someone to have the shortest time in a Rumble. At times they forget or just don't care about stories just so that they can do this one moment that most people really don't care about and it really does more damage that good.

There are times when I wish that WWE had some proper competition.

Joe v Zayn and Neville v Gallagher were good matches. The rest of the show was forgettable. Goldberg winning doesn't bother me as much as the fact that it was just so predictable. At least make us think Owens is going to win before destroying our hope.

I still can't get over how poor this PPV was. I swear that usually PPVs right before Mania are usually at least good. This was right up there with one of the shittest of the year. I was bored for most of it.