So after all the speculation of how Bryan will lose at Fastlane, will it be Ziggler or Sheamus costing him the match? Nope, he loses, CLEAN. Being a Bryan fan what does this tell me? They still don’t care about Bryan. Now I have no idea where they will take Bryan for WrestleMania. He could be in the Andre the Giant Battle Royale for all we know! That aside however I felt like the lead up to the match was exciting and done very well, not only did they fix the Reigns problem they created at Rumble by making him a tweener and making him “look strong”, they also managed to build the match in such a way that it could’ve gone either way. Sadly I thought the match felt too one sided for Reigns. Although there was good back and forth it felt like Reigns would always prevail unless he had an exposed injury. Saying all this however, I am excited to see if the Reigns vs Lesnar match at ‘Mania will be as good as WWE think it’s going to be. Let’s also hope Bryan gets to do something decent as well.
Bray Wyatt is probably the best feud Undertaker can have in this situation. After losing at WrestleMania and having The Streak broken, Undertaker’s only logical reason to ever return (apart from revenge against Lesnar) is through a callout from a certain eccentric and creepy character. Luckily for us Wyatt is that amazing on-mic and in-ring performer. The promos leading up to Fastlane were absolutely great, I really enjoyed the nail in the coffin Wyatt was hammering in and the actual promo at Fastlane caught everyone’s attention and explained the angle they are going to take very well. Hype is just talk though, will the match at ‘Mania be any good? That’s questionable, but I don’t mind finding out.
Triple H pushing Flair in the middle of the ring and getting intense with his mentor pushed the confrontation with Sting hype through the roof for me. Suddenly I became engrossed in the idea of this match and after some eluding at Fastlane we saw that it will be WCW vs WWE one more time. I love it, because Sting turning up in WWE makes sense, and although it could be argued that Triple H wasn’t the main guy in WWE during the Monday Night Wars he was a big enough factor within them to make the build seem logical. Add that with the fact Triple H was never in WCW and Sting before now had never been in WWE and it makes sense. I also enjoy Sting not speaking, Triple H plays the coward heel so well and Sting not talking or really responding to The Game’s action eludes to Triple H being frightened. I really like the angle and it just goes to show that matches that didn’t seem great on paper (especially because of Triple H pushing himself again) can become really intriguing stories, but similarly to the Wyatt vs Taker match, will this match be any good? Very questionable indeed.
The strangely great match of the night was Gold vs Stardust. The story and build is great and the match was a really fun watch, especially with all the different dynamics from the story going on, bringing in Dusty was a great decision and it really fleshes out the story, the question here is will Cody continue to be Stardust for the next Season if Goldust leaves? There is only so much that you can do with that character and most has been done with Goldust. Orton also returned during the 6-man tag and got a huge pop from the crowd. I am in the middle, Orton can get stale really quickly and I personally think he should be on a Jericho contract because of how quick he gets stale. I am excited to see him back but I’m not letting it get to me because I always remember what happens every time he turns up. I do want to see Rollins vs Orton at’Mania though, after the Triplr Threat at Rumble that Rollins competed in I want to see him hit the main event type match once again. I personally don’t think The Usos should have lost the titles last night, I think the best match at ‘Mania is Usos vs Acsension but giving the titles over to Cesaro and Kidd puts them over as great team, and the also intertwining link with wives to Total Divas hasn’t bored on me. I’m just unsure if another Tag Team Turmoil match at ‘Maina is the best way to go, because that’s the way it’s heading. The Intercontinental Title match end was stupid. Ambrose losing his chance like that angers me, sure he is supposed to be a crazy lunatic but he is motivated by the idea of being on the champions wall, shouldn’t he want to be champion rather than not caring when he gets DQ’d looking almost heelish and then stealing the belt just like he stole Rollins’ briefcase a couple of months back? I’d like to see where this goes though, hopefully Ambrose can actually hold the title for a bit and then look forward to the Main Event picture. Paige seems to be the only redeeming factor amongst the Divas division right now, I enjoy watching her wrestle I just don’t enjoy her opponent. Enough said.
Letting Cena lose to Rusev was the best possible decision, the fact that they still feel like that have to protect him from a “real” loss (Bryan doesn’t get that protection by the way) still is an annoyance. If the commentators had continued to call the match normally the loss would have been fine; but the obvious “Cena never gave up” line and the fact that interference made him lose the match has completely understated Rusev’s dominance over Cena, the match and build coming up to Fastlane definitely elevated the US Tilte value though. I understand that they want to continue this until ‘Mania but a dirty win could have been avoided, this time it is not completely evident that Rusev will lose at ‘Mania and Cena will be on top once again, even when they have a great chance to have a “Am I losing it?” angle with Cena.
All in all WWE seem to be stepping it up for WrestleMania season, I just wish it was like this all the time.
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