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Fastlane 202112/30/2023 So I was rather looking forward to this and it started out quite intense actually. Especially as the fun loving IC Champ has decided to park fun to the side and allow his anger to bubble to the surface and take the fight to Apollo in recent weeks. After tapping into his Nigerian heritage, I have found Apollo Crews’ new heel persona quite interesting, sort of like a Black Panther villain come to life, and his matches and developing character with the ever lovable Big E have made for quite compelling TV. That said it was an ok opener I suppose, if unmemorable, but the champs retaining was certainly the right call.ģ. Sasha hype for another few weeks (why not have a contract signing or something between them tonight and let another team take this spot?). Really, this could have been a chance for another team to shine and just jar the momentum of Banks vs. The final falling out (that cost them the win) between Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks was predictable but needed, as thus far, their already announced (and bound to be good) Mania clash hasn’t got much heat behind it story-wise. The action started off fine but became a little by the numbers, in spite of Reginald’s unexpected union with Nia Jax developing during the match. Sasha Banks and Bianca BelairĪfter contesting this same match at Elimination Chamber, I must admit I was left a little disinterested by this seemingly unnecessary rematch. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) w/Reginald vs. The opening video package hypes up the main event contests and how tonight will add the final shape to this year’s Mania card.Ģ. I am intrigued as to where the entire group goes from here actually. After the match Ali berated his masked team, only for them to walk out on him one by one, leaving T-Bar and Mace to lay him out with a seated double chokeslam. That said, this was a fun US Title bout, which started a bit slower but really caught fire in the latter half, as Riddle and Ali pelted each other with unique offence, until Ali got caught in a top rope Bro Gerrick for the win. Mustafa Ali w/ RetributionĪs one of the few people who have been on Retribution’s side this whole time (love the masks, music and the group), the writing was on the wall really that they weren’t going to takeover but I didn’t expect the inevitable crash just yet! Tensions were building between T-Bar, Slapjack, Mace & Reckoning and their angered leader Mustafa Ali leading to Fastlane and the real story here was not the US Title match but the boil over post-match events. (Kick-Off show) WWE United States Championship Match So, did this PPV get the pedal to the metal for WWE or was it a car wreck to 2021’s Mania momentum? Lets take a look at what went down!ġ. That said, this year’s line-up looked pretty decent, with many excellent workers paired up ( Shinsuke Nakamura battling – on his pal Cesaro’s behalf – against Seth Rollins), some storylines set to receive a much needed boost ( Randy Orton’s battle against The Fiend’s twisted devotee Alexa Bliss) and others set to change shape ( Roman Reigns and Edge’s Daniel Bryan problem). Now, going back across history, Fastlane has often been an up and down show, as the grandaddy of ‘em all’s big matches loom and seem to render much of this final stop PPV either as filler, predictable or the appetiser before the main course (or in this April’s case a two-night feast!). WrestleMania is within spitting distance (or rather reaching distance if we are being COVID conscious) but before we get there, we have the final road-themed WWE PPV on “the road to WrestleMania”, in WWE Fastlane.
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