Having just skimmed through all the replies in this thread so far, I firstly feel the need to point out how pleasing it is to (once more) realize how this forum in general has so much quality in it and a plethora of members with brains that actually operate, refusing to become the sheep WWE apparently intends.
I literally finished watching this God awful PPV about 30 minutes ago and after a couple of cigarettes on my balcony (yeah, though a smoker I keep it outside the house) to just relax and find my composure after going through the hell we all (judging from the ratings) apparently went through, I figured I’d hit the keyboard and share some thoughts.
Now, many of you may have noticed that lately I really haven’t been as active as I used to be and though part of it indeed has to do with my busy schedule, the main reason is that WWE have managed to slowly push me away to the point I am starting to lose my interest, which is really a shame. I mean, Smackdown aside, which has proven to be the only bright spot of the week (not counting NXT only because I have no time to follow it closely), everything else continues to be just cringe. Come to think of it, doesn’t it just blow your mind how Smackdown has been consistently good (to the say the least) whereas RAW and their exclusive PPVs just suck? Are we not talking about the same company? How the fuck do they manage to put shit show after shit show on Mondays and awesome shows on Tuesdays? How is it that almost every story line on SD makes sense, keeps us interested and invested whereas almost every story line on RAW is like shit hit the fan? Not to go off topic, but all this just goes back to the draft and the mistakes they made. From the very beginning, I expressed my belief, for example, that they should have kept the woman's division on one show and the tag team division on the other, thus giving both brands certain exclusive stuff to work with and a lot more options as far as story lines are concerned and a bigger variety of matches.
Anyway, back to the Fastlane PPV last night…what the fuck? Seriously, what the fuck just happened and how does any of what we witnessed make any sense? Most importantly, why should we even care? How about that folks, we are 4 weeks out of Wrestlemania and they’ve managed for us to not give a fuck? Am I going to watch it? Yes, of course I will but that’s beside the point.
In all fairness, some of the booking decisions were correct, as in Samoe Joe going over or Gallows and Anderson retaining or Neville retaining. Not that it was rocket science anyway but at least in these occasions, all the calls were the right calls, including that little shady finish in the tag team championship match, which apparently will serve as an excuse for a rematch at Mania, where Enzo and Cass (should) get their big moment.
Elsewhere, after making such a big fucking deal about Charlotte’s PPV streak, they decide that Fastlane, out of all places, was the time to end it? In other words, you had two big moments, thus Bailey’s first championship victory and Charlottes first defeat, both of which worthy of a Wrestlemania being given away on a random RAW and a “B” level PPV? And for what, must I ask? Oh, yeah, Sasha will turn on Bailey, blah blah blah, which indeed could develop to a storyline leading to Summer Slam but Idk, this all just feels so bad. Oh, and by the way, how the fuck does the referee NOT call for the DQ when Sasha Banks initially got involved?
As far as Roman and Strowman, well, WWE just couldn’t help themselves, could they? They just had to go with the clean finish and have their monster pinned clean already? In my opinion, worst booking possible being I feel it was still too early but it’s Roman Reigns, right? Roman Always Wins, right? I ain’t discovering America or anything here but how simple was it to just have the Undertaker show up or even just have the fucking gong hit and cause the simple distraction, thus protecting both men? It’s simple and it makes sense, if indeed the plan is for Taker and Roman, is it not? How much exactly are these idiots in creative getting paid?
The main event was, well, predictable and expected. You knew this was going to be short, you knew they still need to keep Goldberg protected so they stalled and stalled (which is why we got those random matches midst show with Juicer Mahal and Dead Buried Rusev or the unnecessary New Day segment, all of which felt typical Monday Night Rawish), Jericho’s music hit, the bell hit, you know the story. Can’t say I mind it and by the looks of it, with Brock apparently winning at Mania we will probably get a Lesnar/Reigns feud headed towards Summer Slam, unless they decide to do Lesnar/KO instead, which I honestly would like to see instead.
On a final note and speaking of those random matches in the midst of the show that served as good toilet breaks, what is going on with Rusev? I mean, all this build for his second big run for him to team up with Jinder and eventually job to the Big Show? I ain’t no insider or anything but I’d bet a nickel something is up backstage that has not come out.
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