WWE Fastlane 2018 Review

WWE Fastlane 2018

Results from the card, live on Pay Per View on Sunday March 11th 2018, below.

Beefy. Oxen beefcake Rusev takes Daniel Bryan
copycat and takes it as a pro.

Rusev w/ Aiden English Vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Up first was a job out moment of Rusev, falling victim to ever bland non-entity Shinsuke Nakamura, making him look fantastic. Aiden English helped provide more appeal but like Rusev his Rusev Day was numbered with beatdowns for another vanilla midget of zero substance.

WWE United States Championship

Randy Orton Vs Bobby Roode (c)

Boredom zero of no personality, substance, charisma or fluidity, and trying to live off wearing a robe like Ric Flair, ignorant TNA fluffer act Bobby Roode finally dropped the title in s welcome surprise to Randy Orton. At least WWE had the sense to drop Roode after realising its categorical mistake. Orton now enters the all winner’s club of every major WWE title. Makes you wonder why WWE hated him so much to only do this now.

Tag Team

Naomi and Becky Lynch Vs Natalya and Carmella

Natalya and Carmella downed Becky Lynch and Naomi in an easy and uneventful bout of no meaning to fill a hole. It was a tense effort from everyone except Lynch, who might as well just resign instead of embarrassing herself and the division.

This was simply to build up Carmella as a strong contender as waiting Women’s champion, potentially. WWE have had two years and did nothing for her.

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) w/ Big E Vs The Uso’s (c)

The Uso’s continue to strive hard to make the tag division appealing again, but with WWE’s attempts at racial profiling to get them over and make them black men who are ‘natural thugs’ is insulting and uncreative at best.

New Day tried to make third wheel and one of WWE’s dirties sex crazed perverts who sleeps with staff on the job, Xavier Woods, most infamous for threesomes with multiple WWE bedhopper Paige, as a title contender.

The result was a pathetic waste of time with a No Contest, which thankfully was a blessing in disguise. How Woods still hangs onto a job or place in New Day or put high on the books because of the other two is an absurdity Vine McMahon just can’t seem to see in the real world.

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship

Charlotte Flair (c) Vs Ruby Riott

Charlotte Flair once more hogged the women’s title, this time for Smackdown, in WWE’s ultimate superstar over fluffing. Her next victim would be newcomer Ruby Riott, who taped to Charlotte’s submission while being mistreated. WWE seem to think a title match helps her, but a loss when a growing concept has stalled her once more in favour of WWE’s obsessed idolisation of Ric Flair’s daughter.

It was an empty match despite a good effort from Riott. Charlotte was just same old routine in WWE again which is lacking tender details and interactive nature.

It was all about sparing and securing Ronda Rousey. Asuka, from Raw, hopped over to challenge Charlotte for the Smackdown Women's title at Wrestlemania. Yeah, when WWE cant think what to do they just use the obvious and ruin the entire concept of what it is supposed to do.

WWE Championship

AJ Styles (c ) Vs John Cena Vs Sami Zayn Vs Kevin Owens Vs Baron Corbin Vs Dolph Ziggler

The main event was more of the same, if not worse. WWE decided to add someone new in every week as the entire crew were not good enough. Eventually they made it a six pack challenge which was a diversary boredom than excitement, but WWE had no real contenders to offer.

Along with AJ Styles being inherently boring, doing nothing champion worthy and just a stain holding the title by proxy, he dropped all superstars in a mish mash of sheer embarrassment that served no purpose going into Wrestlemania and laced no future options for any of those involved.

John Cena, of course, can magically insert himself wherever he wants and thinks he is invincible in WWE because Vince McMahon has some strange obsession with the ignorantly disgraced wife cheater and sex pest who gets many people fired backstage for his own nastiness. But hey, lets make him our kiddie favourite entertainer. Do WWE even see what is wrong with that double standard?

Didn’t Cena also leave Smackdown to become a free agent, which was not allowed because the draft sent him to Smackdown, who then ran off to Raw and is now back on Smackdown again? WWE really do make it up as they go along and fail to create strong, impressive options and instead select all the wrong talent which cripples its future prospects.

Cena was ever useless and actually helped to injury champ AJ Styles, carelessly chucking him through a table.

A jobbers title match with some bouncy stiff if ever their was one. Groundbreaking.

PPV Rating - 0/10 (That makes it THE worst ever).

Men/Women of their matches - Rusev, Randy Orton, Natalya, Jimmy Uso, Ruby Riott, Baron Corbin

Man/Woman of the PPV - Rusev

Amazing mule kick from Rusev, still
unacknowledged by WWE worth.

Fastlane became the worst PPV in WWE history. How did it get to this? The first ever 0/10? WWE still have no clue and don’t care at all, which is why it is no surprise this has occurred.

Everything was rushed, mistreated and empty, thanks to WWE's awful management of the card.

It was not worthy of anyone’s time and simply useless.

WWE need to wake up and find some serious answers, but it does not look likely at all.

It really does deserve no praise and should not be overly protected with ego or fandom. It was a disaster.

© Max Waltham 13th April 2018

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