WWE Fastlane ***Official Thread*** The road to WrestleMania will be FAST!

[road doggy dogg]

YOU BEEN SIPPIN'

[Dark One]

The biggest thing to happen two hours into the last PPV before Wrestlemania is the debut of ice cream.

[Savio]

Can't believe they said skeet, lol

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Big E Drunk as a skunk.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

THEY GOT A BICYCLE!

[road doggy dogg]

skeetskeetskeetskeetskeet

[slik]

OMG this show is half filler

[KIRA]

They skeeted stickers....thats really not PG

[Outsider]

...........wait, that was it?

[Droford]

I love how they have to fill all this time because Goldberg is just going to destroy KO in 1 second.

At this point Goldberg already won the match

[Dark One]

Can't wait for Braun Strowman to squash this Roman Reigns nerd.

He said as he cried softly.

[KIRA]

Thank the gods Cole sounds like he is losing his voice.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Did anybody have New Day coming out and doing jack shit on Tipsters?

[Dark One]

Hey Drebin,

I was in that video package.

[Emperor Smeat]

seems dumb but kinda glad

I do hope Show gets something to do at WM though, isn't this possibly his final one?

He's been teasing for a while at this likely being his last although could probably go the part-timer or special attraction route for Mania if him or the WWE wanted.

[KIRA]

Stroman getting ready to make Roman Reigns look Super Saiyan strong

[Dark One]

I can only assume they pasted over someone's sign to say "Roman thanks for inspiring me."

It probably originally said "Braun Strowman is drowning in pussy."

[Emperor Smeat]

Can't wait for Braun Strowman to squash this Roman Reigns nerd.

He said as he cried softly.

Will laugh if Foley just came out and called the match off because Braun forgot to actually sign the contract.

RAW ended with one of the last shots being Braun's missing signature last week.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He was concussed he probably signed it Joe Anoia by mistake.

[#1-norm-fan]

If a Paul Heymen ECW Biopic was made, Giamatti could be Heyman.

Paul Giamatti is awesome/could play anything. Cast him as Brock Lesnar and he'd nail it.

[Outsider]

I want to hate this match, but Strowman impressed me last time so he gets the benefit of the doubt.

[KIRA]

Somebody slap that fucking kid for his uninspired Roman sign.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/qJA8l7u.gif

[road doggy dogg]

"The Monster among men" sounds like one of those dozens of awful nicknames they've given Kane over the years

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley and Charlotte win by having to follow this turd of a match.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[Evil Vito]

Strowman is the best

[Savio]

http://image.prntscr.com/image/1be1477cb6c94b099bc305667382b977.png

[#1-norm-fan]

One day they'll start calling Braun Strowman "The Braunster". Might be his nickname when he inevitably becomes a comedy face.

[road doggy dogg]

I think I've turned the page on Strowman... used to hate him but seems good

[Droford]

Life in the fastlane...Stroman gettin pinned tonight

[KIRA]

Those goofy white soles ain't gaining Reigns any fans

[#1-norm-fan]

"The Brauny Man"

[slik]

I like Roman's new sneakers

[slik]

I think I've turned the page on Strowman... used to hate him but seems good

Braun is the GOAT

[#1-norm-fan]

Brauno Strowmartino

[KIRA]

Yep Braun definitely gonna be the jobber among men tonight

[Droford]

Stroman has benefited a lot from the brand split, he has improved a ton since tge beginning of tge split

[Outsider]

Bored now.

[KIRA]

I like Roman's new sneakers

It looks dumb with his current look but any major break from The Shield he makes is a welcome one

[Droford]

Braundo- The Roman Mutilator

[Emperor Smeat]

Stroman has benefited a lot from the brand split, he has improved a ton since tge beginning of tge split

Yeup. He's one of the few guys who didn't quickly fall to random 50-50 booking and his jobber matches started to have a reason after a while.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if its my computer or WWE's feed but several times soo far into this show Cole's mic randomly drops into radio quality.

[Outsider]

Not sure if its my computer or WWE's feed but several times soo far into this show Cole's mic randomly drops into radio quality.

Been fine for me.

The biggest problem has been that Michael Cole is still talking.

[Droford]

Countout..uhuh

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at a "holy shit" chant for a simple slam through a table.

[Savio]

I'd be shocked and sadden if Roman won.

[Savio]

"We don't like you"

:lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

Superman Punch would be a lot more effective as a setup or signature move if Roman didn't keep spamming it every match. Right now its no better than a regular punch.

[Droford]

Fuck off wwe

[slik]

clean win over Braun...damn

Braun looked like a beast the entire time though

[Savio]

Goodnight everybody.

[Evil Vito]

Fuck off.

[slik]

I wish there were shenanigans for once

[Dark One]

This is the worst PPV since December to Dismember.

[Emperor Smeat]

Well that was pretty stupid overall.

The rumor of a possible Taker tease or interference would have been a way better ending and at least be a great way to start off Taker-Reigns for Mania.

[RP]

too funny

[KIRA]

And there it is

[Evil Vito]

http://nextshark.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/fuck-this-shit.png

[Theo Dious]

I'll still waiting for the day when Michael Cole yells GET DOWN FROM THERE and the guy in question is all like "oh wow he's right holy shit what was I thinking that would have been insane."

[Outsider]

Fucking hell.

Reminds me of how many times we saw hoss's fed to 'Superman' Cena back in the day.

Hope Strowman gets better booking following the loss than they did.

[Evil Vito]

Realistically there was zero chance of Roman not winning this with a match against Taker coming up, unless Taker cost him.

But still, fuck.

[KIRA]

Vince telling the commentary team to start verbally felicitating Roman

[Emperor Smeat]

Might be the first time since betting for wrestling started that 2 upsets ended up happening. Bookies had both Sasha and Reigns losing tonight based on the odds.

[Triple A]

That's the first time Strowman has lost a singles match not via DQ or countout I think

[Droford]

"Tainting his victory "

Uhhh

[KIRA]

Pet Peeve #984 Mick Foely calling out to "Samoa Joe" instead of just Joe.

[Outsider]

They haven't even bothered having a picture taken of Bailey with the title, just photoshopped it on.

[Gerard]

Foley appears to be missing some more teeth, you'd think he'd get that fixed at some point.

[KIRA]

I'm pretty sure Bailey is sincere when she says this was her dream but she sounds like she's reading off cue cards

[Emperor Smeat]

That's the first time Strowman has lost a singles match not via DQ or countout I think

Yeup it seems so based on quick glance at profightdb.com for him. Has a few losses but either as part of a team, specialty matches, or DQ reasons.

[Evil Vito]

This show will be going past 11 PM unless Goldberg/Owens is a typical 2 minute Goldberg match.

[Emperor Smeat]

Charlotte's "Queen of PPV" catchphrase has some dirty vibes to it whenever Cole or Charlotte mention it.

[Droford]

Nia Jax and Stroman both lost

Charlotte streak in jeopardy

[Sepholio]

Alright time for the main event.

[RP]

This show will be going past 11 PM unless Goldberg/Owens is a typical 2 minute Goldberg match.

isnt it obvious?

[Bad News Gertner]

https://scontent-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/17190984_10158404219935201_3681917640845592518_n.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=590b511e9a97888fec0128434e3e665c&oe=5935A046

[Droford]

She says shes just a fan..

[Evil Vito]

isnt it obvious?

I mean they've teased the possibility of Lesnar and/or Joe involvement - and there's always a chance of Jericho too.

That alone would make me think it's a bit longer, although most of that being due to the outside tomfoolery rather than Goldberg actually wrestling.

[Poit]

Was that a Twist of Fate?

[Frank Drebin]

Hey Drebin,

I was in that video package.

I MUST KNOW THE DARK ONE

[RP]

lol this is pretty terrible.

[KIRA]

I do appreciate Charlotte trying to break Bailey by talking

[Poit]

Ugh, my Switch ran out of battery.

Breath of the Wild has been making this PPV much better.

[Evil Vito]

This match has been incredibly sloppy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to be ridiculous if Charlotte still wins with these shenanigans going on.

[Poit]

How is that not a disqualification?

[RP]

what in the world.

[Droford]

Hmm

[RP]

Well uhh

Ok KO, comon down and lay in the ring now.

[Theo Dious]

Wow. Really can't beleive they pissed Charlotte's streak away.

[KIRA]

Sasha heel turn incoming

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Charlotte not winning a ppv title match.

Seems really stupid to not just wait a month to end Charlotte's streak or do a DQ/no contest finish. Then again all 3 streaks broken tonight had weak endings.

[Dark One]

Even Dusty Rhodes wouldn't touch that finish with a ten foot pole.

[Droford]

Mega Friends explode pt 3 at WM

Jericho Owens
Orton Wyatt
Bayley Sasha

[RP]

So why didnt Charlottes roll up count again?

[Theo Dious]

Needs to be a huge swerve coming up.

[Dark One]

I'm not going to make it to Wrestlemania if I have to hear "The ultimate thrillride: Wrestlemania!" and Flo Rida 50 times a week for the next month.

[Outsider]

This has been awful from top to bottom.

[KIRA]

Dear WWE, It's not heelish if the heel has a legit right to bitch about a loss.

[Droford]

Lol its 1050 and they're stalling

[Evil Vito]

So the heel lives up to her end of the bargain and doesn't bring anybody out to interfere in the match, and instead the faces cheat to end the heel's PPV title match streak a month before WrestleMania.

Who's writing this shit? I mean I'm glad they didn't hotshot the belt to Charlotte again but they're going out of the way to book face/heel alignments completely backwards just to keep her looking strong in defeat.

[rockman725]

Tomorrow night Steph gets pissed at Foley because of Sasha's interference, they change the winner to Charlotte via DQ. Guaranteed.

[Dark One]

There's only one thing that could save this show...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/66/17/97/66179774c77761dbe1f8156fec1b67e0.jpg

[RP]

Wow this being a squash might make this one of the worst PPV's i've seen in about 2 years at least.

[slik]

Here comes the 2 minute title match

[Droford]

Jericho gonna interfere and cost Goldberg the title

[RP]

Maybe Goldbergs son will come out and take his shirt off.

[Droford]

There's only one thing that could save this show...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/66/17/97/66179774c77761dbe1f8156fec1b67e0.jpg

He was on it and it didn't help

[Evil Vito]

So Cena wins his 16th title at Royal Rumble (and loses it 2 weeks later). Charlotte's PPV streak ends at Fastlane, Strowman's undefeated streak ends at Fastlane. Will there be anything special left to happen at WrestleMania?

[Droford]

This has Punk losing to Rock feeling...ugh

[Sepholio]

omg they are still stalling.

[RP]

Waiting for The CyNick to come in and tell us this writing is great and we should like what we see.

[Frank Drebin]

Hope Owens wears a flak jacket, takes a spear and pins Goldberg in 20 seconds.

[Droford]

Goldys entrance will be longer than the match

[RP]

If Goldberg is a badass, why does he need security?

[Evil Vito]

Maybe we shouldn't have chased Noid off. He would've had a field day with this PPV.

[#1-norm-fan]

So Cena wins his 16th title at Royal Rumble (and loses it 2 weeks later). Charlotte's PPV streak ends at Fastlane, Strowman's undefeated streak ends at Fastlane. Will there be anything special left to happen at WrestleMania?

A heel Brock Lesnar overcoming the odds and finally getting a long awaited win over a face Goldberg to win the title?

[Droford]

Lol Goldberg never lost 1 on 1 in awe

Fast lane Jinxed

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm going to retweet this later when the internet freaks out after Goldberg beats Kevin Owens in under 3 min.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fastlane?src=hash">#Fastlane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEFastlane?src=hash">#WWEFastlane</a> <a href="https://t.co/82dwWC2jhg">pic.twitter.com/82dwWC2jhg</a></p>&mdash; Kenton Lane (@TheKentonLane) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKentonLane/status/838556397990215681">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Outsider]

Got a bad feeling about this.

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to laugh if the only reason they didn't have any belts change earlier or killed off the other streaks was just so that Goldberg was the only one to keep his streak and win a belt.


So Cena wins his 16th title at Royal Rumble (and loses it 2 weeks later). Charlotte's PPV streak ends at Fastlane, Strowman's undefeated streak ends at Fastlane. Will there be anything special left to happen at WrestleMania?

Shaq vs Big Show in a "It Might Happen" match :shifty:

[Sepholio]

COME ON FFS

[Sepholio]

Gonna legit lose my shit when KO squashes Oldberg.

[Savio]

It was all a ruse Y2j and KO are still friends, KO wins by DQ!

[Dark One]

The stupid signs in the crowd make me glad that this crowd got this show.

They deserve it.

[Triple A]

Maybe we shouldn't have chased Noid off. He would've had a field day with this PPV.

What happened to Noid

[Frank Drebin]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm going to retweet this later when the internet freaks out after Goldberg beats Kevin Owens in under 3 min.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fastlane?src=hash">#Fastlane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEFastlane?src=hash">#WWEFastlane</a> <a href="https://t.co/82dwWC2jhg">pic.twitter.com/82dwWC2jhg</a></p>&mdash; Kenton Lane (@TheKentonLane) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKentonLane/status/838556397990215681">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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This Kenton Lane fella is a liar. He's no Ryan Clark.
#firekenton

[Triple A]

The stupid signs in the crowd make me glad that this crowd got this show.

They deserve it.

GREEN
BURG

[Outsider]

The stupid signs in the crowd make me glad that this crowd got this show.

They deserve it.

We all deserve it.

We all keep watching this shite.

[Frank Drebin]

What happened to Noid

Yeah, news to me too. What happened?

[Theo Dious]

Hehe I called Owens taking a powder.

[Sepholio]

omg for real dawg

[Sepholio]

gonna be 11:05 when this shit starts

[Poit]

:lol: at Graves explaining that Goldberg will exhaust himself by pacing around.

[Theo Dious]

Owens is giving the best heel performance in years.

[RP]

This just makes Owens look even worse than he's about to look.

[Evil Vito]

What happened to Noid

Everyone was calling him out for being negative about literally everything WWE has done in the past decade, hating pretty much every aspect of modern wrestling, and thinking Jim Cornette was a genius.

He finally quit because we just "don't get it".

[Emperor Smeat]

What happened to Noid

Quit or took a break after getting into heated arguments on Alexa Bliss being more horrible than Kelly Kelly. Not the sole reason but it was the big trigger to cause his departure.

[KIRA]

Owens might single handedly save this show by just being a really good heel.

[Droford]

Oh for ducks sake

[Dark One]

This is the worst PPV since December to Dismember.

It's no longer even a contest between these two shows now.

[RP]

That made no sense.

[Evil Vito]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ae/a3/86/aea386ec1bf2f2dfe76ec28c28e6cba8.jpg

[Theo Dious]

Oh Christ that was lazy.

[Bad News Gertner]

Haha fear the spears bitch

[Outsider]

Predictable.

Predictable and bullshit.

[Frank Drebin]

Not surprising.....not entertaining either.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: that was terrible.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fuck this.

[Sepholio]

........

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fuck this Company.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Crowd is dead silent.

[Theo Dious]

Quit or took a break after getting into heated arguments on Alexa Bliss being more horrible than Kelly Kelly. Not the sole reason but it was the big trigger to cause his departure.

Fuck him. Sick of his ten mile rants of idiocy.

[Outsider]

On the plus side, Smackdown also has matches at Wrestlemania.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Dead fucking silent.

[KIRA]

This ppv fucking sucked

[Sepholio]

Its strange to think that the first 3 Universal champions are Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, and Goldberg. Vince didnt "make" any of them. Wow.

[Outsider]

I'm also thinking wow and unbelievable Jerry, but I doubt we'd agree on the reasons why.

[Evil Vito]

This really was the worst show since December to Dismember. My god this was horrible.

[Dark One]

http://i.imgur.com/Hcqtd01.png

[Theo Dious]

Its strange to think that the first 3 Universal champions are Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, and Goldberg. Vince didnt "make" any of them. Wow.

But... but... Vince only pushes his own boys!

[RP]

I think i'm just going to watch Smackdown from here on out.

[Frank Drebin]

Another WM coming up where I'm looking more forward to NXT and the Raw after.

[Emperor Smeat]

This ppv should be a big reason why WWE going every 2 weeks for a ppv was a bad idea or at least get rid of the ppvs between Rumble and Mania to put all the focus on a stronger Road to Mania build.

[Droford]

The absolute amusing thing will be if the fans shit all over Goldberg Lesnar at WM like they did at XX.

[Theo Dious]

This really was the worst show since December to Dismember. My god this was horrible.

Oh get the fuck out of here.

[RP]

How do they build a Goldberg vs Lesnar title match when both of them only work 1 week a month?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin">@ryansatin</a> 33, sorry. I was frustrated haha</p>&mdash; Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/838601906654072833">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Goldberg will probably get a better pop on RAW with the belt than after an exhausted crowd from a sub par show.

[Shadrick]

I did not enjoy this PPV.

[rockman725]

Roman Reigns has problems with raccoons. lol

[Evil Vito]

Gallagher/Neville was good. Literally everything else sucked.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley/Charlotte was good.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I didn't see the first hour or pre-show.

[Shadrick]

This has Punk losing to Rock feeling...ugh

I justified Punk losing to Rock because Punk had a long and fruitful run as champion.

Kevin JUST became the champ. And it was his first world title. I wanted him to be a more savage champ after parting with Jericho, but....guess we won't. not right now anyway.

[rob11]

That was one of the worst PPV's I've seen in a long time. Not quite December to Dismember bad, but not far behind.

[Evil Vito]

Bayley/Charlotte was good.

I found that match to be very sloppy. Worst PPV match for Charlotte since she's been on the main roster. Nonsensical booking as well.

[Theo Dious]

Bayley/Charlotte was good.

So was Joe/Zayn and Neville/Gallagher

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I justified Punk losing to Rock because Punk had a long and fruitful run as champion.

Kevin JUST became the champ. And it was his first world title. I wanted him to be a more savage champ after parting with Jericho, but....guess we won't. not right now anyway.

August isn't "just"

[Theo Dious]

I justified Punk losing to Rock because Punk had a long and fruitful run as champion.

Kevin JUST became the champ. And it was his first world title. I wanted him to be a more savage champ after parting with Jericho, but....guess we won't. not right now anyway.

Dude. He outlasted most attitude Era reigns.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Bayley/Sasha look like they got a 2 for 1 deal on shitty jackets.

[Shadrick]

August isn't "just"

I don't mean "just" in terms of time. He spent most of this tenure palling around with Jericho. It was funny and all, but it never felt like his reign was an actual world title reign.

[Shadrick]

Dude. He outlasted most attitude Era reigns.

lol, that's not really saying much, but I feel you.

[Evil Vito]

I didn't even really feel Zayn/Joe that much. Felt like a standard TV match really. They should have better matches against each other down the line.

[Droford]

I thought for sure the plan might be to have Strowman beat whoever the champion was after WM. Then Roman pins him clean. So obviously yeah...

[Vastardikai]

Did I fall into a time warp and it is 1998 again?

[#1-norm-fan]

Jesus, STD was being extra STD-like throughout this entire thread. Unnecessary corrections and such on nearly every page.

[Theo Dious]

At least Goldberg's kid kept his shirt on this time.

[Theo Dious]

Did I fall into a time warp and it is 1998 again?

And then Paul Heyman and Jerry Lawler were sitting there and I thought it was 1988.

[Bad News Gertner]

http://i.imgur.com/ZCsRIg7.gif

[Theo Dious]

lol, that's not really saying much, but I feel you.

I know it was hot potato times but you're looking at the Rock and Austin's reigns Owens did ok. Hell he even outlasted most of HHH's pre-WHC reigns.

[Bad News Gertner]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6c/df/7f/6cdf7f95dff4f141207f9073ca0cfd5e.jpg

[Lock Jaw]

Hey guys, I'm here. I too watched the show.

Wish they had given more time to Zayn/Joe. I guess they needed to save time for Rusev/Mahal/New Day filler.

Match of the night was the Cruiserweight title Neville vs. Gallagher.........

Both women matches I enjoyed, but still befuddled at the booking decision of Bayley getting all these "big moments" now and not leaving anything for Wrestlemania.

I knew Roman and Goldberg were probably winning, but still drained my soul a bit watching it happen......

[Dark One]

I am ashamed to have appeared on this show and be in any way associated with it.

[Lock Jaw]

So Cena wins his 16th title at Royal Rumble (and loses it 2 weeks later). Charlotte's PPV streak ends at Fastlane, Strowman's undefeated streak ends at Fastlane. Will there be anything special left to happen at WrestleMania?

Feel the exact same way.......

Pretty "sickening" to my stomach that pretty much no champions will have held their titles for more than a month going into Mania.......

[slik]

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[Lock Jaw]

http://i.imgur.com/RlmFJV7.jpg

[Jordan]

Well this was the worst PPV I've sat through in years.

[slik]

So Cena wins his 16th title at Royal Rumble (and loses it 2 weeks later). Charlotte's PPV streak ends at Fastlane, Strowman's undefeated streak ends at Fastlane. Will there be anything special left to happen at WrestleMania?

Yeah

Taker retires + Brock wins belt + probably a segment where Cena proposes to Bella and Rock comes out and helps him + New Day prob bring Hogan out for a cameo

[#1-norm-fan]

Isn't Jericho still US Champion? So his match with Owens at WrestleMania will probably be for the secondary title and the two biggest stars on the brand will face off for the top title. Makes sense.

[#1-norm-fan]

Though the idea of a heel Brock Lesnar going in as the challenger at WrestleMania and triumphantly taking the title from a face champion whom he hasn't been able to beat in his career seems ass backwards.

[Evil Vito]

Isn't Jericho still US Champion? So his match with Owens at WrestleMania will probably be for the secondary title and the two biggest stars on the brand will face off for the top title. Makes sense.

For this reason I was hoping the match would start and Owens would immediately kick Goldberg in the dick or get himself counted out, or Lesnar would run in or something. Basically whatever they could do to get Jericho/Owens, the best build program in the company on the heels of one of the best segments ever, into the main event program for Mania. Then you can have Goldberg/Lesnar be as short as you want elsewhere on the card instead of giving them the burden of having to work a WM level main event.

I knew it WOULDN'T happen that way, but I'd be far more interested in Mania if they did.

[Evil Vito]

Yeah

Taker retires + Brock wins belt + probably a segment where Cena proposes to Bella and Rock comes out and helps him + New Day prob bring Hogan out for a cameo

None of that sounds appealing to me really.

But then again Mania is no longer a show for the diehards.

[Dark One]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goldberg's son: Uh, I've still never seen you &quot;wrestle.&quot;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEFastlane?src=hash">#WWEFastlane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wwe?src=hash">#wwe</a></p>&mdash; Marcus Schutes (@WWEMarkShoots) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEMarkShoots/status/838601306923139072">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Dark One]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After a PPV like this we're thankful RAW Talk isn't a call-in show. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEFastlane?src=hash">#WWEFastlane</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/838596767763529728">March 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Heart- Edge cause it's a hug not a spear.

Haha-Christian cause he stole it from Edge and it sucks just as bad.

Wow- Big Show cause he's fucking huge.

Angry Face- Rhyno cause GORE! GORE GORE!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Jesus, STD was being extra STD-like throughout this entire thread. Unnecessary corrections and such on nearly every page.

I would say that isn't true but would that be a correction too?

[Evil Vito]

I would say that isn't true but would that be a correction too?

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[Ruien]

I would say that isn't true but would that be a correction too?

The fact like 10 posters have been constantly telling you about this for 6 months now and you still don't understand is insane.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Some of those 10 are the ones that also harass Owen. So, it's hard not to just think of it as bullshit bullying.

[Ruien]

I don't think Fan, Vito, Noid, or myself harass Owen. And that is just who comes to mind right away.

[Blonde Moment]

Unless something changes WM isn't looking like being worth 10 bucks this year

[#1-norm-fan]

I'm a big owenbrown fan, I'll have you know.

[Triple A]

Is the guy in the green shirt a "well known wrestling fan" who is at a bunch of shows... I feel like I have seen him several times before but idk if I'm just imagining it

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[Destor]

3 really great matches from this card

1. Flair v Bayley
2. Reigns v Strowman
3. Neville v Gallagher

Top notch from all 3

[Maluco]

That was garbage. I really want to be positive, but that was horrendous.

So much filler for a special event. Time management so bad.

I don't even want to go through positives and negatives, I just know how I felt watching it. It was a chore for more than half of it, then just disappointment after that.

When you consider that this is being used to build the biggest show of the year, how can they not see that Raw is a mess.

[erickman]

Is the guy in the green shirt a "well known wrestling fan" who is at a bunch of shows... I feel like I have seen him several times before but idk if I'm just imagining it

http://i.imgur.com/zoyqqPv.png

yeah I am tired of looking at his weird al looking face on every show

[Big Vic]

Don't listen to these haters STD, you do you.

[Sepholio]

I woke up hoping Fastlane was all just a dream. A really bad dream.

It wasn't :(

[Ruien]

Don't listen to these haters STD, you do you.

I hope your Zelda game is put on backorder for another week.

[Big Vic]

I hope STD finds a way to correct what you just said.

[#1-norm-fan]

He didn't actually say it. He posted it.

[Big Vic]

If you know Ruien as well as I do he reads all of his posts out loud.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Whoa whoa whoa...I didn't watch this, but are you guys telling me that Goldberg was involved in a squash match?

[Ruien]

I hope STD finds a way to correct what you just said.

:lol:

[Destor]

Whoa whoa whoa...I didn't watch this, but are you guys telling me that Goldberg was involved in a squash match?
:lol:


My thoughts exactly


I watched this show, and it was the first full PPV i've watched in years. Thought it was really good top to bottom. 3 absolute ACE matches and everyone else really getting thier time.


Side bar: spot of the night was int he tag tite match doing the double down out on the floor. Creative.

[Maluco]

:lol:


My thoughts exactly


I watched this show, and it was the first full PPV i've watched in years. Thought it was really good top to bottom. 3 absolute ACE matches and everyone else really getting thier time.


Side bar: spot of the night was int he tag tite match doing the double down out on the floor. Creative.

If you thought this, you are going to be delighted if you keep watching, because this was very poor compared to a lot of the offerings from last year.

Goldberg thing is disappointing, but it doesn't bother me necessarily.

All that work to Braun, to have him lose to Reigns of all people was predictable, but also disappointing in its own way.

The rest of the card (bar the cruiser match) was an episode of Raw, and a really average one at that.

When you put on two unscheduled filler matches with no heat or story in the middle of your show, it's because there is a complete lack of forward planning. It takes fans out of what is happening and puts a massive lull in the whole show.

A Reigns win and a 30 second main event was not the way to get them back after that, no matter how obvious or "logical" it may have been.

I really think you will be delighted if you keep watching if this was "really good top to bottom"

[Maluco]

Also, a little side note. I find it amazing how they have taken Enzo and New Day, two over, fresh acts, and are in the process of doing them both to death to such a degree, that they are becoming the most annoying things on the show.

Positives so I am not a complete negative Nancy, Reigns-Joe should eventually be a great match, woman are excelling in matches despite being such a thin roster and the cruisers were finally unleashed with great results.

[Simple Fan]

Ok I didn't watch the main event(only watched Joe/Sami) but my brother told me Jericho came out and distracted Owens. So dumb, would have been in Jerichos best interest to have Owens win.

[Ruien]

Ok I didn't watch the main event(only watched Joe/Sami) but my brother told me Jericho came out and distracted Owens. So dumb, would have been in Jerichos best interest to have Owens win.

How so?

[Ruien]

It's not like they have a scheduled match at Mania yet.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Owens is a cowardly heel or a boss heel?

[Destor]

If you thought this, you are going to be delighted if you keep watching, because this was very poor compared to a lot of the offerings from last year.

Goldberg thing is disappointing, but it doesn't bother me necessarily.

All that work to Braun, to have him lose to Reigns of all people was predictable, but also disappointing in its own way.

The rest of the card (bar the cruiser match) was an episode of Raw, and a really average one at that.

When you put on two unscheduled filler matches with no heat or story in the middle of your show, it's because there is a complete lack of forward planning. It takes fans out of what is happening and puts a massive lull in the whole show.

A Reigns win and a 30 second main event was not the way to get them back after that, no matter how obvious or "logical" it may have been.

I really think you will be delighted if you keep watching if this was "really good top to bottom"Despite the thoughts in this thread the crowd was hot all night.


Wins/losses only matter as to what you do with them after the fact. Someone loosing to the 2nd biggest draw in the company isnt a bad thing. Especially when its going to get you a fuck ton of heat too. When you slide an IWC darling over on Reigns its going to play really well later down the road. If done right you get sympathy from his fan base and you get upward momentum for *insert guy here.* Strowman isnt fired. That guy can work. He's absolutely going to be fine. Just a bunch of butt hurt coming from anything roman touches. It's amusing but really irrelevent.


Getting the belt off Steen was obviously a good move. He hasnt been doing much for any metric of success during his reign and the match will jericho will be the workrate darling match of the night (and should be very very good by all standards) going into mania. Everybody wins scenerio there. Goldberg squashes are clearly over, the crowd was hyped for a 10 min entrence and eating up 4 powders like it was crack.


Flair is just the best. Impossible not to praise her. Bayley bothced her own comeback but outside of that great match.


The "filler matches" were good. Being mad at thier existance is weird and illogical. Cards have to rise; have peaks and valleys. Same way you deliberately lul a crowd for the come back. These things are very important to climaxing a show right. Its a good structure.


The only downside to the opener is it had Joe in it. But as far as Joe matches go it wasnt the worst.

[Simple Fan]

How so?

It's not like they have a scheduled match at Mania yet.

I thought they did. Had a whole segment on Raw about it before Owens turned on him. Still dumb even if they didn't, Goldberg already has his Mania match win or loose so that would leave KO without a opponent for Mania and Jericho could have inserted himself right in there.

[Black Widow]

That was Stupid!

At least Rock could wrestle longer than a minute/Way more popular than Goldberg.

[Maluco]

Despite the thoughts in this thread the crowd was hot all night.


Wins/losses only matter as to what you do with them after the fact. Someone loosing to the 2nd biggest draw in the company isnt a bad thing. Especially when its going to get you a fuck ton of heat too. When you slide an IWC darling over on Reigns its going to play really well later down the road. If done right you get sympathy from his fan base and you get upward momentum for *insert guy here.* Strowman isnt fired. That guy can work. He's absolutely going to be fine. Just a bunch of butt hurt coming from anything roman touches. It's amusing but really irrelevent.


Getting the belt off Steen was obviously a good move. He hasnt been doing much for any metric of success during his reign and the match will jericho will be the workrate darling match of the night (and should be very very good by all standards) going into mania. Everybody wins scenerio there. Goldberg squashes are clearly over, the crowd was hyped for a 10 min entrence and eating up 4 powders like it was crack.


Flair is just the best. Impossible not to praise her. Bayley bothced her own comeback but outside of that great match.


The "filler matches" were good. Being mad at thier existance is weird and illogical. Cards have to rise; have peaks and valleys. Same way you deliberately lul a crowd for the come back. These things are very important to climaxing a show right. Its a good structure.


The only downside to the opener is it had Joe in it. But as far as Joe matches go it wasnt the worst.

Totally disagree that wins/losses don't matter. Like you say, it's key what happens after the fact, but I have seen it all before. What you said might be true of there were not examples going against that notion on this show. But there were enough examples even on last night's card of people who started to lose and never got back, including guys more talented than Strowman.

Rusev is a shorter term example of that, dismantled in Cena feud and he has never gotten back to what he was.

Big Show is a longer term example. Jobber to the stars that is worthless now for anything other than filler.

Don't care about Owens losing, but just question whether Goldberg is worth it. They obviously think he can't work a match anymore. It is sad that they need him to come in if that is indeed the case. The same with Taker at the Rumble...It was sad. He is over though, so whatever. Don't mind.

Love Flair too, already by favourite female of all time. She is a star.

Filler matches shouldn't be on a PPV, they have 3 hours a week to fully book a 3 hour special. Why have unannounced matches with guys like Jinder? This is not special event worthy and neither is Show demolishing Rusev. You can have ebb and flow without unannounced filler featuring job guys on "PPV"

No-one is right or wrong, if you enjoyed it, it is great for you, because I genuinely think they can do so much better.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

:lol:


My thoughts exactly


I watched this show, and it was the first full PPV i've watched in years. Thought it was really good top to bottom. 3 absolute ACE matches and everyone else really getting thier time.


Side bar: spot of the night was int he tag tite match doing the double down out on the floor. Creative.

The web fans never cease to have a moan. I don't know wtf they expected. Plus Jericho distracted Owens so he has that out. They paid a lot of money for Goldberg, why not maximize?

They'll get a longer match out of him at Mania, hopefully with plenty of bells and whistles to cover up his short comings. 8-10 minutes of physical brawling with Brock in a hard hitting match should be good.

[Destor]

The web fans never cease to have a moan. I don't know wtf they expected. Plus Jericho distracted Owens so he has that out. They paid a lot of money for Goldberg, why not maximize?

They'll get a longer match out of him at Mania, hopefully with plenty of bells and whistles to cover up his short comings. 8-10 minutes of physical brawling with Brock in a hard hitting match should be good.
Yeah, exactly. Biggest problem with arm chair bookers is they dont care about how the story ends, they want gratification and they want it last year. No long term vision.

[Evil Vito]

The main event went as expected. I'm glad they at least had Jericho get involved.

Still, I just don't like the fact that five of the last six Manias will have featured a part timer in the main event. I'm leaving out WM30 because even though Batista came back for the main event spot, he was back full time for a few months before and after Mania whereas most of these guys just disappear the next night or the week after.

I'll never like that. But that's just the way Mania is now.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

do you work for the WWE? What the hell do you care about part timers? I like guys that don't show up too often, I'd prefer they did that with the current cast of characters so I don't have to see Cesaro and Sheamus vs Bullet Club for the 87th time. (Well I don't watch THAT much for that exact reason).

They should have a rotation of certain guys that get featured every week/month. Rotate each set of guys per week. Too hard to do with 3 hour raws but IMO it would work so much better that way.

[Evil Vito]

do you work for the WWE? What the hell do you care about part timers? I like guys that don't show up too often, I'd prefer they did that with the current cast of characters so I don't have to see Cesaro and Sheamus vs Bullet Club for the 87th time. (Well I don't watch THAT much for that exact reason).

They should have a rotation of certain guys that get featured every week/month. Rotate each set of guys per week. Too hard to do with 3 hour raws but IMO it would work so much better that way.

Because as a fan, it's pretty difficult to invest in most of the full time talent when every year around Mania time WWE is telling you that they aren't anywhere near as important as the generation of wrestlers that came before them.

That's not the fault of the part timers. I'd take the spot too if offered to me. But that doesn't excuse WWE for being shit at making their full time talent credible enough to headline the biggest show of the year.

I absolutely love that rotation idea by the way, if such a thing were feasible I'd be all for it. The guys and gals on the road all year get beat to shit, giving them any sort of a built in break would be good by me.

[Evil Vito]

Gonna be awkward when the part timers are actually done for good and there are no part timers to replace them that anyone would car about because an entire generation was made to look second rate to the Attitude Era.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I absolutely love that rotation idea by the way, if such a thing were feasible I'd be all for it. The guys and gals on the road all year get beat to shit, giving them any sort of a built in break would be good by me.

I mean that's nice and all but I'm talking about entertainment value and not thinking about it like I'm in the "know". I don't take into account guys "being beaten to shit" I care about having to see the same guys do the same thing wrestling the same guys week after week.

[Destor]

The main event went as expected. I'm glad they at least had Jericho get involved.

Still, I just don't like the fact that five of the last six Manias will have featured a part timer in the main event. I'm leaving out WM30 because even though Batista came back for the main event spot, he was back full time for a few months before and after Mania whereas most of these guys just disappear the next night or the week after.

I'll never like that. But that's just the way Mania is now.Well its the workers job to get over enough to warrent the push

[Big Vic]

I feel like wins don't matter, but losses obviously do.

For example Dean Ambrose beat John Cena clean but never really brought it up after doing so.

[Destor]

I never said they dont matter for the record. I said it's what you do with them. You can rebound from a loss in 2 seconds if the booking backs you right. Watching a loss and raging is silly. Like getting made at the 2nd act of a movie. Wait till the 3rd act is over before you start fires.

[Big Vic]

Fuck that, burn it down

[Big Vic]

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[Evil Vito]

I mean that's nice and all but I'm talking about entertainment value and not thinking about it like I'm in the "know". I don't take into account guys "being beaten to shit" I care about having to see the same guys do the same thing wrestling the same guys week after week.

I always loved the idea of having an actual off-season after Mania.

You do Mania, then the Raw and SmackDown ever as a teaser for the next "season". Announce a few call ups as they normally do around that time, lay the groundwork for possible programs, etc.

Then take two months off or so. Maybe run some original Network content in the interim, do a draft special since drafts should happen in the offseason, etc. Maybe give NXT a bigger focus during the offseason or run one of those tourneys they've been doing.

Then come back and everyone's gotten a breather, both the talent and the fans.

I know that would never happen in a billion years because it'd lead to a loss in terms of ticket sales and losing 2 months of TV revenue, but fuck - that'd be such a nice breath of fresh air instead of just going right to the next PPV with the same programs that were featured at Mania.