Fastlane is LIVE! tomorrow night from Tropicana Field, St Petersburg, Florida. The first ever WWE event to be streamed via Peacock's WWE Network in the United States. Here are the matches currently scheduled, including predictions.
Match Card
United States Championship Match
Riddle (c) Mustafa Ali
This match was announced via social media, they previously faced each other on RAW, where Riddle won, it would make sense for Mustafa to get some retribution here (no pun intended) and pick up a championship along the way, these guys are very good in the ring and this is a candidate for, yes you guessed it, match of the night! Predicted Winner: and NEW United States Champion. Mustafa Ali.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins
The following contest was announced on the SmackDown go home show, where Shinsuke confronted Seth after "The Messiah" talked about Shinsuke's friend, Cesaro, who have had their own issues leading up to where we are now, in terms of who will win? a decision has been made. Predicted Winner: Seth Rollins.
Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahonUnited States Championship Match
Riddle (c) Mustafa Ali
This match was announced via social media, they previously faced each other on RAW, where Riddle won, it would make sense for Mustafa to get some retribution here (no pun intended) and pick up a championship along the way, these guys are very good in the ring and this is a candidate for, yes you guessed it, match of the night! Predicted Winner: and NEW United States Champion. Mustafa Ali.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Seth Rollins
The following contest was announced on the SmackDown go home show, where Shinsuke confronted Seth after "The Messiah" talked about Shinsuke's friend, Cesaro, who have had their own issues leading up to where we are now, in terms of who will win? a decision has been made. Predicted Winner: Seth Rollins.
Braun has been demanding a WWE Championship opportunity for a while now, however his demands have been denied, not only by Adam Pearce, but by Shane as well, recently Shane has been making fun of Braun by calling him stupid repeatedly, which has understandably annoyed "The Monster Among Men" a lot. On the RAW go home show, these two had a match which didn't last long with no winner, resulting in Shane pouring green slime on his fallen opponent (what is this? Get Your Own Back? somebody call Dave Benson Philips so he can referee this match) jokes aside, I don't expect a winner on Sunday either considering WrestleMania is just a few weeks away. Predicted Winner: No Winner.
(UPDATE: Braun Strowman vs, Shane McMahon has now been removed from the match line-up)
Randy Orton vs. Alexa Bliss
After much consideration and thought, this will probably be a cinematch or just a in-ring confrontation, leading to Bray Wyatt's return to WWE TV in the near future, thus setting up the Orton vs, Wyatt match for WrestleMania. Predicted Winner: No Winner.
Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus
These guys have had a match or two on RAW prior, to be honest, this match is rendered kind of pointless because WWE have already announced Drew challenging Bobby for the title in a few weeks, if Sheamus picks up the win here in what will be one hell of a fight then the 'Mania match will perhaps be a triple threat, unfortunately, I don't see that happening, but you never know. Predicted Winner: Drew McIntyre.
Intercontinental Championship Match
Big E (c) vs. Apollo Crews
Ever since Apollo turned and embraced his Nigerian roots, he has raised his game to the next level and become focused and dangerous, whilst targeting Big E's Intercontinental Championship, will the title change hands? I will say no. Predicted Winner: and still, Intercontinental Champion. Big E.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match
Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair
This is just a stop gap for Sasha and Bianca in terms of their own true feud, they have been friendly to each other over the past few weeks, however, cracks are beginning to show with the inclusion of Reginald. In terms of who will turn? I have no idea, because both can be and have been fantastic heels in the past, expect Nia and Shayna to remain women's tag champions here. Predicted Winners: and still, Women's Tag Team Champions. Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler.
Universal Championship Match - Special Guest Enforcer: EDGE
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Edge defeated Jey Uso on the last episode of SmackDown after ten years, to earn the right of being the special enforcer for the following contest scheduled for one fall. There is a sense that he will ultimately cost Bryan the match unfairly so Roman picks up the win, leading to a possible triple threat for the Universal Championship in a few weeks at Raymond James Stadium. Nothing else for me to say here really.
Fastlane predictions are complete, in terms of expectations for this event, admittedly there aren't any from me, very much looking forward to seeing what happens on the night though. The Review-ish will be available on Monday PM time. Thanks for reading.
Fastlane predictions are complete, in terms of expectations for this event, admittedly there aren't any from me, very much looking forward to seeing what happens on the night though. The Review-ish will be available on Monday PM time. Thanks for reading.