Tuesday, April 9, 2019

RAW After Mania | Impromptu Review

The title of this review says it all really, this is an impromptu review (kind of) with a twist-ish because I'm not going to go through EVERY single detail of the show as I'm still tired from watching WrestleMania. Let's just go through the action of the show shall we.

Raw's after 'Mania crowds are generally good and this one started off that way. Starting with Seth Rollins talking about his win on Sunday vs. Brock and then he was interrupted by The New Day. Kofi challenged Seth to a winner take all match, which was accepted by The Architect. 

The Revival lost to Hawkins and Ryder, are we surprised? Really? I'm not. I think they are leaving the company for AEW soon. Can I say that? I just did. It's my blog, I can say whatever I want to, as long as it's clean and not offensive. 

Lars Sullivan made his debut and attacked Kurt Angle. Which was strange. Alexa defeated Bayley, interesting to note there was no Sasha. It looks like they are setting up The Man vs. The Lady. After Lacey Evans finally did something other than walk up and down the entrance every week. She attacked Becky. This match is happening at Money in the Bank. 

Skipping ahead here because I can, to Dean Ambrose's last match in WWE. vs. Bobby Lashley. That match never happened seeing as Lashley ended up putting Ambrose through the announce table. The final ever time we will ever see Dean on WWE tv. 

Sami Zayn returned and lost his match for the IC title vs. Finn Balor. Zayn cut a standard heel promo belittling the crowd. Elias was interrupted by The Undertaker. Great to see the Phenom make an appearance here.

It was main event time. Remember at the start of this I said the crowds are good? Well they were until the Bar made the ref stop the match between Seth and Kofi. They completely lost the crowd during the tag match, the crowd could not care less! I don't blame them at all. There were beachball chants, Bullsh*t chants and many more. RAW was decent to good. But the last ten minutes killed that vibe dead. I'm not even exaggerating. 

I'll be watching SmackDown tomorrow, as always. I'll probably writing an impromptu review for that also. Thanks for reading. 

Monday, April 8, 2019

WrestleMania 35 | Review

WrestleMania 35 was LIVE from the Met Life Stadium, There's so much to talk about so let's get started. The Kick-off Show had four matches and here are the results..

Cruiserweight Championship: Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Tony Nese 
Winner: AND NEW Cruiserweight Champion. Tony Nese.

Women's Battle Royal 
Winner: Carmella - Eliminating Sarah Logan last for the win.

Raw Tag Team Championship -- The Revival (c) vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins
Winners: AND NEW Raw Tag Team Champions. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal 
Winner of the match: Braun Strowman.

Main Card
Alexa Bliss kicked off the show as WrestleMania host, she promised a WrestleMania moment which resulted in Hulk Hogan walking out to the stadium to a decent crowd reaction. He made the tired old Silverdome joke, I'll be honest with you, I'm not a fan of Hogan and think he is overrated with the work he's done in the past. I'm happy this segment didn't last long. All of a sudden. Paul Heyman walked out in the middle of all this and said he wants Brock last on the card, what was surprising was that it went on first. 

Universal Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins won the Universal Championship after being dominated by the Beast early on. I picked Lesnar to win, but, I'm happy to be wrong. WrestleMania was off to a great and unpredictable start. Brock was the "Architect" of his own downfall for taking Rollins lightly, thinking it was going to be an easy win. Nope! Winner: AND NEW Universal Champion: Seth Rollins.

AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton
This was a fun back and forth match between these guys, slow at times, that's a typical Orton match for you. AJ picked up the win with the Phenomenal forearm after countering the RKO. Winner: AJ Styles. 

SmackDown Tag Team Championship -- The Usos (c) vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black vs. The Bar vs. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura:
A really entertaining match, every team played a nice part in the match. The right team prevailed in the end. The tag team titles remain in the Uso penitentiary. Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Usos.

The Hall of Fame class of 2019 was introduced next, with DX out last.

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon (Falls Count Anywhere)
This was your usual run of the mill falls court anywhere match, ending with Miz superplexing Shane off the scaffolding, that was a good spot to be honest. Shane landed on top of Miz and won via the three count. Winner: Shane McMahon.

Women's Tag Team Championship -- Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya vs. Nia Jax & Tamina Snuka vs. The IIconics
Billie Kay capitalised on Phoenix's finishing move and stole the win for her and Peyton Royce. They received a nice reaction from the crowd. Winners: AND NEW Women's Tag Team Champions: The IIcoincs.

WWE Championship -- Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kofi Kingston
This was the match of the night, Daniel Bryan as a heel was fantastic, Kofi hit the Trouble in Paradise for the win. He deserved it. It's been eleven years and he's finally made it to the top of the mountain. KofiMania is here ladies and gentlemen. Winner: AND NEW WWE CHAMPION. Kofi Kingston.

United States Championship -- Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
Joe made easy work of Rey, winning via the clutch in his first match at WrestleMania.
Winner: AND STILL US Champion. Samoa Joe.

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre
The Big Dog picked up the win over McIntyre in a physical match via the SuperMan punch and Spear. Winner: Roman Reigns.

Elias was next, playing various musical instruments. Would he get interrupted? The answer was yes. John Cena went back to the Dr of Thuganomics days. Word Life! This was a great throwback to the Ruthless Aggression Era. This was their big plan for John Cena instead of putting him in a match vs. Kurt Angle? they've missed out on telling an easy story there. Creative booking isn't very creative is it? 

Triple H vs. Batista (No Holds Barred; Triple H's career on the line)
Perhaps the best thing about this match was the entrances. More so Triple H's. Actually, I take that comment back. The spear from announce table to announce table was class. The Game hit the Pedigree after an assist from Ric Flair for the win. Winner: Triple H.

Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin (Farewell Match)
Corbin won via the End of Days. After the match. Kurt thanked the crowd and walked away in a feel good moment. Another legend retires. It was about time to be honest. Winner: Baron Corbin. 

Intercontinental Championship -- Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Finn Balor
Predictably, Balor won the match. I would've gone into more detail about it but I was getting tired at this stage of the show. Winner: AND NEW Intercontinental Champion. Finn Balor.

Winner Take All -- Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Becky Lynch 
This was a history making match, the crowd was fading at this point of the event, trying their best to support "The Man" and they gradually woke up. This was a fast paced main event which featured near falls to keep us guessing who was going to win it all. That was "The Man" Becky Lynch, defeating Rousey with the reverse pin. Winner: AND NEW Raw and SmackDown women's champion. Becky Lynch.

Overall, this was a good WrestleMania, but too long. 7 and a half hours. I don't know how I got through the show still awake as it finished at around 5:30am UK time. There might be a Raw and SmackDown follow up if anything of importance happens. I'll see you for the upcoming WWE Draft / Superstar Shakeup. 

Thanks for reading. 




Friday, April 5, 2019

WrestleMania 35 | Predictions

Welcome to the WrestleMania 35 predictions blog, let's not waste anymore time and get started with the Kickoff Show matches....

Women's Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)
I'm going to select two competitors in this match and for the men's match for the winner of the respective Battle Royal matches. They're essentially knock off Royal Rumble matches aren't they? 
Winner of the match: Asuka or Lacey Evans.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Kickoff Show)
Winner of the match: Braun Strowman or Kevin Owens.

Cruiserweight Championship -- Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Tony Nese (Kickoff Show)
There's nothing else for Buddy Murphy to do on 205 Live, I see him being called up to the main roster in the very near future.
Winner: AND NEW Cruiserweight Champion. Tony Nese.

Raw Tag Team Championship -- The Revival (c) vs. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins
I thought all along it was going to be Ricochet and Aleister Black challenging the Revival for the titles instead of being included in the SmackDown match. To me it seems like it's the Revival of Curt Hawkins (no pun intended) meaning his defeat streak is ending.
Winners: AND NEW Raw Tag Team Champions. Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship -- The Usos (c) vs. Ricochet & Aleister Black vs. The Bar vs. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura:
I'm going to break this match down like this. Ricochet & Aleister Black should be pushed individually on the main roster instead of being a team, The Bar have already won the titles before so been there, done that. Rusev & Nakamura look like they're not going to last long. Which means only one thing....
Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Usos.

Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin (Farewell Match)
Winner: Baron Corbin. (unfortunately)

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon (Falls Count Anywhere)
This is perhaps the most consistently well booked feud of all the matches, there has not been a moment where I've thought "Yeah, this feud needs to end quickly" Miz's dad is going to give his son the assist here.
Winner: The Miz.

Women's Tag Team Championship -- Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Beth Phoenix & Natalya vs. Nia Jax & Tamina Snuka vs. The IIconics
It's way too early to take the titles off the current Women's Tag Team Champions.
Winners: AND STILL Women's Tag Team Champions. Sasha Banks and Bayley.

United States Championship -- Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio:
There's reports of Rey being injured and there's a lot of doubt of this match taking place. If this match does go on as planned then here is my prediction.
Winner: AND STILL United States Champion. Samoa Joe.

Intercontinental Championship -- Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Finn Balor: 
Finn Balor is coming to Wrestlemania as the Demon and guess what? He's winning here. Winner: AND NEW Intercontinental Champion. Finn Balor.

Triple H vs. Batista (No Holds Barred; Triple H's career on the line)
A match that has been rumoured for many years is finally happening this Sunday. It's going to be GAME OVER for The Animal. Winner: Triple H. 

AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton
Originally, I had Orton to win via the RKO out of nowhere, but they gave it away on SmackDown and so I've changed my mind. Winner: AJ Styles.

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre has been really good lately, taking credit for ending The Shield, if he was facing anyone else on the roster. I'd have him winning the match, but he's facing Vince's guy. Winner: Roman Reigns.

WWE Championship -- Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kofi Kingston
WWE to their credit have built up Kofi superbly since the Elimination Chamber, the crowds on SmackDown have been fully behind him also. I wouldn't be shocked if Vince swerved us all during or after the match like many times before, or if Big E and Xavier Woods both turned heel. Big E is looking like he's turning, either at WrestleMania during or after the match or on SmackDown on Tuesday, because his character as of late has been heelish as it were. I've made my choice.
Winner: AND NEW WWE Champion. Kofi Kingston.

Universal Championship -- Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins
Question: Would WWE have all the Faces win the big matches or have two out of three win. I'm going with the latter. I'm picking Brock to remain champion, until RAW Monday Night. RAW's after WrestleMania have generally been much talked about shows. I say, have Brock get provoked verbally by Rollins which results in the Beast putting his title on the line which Rollins wins. I like the sound of that.
Winner: AND STILL Universal Champion. Brock Lesnar.

Winner Take All -- Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Becky Lynch 
If you've made it this far, I applaud you. The segment on the go home episode of RAW has me looking forward to watching this history making main event, This match has a scenario where anyone could win, but for me and every WWE fan, there's only one winner (obviously) AND NEW RAW & SmackDown Women's Champion. "The Man" Becky Lynch.

It was bought to my attention that I haven't talked about Alexa Bliss - The host of this years WrestleMania. Why? Because I had no idea what she was going to do besides your standard backstage segments and interviews, the same old stuff. Having said that, I do have a bold prediction or two for what she could do on the show. Alexa could come out instead of Vince to interrupt Kofi during his celebrations, if you looked closely at Kofi's contract on SmackDown, it had a completely different date to the one WrestleMania is taking place. Bliss could bring that to our attention and deem the result and match null and void.

Or...Plan two. This depends on if she is healthy and cleared to wrestle, Alexa has some sort of Authority to make matches for 'Mania right? She could walk out during the main event and insert herself in the Winner Take All match, making it a fatal four way, she won't win, but that would make the match even more interesting so there you go...

During this event. I hope we see cameos from Stone Cold, The Undertaker, If Elias is singing on Sunday, I pick The Rock to interrupt him and have a singing contest of sorts that ends with a Rock Bottom and People's Elbow. John Cena's potential plans (if he appears on the show) have been kept very quietly, I sense that he will either accept Samoa Joe's open challenge (if Rey is unable to compete) or take out Corbin before the match. 

That's it for the predictions. The WrestleMania review will be on here on late Monday or early Tuesday at the latest. Enjoy the show if you're watching. 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

SmackDown LIVE Review

What's going on WWE fans! This is an impromptu review of this week’s episode of the blue brand of this company. 

The Miz cut a very good promo here as he talked about recent events, key moments here were when he said Shane was the worst in the world and not the best. Also name dropping Vince and Kofi here, this was an excellent, fiery promo and a good start to the show. 

Sasha and Bayley were defeated by the iiconics here, I guess we will see a future title match between these two, or perhaps the Australian duo will be added to the multiple team match at Mania if or when it's announced. 

Backstage: Rey Mysterio said he will face Samoa Joe at 'Mania for the US title, after his pinfall win in the tag match last week. 

Kevin Owens hosted the KO show (obviously) his guests were: Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. Owens was good here, trying to stir the pot, challenging the ladies to fight each other before they were separated by officials. 

Backstage: AJ hyped up the 'Mania match vs. Orton, said good luck to Kofi for his match later. 

From a face promo to a heel promo we go. Daniel Bryan said Kofi was a B+ player. What is this? Wrestlemania 30 again? 

Main event time! Gauntlet time too. 
Kofi overcame The Bar (no pun intended) hitting the trouble in paradise and SOS in separate matches against Sheamus and Cesaro respectively. 

Opponent three was Rowan: this one ended in a DQ win for Kofi, after he was hit with the steel chair and put through the table. 

Opponent four was Samoa Joe. This looked like easy pickings for the US Champion. However, Kofi fought back to win the match after escaping Joe's finishing move via the rollup. After the match, Joe was angry and put his opponent to sleep. 

The faces of the roster cheered him on backstage as they watched on the TV monitor. 

The final competitor in this match was Randy Orton, the closing moments of this was the Viper setting up for the RKO. Kofi escaped the move and rolled him up for the win! Big E and and Xavier Woods celebrated with him in the ring, 

Stop those celebrations! 

Vince walked out and congratulated the winner of the match, Vince was being too nice, I sensed something was up here, and I was right.This is what happens when you've watched WWE TV for many years, you know when things are about to happen in a good or bad way.

Vince said Kofi was headed to Wrestlemania....as long as he won one last match here.  
His opponent? WWE Champion Daniel Bryan. The odds were stacked against Kofi, the crowd willed him on, Bryan stomped on him, setting him up for the running knee for the win. 

Kofi Kingston is NOT going to Wrestlemania. 

Or maybe he will, I don't know, you don't know. I guess they want us to keep guessing and watch what happens as far as the WWE championship picture is concerned in the coming weeks of SmackDown Live! 

Thanks for reading. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Raw and SmackDown | Review

Welcome to the Raw and SmackDown review. Enjoy the read.

Raw Review | Pittsburgh, PA

Sierra, Hotel, India, Echo, Lima, Delta. The Shield kicked off this weeks episode of Monday night Raw for their farewell address. Roman said the guys are now going their separate ways. 
They did the Shield fistbump for the last time and Seth Rollins remained in the ring, who was interrupted by Paul Heyman, they hyped up the upcoming Wrestlemania match, during this Shelton Benjamin ambushed Rollins with multiple German suplexes. 

I thought the Superstar Shakeup was next month. 

Shelton Benjamin vs. Seth Rollins
Rollins got revenge on Benjamin via the stomp for the win.
Winner: Seth Rollins. 

Next up was Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley (Intercontinental Championship) the key moment of this match was when Lashley was put in the drop zone by Balor, Lio Rush then caused a distraction, Lashley speared Balor in mid air for the win. 
Winner: and NEW Intercontinental Champion: Bobby Lashley. 

Ronda Rousey cut a heel promo while addressing her actions at Fastlane. Dana Brooke wanted a title shot but that wasn't happening because Ronda attacked Brooke, the referees and she walked away. 

She clearly doesn't give a damn about her reputation...

Aleister Black and Ricochet vs. Bobby Roode and Chad Gable
The guys from NXT won again here. The Revival attacked them after the match as I was writing this. 

During the Moment of Bliss segment, it was announced that Alexa Bliss will be the host of Wrestlemania. Speaking of announcements: Harlem Heat are the latest inductees in this years Hall of Fame class.

Nia Jax vs. Natalya never got going, backstage we saw Sasha and Bayley fight Nia and Tamina as payback for what happened at Fastlane. 

Batista will face Triple H at Wrestlemania in a no holds barred match. It was announced during the face to face segment on the show. 

Kurt Angle addressed his future, saying he will compete in a farewell match at Wrestlemania but first he wanted a match in his hometown. His opponent? Apollo Crews. Kurt Angle won via the Angle Slam.

Roman Reigns vs. Baron Corbin never got going after Drew McIntyre attacked Roman prior to the match, hitting him with two Claymore kicks. 
Backstage; Dean Ambrose approached Triple H and said he wanted a falls count anywhere match. The Game made the match. 

Dean Ambrose vs. Drew McIntyre (Falls Count Anywhere) This was your usual around the arena standard fight that we've all seen before many times with different superstars. 
Winner Drew McIntyre. 
A very impressive win for the Scot here, with a Claymore kick to Ambrose off the railing. As Ambrose was getting back up to his feet, McIntyre hit him another Claymore as Raw went off the air. 

It was a decent episode of Raw for once, which is rare these days. I'll say no more. It's time to talk about events on SmackDown.

Smackdown LIVE | Dayton, Ohio

Shane McMahon kicked off the episode for the first time as a heel, explaining his actions from Fastlane, its basically your usual heel promo that's been seen time and time again, its 2019! Create something new! Anyway... Miz and Shane will meet at the grandest stage of them all. 

The commentary team said that Kofi will get a Wrestlemania opportunity from Mr. McMahon later on. 

Aleister Black, Ricochet + Hardys vs. The Bar, Rusev + Nakamura (aka League of Nations 2.0) 
There wasn't a winner here as a huge brawl broke out, New Day joined the party and stood tall in the end to send a message to everyone backstage that they mean business. I'm enjoying the serious side of the New Day. Hope it continues.

Randy Orton was out next, running through his and AJ Styles's history, says it's the house that Randy Orton built. AJ interrupted and mocked Orton's celebration pose, called The RKO a fake Diamond Cutter, that was a great line. Orton vs. Styles is happening at WM. it could be potential show steeler. 

Asuka defeated Sonya Deville after Deville tripped up after a mistake from Rose. This was Rose's way of getting some payback from Sunday on Deville. Which could lead to the potential split. 

I'm just going to skip past the Lynch and Flair promo to the next match. because nothing new of note happened here.

Rey Mysterio + R Truth vs. Andrade + Samoa Joe
Rey pinned Joe by rolling him up for the win, technically this earns him a title match down the line. Let's see if WWE mentions it in upcoming episodes. 

Rowan and Bryan defeated Owens and Ali in a good match. I'll say no more about that.

Throughout the show, they were building up to Vince giving Kofi a opportunity. New Day said they always do what Vince wants without complaints and they still don't get awarded for their efforts. Kofi gave an explanation why he is worthy of a title shot, It was revealed that if he wins the gauntlet match (against, Orton, Joe, The Bar and Rowan) then he will go to Wrestlemania. 

Your typical scenario of a face needing to overcome obstacles a heel authority figure puts in front of them. Kofi is heading to Wrestlemania (I think) but it's good they are putting an element of doubt in our minds that it might not happen. I have to say that for me, the Kofi story-line has overtaken the Women's triple threat match as the most interesting and anticipated match in the company right now. no offence to Rousey, Flair and Lynch. That's just my opinion. You'll probably think differently, that's all good.

Its been a decent couple of nights of WWE TV. Thankfully I've made the right decision not to write about this every week, because there's going to be some weeks where it's dull and boring television. 

Catch you here again for the Wrestlemania predictions in a few weeks time or maybe earlier than that if anything new happens. 

Thanks for reading. 

Monday, March 11, 2019

WWE Fastlane | Review

This is your Fastlane review, a lot to talk about here so let's get to it.

New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) vs. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura (Kickoff Show)
Winners: Big E & Xavier Woods.

Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade (Kickoff Show) 
This match was changed to a fatal four way for the US title. More on that later on in this review.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The Usos (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon
A really good tag team match to start off the show, the collision in mid air between Shane and Jey Uso was well done. Miz cost his team the match by trying to impress his dad at ringside and failed, getting rolled up as the Usos prevailed victorious. 

Winners: and STILL SmackDown tag team Champions: The Usos. 

We knew this team wasn't going to last and someone was turning heel, I thought all along it was going to be Miz but it was Shane who was the heel. 

Just what we need, another heel authority figure (sarcasm) there's your Wrestlemania match folks! 

SmackDown Women's Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Mandy Rose
A competitive match, Rose tripped over the ring apron after Deville was looking for something under the ring. Nothing else to say here so let's move on.

Winner and STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Asuka. 

Backstage, the New Day went into Vince's office and demanded Kofi be added to the WWE title match, McMahon agreed and the match was set and up next. 

Triple threat WWE Title match 
(Match change) 
Handicap Match
Kofi Kingston vs. The Bar 
Not so fast! Kofi had a match but instead it was a handicap match against the Bar. Woods and Big E ran out in an attempt to support Kingston but their efforts were dented by Rusev and Nakamura. 
The Bar picked up the victory. Could we see a new League of Nations faction formed consisting of The Bar, Rusev and Nakamura? It was a bad group before, we don't need to see that again. 

Winners: The Bar.

Raw Tag Team Championship: The Revival (c) vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable
A match I was really looking forward to, didn't disappoint, there were many moments for the highlight reel. The Revival picked up the win via the Shatter Machine.

Winners and STILL RAW tag team champions: The Revival.

Fatal Four way match for the US Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade vs. R-Truth 
Fun match, Samoa Joe remains champion, there was no way he was losing as he recently won the title on SmackDown. 
Winner: Samoa Joe.

Women's Tag Team Championship: Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Nia Jax & Tamina
Beth Phoenix joined the commentary team for this one. 
Winners: Sasha Banks and Bayley.

After the match, the challengers took out the champions, Phoenix attempted to put a stop to the attack, she was then taken out and so was Natalya as she ran out to try and save the Hall of Famer. 

On to the next match we go!

WWE Championship: Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kevin Owens vs. Mustafa Ali
This was originally scheduled as a one on one match, It was fun to watch, however, overshadowed by messy booking, Great performance by Ali here, it's a shame the crowd didn't give him the reaction he deserved. Recent injuries have derailed his momentum.  

Winner: and STILL WWE Champion: Daniel Bryan. 

Note: Kevin Owens wasn't pinned here, could he get another title opportunity? Let's see...

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (If Lynch wins, she enters the WrestleMania Raw women's title match)
Your typical face vs. heel match scenario here, what I mean by that is Becky sold her "injury" well, Charlotte was arrogant thinking she's already won, mocking Lynch in the process. 

While the figure 8 was applied by "The Queen" we saw Ronda Rousey run down, hit Becky, thus ensuring "The Man" won by DQ meaning she is headed to Wrestlemania for the RAW Women's championship to face Rousey and Flair respectively. 

Winner: Becky Lynch. 

Can we just skip past the main event of Wrestlemania already? We all know she's winning. 

Elias is in the ring for what feels like the 50th time on this pay-per-view, this time he gets interrupted by Lacey Evans who does the usual lame walk out and walk back to backstage. 

I know I've predicted Evans to face Asuka at 'Mania but she hasn't even had a match on the main roster yet! Talk about someone who's undeserving. 

If there's women's battle royal at Wrestlemania for a title shot for the SmackDown women's championship, then it's almost a lock she's winning. 

Elias then gets RKO'd by Orton (from outta nowehere, is this 2014 again?) Aj then hits Orton with the Phenomenal forearm to end this segment. 

The Shield vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley
This was billed as the last time ever we would see Seth, Dean and Roman together as the Shield. It was a vintage match with melee and chaos (hi Sanity!) 

Fantastic that we got to see two triple powerbombs, one to Drew on to the announce table, the other to Corbin for the win. 

Winners: The Shield. 

The show went off the air with the final visual of the event being the Shield fistbump. I was sensing an Ambrose heel turn as a prediction, I believe that time is upon on us on RAW tomorrow night. 

There has been a lot of talk that Ambrose is on his way out of WWE. Yeah, I don't see that at all, not when they've incorporated that in his storyline or whenever he appears on tv. 

That's it for the Fastlane review, catch you for the Raw and SmackDown review for the key moments that occur, probably won't be many to be fair. 

Thanks for reading. 

Saturday, March 9, 2019

WWE Fastlane | Predictions

Fastlane will be LIVE from the Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Match predictions:

New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) vs. Rusev & Shinsuke Nakamura (Kickoff Show)
Winners: Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura. 

Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade (Kickoff Show)
Winner: Andrade 

Raw Tag Team Championship: The Revival (c) vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable
This will be an excellent match, I don't see titles changing hands here, Ricochet and Aleister Black will probably be winning the Dusty Rhodes tournament on NXT. 

Bobby Roode and Chad Gable aren't winning this either. 
Winners: and STILL RAW tag team champions: The Revival.

SmackDown Women's Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Mandy Rose
Mandy Rose is making a name for herself on SmackDown. She's not winning here though.

Winner: and STILL SmackDown Women's champion: Asuka. 

Asuka wins here and the build up to her next title defence at Wrestlemania against Lacey Evans will start here. 

Women's Tag Team Championship: Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Nia Jax & Tamina
Tamina defeated Sasha on Raw so logic says Sasha Banks and Bayley will remain champions here.
Winners: and STILL Women's Tag Team champions: Sasha Banks and Bayley. 

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The Usos (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon
For me, the Usos are the best tag team in the company. They will be winning here with Miz turning heel in his hometown on Shane after losing the match. 
Winners: and STILL SmackDown Tag Team champions, The Usos. 

The Shield vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley
Prior to this I was going to pick the heels but after much thought, I've chosen The Shield to win because Vince wouldn't want to book Roman to lose a match straight away after his return from illness....would he????

Winners: The Shield

Look out for Dean Ambrose to turn heel on Roman either here at Fastlane or the following night on Raw to set up a match for Wrestlemania. This seems like an obvious scenario since Seth is facing Brock for the title next month. 

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (If Lynch wins, she enters the WrestleMania Raw women's title match)
Now, let me be honest with you here, I am finding this Raw Women's championship storyline boring and predictable. We all know it's going to be a triple threat match. 

Becky has recently lacked a certain aura about her character, notice how the crowds reaction has kind of dwindled over recent memory. Talk about overkill.

I liked the "suspension" angle they had for Lynch because it was kind of different until that lasted for about 10 minutes. WWE writers are lacking creativity (no pun intended) then again, what else is new?

"The Man" is winning here and the main event at 'Mania. 
Winner: Becky Lynch

WWE Championship: Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Rowan will play an important role in this match, paving the way for Bryan to remain champion, I wouldn't be surprised if Luke Harper or Sami Zayn returned here. 

Clear winner here: and STILL WWE champion: Daniel Bryan. 

So, there you go. Predictions are now in the archives as it were. Not really looking forward to watching it because it feels like a pointless pay-per-view. Let's see what happens. 


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