Monday, February 16, 2015

Sting VS. Triple H WWE Fastlane

I've covered WWE/F for quite a while now. I've watch the fake "wrestling" through it's greatest days, and it's weakest moments.
These days, WWE is nothing more than a show which is not producing. I will relinquish the time as the authority out of power as one of the worst times in recent memory. It was horrible, nothing worse than the random match generator that hosted the show for a night.
Now it's WWE Fastlane. I will be the first to tell you I won't be paying/watching for the show unless Monday Night Raw is cancelled due to inclement weather.
Here is why:
About every 4 weeks (1 month) a new WWE Pay-Per-View is loaded. We get 3 weeks of build up followed by a Raw which features the marquee match ups previewing what we will miss if we don't purchase. A good portion of the time, the lead up to the PPV isn't very good. We see one stable, Rusev, dominating the field but never contending for anything big. Then we get a bunch of B.S matches, and if the Diva's are not going for another title match that is just a show about good looking women.
The problem with fast lane, is that the matches have been promoted for well over a month now. At raw in Denver (I missed and I live here, shame) Stephanie pretty much said that the results of the royal rumble don't matter and Roman Reigns will face Daniel Bryan for the number 1 contender. Here's my problem with this: Daniel Bryan deserves a title defense. He along with Randy Orton never got their shot at redemption. It's only fitting that the Authority kicks Reigns' off the match up to give Bryan his second shot. Really, Roman's chances of being the next big thing fell last year when he had that hernia surgery the night before summer slam. So it's only natural to give the shot to Bryan.
This despite that due to the surgery, Reigns has not faced Rollins or Dean Ambroze to fully cook the Shield.
So you can pretty much expect Bryan to be head lining wwe fastlane, and wrestlemania. I think that will be a garbage match anyways because it's the last major PPV before Seth Rollins has to cash in his briefcase. So this sets up one of two situations: Bryan vs Lesnar with the winner facing Seth Rollins. Or one of the next 3 remaining PPV shows after for Rollins to cash in creating a moment that so many missed. I honestly think the lead up to Wrestlemania will have Rollins pissed at someone leaving no doubt that he cashes in.

Back to Fastlane. Normally in the Raw before a PPV, we get to see the two opponents near each other creating the need to purchase the PPV. Lesnar and the Undertaker before Wrestlemania, Cena and Lesnar before summer slam and the Night of Champions when Cena met face to face and actually brawled on Raw. Then the authority vs team Cena on the Raw before Survivor Series.

Now, we should have had sting vs triple H. Instead we get Triple H vs his mentor, Ric Flair. Raw is about selling the PPV and the lead up to it. This was a horrific gaff that certainly will be felt in the amount WWE doesn't get this weekend.

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