Sunday, 22 February 2015 16:00
Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com's live coverage of WWE's Fastlane.
Today's PPV is being held at the FedExForum in Memphis, TN. The
pre-show begins at 7 p.m./ 4 p.m. ETPT.We're looking for your thoughts on tonight's show so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to bloggerazad703@gmail.com
The main event is Roman Reigns taking on Daniel Bryan for a shot at Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania for the WWE World Heavyweight title. Also, on the show is HHH vs. Sting.
There was no pregame match. Instead it was The Miz interviewing Paul Heyman. It was mostly Miz scolding Mizdow and making him sit in the corner. Heyman said that whoever wins the main event tonight is ultimately the loser because Lesnar would win. He spent a a lot more time and energy talking Reigns than Bryan. Crowd was super into Mizdow.
DOLPH ZIGGLER & RYBACK & ERICK ROWAN VS. BIG SHOW & KANE & SETH ROLLINS
Solid action, mostly good. The Authority team won when Ziggler made the hot tag, he superkicked Kane and gave Rollins the famouser. But With Ziggler in the corner with Kane, Show knocked out Ziggler and Kane pinned him.
Post match saw Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble run in and they beat down everyone. Rollins laid out Ziggler and Rowan with curb stomps. He went for a curb stomp on Ryback, but Randy Orton did a run-in. He gave RKO's to Mercury, Rollins and Kane. He went to give Rollins the draping DDT but Show pulled Rollins out of the ring and Rollins ran off.
GOLDUST VS. STARDUST
Okay match, nothing special. The finish came out of nowhere as Stardust went for the crossroads, but Goldust escaped and used a crucificix pin. The ref held up the count so he seemed to forget it was the finish which made the finish look bad. Stardust refused to shake his hands and left.
They are pushing the Jon Stewart angle with Seth Rollins. Looks like Rollins vs Orton with Stewart.
Stardust attacked Godlust backstage in front of Dusty. Stardust told Dusty that you killed Cody Rhodes when you sent him this albatross who doesn't know the Attitude era is over. Dusty screamed for help for Goldust after Stardust left.
USOS VS. TYSON KIDD & CESARO FOR TAG TITLES
Kidd & Cesaro won the titles when Jimmy superkicked Cesaro and Kidd gave Jimmy the spinning neckbreaker and pinned him. Natalya was dressed as a heel and kissed Kidd when it was over. Good match, best thing so far, but kind of short. This was the right thing to do to keep the program going.
STING/HHH CONFRONTATION
They set up the Mania match as expected. HHH came out dressed like he was ready for a street fight. He cut a promo trying to position this as WCW vs. WWE and that he was the one who killed WCW. So HHH is also Eric Bischoff, Brad Siegel, Vince Russo and Kevin Nash. He talked about Sting going to go down with the ship and he admired that, but he tried to ruin the WWE because without HHH & Stephanie, the WWE dies. Sting came out. HHH kept talking and told him to leave and save his dignity. HHH tried to attack, but Sting beat him to the punch. But HHH came back and destroyed Sting. HHH went for the sledge hammer but when he went back after Sting, Sting had the bat and stuck it in HHH's throat. He made HHH agree to a match at Mania by using the bat and pointing to the Mania sign. Sting never said one word during this. HHH again tried to jump Sting after agreeing to the match, but Sting hit him in the gut with the bat and laid him out with the Scorpion death drop.
PAIGE VS. NIKKI BELLA FOR DIVAS TITLE
Quick win by Paige after slamming Paige's head into the turnbuckles and pinning her with a schoolgirl with tights. Paige's top nearly fell off. Right before the finish, Paige nearly had the PTO but Nikki made the ropes. Short match, timing was off. Not good at all.
They just announced Sting vs. HHH. John Layfield called it a superfight between the two icons of the two organizations. Wouldn't that be Flair vs. Hogan or Bruno vs Thesz?
BAD NEWS BARRETT VS. DEAN AMBROSE FOR THE IC TITLE
God was this bad. I mean, they had an idea. Barrett was going to run away, Ambrose would lose his cool and lost via DQ. That's what happened but it was worse. They had to rush because they didn't get the time they needed. Barrett tried to walk out but Ambrose hit a tope and threw him in the ring. Amborse was stomping him in the corner. The ref called for the DQ. The bell never rang. But it was a DQ. Ambrose gave him the Dirty Deeds after the match. Anyway huge disappointment.
Undertaker is back. They did a big Undertaker entrance and a coffin but the guy in the coffin was Wyatt, who did a promo. Wyatt said he would take the soul of The Undertaker at WrestleMania. He said the Undertaker's soul was lost and he's now a mere mortal.
RUSEV VS. JOHN CENA FOR THE U.S. TITLE
Best match so far. Not great, but a lot of heat here. Rusev won when Lana distracted the ref and Rusev used a low blow, kicked him in the head and used the Accolade. Cena passed out rather than tapped out. Cena had gotten to the ropes earlier on the Accolade. Rusev kicked out of the Attitude Adjustent at one point and also powered out of the STF. The match was a basic big move power match. Probable stip match rematch a Mania. Fans booed Cena a lot when he was leaving the ring excet some cheers from girls.
DANIEL BRYAN VS. ROMAN REIGNS
Really great main event Reigns won with a spear when Bryan went for the Busaiku knee. Reigns powered out of the Yes lock, later got to the ropes on another try. Bryan kicked out of the spear. Reigns kicked out of the first Buisaku knee. Pretty much an excellent layout, including Bryan with a liver kick that Reigns sold for several minutes. At one point Bryan did two tope's and on a third, Reigns caught him with an overhead belly to belly on the floor. Reigns went for a spear on the floor but crashed into the steps. At another time Reigns went for a spear and Bryan caught him in a small package. After the match Bryan told Reigns that he'd better beat Lesnar and they shook hands. You could argue if the right guy won, but the two probably did the best match they could have done.
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