Preview: Fastlane 5 March 2017

After some very poor predicting previously, or what I would like to call, excellent story writing that WWE creative chose to ignore, I have decided to go more with that is probably the more obvious choices for the Raw exclusive event.


Rich Swann & Akira Tozawa v The Brian Kendrick & Noam Dar

The cruiserweight division is difficult to call. You've got a former champion on each side, and also two guys who have been getting pushed as well. Akira Tozawa is the newest arrival, so I can see him getting a pinfall over Kendrick.

Prediction: Swann & Tozawa

Sami Zayn v Samoa Joe

Joe is Triple H's destroyer. There's no way they're going to make him look so bad ass and then lose to Zayn so quickly. He gets the victory and the momentum, possibly "injuring" Zayn to give him more heat.

Prediction: Samoa Joe

Roman Reigns v Braun Strowman

So Braun Strowman has been built up as unbeatable. He's only even been covered once, by Chris Jericho, who didn't realise until they caught up on Talk Is Jericho recently. Sami Zayn had a go at putting him down and suffered greatly. When they finally let someone defeat him, it will be to get someone over. Someone they have been trying to get over for the last couple of years is Roman Reigns. I really hope he doesn't get the victory here. It is going to depend on whether WWE Creative have been listening to the "Thank You Strowman" chants every time he's put Reigns down. I think if Reigns is going to be the guy to beat Strowman, he will do so at Wrestlemania, once he's turned heel.

Prediction: Strowman

Sasha Banks v Nia Jax

They've done this before. Jax came out on top at the Rumble. Banks will probably find a way to get the victory here. Sasha has been playing a bit of second fiddle to Bayley recently and needs to shine on her own.

Prediction: Banks

WWE Cruiserweight Championship:
Neville (c) v Jack Gallagher

Gallagher is my favourite cruiserweight and possibly my favourite on the entire roster at the moment. However, despite the push he got from entering the Rumble, I don't see him taking the title from Neville so soon after he won it, but I can see this being a rivalry that continues for a while, so Neville will win by being a scoundrel in some way.

Prediction: Neville

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship:
Gallows & Anderson (c) v Enzo & Cass

Gallows and Anderson had to wait for so long to get their hands on the titles that to have them drop them to Enzo and Cass so soon would be really cruel. Enzo and Cass do deserve their moment but after allowing the New Day to hold the belts for over a year, having the Club hold them for a month seems unfair to a team of their quality.

Prediction: Gallows & Anderson

WWE Raw Women's Championship
Charlotte v Bayley (c)

Charlotte has a ridiculous PPV record which must come to an end at some point. However, I can see a lot of value in having her take the victory here so that she can mock Bayley's short title reign for the next month until she gets her rematch at Wrestlemania and finally breaks that streak.

Prediction: Charlotte

WWE Universal Championship Match:
Kevin Owens (c) v Goldberg

The fact that Goldberg got a squash match against Brock Lesnar shows that he's getting pushed. Owens has to put up a better fight just for the sake of not having the 50-year old have to hold the title for the next couple of years due to the impression they've built up of him being untouchable. That used to be Lesnar and they had to work hard to get credible challengers to him. To have the man who crushed him be unstoppable would make it even more difficult to have credible challengers.

He's still going to come out with the victory, though, with Lesnar v Goldberg for the gold at Wrestlemania. There's no other way to book this without making that fight less important.

Prediction: Goldberg