Our first and, as it turns out, last stop on the Road to Wrestlemania™ was Fastlane. Where the wrestlers are...fast? What follows will be 42 days of stuff in the leadup to Wrestlemania. Seems like they would have squeezed another one in there, but hey, I don't call the shots. As the only interim PPV, they had to do a fair amount of setup for the big show. Did they set the table for an amazin smorgasborg, or are we looking at some takeout on a paper plate? Let's find out.

As always, we're answering the three most important questions in the wide world of wrestling:

1. What Happened?
2. What Should Have Happened?
3. Why Should You Care?

The Setup: Fastlane is now in its second year as a show, and much like last year, its a weird thing. Coming on the heels of the Royal Rumble, it's meant to help set the rest of the table for Wrestlemania. And being sandwiched in between these two iconic shows, it doesn't really have an identity of its own. And it doesn't help when the announcers use the word "Wrestlemania", by my count, 23 times throughout the show. And I'm sure I missed some.

Beer of Choice: Yuengling Black and Tan. When you want your Lager, but you want is a little Darker.

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1. A great tag team match was had, then Sasha Banks got Tamina to tap out while Becky had her own submission hold on Naomi.
2. Sasha and Becky had to come away with the win.
3. Given the strange moments in the Divas title match later, some more techinal wrestlers like Sasha and Becky are sorely needed in the title hunt. This hopefully puts them in line for some kind of triple threat match.

 def  (Intercontinental Championship)

1. After a brutal match with a lot of repeat moves, Kevin Owens popped up Dolph into a Powerbomb and that was that.
2. Owens needs to keep the belt.
3. Kevin Owens is one of the best heels going in WWE right now. Keeping a belt on him keeps him being a trememdous asshole in front of the most people. I think we can all enjoy that.

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1. Ryback performed and absurd number of suplexes and won. Now can some explain to me how he's on the same level in any capacity to Big Show and Kane?
2. The Wyatts really should have won this match.
3. With another lose in the Wyatt's ledger, how in the world are we supposed to be afraid of them? They build up such an incredible mystic around the characters and eating worlds and all that, then they lose. every. single. time. Either they need to stop talking such a big game or they have to win something. It's becoming ludicrous.

  (Divas Championship)

1. After a pretty good story of a match, Brie fell and hit her face on the rope and then Charlotte Figure Eight'd the hell our of her legs and retained.
2. This could have gone either way. I'm not a big fan of heel Charlotte, but Brie hasn't done enough in the ring to prove she deserves it more.
3. Well, either Brie gets her shit together or she's gone from the championship picture for a while. That finish was so strange, it's hard to see why they'd put them both back out for another big match like that.

1. AJ Styles was super awesome and won with one of his crazy submission holds.
2. 100% that
3. AJ Styles had to go through the Jericho guantlet, and let's hope that's done now. I was a big fan of Jericho, but his is no longer that guy and he can't hang quite as well as he used to. This should let AJ move on to bigger and better things.

1. There was a 10 minute block they needed to fill, so this "match" happened. Why wasn't there a tag team title defense again?
2. A tag team title match.
3. You really, REALLY, shouldn't.

 (Triple Threat Match for WWE Title shot at Wrestlemania)

1. Brock Lesnar was put throught two tables, then Dean Ambrose destroyed everyone with a chair, then Reigns speared Ambrose to win.
2. Either of the other two should have won, my first pick being Ambrose.
3. So WWE is going down the same path as last year. Again. People don't like Reigns, so lets take the belt off him and then have him win it back, surely people will like him this time! How many more times are we going do go through this loop until they get that it's not working? Bleh.

The Verdict: A few good matches, but an overall underwhelming show. I guess I'll have to pop back in to watch the last Raw before Wrestlemania to see what the hell is going on, but this did nothing except setup the dissapointing main event. It must be damn groundhog day at WWE headquarters, because they think Roman Reigns in still their guy, when he clearly is not anyone elses.