5 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 25)

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7. Fastlane? Anyone?

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We know the main focus for WWE right now has to be on WrestleMania, but holy hell, is the company deliberately trying to ignore Fastlane in less than two weeks?

The final PPV before Mania is 12 days away (as of Tuesday), and yet only three matches are announced, two of which are from SmackDown. Only the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships have been announced for a match, with Nia Jax & Tamina getting a shot at Sasha Banks & Bayley.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to tell whether Raw is participating in this PPV or just sitting it out. The tag champs are busy jobbing again, the Raw women’s champion is lobbying for a triple threat match at Mania 35, and Brock Lesnar is being himself.

With only two episodes of SmackDown and one of Raw, this PPV is going to be the ultimate throwaway show. It’ll be a miracle if they pull together an interesting, newsworthy show.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.