6 Ups And 7 Downs For WWE Fastlane

WWE’s Pothole on the Road to WrestleMania sends the company into the ditch.

For years, it€™s been argued that WWE should just do away with the pay-per-view between Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. Major storylines are already in motion, so all the February PPV really does is advance angles for Mania. Occasionally, fans will get some classic moments, like Shawn Michaels popping up inside the Elimination Chamber to superkick Undertaker, or Eddie Guerrero winning the WWE Championship. But for the most part, the February PPV serves the same purpose as any three-hour episode of Raw, just on a Sunday night. The February PPV has been known by several names €“ St. Valentine€™s Day Massacre, No Way Out, Elimination Chamber €“ but even in its new incarnation as Fastlane, Sunday€™s special event made another strong case for eliminating this in-between PPV. Fastlane featured a seven-match card that delivered a couple solid moments, but by and large was forgettable as a PPV. Much of what happened at Fastlane could have taken place a day later and none would have been the wiser. Instead, we got a PPV that served more as a huge pothole on the Road to WrestleMania than the fast lane. Rather than being amped and ramping up for Mania, WWE could find itself in the ditch with this year€™s event. So let€™s see what delivered and what was off-base at Sunday€™s Fastlane.
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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.