10 HUGE WWE Fastlane 2018 Predictions You Need To Know

2. Phenomenal Relief

WWE deserve credit for tapping into the insecurity of their own fanbase in order to build suspense for their Fastlane main event.

Just a fortnight earlier, there wasn't a single soul willing even to enter into a sportsman's bet that AJ Styles was losing the WWE Championship. Watching this week's SmackDown Live! implies that even the 'Phenomenal One' is worried about it himself. His galvanising speech to the audience about the collective 'need' for his singles battle with Shinsuke Nakamura was powerful and poignant and expertly brought the hammer down on Cena's own Raw monologue.

'The Champ's posited late interruption into the Championship match of choice is such a huge source of consternation that the company can now build an entire angle around it less barely a month out from their biggest show of the year.

In the end, everything will just about be okay. Capitalising on the dissolution of 'Kami', the collected failings and inabilities Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin and a timely John Cena distraction, Styles will strike. To the ecstasy of the live crowd and the WWE social media team dreading '#CancelWWENetwork' trending in the immediate aftermath, AJ will yet again make it one more for the good guys. Long live the dream...