10 Recent WWE PPVs That Were Worse Than WWE Fastlane 2016
Come on, it's not like it was Battleground
Fastlane 2016 is in the books, and it was a disappointment. Despite a card that looked fairly solid from top to bottom, nothing really delivered the way fans had hoped. The matches that looked great (AJ Styles versus Chris Jericho, Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns versus Dean Ambrose) didn't live up to the hype, and the ones that looked bad (The Wyatt Family versus The Big Show, Kane, and Ryback, an unannounced R-Truth versus Curtis Axel bout) were bad. Still, problems with the in-ring content could be forgiven if the booking was strong, and Fastlane fell even harder in that regard. In an ending that was simultaneously predictable and infuriating, company-approved top babyface Roman Reigns pinned Dean Ambrose to earn a title shot at WrestleMania, then stared down WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H to hype up a weak 'Mania main event. Yes, Fastlane was a flop - especially considering how badly it needed to deliver - but the worst Pay-Per-View in years? Hardly. Over the last seven or eight years, WWE has seemingly forgotten how to build up a proper PPV event, and it's been solely left to the wrestlers to deliver something that makes fans feel like they haven't wasted their money. Sometimes they can pull it off, but other times, time constraints and bad booking hamstring even the best of workers. The results have been Pay-Per-Views that make Fastlane 2016 look like Money in the Bank 2011. Still not convinced? Here are some recent Pay-Per-Views (from January of 2013 onward) that were worse than Fastlane: