10 Ways WWE Screwed Up At Fastlane 2017

10. Staging Bad TV Angles On A Pay-Per-View

Fastlane was absolutely stuffed with filler segments last night, and it started with Rusev and Jinder Mahal. The duo came together for no clear reason during the former’s feud with Enzo Amore & Big Cass, and have since become one of Raw’s lowliest tag teams. Last night’s Kickoff Show saw them announce that they’d no longer be teaming, and after turning down the opportunity to face each other, Rusev and Jinder were booked against Big Show and Cesaro respectively.

Theirs weren’t the night’s only pointless segments, however. There was a brief drama between Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley that revealed that Stephanie was missing the show thanks to a delayed flight, but she was disconnected mid phone conversation. Later, The New Day hit the ring with no purpose other than to introduce their latest money-maker: New Day Pops. Another waste of five minutes, and another segment that served no real purpose for Fastlane itself.

It’s strange that WWE decided to fill Fastlane with so many bland segments, particularly given the size of the match card. Pay-per-views are supposed to be all about the in ring action, but this one was continually derailed by angles that would be more at home on a lacklustre episode of Raw. The Steph/Foley segments should at least serve a purpose in their ongoing story, but the Rusev/Jinder stuff was particularly heat-less, and none of these angles belonged on PPV.