6 Things WWE Got Right At Fastlane 2017

2. Bayley Retains The Title

Bayley Charlotte
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Bayley walking out of Fastlane with the RAW Women's Championship was the right move. If Charlotte had pinned her or forced the champ to tap out it would simply have been a case of exchanging Sasha Banks for Bayley in the never-ending conveyor belt of championship changes on the road to Charlotte's record number of wins. Bayley retaining was the best option in hindsight.

That was pretty much the only thing that WWE got right with the women all night however. Nia Jax lost to Sasha Banks via roll-up earlier in the night and Banks made her presence felt in the title match too, albeit in a ridiculous manner. How in the blue hell was it not a disqualification when she got physically involved with Charlotte?

Lambasting the booking of WWE is often the lowest hanging of fruit, but the company somehow managed to come out of this match with everyone looking worse. Bayley looks like a weak champion, Charlotte's pay-per-view streak is over, Sasha Banks is bitter and the referee doesn't know the rules.

The right woman left Milwaukee with the championship but how she got there will wrangle for a while. It is still borderline unthinkable that Bayley defeating Charlotte at WrestleMania 33 for her first title and Flair's first loss on pay-per-view wasn't the way this story went down.

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