3. Fastlane (February 22): You Better Kick His Ass
Main Event: Roman Reigns versus Daniel Bryan What Happened: For ill-defined reasons, Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns was forced to defend his WrestleMania main event slot against also-ran Daniel Bryan. The match - which was arguably the greatest singles encounter of Reigns's career - saw The Big Dog score a decisive win with a huge Spear. After the bout, Bryan came face to face with Reigns, poked him in the chest, and said "You better kick his ass" before shaking the victor's hand. Why It Was Great: Say what you will about WWE's decision to bring Daniel Bryan back for the 2015 Royal Rumble (it was dumb), or their idea to prolong Bryan's championship chase for another month and have it end at Reigns's hands (pretty questionable) - this encounter proved that Roman Reigns could be a feasible Pay-Per-View main eventer. The endorsement from Bryan didn't get the desired reaction from pre-WrestleMania crowds, but the feud, the match, and his demand to Reigns served to make the WWE Championship seem like the most important concept in the entire company leading into the show of shows.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
