Ranking Every 2017 WWE Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best

8. Fastlane

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The Good: Neville's Cruiserweight Title defence against Jack Gallagher was the match of the night by a country mile, and retained the faint hope the 'King Of The Cruiserweights' had fostered that there might be life in 205 Live yet. Neville's forced return to using the Red Arrow to defeat the challenger was a sensational moment for anybody closely following his refined style at the time. Roman Reigns' selection as the man to hand Braun Strowman his first loss was typically divisive, but their match was typically sensational.

The Bad: Goldberg's predictable 20-second Universal Title win over Kevin Owens felt like an unfair way to dethrone the hard-working champion, even if it played into his epic rivalry with Chris Jericho. Samoa Joe took nearly ten minutes to defeat Sami Zayn in his WWE pay-per-view debut, despite the match itself never looking remotely competitive. A reminder of their gripping NXT feud, this was not.

The Ugly: Foreshadowing some dark times ahead for the Raw Women's Division, both singles matches on the card were hugely problematic. Sasha Banks' fluke win over Nia Jax favoured neither, with Jax in particular failing to inspire the fire required to deliver such a ragdolling to 'The Boss'. Elsewhere, Bayley's second less-than-clean victory over Charlotte Flair further dampened enthusiasm for her first (and only) Women's Title reign. Putting a bullet in Flair's pay-per-view undefeated streak a month before WrestleMania was then as it still is now, inexplicable.

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