Last night's Raw was the last episode before the Fastlane Pay-Per-View, and while the buildup for the main event left something to be desired (there's only so much WWE could do without Brock Lesnar there), the show's undercard was promoted quite well. In fact, Fastlane looks like it could be one of the best Pay-Per-View events in a while. The outcome of the main event may be a foregone conclusion, but the match could be a winner - if it's anything like the triple threat match from the 2015 Royal Rumble, it'll be a great way to close out the show. AJ Styles versus Chris Jericho is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser, and even though Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens have wrestled a bunch of times, they always deliver. The women of WWE will be represented with Charlotte versus Brie Bella and Sasha and Becky versus Naomi and Tamina, both matches that prove that the Divas' revolution is finally underway. Kalisto and Alberto Del Rio's two-out-of-three falls match on the pre-show could also surprise folks. The only soft spot on the card is The Wyatt Family versus Ryback, Kane, and The Big Show, and even that should have interesting WrestleMania implications. Hard as it may be to notice given how much programming WWE puts out, Fastlane ought to be a contender for WWE show of the year.
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
