So... Fastlane ended up staying the course with its main (and increasingly exhausting) storyline of Reigns vs The Authority. The main event ended predictably with Reigns pinning Ambrose to be the #1 contender for the WWE WHC. The is also the 2nd Fastlane in a row that Reigns has won to be in the main event for Wrestlemania.
The only good matches were the damn pre-show with Kalisto defeating Del Rio, where Kalisto retained, Kevin Owens defeated Dolph Ziggler, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch defeating Naomi and Tamina, and AJ Styles defeating Jericho. The third hour was like something out of a Monday Night RAW episode where it had an Edge and Christian segment AND an unannounced Curtis Axel vs R-Truth match, which Axel won! The results can be found here.
All the talk, all the hype, all the excitement that was driven by Ambrose's inclusion - including taking the IC belt off him - felt like a wasted effort. The only interesting thing that came out of the main event really was Ambrose working together with Reigns to work 2 powerbomb table spots on Lesnar and Ambrose using a chair to take out Lesnar AND Reigns. When Reigns won, HHH appeared and stood face-to-face in the ring with him. It was noted that the boos from the crowd were drowned out by blasting HHH's music and muting the crowd mic while the crowd was shown to be indifferent or visibly booing with their thumbs down.
I thought it would be dumb of WWE to not give Ambrose a homestate win and sure enough, that's exactly what happened. Same goes to Ziggler too, and it was his home town! Anways, I'm just immensely disappointed with the outcome because my favorite didn't win but I am morbidly curious to see how Reigns (who is now kayfabe stronger than Lesnar after last night) will fare when RAW comes to the 4 smarkiest cities before Wrestlemania. Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn, have at him.
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