What I expect from WWE Fastlane

It seems too damn coincidental to suddenly throw then IC Champ Dean Ambrose into the main event for Fastlane alongside with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar. As far as I know, this will be Ambrose's 2nd time to main event a PPV in his homestate of Ohio. He was previously in the main event against Seth Rollins for Money in The Bank 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. That match had a somewhat controversial ending, where Ambrose and Rollins were both holding unto the WHC belt as it suddenly unhooked. As they fell and crashed to the mat, Rollins rolled away with the title firmly in his hands and retained, leaving Ambrose looking literally defeated.

WWE seems to be taking a very huge gamble with suddenly taking the IC belt off from Ambrose a week before their PPV. The focus has shifted from Reigns, being unusually apathetic about losing his title to The Authority again, to Ambrose opening up RAW, foolishly going after Lesnar, and even trying to pull a Dirty Deeds on an unsuspecting Reigns. The last few weeks of RAW have been pretty exciting since Ambrose's inclusion. Will WWE cave in and actually let him win this Sunday? Sadly, I would have to go with a defeated, "No."

This uncertainty and false hope might just be a way to cover up the fact that they're still steadfast with Reigns reclaiming his title and getting his Wrestlemania moment. Which is all fine and dandy, except his character has done nothing redeemable since walking out in the middle of his own title defense match last month. How can anyone root for that?

The tremendous pop Ambrose has been consistently getting since being the last man standing against HHH in the Royal Rumble, along with the dozens of exciting speculations and fantasy bookings about Ambrose winning and headlining Wrestlemania, is not going to force WWE to change the story and overall poor booking of Reigns. I'm sure the Triple Threat match will be exciting, and I'm sure Ambrose will probably find some consolation in fighting against Lesnar or going after Owens to take back his IC title. Either way, I'm going to be super salty after Fastlane and I'll probably swear off WWE for several hours before tuning in again on Monday.

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Probably getting my (false) hopes up more but WWEShop.com just released a new shirt for Ambrose:

Excluding the horrible back design, the DA logo looks gritty and hardcore with the barbed wire. Is this hinting something? Ambrose actually had a few new shirt designs quietly released over last few weeks. It's just odd that this one is on their front page banner.