This past weekend was a busy one, as the Road to Wrestlemania kicked off. Fastlane was a barely average show, with no match going higher then ***1/2 for me, and the best match being on the preshow. Also on the preshow was Mauro Ranello instead of Michael Cole, which was fantastic. The show started out fine, with solid if unremarkable fights, but killed any momentum with the Edge & Christian/New Day/League of Nations nonsense, and an inexplicable Social Outcast segment. The main event was what it was, a well-executed match tainted by the inevitable conclusion.
WWE must have known a certain segment of people would be unhappy about Fastlane, because immediately after the show they tweeted out the official announcement of Shinsuke Nakamura joining the roster, with an excellent video on their website. When I checked about an hour after Fastlane, the Nakamura tweet had three times the number of retweets that Roman’s win did. Also, I got my “Best in the World Shinsuke Nakamura” shirt in the mail, the first thing I’ve ever ordered from Japan, and it’s beautiful.
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