Fastlane 2016 Predictions

After a successful Royal Rumble, we are one pay-per-view away from WrestleMania. All that's left in between is Fastlane, a show that last year had only one decisive win on a seven match card, and that of course was by Roman Reigns. Hopefully this year they can right their wrong and put on a good show. Here are my predictions for the show this Sunday.

Pre-Show

1. Kalisto (c) vs Alberto Del Rio-2-out-of-3 Falls-United States Championship

Winner: Kalisto

In one of the many rubber matches on this card, Kalisto defends the United States Championship against Alberto Del Rio in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match. Despite putting on fairly good matches, it's been done to death and has very little interest. I'm going with Kalisto, because I think it would be a terrible idea to take the title off of him at the moment, especially if they're going to put it back on Del Rio

Main Card

1. AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho

Winner: AJ Styles

I know I've said this before (like, a lot) but it is still just insane that AJ Styles is in WWE, His matches with Jericho have been great, and this rubber match will probably be great too. As for who wins, I've got to go with Styles, and Jericho should be putting over the new guy.

2. Ryback, Kane, and Big Show vs The Wyatt Family

Winners: The Wyatt Family

Aside from the two Divas matches, this is probably the match I'm the least interested in. This match was completely thrown together and doesn't really matter. I'm going with the Wyatt's just because they need to look strong for their feud with Lesnar

3. Kevin Owens (c) vs Dolph Ziggler-Intercontinental Championship

Winner: Kevin Owens

In a totally fresh, original match up that we've never seen before, Kevin Owens defends the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler. While they always do put on good matches together, the match has been done so many times in the last year, it's almost impossible to get interested in it anymore. I actually checked, and Ziggler and Owens have had 10 televised singles matches since June 2015, and 7 more tag or multi-man matches. I'm predicting that this will be a great match with Owens going over.

4. Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks vs Team B.A.D.

Winner: Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks

This match makes no sense. Why would Becky team up with the women who beat her up for no reason a month ago. Whatever, this match doesn't really matter, so I'm going with Becky & Sasha because it doesn't really make sense for Team B.A.D to go over in this match.

5. Charlotte (c) vs Brie Bella-Divas Championship

Winner: Charlotte

In what could be described as 2016's version of "Eddiesploitation", Brie Bella, despite jobbing for months prior, is the #1 contender to the Divas Championship. This happens to have occurred within weeks of Nikki Bella having career threatening neck, and two weeks of her husband Daniel Bryan retiring. Whether she's getting this push just because of her family's recent setbacks, it's safe to say she won't be taking home the gold (or pink, if we're being honest). Unless she's actually retiring after Fastlane like some rumors have said and she'd be retiring with the belt, then I'm going with Charlotte.

6. Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar-#1 Contendership for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Winner: Dean Ambrose

Roman Reigns is not working out. He gets a mixed reaction everywhere he goes, except for major pay-per-views, where he gets booed out of the building. He got booed at SummerSlam, he got booed at Survivor Series, and got booed at the Royal Rumble. If he wins at Fastlane, especially going over two of the most popular wrestlers in the company, he's going to get destroyed. And WrestleMania will be ten times worse. I hope WWE realizes he's not getting over with the fans, and they can't put the title on him. That leaves Ambrose and Lesnar. Lesnar is supposedly set to wrestle either Bray Wyatt or (unlikely) Braun Strowman, and we've already seen him wrestle Triple H enough. I'm giving a bit of a bold prediction, but I think that Ambrose will win by pinning Reigns.

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