WWE FASTLANE

Indianapolis

CODY RHODES & JEY USO vs. THE JUDGMENT DAY (DAMIAN PRIEST & FINN BALOR) (20:43): You can tell how much I love WWE in the fact that this PPV was on Saturday, October 7th, and I didn't end up watching it until Sunday, October 15th. The champ, Roman Reigns, wasn't on this show, which made it a B-show. They also promoted the Tuesday, October 10th episode of NXT a lot more than this show, because they were going against AEW's Dynamite because of the MLB playoffs being on Wednesday on TBS. NXT had The Undertaker choke slamming Bron Breaker for no apparent reason, as well as having Cody Rhodes and Cena on the show. This show did have the debut of AEW's Jade Cargill, albeit in a pre-show spot where she arrived in a limo and then wasn't on the main show. The main event of this show was fairly entertaining, but everything else was pretty forgettable. The crowd didn't help, although it was sold out and they did pop big for a few things (Pat McAfee asking them if they want Wrestlemania...which, after John Cena did that in London and got a huge pop, probably everyone will do it in every city now...and LA Knight and the table spots in the main event got big crowd reactions). In this opener, Cody and Jey won the tag team titles. I kind of hate when non-tag teams win the tag team titles, although AEW just did it when Big Bill and Ricky Starks beat FTR for the belts. This match was at least back and forth, unlike the bore fest that was the Cena tag match. I'm not even sure what other tag teams there are now. The Street Profits are one. They sent Kevin Owens to Smackdown so Sami Zayn and him are solo guys now. The Uso's are broken up. That Latino World Order group is I guess a tag team, though there's 3 members. Eh. This match was okay. **

CARLITO, REY MYSTERIO, JR. & SANTOS ESCOBAR vs. BOBBY LASHLEY & THE STREET PROFITS (ANGELO DAWKINS & MONTEZ FORD) (10:02): Why is Bobby Lashley teaming with The Street Profits? And aren't The Street Profits good guys? Lashley was out for awhile, right? Remember two years ago he was in all the title main events? I guess he's cooled off. Carlito was the big surprise here and he didn't come out until the end of the match for no good reason. Why did they get rid of Carlito years ago? I remember he would always eat an apple and spit it at people. That was when the WWE was at it's lowest point. Maybe they just fired him. He looked good here, though he's old and looks like he's been juicing for a few years. Mysterio and The Street Profits didn't seem as dynamic or as exciting as usual. This was another okay match not particularly good enough to be on a PPV. **

IYO SKY vs. ASUKA vs. CHARLOTTE FLAIR (17:15): Iyo Sky retained the women's title. This match was kind of boring. Asuka spit mist into Charlotte's face to start the match. Later on, Nakamura spit mist into Seth's face. Are they running out of ideas? Or maybe they had a lot of mist backstage and didn't want to waste it. When Iyo Sky and Asuka were wrestling each other in the ring it was really good but the crowd was silent. That probably tells you something about these WWE fans. Charlotte did a top rope moonsault that got the crowd to their feet. These fans loved big spots and entrances...not actual wrestling. **

JOHN CENA & LA KNIGHT vs. THE BLOODLINE (JIMMY USO & SOLO SIKOA) (17:21): Cena got beat down for like fifteen minutes of this match. It was the most boring thing on Earth, yet the WWE does this a lot. Sure, the hot tag gets a big pop, but nobody wants to see fifteen minutes of a beat down. Do they, like, not understand that? LA Knight is super over and getting a title shot against Roman Reigns in Saudi Arabia. They probably shouldn't do that, because remember the last time a guy was super over (Sami Zayn) and then they had him lose to Roman? Hell, they did it to Matt Riddle, too, and the WWE just fired him. I hope Riddle goes to Japan because he's an awesome wrestler and the WWE kind of wasted him with all the comedy hijinks. As for this seemingly decades long Bloodline feud...I've been over this since Sami lost to Roman. Now Solo and Jimmy don't like each other. Maybe I'll become more of a WWE fan once Roman finally loses the title. Eventually, LA Knight got the hot tag and did some pedestrian slams and it was pretty much over. Cena also really needs to do something with his glaring bald spot. *

SETH ROLLINS vs. SHINSUKE NAKAMURA "LAST MAN STANDING MATCH" (28:25): This was by far the best match on this show. They broke a bunch of tables and did two spots in the crowd where Rollins fell off a ledge onto a mat and then Rollins gave Nakamura a Falcon Arrow through a table. Nakamura also sprayed mist into Seth's eyes and pushed him off a ladder through the announce table. Nakamura also did a running knee first jump onto Seth on a ringside table. They also used Singapore canes and Nakamura slammed Seth onto a chair. The end came when Nakamura couldn't rise to his feet after the Falcon Arrow through a table in the crowd. This wasn't particularly awesome or anything, but it at least held my interest. I don't think Nakamura has ever been champion, has he? Maybe they should have given him the title. I still can't believe he's in main events in the WWE. I thought he'd never make it after leaving NJPW. He looked good here and better than he usually does in the WWE. This was a pretty weak show, though. ***