Happy accidents? What kind of title is that, you ask? Take a
look at these first two topics, and you’ll get it.
WWE changes gears,
sending Daniel Bryan to Fast Lane to
face Roman Reigns to decide who will challenge for the title at Wrestlemania. It’s interesting that
WWE used the Rock thing as the
excuse to divert Roman Reigns from the Wrestlemania
main event. Could his involvement at the Rumble have doubled as an endorsement/excuse
to pull the plug if need be? I highly doubt they planned it that way. But it
certainly worked out well in that respect.
Putting Bryan in what will presumably be the main event of Fast Lane is a great move by WWE, and it
re-opens the door for Bryan to main event Wrestlemania
against Brock Lesnar. But then again, WWE could simply be using this as a
way to have Reigns beat Bryan, as a way to “earn the fans’ respect.” Then they
can also say: “Now Reigns is, without a shadow of a doubt, the number one
contender!” You think that’s out of the question? They had Reigns win the
Rumble, didn’t they?
Still, we can’t deny this is a big ray of hope for Wrestlemania.
Incidentally, awesome
match between Bryan and Seth Rollins. It was dynamic, it was quick, it was
explosive, the stakes were high, and the crowd finally seemed to wake up. I’ve
never seen Roman Reigns have a match like that on his own…
An error with the big
Russian flag unintentionally plays into the Rusev/John Cena feud. There’s
no way WWE intended for the Russian flag to get bunched up like that. Still, I
credit Rusev, Lana, and the announcers for playing it up like a prank by John
Cena.
After defeating Dolph
Ziggler, Bray Wyatt cuts another cryptic promo. It’s pretty obvious that
Bray was talking to The Undertaker. The verbage itself was pretty damn cool. “I
am the new face of fear…I know you can hear me…Come find me.” Chilling stuff. I
just wish ‘Taker could get another shot at Brock to redeem that loss from Wrestlemania XXX. Frankly, I want to see
that more than I want an Undertaker/Bray Wyatt match.
The Miz fires Damien
Sandow, makes him his “personal assistant,” prohibits Sandow from mimicking
him. This is a nice move. By limiting Sandow’s mimicks, it becomes a bigger
deal when he does them. Tonight clearly illustrated that. And to his credit,
The Miz is playing his heel role expertly.
Tensions arise
between Goldust and Stardust after a second loss to The Ascension. I like
this. I like it a lot. We seem to FINALLY be moving toward a Rhodes brothers
feud. It sure as hell took them long enough. But if they’re heading to Wrestlemania with this, let’s hope it
doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. They might actually be better off saving this
one for late Spring.
In a backstage
segment, Erick Rowan thanks John Cena for standing up for him. This segment
was surprising. It added some interesting depth to the Erick Rowan character,
and built up some nice sympathy for his subsequent loss to Rusev.
Written by: The Fanboy Wonder, Rob Siebert
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