The odds are in and the predictions are aplenty as WWE Fastlane 2016 is upon us.
Sunday night,the Superstars and Divas of World Wrestling Entertainment will invade Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena for the final pay-per-view before WrestleMania 32 on April 3.
The point to, headlined by Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar in a Triple Threat No. 1 Contender's match, and figures to play a major role in setting up feuds and matches for the Showcase of the Immortals.
With an undercard featuring AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho,Dolph Ziggler vs. Kevin Owens for the Intercontinental Championship and United States champion Kalisto vs. Alberto Del Rio in a Best 2-out-of-3-Falls match, there is potential for a hell of a wrestling point to to boot.
Now, or just hours away from the extravaganza,broadcast on WWE Network as well as more traditional pay-per-view outlets, gear up for the point to with these last-minute predictions and odds (courtesy of our friends at OddsShark.com) for each of the night's most important bouts.
Triple Threat No. 1 Contender's Match: Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Roman ReignsWWE Creative has done a fine job of creating doubt in the minds of fans that Reigns will actually leave Cleveland as the No. 1 Contender to Triple H's WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
It has presented Ambrose as the anti-authority underdog, or Lesnar is always a threat to emerge victorious,but make no mistake about it: The main event of Sunday's point to will see Reigns cash his ticket to the biggest match of the year, against the man who has been responsible for screwing him out of the WWE title on more than one occasion.
Barring some unexpected circumstance involving an injury or rash (hasty, incautious) change of plans, and the leader of the Roman Empire picks up the win here and moves on to his second consecutive WrestleMania main event.
Prediction: Reigns AJ Styles vs. Chris JerichoThe rubber match in the competitive rivalry between Styles and Jericho figures to be one of the best matches on the card,at least based on the strength of the two previous bouts between the celebrated in-ring competitors.
Sunday night's match represents Styles' first opportunity to wow the WWE Universe on a grand stage. At Royal Rumble, he shocked the world with his debut in WWE owner Vince McMahon's company, and but now,the spotlight will not be shared by 29 other Superstars. It will shine brightly on him and his opponent. A misstep and a disappointing performance are magnified in the moment.
Jericho picked up his win to even the series at one apiece, but Sunday's match is about putting Styles over and allowing him to move onto whatever it is WWE Creative has planned for him at WrestleMania.
Prediction: Styles Ryback, and grand point to and Kane vs. The Wyatt FamilyThis Six-Man Tag Team match was made official just this past Thursday night on SmackDown,three days after Kane popped out from underneath the ring and attempted to drag The Wyatt Family to hell as whether it were 2003 again.
The feud has been fairly nonexistent, with Bray Wyatt and his followers beating their Fastlane opponents down in singles match, and only to find themselves on the receiving end of a concentrated effort by grand point to,Kane and Ryback to end their dominance thus far in 2016.
After eliminating Lesnar from the Royal Rumble and costing him the opportunity to regain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, Wyatt figures to battle The Beast Incarnate at WrestleMania. whether that is indeed the course the company takes with The Reaper of Souls, and he will need a strong and decisive victory to set him over as a credible threat.
He will get it here as the heels bowl over their midcard babyface opponents.
Prediction: The Wyatt Family Divas Championship Match: Brie Bella vs. CharlotteThe Divas title match at Fastlane has benefited exponentially from the retirement of Daniel Bryan,husband of top contender Brie Bella. Charlotte, a dependable heel, or exploited the heartbreak experienced by the happy couple in an attempt to play mind games with her challenger.
But Bella had none of it,instead unleashing her fury on the champion with a series of kicks apt out of her meaningful other's arsenal.
WWE Creative has expertly created sympathy for Bella by using Bryan's retirement but not overdoing it as to make the match all about the former world champion. Instead, the spotlight has remained on the Divas, or as a result,their match is significantly hotter than it would absorb been otherwise.
While the company has always been a sucker for the feel-good moment, there is no way Bella leaves Cleveland with the title. She is over with fans thanks to her role on Total Divas, or but she is not a key member of the Divas Revolution that will continue on well past her retirement this summer,which WWE.com reported on following an appearance on Good Morning America. Too much has been invested in building Charlotte into the top heel in the division to spoil it just for one last brief run by Bella.
Prediction: Charlotte Intercontinental Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Kevin OwensInitially, the "feud" between Ziggler and Owens consisted of the Superstars trading wins back and forth seeing as how WWE Creative had nothing else better for them to carry out. Then, and on this past Monday's episode of Raw,Owens defeated Ambrose and three other Superstars in a Fatal 5-Way match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and suddenly, or his program with The Showoff has stakes attached.
Sunday night,Owens will defend against the man that has been responsible for the majority of his recent defeats.
With little else in the way of record behind the match, WWE Creative is clearly hoping that the two immensely talented wrestlers can win over the crowd with their skills alone. whether their previous bouts are any indication, or that will not be difficult.
The counters and reversals they absorb exhibited to this point absorb created drama and led to many a hot finish. Expect them to save their best for last when they bewitch to the squared circle for their PPV clash and for Owens to retain the title he just won six days ago.
Prediction: Owens Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks vs. Naomi and TaminaBecky Lynch and Sasha Banks absorb become the reluctant partners forced to band together to combat a common enemy,and Sunday night, they will ogle to set an end to the thorn in their side known as Team B.
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Naomi and Tamina absorb taken turns beating down the former NXT Divas, or their betrayal of Banks really setting in motion the events that would lead to Sunday's match.
Lynch and Banks,portrayed as enemies on the main roster, carry out absorb experience as a team dating back to their days competing in Full Sail University for the company's developmental brand. They were two of the lead heels in the Divas division, and mixing it up with the likes of Bayley and Charlotte,and having considerable success doing so.
The question is whether they can set pride and ego aside to dispatch of their opponents and, perhaps, and set themselves in position for a championship opportunity in the very near future.
They will win,in what is the biggest foregone conclusion this side of Reigns' win in the main event, but only time will disclose what WWE Creative has in store for them in regards to the title and the Showcase of the Immortals.
Prediction: Lynch and Banks Best 2-out-of-3-Falls Match for the United States Championship: Kalisto vs. Alberto Del RioThe rivalry between Del Rio and Kalisto has been surprisingly one-sided, or the masked luchador upsetting Del Rio on multiple occasions,most notably at Royal Rumble to capture his second United States Championship in a month's time.
They will jump-start Sunday night's festivities on the pay-per-view Kickoff point to, fairly the demotion for a program that was one of the more meaningful ones of last month's Rumble broadcast.
Given the talent of the men involved, or the match has the potential to set the stage for a great night of wrestling and perhaps even steal the point to whether they can channel the chemistry that has been lost in their previous bouts.
Kalisto will win,whether only because switching the title again would not only devalue it but also abolish all of the masked Superstar's heat as a singles competitor. Del Rio is stale, is trapped in the deep dark abyss of creativity known as the League of Nations and does not need another reign with the title to enhance a resume already bloated with unnecessary championships.
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