Fast Lane 2015

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Running Time: 188 Minutes
Certificate: 12
Number Of Discs: 1
Studio: Fremantle Home Entertainment
Released: May 4 2015

The February PPV event is rarely the highlight of the year in WWE, with a greater focus on promoting WrestleMania than putting on a classic show in its own right. That is the case once again when reliving Fast Lane on DVD: there are some enjoyable matches and important angles, but they are less effective upon second viewing than they were in the time (and matters aren't helped by a crowd which seems to be half-asleep).

The opening six-man tag, pitting Ryback, Erick Rowan and Dolph Ziggler against Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane, is okay but nothing out of the ordinary, and is more notable for post-match capers. Stardust vs. Goldust simply doesn't get going, and the botched finish (although the error was made by the referee, not the wrestlers themselves) and the aforementioned disinterested audience make the match seem worse than it actually is. On the bright side, The Usos vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro is a really good doubles encounter, and the angle between Triple H and Sting effectively sets up The Stinger's first WWE bout against HHH at WM 31.

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WWE Fast Lane 2015

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: February 22 2015
Location: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Attendance: 13,263

For the first time since 2007, WWE's final Pay-Per-View stop-off before WrestleMania did not involve the Elimination Chamber. Instead, a new PPV called Fast Lane was held as the February supershow. It went down this past Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee, and whilst some first-time matches seemed appealing beforehand, everyone recognised that this was going to be one big preview for WrestleMania 31. As it turned out, it provided more hints for potential WM matches than expected but, besides a shocking number of mistakes, it still provided enough worth in-ring action to merit a purchase in its own right (mind you, few viewers probably bought it; this month is free on the WWE Network, and Fast Lane was shown for free on Sky in the UK too).

The pre-show Kick Off featured an episode of Miz TV with Paul Heyman discussing the main event here and at Mania. It also saw more dissension between The Miz and his stunt double-turned-personal assistant Damien "Sandow" Mizdow. A showdown between these two is inevitable, and the roof will blow off when Mizdow finally turns on Miz, but I am still unsure of how fans will greet Mizdow once he becomes his own man again. Still, both deserve the chance to settle this in the ring at WrestleMania; their chemistry has been one of the funniest things on WWE TV in the last few years, and has made Mizdow a bigger star than he has ever been.

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