WWE Fastlane 2017 Results: Highlights, Analysis, and Grades

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Raw Women’s Championship Match
Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte

Result: Bayley defeats Charlotte via pinfall to retain the Raw Women’s Championship.

Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

The story for weeks had been Charlotte not being able to lose on PPV. It’s a fair thing to run with, as she had won 16 consecutive of these.

Like most of the other matches seen at Fastlane, the heel pretty much dominated from the start. She controlled for probably the first 10 minutes, not letting Bayley do much. The moonsault and senton were both crisp moves too.

Bayley finally made a comeback around 15 minutes in with a big clothesline and hurricanrana off the top rope, very much TakeOver: Brooklyn-esque.

Sasha Banks surprisingly made her way down to the ring to help Bayley, providing a momentary distraction. She ended up leading to Bayley retaining her title, causing Charlotte’s PPV streak to end … at Fastlane? Really?

Ending the Nature Girl’s PPV streak on this show in anticlimactic fashion was disheartening, along with most of Fastlane. It could have used the bigger spotlight, especially with WrestleMania 33 just 28 days away. Did WWE not want to wait?