That leaves Triple H plenty of room to focus on being an active competitor to build toward his match with either Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns or Dean Ambrose at WrestleMania. Ambrose now has no feud in place, although it’s been rumored that he will soon enter into one with Chris Jericho.
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After poking fun at everyone he met on his way to the ring, he finally made it to where the action happens – much to the crowd’s sheer delight.
The Rock joined forces with his cousins Usos to lay the smackdown on The New Day, on which he pulled off his signature move, The Rock Bottom, before ending things by landing his finishing move, The People’s Elbow, on Xavier Woods.
With Stephanie McMahon announcing the Fastlane main event to determine who will face her husband at WrestleMania, it could be a good sign that the WWE is having her play the authoritative figure along with Vince McMahon. If he does wrestle, it certainly won’t be against The New Day.
Rock eventually brought out his family in the form of The Usos, who attacked the champions. He was involved in a 20 min insult fest of very little meaning with the over exposed and not entertaining New Day.
I was preparing for a great match between Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch, but the Divas Champions prevented that from happening. Dolph Ziggler by pinfall via the Pop-Up Powerbomb. Based on the Rumble, he could be feuding with any of Dean Ambrose, AJ Styles or Sami Zayn.
Bray Wyatt dismantled Kane in a singles match.
The Wyatt Family destroyed Lesnar on the final Raw before the Rumble, and then the members focused their efforts on him again during the actual Rumble match.
He has faced Lesnar too many times over the past two years to put them in another match, and Wyatt seems unlikely after they had a match last year.
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Flo Rida was in attendance, and was confronted by Heath Slater and the Social Outcasts. If you’re looking for the WWE debut of the Styles Clash, this is apparently it. No word on whether Bo Dallas challenged AJ Styles to a rap battle after the match, but it’s happening in my brain and it’s WONDERFUL. Brie Bella and Alicia Fox by pinfall after Paige hit the Ram-Paige on Brie.
