WWE Fastlane Review – October 7, 2023
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles Match
Judgement Day (Mr Money In The Bank Damian Priest & Finn Balor) vs. Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso
Damian Priest & Jey Uso starts the match as Jey grabs a standing side headlock but Priest breaks free and levels him with a shoulder block. Jey goes to work on Priest in the corner before Cody Rhodes makes the tag.
Rhodes continues the assault on Priest before making the quick tag back to Jey. Priest makes the tag to Finn Balor & he quickly takes control of Jey.
Jey breaks free to make the tag to Rhodes & he regains control before making the quick tag back to Jey. Priest makes the blind tag and levels Jey with a roundhouse kick over the top rope. Priest takes the fight to Jey before making the tag to Balor.
Balor whips Jey to the ropes and chops his chest before connecting with a basement dropkick for a two count. Priest get the tag and connects with a shot to the gut. Priest lands a shot to the jaw and follows up with a back elbow shot.
Balor gets the tag and locks in a rear chin lock. Jey fights back to his feet but can’t get close enough to the corner to make the tag to Rhodes. Jey finally breaks free and makes the hot tag to Rhodes. Rhodes hits the Disaster Kick then follows Balor up top.
Rhodes lifts Balor and delivers a delayed vertical superplex before Balor makes the tag to Priest as Rhodes makes the tag to Jey. Jey lands a volley of punches followed by an uppercut. Uso hits an enzuigiri and heads up to for a diving crossbody and a two count.
Priest rolls to the apron and catches Jey with a roundhouse kick over the top rope. Priest catches Jey with a flatliner and gets a two count.
Priest charges at Jey but he hits him with a superkick before Priest goes for the Razor’s Edge but Jey slides out the back. Jey heads up top and hits Uso Splash then goes for the cover but Balor breaks up the pin. Rhodes charges into the ring and hits Balor with Cody Cutter. Priest goes for South Of Heaven but Jey counters into a spear.
Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley & NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio make their way to ringside to distract Jey and that gives Priest enough time to make the tag to Balor. Balor connects with Coup De Grâce to Jey but Rhodes breaks up the pin.
Jey rolls up Balor but Balor kicks out at two and Ripley cheap shots Uso with the Money In The Bank briefcase then Balor covers Jey but he kicks out. Jey tags Rhodes and they hit a Disaster Kick/1D combination then Rhodes hits Cross Rhodes to get the win.
Winners & New Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions: Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso (20:43) (NEW CHAMPIONS!!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
6 Man Tag Team Match
Latino World Order (United States Champion Rey Mysterio & Santos Escobar) & Carlito vs. Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) & Bobby Lashley
Santos Escobar & Montez Ford starts the match before Escobar heads up top and connects with a diving crossbody. Escobar takes Ford up top and hits a hurricanrana for a two count before Bobby Lashley breaks up the pin. Lashley gets the tag and delivers a delayed vertical suplex & he continues to work over Escobar before making the tag to Angelo Dawkins.
Rey Mysterio gets the tag from Escobar and goes for 619 but Lashley makes the blind tag and throws Mysterio out of the ring. Lashley tosses Mysterio back into the ring and spears him in the corner. Ford gets the tag and stomps a mudhole in Mysterio in the corner. Ford whips Mysterio chest first into the top turnbuckle and makes the tag to Dawkins.
Ford repeatedly drives a shoulder into Mysterio’s gut in the corner and makes the tag to Lashley. Mysterio catches Lashley with a back elbow shot and then posts Lashley in the corner. Ford gets the tag and prevents Lashley from making the tag.
Ford pulls Escobar off the apron and whips him into the barricade then Dawkins gets the tag and drags Mysterio to the corner. Ford gets the tag but Mysterio has no one to tag but here comes Carlito & he cleans house and hits Ford with Backstabber to get the win.
Winners: Latino World Order & Carlito (10:02)
Rate: 6
Women’s Title Triple Threat Match
Iyo Sky (c) vs. Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair
Asuka tosses Iyo Sky to the outside then immediately hits Charlotte Flair with the blue mist. Asuka covers Flair but only gets a two count so Flair rolls to the outside to try to get the mist out of her eyes as Sky charges back into the ring.
Asuka & Sky trade near falls before Flair charges back into the ring before Sky catches Flair with a double stomp to the chest before teaming up with Asuka to double team Flair then Flair catches Sky with a shoulder to the gut between the ropes but Sky fights back with a crossface.
Asuka levels Flair with a roundhouse kick but Sky catches Asuka with a springboard missile drop kick. Asuka takes Sky up top and hits a release German suplex from the 2nd rope. Asuka whips Sky between the ropes and out of the ring onto Flair on the outside.
Sky hits an Asai Moonsault onto Asuka but then Flair follows up with a moonsault onto both Sky and Asuka on the outside then the action returns to the ring and Flair takes Sky up top. Flair sets up for a Samoan Drop from the top rope but Asuka slides under Flair to hit a powerbomb/Samoan Drop tower of doom.
Asuka & Sky both lock in submissions on Flair so Asuka releases her hold to toss Sky out of the ring. Flair spears Asuka but only gets a two count. Asuka heads up top and connects with a diving Codebreaker for a two count of her own.
Flair locks in the Figure 8 but Bayley distracts the referee so that he doesn’t see Asuka tapping out so Sky heads up top and hits a moonsault onto Flair while she still has the Figure 8 to score the win.
Winner & Still Women’s Champion: Iyo Sky (17:15) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
Rate: 7
Pat McAfee makes his way down to the ring and says there was no way he was going to miss this show in this glorious city. He says that we’ve all seen crowds with no energy and no juice but that’s not Indianapolis. He thinks Indianapolis, Indiana deserves a WrestleMania and the crowd vehemently agrees. He introduces John Cena and then joins Michael Cole & Corey Graves for commentary.
Tag Team Match
The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso & Solo Sikoa) vs. John Cena & LA Knight
Jimmy Uso & John Cena start the match. Jimmy catches Cena in a side headlock and then makes the tag to Solo Sikoa. Cena hits the ropes and charges at Sikoa but Sikoa levels Cena with an uppercut. Jimmy gets the tag and plays Wishbone with Cena’s legs. Uso chokes Cena across the middle rope and then distracts the referee while Sikoa cheap shots Cena. Sikoa gets the tag and drops Cena with a headbutt.
Sikoa ties up Cena in the tree of woe and connects with a running headbutt then Jimmy gets the tag but Cena sidesteps him in the corner. Cena goes for the tag but Jimmy cuts him off. Uso locks in a side headlock and makes the tag to Sikoa. Sikoa squishes Cena in the corner and levels him with a spinning heel kick.
Jimmy gets the tag but eats an Attitude Adjustment from Cena so Cena crawls toward the corner to try to make the tag but Sikoa gets the tag from Jimmy and cuts off Cena from the corner. Sikoa drags Cena to the corner, heads up to the 2nd rope and drops toward Cena but Cena gets his knees up. Sikoa tags Uso as Cena makes the hot tag to LA Knight.
Knight traps Jimmy in the corner and stomps a mudhole in him. Sikoa runs in but Knight catches him with a DDT. Uso uses Sikoa’s distraction to catch Knight with a superkick for a two count. Jimmy heads up top and goes for Uso Splash but Knight rolls out of the way.
Knight hits Yeah Elbow before Cena & Sikoa both charge into the ring. Cena gets dropped so Knight takes on The Bloodline. Knight gets dumped to the outside so Cena goes for an Attitude Adjustment to Sikoa but Jimmy catches Cena with a superkick instead.
Jimmy heads up top but Knight charges back into the ring and leaps to the top rope to hit the superplex before Cena follows up with 5 Knuckle Shuffle and Knight hits BFT to get the win for his team.
Winners: John Cena & LA Knight (17:21)
Rate: 6
World Heavyweight Title Last Man Standing Match
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Shinsuke Nakamura slides to the outside as soon as the bell rings before Seth Rollins fakes a suicide dive and then heads to the outside to retrieve a kendo stick from under the ring. Rollins heads for Nakamura but Nakamura slams Rollins back first into the ring apron then Rollins pulls back the ringside mats to reveal the concrete floor.
Rollins goes for a powerbomb on the concrete floor, but Nakamura escapes. Rollins goes for a Stomp on the ring steps but Nakamura slides out of the way. Rollins pulls several chairs and tables out from under the ring.
Nakamura drops a knee onto Rollins’ injured back on the apron and then grabs a pair of nunchucks. Nakamura goes after Rollins’ legs and back with the nunchucks and then uses the nunchucks to choke Rollins.
Nakamura locks in a sleeper hold, but Rollins breaks free and goes to work with a volley of kendo stick shots. Rollins slams a garbage can into Nakamura and follows up with a splash but Nakamura beats the referee’s count and then props up a table in the corner.
Rollins sidesteps Nakamura and sends him into the table but it doesn’t fully break so Rollins follows up with a stomp that puts Nakamura fully through the table. Rollins retrieves a ladder from under the ring and sets it up next to the announce table.
Rollins sets Nakamura on the announce table and climbs the ladder but Nakamura rolls off the announce table. Rollins climbs down from the latter and chases Nakamura into the crowd.
Rollins chases Nakamura up the stairs, but Nakamura low blows Rollins and shoves him off the stairs to the concrete floor below. Nakamura drags Rollins back to the ringside area.
Rollins goes for a Pedigree on the exposed concrete floor but Nakamura counters into a back body drop. The action spills back out of the ring and Rollins and Nakamura brawl at ringside. Nakamura positions Rollins on a table then heads up top and drives Rollins through the table with a diving double knee shot.
Rollins beats the referee’s count back to his feet, but Nakamura immediately delivers a volley of chair shots. Rollins slams Nakamura’s face into the ring post and then places Nakamura on the announce table.
Rollins climbs the ladder next to the announce table but Nakamura climbs the other side of the ladder & hits Rollins with red mist and shoves Rollins off the ladder and through the announce table.
Nakamura drags Rollins back into the ring and hits a backbreaker onto a steel chair. Nakamura follows up with a Kinshasa that sends Rollins through a table in the corner. Rollins rolls out of the ring and lands on his feet to break the referee’s count.
Nakamura drags Rollins back into the crowd and sets him on a raised platform. Nakamura climbs onto the platform with Rollins but Rollins catches Nakamura with a Pedigree and a Stomp.
Nakamura beats the referee’s count back to his feet so Rollins hits a Falcon Arrow from the raised platform and through 2 tables then the referee begins his count on both Rollins & Nakamura but only Rollins gets back to his feet before the count of 10.
Winner & Still World Heavyweight Champion: Seth Rollins (28:25) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!!)
Rate: 8 (Recommend)
