Sunday's WWE Fastlane event is the final major stop before April's two-night WrestleMania extravaganza. That places Fastlane in the position to do a lot of heavy lifting to further storylines and set up some of the biggest matches of the year. In addition, Fastlane marks the beginning of WWE pay-per-view events streaming on Peacock after years of being exclusively available on WWE Network.
In the likely main event of the night, Roman Reigns will be out to continue his dominant run as universal champion when he takes on Daniel Bryan. Edge has already declared his intention to challenge for the title at WrestleMania, a choice he was able to make after winning the Royal Rumble. Edge could also be involved in the match as special enforcer if he defeats Jey Uso on Friday's episode of SmackDown. If Uso wins, he will claim the role, tilting the scales even more in favor of Reigns.
Fastlane goes down Sunday, March 21 from the ThunderDome inside St. Petersburg, Florida's Tropicana Field. The event will begin at 7 p.m. ET following an hour-long kickoff show that begins at 6 p.m.
Let's take a look at how our experts believe Fastlane will play out.
2021 Fastlane predictions
Intercontinental Championship: Big E (c) vs. Apollo Crews
This is the lone match on the card where the outcome is truly up in the air. Theoretically, Crews has lost to Big E too many times to take another L here, especially considering his remixed character and what appears to be a big push coming his way. However, Big E has been champion less than three months, and there's not a great reason to take the title off him ahead of the biggest event of the year without a planned main event push ahead. Switching the title to Crews and back to Big E just three weeks later at WrestleMania feels like an unnecessary effort, so let's stick with the chalk here. Pick: Big E retains the title -- Adam Silverstein
It feels a little premature to take the belt off of Big E, but Crews' transformation feels like it demands a victory. He lost repeatedly before taking a full step into being a heel, so if a complete overhaul doesn't lead to him getting a win, how effective was the move? With two nights to fill for WrestleMania, it would be easy enough to put the belt on Crews before moving it back to Big E in April, establishing that Crews' character change was meaningful. Pick: Apollo Crews wins the title -- Brent Brookhouse
Women's Tag Team Championship: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair
WWE far too frequently gets its women's singles champions involved in the tag team title picture, and here we are once again not only with two WrestleMania combatants teaming up unnecessarily but doing it for the second straight month. There is absolutely no reason to change the titles here, and using a tag team loss as a feud kick-starter for Banks and Belair is as unnecessary as the match occurring in the first place. There are plenty of other teams who should be going after the titles at WrestleMania, and there's no reason to double book the champ. Pick: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler retain the titles -- Brookhouse & Silverstein
Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus
McIntyre losing here simply makes no sense. Sheamus is on one of the best runs of his career in terms of in-ring performances and should be in the WWE title picture, but McIntyre is already established as Bobby Lashley's challenger at WrestleMania. That means he should not be taking a loss here. The match could end in another no contest, forcing a Sheamus vs. McIntyre match on the first night of WrestleMania with the winner getting Lashley on night two -- that's just a theory. If anyone gets their hand raised at Fastlane, it's McIntyre. Pick: Drew McIntyre wins -- Brookhouse & Silverstein
Alexa Bliss vs. Randy Orton
WWE is not going anywhere near Bliss and Orton having a "real match." This is likely nothing more than an elaborate setup for The Fiend to make a dramatic return, setting up an Orton vs. Fiend match for WrestleMania. With that in mind, there's no need to pick a winner here as it's unlikely the match has any sort of actual finish. -- Brookhouse
Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Even if WWE decides to add Bryan to the WrestleMania match between Reigns and Edge, it would be shocking if they chose to take the title off of a dominant heel champion going into the biggest event of the year. If Edge or Bryan take the title off of Reigns, it will be done in front of a live crowd to create a "WrestleMania Moment." The action should be hot and Bryan will likely seem to be just on the verge of winning the belt, but between Reigns' camp and a special enforcer (either Edge or Uso), there are enough ways for Bryan to end up taking the loss. Pick: Roman Reigns retains the title -- Brookhouse & Silverstein
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