WWE: Good Week, Bad Week - Big Cass earns Fastlane momentum
Success continues to evade Smackdown's Curt Hawkins
Friday 3 March 2017 12:34, UK
The Raw roster is gearing up for what looks set to be an incredible night of entertainment at the Fastlane pay-per-view on Sunday.
However, Smackdown proved why it is fast becoming the favoured brand, with an incredible swerve setting up its WrestleMania main event.
Here's Good Week, Bad Week…
GOOD WEEK
Randy Orton
Many fans were not happy when Orton won the Royal Rumble but, fast forward a month and thanks to an excellent twist on Tuesday night, the former world champion has everyone excited about the WrestleMania showdown between himself and now ex-master Bray Wyatt.
After initially refusing to face Wyatt, Orton turned on the Eater of Worlds in epic fashion this week, setting fire to The Wyatt Family Compound after Wyatt gave him the keys. Orton played the long game and caught the WWE Universe by surprise.
Enzo Amore and Big Cass
Considering how popular Enzo and Cass are with the WWE Universe, it is perhaps a shock that they have not yet been able to lift a title. On Sunday, the duo have their best chance to date, as they take on Raw Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson.
The Club have won tag titles all over the world and are certainly no pushovers, but since Cass managed to defeat Luke Gallows on Raw and swing the momentum the challengers' way, will a new set of champions be crowned at the weekend?
Jack Gallagher
Gallagher has enjoyed a rise in popularity over the past few weeks, drawing in the WWE Universe with his quirky personality, and also seems to have the number of fellow Englishman Neville ahead of their Cruiserweight Championship clash at Fastlane.
After leading himself and TJ Perkins to victory over Tony Nese and Neville on Raw, Gallagher once again sent a message to Neville on 205 Live, dropkicking the Newcastle native into the crowd.
BAD WEEK
AJ Styles
It's rare for a Superstar to win the match that puts them in the WrestleMania main event and still end up on the 'Bad Week' list, but that is Styles' fate after Orton chose to reclaim the WrestleMania spot that he had seemingly given up, putting Styles participation in doubt.
Styles defeated Luke Harper to earn a WWE Title showdown with Wyatt in April but a problem with authority, namely Smackdown Commissioner Shane McMahon, could be his downfall - he does not want to give McMahon a reason not to include him in Mania's championship match.
Bayley
It hasn't been a great few weeks for the new Raw Women's Champion, with Stephanie McMahon wanting her to relinquish the title last week after her win over Charlotte was achieved thanks to an assist from Sasha Banks.
This week, Bayley was pinned by Nia Jax ahead of her title defence against Charlotte at Fastlane. With Charlotte having won each of her 16 championship matches on pay-per-view, it seems the odds are once again stacked against Bayley. Will she be able to defy them?
Curt Hawkins
Hawkins really needs to 'face the facts'. He was released from WWE a few years ago and after being re-signed has returned to the same position he was in before. This week, he didn't even have the opportunity to wrestle.
Hawkins was nailed with Dirty Deeds by Dean Ambrose before their match could officially start. The Smackdown man could not really fall any lower - will he even be on the WrestleMania card?
