WWE Fastlane: Goldberg wins Universal Title, beats Kevin Owens
Goldberg to defend title against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania; Chris Jericho costs Owens; Charlotte loses first singles PPV match
Last Updated: 07/03/17 8:58am
Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens at WWE Fastlane to become Universal Champion - thanks to a major assist from Chris Jericho.
The 50-year-old claimed the third world title of his career in Milwaukee on Sunday night and will now go on to defend the belt against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 33 on April 2, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Jericho's interference proved key, however, with Owens distracted by the entrance music of his former best friend, whom he savagely attacked on Raw last month, as the bell rung to start the match.
Goldberg pounced to nail the Canadian, Universal Champion since August, with a spear and a jackhammer to complete victory in just 22 seconds.
The Oklahoman is now set for another fight with Lesnar, the man he beat at WrestleMania XX in 2004 and in under two minutes at Survivor Series last November as well as eliminated from January's Royal Rumble.
Bayley is likely to head into WrestleMania as the Raw Women's Champion after Sasha Banks helped her retain her title at Fastlane - and inflict a maiden singles pay-per-view defeat on Charlotte.
Banks stopped Charlotte performing a moonsault and then alerted the referee when the challenger grabbed Bayley's tights while trying to pin her.
Charlotte tried to lash out at Banks - who had beaten the powerhouse Nia Jax earlier in the night - allowing Bayley to blast Ric Flair's daughter with a match-sealing Bayley-to-Belly Suplex.
Charlotte's reverse was her first in 17 singles matches at WWE pay-per-views, a run that stretched back to when she beat Banks and Brie Bella at the Battleground event in July 2015.
Elsewhere, Roman Reigns secured a momentous victory over Braun Strowman, The Big Dog handing The Monster Among Men his first pinfall loss in WWE in a hard-hitting brawl.
Reigns was slammed through the announce table by his gargantuan opponent but struck a decisive spear after Strowman had failed to connect with a diving head-butt from the turnbuckle.
Jack Gallagher cracked fellow Englishman Neville with three audible head-butts and a back superplex but was still unable to win the Cruiserweight Title in arguably the match of the night.
Manchester-born Gallagher, who was thrown onto his neck courtesy of a violent German Suplex, saw his dogged challenge finally ended when Newcastle native Neville administered a Red Arrow.
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson retained the Raw Tag Team Titles against Enzo Amore and Big Cass, Anderson pinning Amore after Gallows had lifted The Certified G's foot off the ropes.
Jinder Mahal and Rusev brawled after ending their short-lived tag team, before Mahal was downed by Cesaro and Rusev was crushed by Big Show in impromptu matches sanctioned by Mick Foley.
Samoa Joe forced Sami Zayn to pass out to the Coquina Clutch in his first match at a WWE main-roster pay-per-view - and then announced his WrestleMania plans would soon be revealed.
Plus, on the Kick-Off Show, Rich Swann and Akira Tozawa won a cruiserweight tag-team match against Noam Dar and The Brian Kendrick, Swann's Phoenix Splash on Dar proving crucial.
WWE Fastlane booking details
WWE Fastlane will repeated on Sky Sports Box Office (channel 491) BUT NOT Sky Sports HD Box Office (channel 492) between 10am on Monday, March 6 and 10pm on Thursday, March 9
The pay-per-view will cost £14.95 for viewers in the United Kingdom and €21.95 for customers in the Republic of Ireland.
You can order the show online by visiting this link: https://my.sky.com/orderboxoffice/?DCMP=WWEFastlane
You can also book the event over the phone: UK viewers should call 03442 410 888, while customers in the Republic of Ireland should call 0818 220 225. (There may be an additional charge for telephone bookings).
You can also order WWE Fastlane via your Sky remote
Sky+: Press the box office button on your remote, then click the sports tab followed by WWE Fastlane.
Sky Q: Press Home on your Sky Q remote, select TV guide, then Box Office and then WWE Fastlane. Enter your TV Pin if prompted. (Only bookings via Sky TV remote are recordable using Sky Plus).
Sky TV residential customers only. Commercial customers contact Sky for price and to order. Sky Box Office terms apply. Cable customers should contact their local cable operator.
