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Previewing Fastlane event

By Bill Hughes for The 3 min read
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WWE presents Fastlane, its last PPV before WrestleMania, on the WWE Network tonight.

The show begins at 7 p.m. with the Kickoff show starting an hour earlier.

Daniel Bryan will defend the WWE championship against Kevin Owens, and it would be no surprise to see Kofi Kingston involved.

Other title matches include Asuka defending the Smackdown womenĢƵ title against Mandy Rose, The UsoĢƵ will defend the Smackdown tag title against The Miz and Shane McMahon, Boss ‘N Hug Connection defends the Raw womenĢƵ tag titles against Nia Jax and Tamina, and The Revival defend the Raw tag titles in a triple threat match against Bobby Roode and Chad Gable as well as Aleister Black and Ricochet.

Anyone sensing a Miz and McMahon split?

The Shield reunites to take on Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley and Charlotte Flair faces Becky Lynch.

The Kickoff Show matches will pit Rey Mysterio against Andrade and a tag match between Big E and Xavier Woods of The New Day against Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev.

Raw in Pittsburgh

WWE is in Pittsburgh Monday night and the WWE is now officially on the “Road to WrestleMania.”

Plenty of tickets are available on www.ticketmaster.com or at the PPG Paints Arena ticket office.

Remembering King Kong Bundy

King Kong Bundy, the man who faced Hulk Hogan in the main event of WrestleMania 2, died Monday. He was 61.

Bundy is one of the most underrated “big man” wrestlers in history as time seemed to have helped him slip from conversations.

Simply put, Bundy would have been a world champion had Hogan not had a stranglehold on the WWE title and protecting his own win/loss record.

Had Bundy been a star during the Attitude Era or even today, he would have been hands down a multi-time world champion.

A funny person behind the scenes, Bundy was always cordial backstage on shows that we were on.

Bundy was best-known as being a member of The (Bobby) Heenan Family, one of the top stables in pro wrestling history.

Most of the top stars of HeenanĢƵ stable have now passed away. Andre the Giant, Bundy, Big John Studd, Ravishing Ric Rude, Mr. Perfect and Heenan himself.

I know this much, you can put together any other group in pro wrestling history that has now taken its place in the great ring in the sky. My money will be on The Heenan Family, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bundy score the winning pin with his famous “five-count.”

Ciampa has neck surgery

Current NXT champion Tommaso Ciampa, had neck surgery on Thursday and will be out of action for an extended period of time.

ROH heading to Pittsburgh

Ring of Honor returns to Pittsburgh on April 13 when it presents Steel City Excellence. There will be more information on the show each week leading up to the show, which is a television taping and will take place at Stage AE.

Ross headed to AEW?

Jim Ross, considered by many to be the greatest play-by-play man in pro wrestling history, may be headed to All Elite Wrestling.

RossĢƵ WWE deal ends on March 29, and both he and Vince McMahon have agreed that they will part ways and the word is that Ross has a three-year deal on the table worth just under one million dollars per year.

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