
Mike: The putrid usage of Sasha Banks makes me want to pull off the road to WrestleMania and locate a barf bag.

I’m sure this will be more competitive than their match at the Rumble, since Sasha doesn’t have to sell the knee anymore, but with the size differential, there is no way Sasha should get a clean win over Nia. Kurt: Without giving away too much on my prediction for the Women’s Title Match later, I think Nia Jax needs the win here again to continue certain storylines throughout the division. Basic tag match featuring the cruiserweights. The face team of Swann and Tozawa should get the win with Dar likely getting beat for his team. John: All four guys are pretty good in the ring, so if they get time it will be better than a typical Raw cruiserweight match. A few predictable high spots will liberally season this match but it tastes like boiled chicken. The end result is that everyone gets tossed together and nobody wins. The secondary feuds in this division have been largely laughable, centering around things like umbrellas and Alicia Fox. That continues heading into this match, where he expects to persist handing out lessons to Tozawa like a cruiser Dean Douglas.

I’ve felt Kendrick has occupied his role admirably for the most part, being just out there enough without flipping the page to truly goofy and making his feuds mean something.
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Everything that made that series great, though, has been sadly lacking in the main roster incarnation, leaving guys like Dar and Swann to tread water. Tozawa is a wrestler that really stood out during the CWC for me, from his facial reactions in the ring to his explosive offense.

Once again, Raw’s vaunted cruiserweight division plays a starring role on the pre-show, but at least this time we’ve had a fairly solidly built feud between Akira Tozawa and his wannabe mentor Brian Kendrick to get us there. Mike: I’ve just gotten onto the Fastlane and already encountered the first bottleneck. Kurt: I’m sorry, but why should I care about this match when the Raw brand clearly doesn’t care about the division? I’m sure the babyfaces will win and Tozawa will be spotlighted. The banner is courtesy of our friend Melo Man.)
