WWE Fastlane 2019 : 5 matches that could steal the show

We are almost at the final pay-per-view on the long and winding road to WrestleMania, it is less than a week away. Fastlane has generally been a hindrance to storytelling in previous years, slowing down the build to the Grandest Stage of Them All. However, this year has seen a vast improvement in the booking of this event. WWE has been much more enjoyable since the turn of the year when the McMahon family decided to shake things up.

These improvements are reflecting on weekly programming and pay-per-views, as WWE put out two enjoyable shows so far this year. Royal Rumble, while long, was a really stacked show and Elimination Chamber was generally positive. The momentum should continue heading into Fastlane. As of after the final Raw and Smackdown before the show, there are seven matches on the main card and one, rather unpopularly, booked on the Kickoff Show.

There are a few matches that could really steal the show, with the potential of a couple of moments that will shape WrestleMania up nicely. Get ready for another positive pay-per-view in WWE's collection this year, as here are five matches that should elevate Fastlane 2019 into one of the better shows in recent history.

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#5 Rey Mysterio vs Andrade (Kickoff Match)

They should be on the main card.

It is an absolute crime that this match is on the Kickoff Show. Andrade and Rey Mysterio had a proper build to this match, lasting for months. They had a pair of barnburners leading into the Royal Rumble, with Andrade getting the upper hand over Mysterio. Since then, they have been building to an eventual pay-per-view rematch, a hotly anticipated one. These two are just too good to be having matches before the pay-per-view even starts.

Andrade vs Mysterio could easily have a place on the Fastlane card, but perhaps WWE has done this to allot more time to other matches and to avoid going really long. Whatever the case is though, this match will be one of the best of the night without any shadow of a doubt. It could possibly be the greatest Kickoff match in WWE history, alongside the New Day vs the Usos at SummerSlam 2017. Just give them a spot at WrestleMania, please.

#4 The Shield vs Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre

One final great six-man tag?

The Shield has reunited for what felt like the 50th time on Monday Night Raw, fending off the Red brand's resident evil party poopers. Baron Corbin has been ruining the program for months now, Bobby Lashley has been drifting between his giant friends and Lio Rush a bit too often, and Drew McIntyre has been severely watered down since this stable began. It represents the absolute worst of Raw in 2018 and shows just how much Raw needs a Superstar Shakeup.

Roman Reigns is heartwarmingly back from his leukaemia and is teaming up with his brothers again, as Seth Rollins is preparing for a beastly challenge at WrestleMania and after Dean Ambrose's atrocious heel run was mercifully cut short. He might be on his way out of WWE, so they have decided to reunite the Hounds of Justice one last time. Just remember, the Shield are the masters of the six-man tag. No matter how repetitive it became, the action always delivered. We should expect the same at Fastlane, as the three heroes vanquish the evil dynasty that has haunted Raw for months.

#3 Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair

Will Ronnie interfere?

The main event of WrestleMania is currently between Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair, but it could change on Sunday. Women's Royal Rumble winner Becky Lynch is set to face her longtime rival for the chance to re-enter the Raw Women's Championship match. The entire story might be extremely confusing but right now, the stakes are not. Becky will beat Charlotte and earn her way back into the first-ever women's main event in WrestleMania history.

Becky and Charlotte always have excellent matches with each other and we shouldn't expect anything different from both of them. Fastlane will be another great match in this historic rivalry that will never end. However, there is the slight chance that WWE turns this into an overbooked mess with Rousey getting heavily involved. The current champion finally turned heel on Raw and viciously attacked Becky, who has all the odds stacked against her. But fear not. The Man will come out on top, possibly stealing the show in the process.

#2 Daniel Bryan vs Kevin Owens (WWE Championship)

What a match this could be.

Kevin Owens returned on Smackdown to replace Kofi Kingston as Daniel Bryan's opponent at Fastlane. It seemed like an extremely heelish move from the former NXT Champion, but he is being positioned as a babyface. This is a first for Owens, since his debut night at NXT Takeover R: Evolution. This is being heavily positioned as the main event of the entire pay-per-view and there may be a fair reason for it. This will be the first-ever one-on-one meeting between Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens inside a WWE ring.

Aside from Daniel Bryan's return tag team match at WrestleMania 34, these two have not wrestled together in the WWE. They were never there at the same time. But now they are here, the dynamic has completely changed from what we would expect a Bryan vs Owens match to look like. Heel Bryan vs face Owens is as unlikely a scenario there is in the WWE, but it surely is interesting. Expect a really good wrestling match from these two master craftsmen.

#1 The Revival vs Glorious Gable vs Aleister Black and Ricochet (RAW Tag Team Championship)

Please, just give them time.

Don't sleep on this match. The Revival, despite being booked terribly, is an excellent tag team and have earned the Raw Tag Team titles. Their work in NXT has been supreme and they have put in the work on the main roster, including a killer series of matches against Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. These two teams have proven to have excellent chemistry with each other but with the addition of Ricochet and Aleister Black, this match could go onto another level.

WWE seems to have put a new focus onto the tag team division on the main roster and it is showing, as all three WWE tag titles will be on the line on this show. This is, however, the most exciting one of the lot. Black and Ricochet are developing quite some chemistry between them and could do incredible things together. They are already in the final of NXT's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and will likely challenge for the NXT tag titles at Takeover: New York.

These six talented men could very easily tear it up in any situation. Just give them around 15 minutes and see the magic and the excitement. 2019 could be the year that sees the complete rebirth of tag team wrestling, and this triple threat match at Fastlane could be a catalyst in it.