#3 To give Andrade and Rey Mysterio the time they need
The WWE Fastlane match card is really stacked as the WWE had announced the following 7 matches for the show before making Rey Mysterio vs Andrade official-
- WWE Championship -- Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Kevin Owens
- Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
- The Shield vs. Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin & Bobby Lashley
- SmackDown Women's Championship -- Asuka (c) vs. Mandy Rose
- SmackDown Tag Team Championship -- The Usos (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon
- Women's Tag Team Championship -- Boss 'N Hug Connection (c) vs. Nia Jax & Tamina
- Raw Tag Team Championship -- The Revival (c) vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet vs. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable
The top 3 matches of this list will mostly take a huge amount of time and 3 of the remaining 4 matches are tag team matches meaning they will also consume a lot of time.
Given that the Fastlane show is relatively shorter than the Big 4 shows, the WWE Creative would have been forced to book this match in a rushed manner for the main show.
The WWE Universe would not have got the match they deserved and thus, the Creative team pushed it to the pre-show to give both the performers the time they need.
Edited by Riju Dasgupta