Fastlane (2019)
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The 2019 Fastlane was the fifth
Ten matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event,
Production
Background
Storylines
The event comprised 10 matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,
At
On the February 12 episode of SmackDown,
At Elimination Chamber,
On the February 19 episode of SmackDown, during a backstage segment,
At the
On the October 22, 2018, episode of Raw,
On the February 11 episode of Raw,
After several weeks of feuding, a match between Andrade and Rey Mysterio was scheduled for the Fastlane Kickoff pre-show.[22]
On March 8, a tag team match between The New Day (represented by Big E and Xavier Woods) and Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura was scheduled for the Fastlane Kickoff pre-show.[23]
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Michael Cole (Raw) |
Corey Graves (all matches) | |
Renee Young (Raw)
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Tom Phillips (SmackDown) | |
Byron Saxton (SmackDown) | |
Beth Phoenix (Women's Tag Team Title match) | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodríguez | |
German commentators | Carsten Schaefer |
Tim Haber | |
Calvin Knie | |
Ring announcers | Greg Hamilton (SmackDown) |
Mike Rome (Raw) | |
Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
Jason Ayers | |
Mike Chioda | |
John Cone | |
Darrick Moore | |
Chad Patton | |
Charles Robinson | |
Rod Zapata
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Interviewers | Charly Caruso |
Kayla Braxton | |
Pre-show panel | Jonathan Coachman |
Beth Phoenix | |
Sam Roberts | |
David Otunga | |
Christian | |
AJ Styles |
Pre-show
Backstage during the Fastlane Kickoff pre-show,
Also during the pre-show, Kofi Kingston was told that Vince McMahon had wanted to see him in regard to the WWE Championship match on the main card.[25]
In what then became the only match on the pre-show, The New Day (represented by Big E and Xavier Woods) faced Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura. In the end, Big E and Woods performed the "Midnight Hour" on Rusev to win the match.[25]
Preliminary matches
The actual pay-per-view opened with The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defending the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against The Miz and Shane McMahon. The climax saw Miz perform a
Next, Asuka defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Mandy Rose, who was accompanied by Sonya Deville. In the end, Rose tripped on the ring apron, which Deville had moved prior to obtaining a kendo stick, allowing Asuka to perform a
After that, The New Day's Kofi Kingston came out for what he thought was a triple threat match for SmackDown's WWE Championship, after Vince McMahon agreed to put Kingston in the WWE Championship match with Big E and Xavier Woods banned from ringside. However, Kingston ended up facing
In the fourth match, The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) defended the Raw Tag Team Championship in a triple threat tag team match against the teams of Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, and Aleister Black and Ricochet. In the end, The Revival performed "Shatter Machine" on Gable to retain the titles. After the match, Roode, Black, and Ricochet attacked The Revival, with Ricochet and Black performing their respective finishers on them.[26]
Next, Samoa Joe defended the United States Championship in a fatal four-way match against R-Truth (accompanied by Carmella), Andrade (accompanied by Zelina Vega), and Rey Mysterio. In the end, Mysterio performed the 619 on Joe and went for Droppin' the Dime, but Joe countered it into the "Coquina Clutch" on Mysterio, who passed out, thus Joe retained the title.[26]
After that, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) defended the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Nia Jax and Tamina. In the climax, Bayley countered a powerbomb attempt by Jax into a hurricanrana to retain the titles. After the match, Jax and Tamina attacked Banks and Bayley. Beth Phoenix, who was on commentary, came to their aid, but was attacked by Jax and Tamina. Natalya then came out to assist, but was also overpowered by Jax and Tamina.[26]
Next was the triple threat match for the WWE Championship that Vince McMahon announced earlier. After Kevin Owens and WWE Champion Daniel Bryan (accompanied by
In the penultimate match, Becky Lynch faced Charlotte Flair with the stipulation that if Lynch won, she would be added back into the Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 35 to make that match a triple threat match. Lynch showed up with crutches and during the match, Flair focused on Lynch's injured knee. Lynch intercepted a Moonsault from Charlotte, who managed to enter the ring at the eight count. Lynch applied the Dis-arm-her, but Flair escaped the hold and applied the
In a small filler segment, Elias appeared to sing to the crowd, but was interrupted by
Main event
In the main event, The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins) faced Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, and Bobby Lashley in a six-man tag team match. Throughout the match, both teams fought all over the arena and executed their respective finishers, but the match continued. In the climax, The Shield performed a triple powerbomb on McIntyre through an announce table. The Shield then performed their respective finishers on Corbin and then another triple powerbomb on Corbin for the win. Afterwards, the three hugged in the ring and did their signature fistbump to end the event.[26]
Aftermath
The 2019 Fastlane event was the final Fastlane to occur until the 2021 event. In 2020, Fastlane was removed from the schedule to allow WWE to hold that year's Super ShowDown PPV.[27]
Raw
The following night on Raw, The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) opened the show. Reigns stated that if Fastlane was The Shield's final match together, he had no regrets. Reigns then thanked Ambrose and Rollins, after which, Rollins turned his attention to his WrestleMania 35 match against Universal Champion
Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey said she interfered in Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair's match to embarrass and expose them both. She said that both were a joke and could defeat both in a handicap match. Rousey was interrupted by Dana Brooke, however, Rousey attacked Brooke with the Piper's Pit.[28] The following week, Rousey easily retained the Raw Women's Championship against Brooke, and after the match, Rousey kept the armbar applied until referees broke it up. Rousey then attacked a security guard and her husband, Travis Browne, attacked another before leaving.[29]
Aleister Black and Ricochet then faced and defeated Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. Afterwards, The Revival attacked Black and Ricochet from behind.[28]
Natalya, accompanied by Beth Phoenix, faced Nia Jax, accompanied by Tamina. The match ended in disqualification after Phoenix attacked Jax. After the match backstage, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) attacked Jax and Tamina.
SmackDown
On the following episode of SmackDown, Daniel Bryan teamed up with Erick Rowan to take on Mustafa Ali and Kevin Owens in a winning effort.[35]
Also on SmackDown, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) confronted Vince McMahon and Kingston asked what he had to do to get a WWE Championship match. Mr. McMahon stated that Kingston was not championship material, but if he could defeat Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, Cesaro, Sheamus, and Rowan in a gauntlet match the following week, he would receive a WWE Championship match against Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35.
Shane McMahon addressed his attack on The Miz. He said that he was tired of being used and that he enjoyed beating up Miz and wanted to do it again at WrestleMania 35. He then scheduled a match between himself and Miz for WrestleMania 35.[35] The match was then stipulated as a Falls Count Anywhere match.[36]
Randy Orton compared his WWE career to that of AJ Styles' career on the indies, including Styles' time in
Sonya Deville faced Asuka in a non-title match. A similar incident occurred with the ring apron, but this time with Mandy Rose causing Deville to trip on it, causing her to lose the match.[35]
Becky Lynch claimed that she had used mind games on Ronda Rousey, essentially tricking her into getting Lynch back into the WrestleMania match. Charlotte Flair then came out and claimed that neither Lynch or Rousey would be relevant without her and that she was "Ms. WrestleMania".
Samoa Joe and Andrade teamed up to face R-Truth and Rey Mysterio in which Mysterio pinned Joe. Joe then attacked Truth after the match.[35] The following week, Mysterio announced that he would be facing Joe for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 35.[33]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times Six-man tag team match[49] | 24:50 | |||
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- ^ Big E and Xavier Woods were banned from ringside.
- WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 35.
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