10 HUGE WWE Fastlane 2019 Predictions You Need To Know
Fork In The Road.
There are few shows on the WWE pay-per-view calendar that feel as forced as Fastlane, but the typically-ungainly February supercard has this year served a greater purpose for a roster that - in the main, are yet to find out their WrestleMania fate.
It's been cursed in its short lifespan as an event without storyline reason to be. The most transparent of all the WWE Network cash grabs, another pay-per-view bridging the relatively short push from Elimination Chamber to WrestleMania often needlessly needles with main event programmes that could do with a bit of separation ahead of the 'Show Of Shows' - the company have more than enough television hours with which to do just that.
With a week to go, very little looked different about 2019's offering, but WWE have produced a rather appealing card out of the blue. A gem bolsters the Kickoff Show, a fresh WWE Championship match provides no clear clue on the future of the title itself at WrestleMania, whilst another Becky Lynch/Charlotte Flair scrap almost guarantees at least one memorable match from a card bursting with potential sleeper hits.
Fastlane is ordinarily knacked by predictability as much as everything else working against it. The same cannot be said for this year's supershow...
10. Rey Mysterio Vs. Andrade
A very WWE decision to put this on the Fastlane pre-show, this combination has lit up SmackDown Live in every singles and tag combination for months to the extent that most have assumed it'd make the WrestleMania main card. Instead, their task at hand is to top everything Buddy Murphy's been doing on the Kickoff for months.
The pair have seemingly inserted everything into their encounters thus far - Andrade's devastating backfists have been as quick-and-deadly as Mysterio's old aerial attacks, whilst the pair have managed to sneak piledrivers back into company canon with a cacophony of Canadian Destroyers.
It'll be a miscarriage of justice if any of this is briefly broken up by an advert for another match on the main show, but if two men can keep Kevin Dunn's finger off the cutaway trigger, it's these two. The former 'Cien' needs the win after a series of pinfall losses, and Rey's protected enough to absorb a loss that'll go unseen by half the audience.
Winner - Andrade