6 Biggest Missed Opportunities From WWE Fastlane 2019

6. A Lack Of Structure

In terms of match quality, Fastlane was actually pretty good. However, in terms of match presentation, it was just all over the place.

The top half was front-loaded with SmackDown matches. Including the kick-off show, the first four contests were exclusive to the blue brand. Not only was this incredibly uninspired booking that made the show feel rather uneven, it once again positioned SmackDown as the less important show.

You could make a case for the show's structure based on how the amount of SmackDown matches drastically outnumbered the red brand's offerings, but the powers-that-be could have at least moved one of the Raw matches to the first hour just to split things up, and make it at least appear like the SmackDown-heavy opening wasn't just serving as nothing more than groundwork for the inevitable dual main events from Raw.

Moreover, all of the last-minute additions to the card (through Kofi's handicap match against The Bar and the Fatal 4-Way U.S. Title match) resulted in a heap of multi-superstar matches all taking place consecutively, leaving us with very little one-on-one action throughout the night and an incredibly muddled and uneven show.