How WWE Fastlane 2019 Must End

by Michael Hamflett
Kofi Kingston
WWE.com

This piece started with a comment on the overstuffed go-home shows for Fastlane, but neither featured a live appearance from The New Day. Kofi, Big E and Xavier Woods were mentioned as being away with work on a promo tour of India, and promised for Sunday's show, but the trio don't have an actual role beyond their usual bout of merch-shifting banter.

How - should this even be the direction - will WWE get Kingston back in the match when the boss took him out in the first place? A babyface as earnest as Kofi simply took the demotion and left, so Becky Lynching his way to the title match wouldn't fit even if it wasn't yet another rip-off of all the action in the women's division.

Rather than being in the opening slot with their crowd-popping entrance, The New Day should be the last faces shown at Fastlane. Have them enter as a trio to save Owens from a beatdown from Bryan and cronies Rowan and Sami Zayn, spinning 'KO' into that WrestleMania programme while Kofi has his eyes on the prize.

WWE don't even need to announce the match that night (and could, in fact, build obstacles for him to knock down over the remaining weeks), but Kofi has at least fought for something, rather than stood for nothing.

Daniel Bryan fought for his dreams in 2018. He now stands opposite a man that must do the same at his expense one year later.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett