4 Unnoticed Similarities between WWE Fastlane 2018 and 2019

WWE Fastlane was the final pay-per-view before the company's grandest show, WrestleMania. The WWE Universe has always disliked the show because of its poor quality. Also, the booking on the show has also been under par since the pay-per-view's inception. Many members of the WWE Universe call it a curse and have even called for its ouster from the WWE pay-per-view calendar.

However, WWE has not discontinued the pay-per-view yet and given the show that Vince McMahon and co. gave to the fans this past Sunday, it looks like we may see many more Fastlane pay-per-views in the future. By far, this was the best Fastlane event in history as not much decision was met with negative response from the WWE Universe.

Also, the final Shield reunion played a major role in improving the show's quality. Besides, there were also a few similarities between the Fastlane pay-per-views of 2018 and 2019 which went unnoticed by the WWE Universe.

So, without further ado, let's have a look at the 4 unnoticed similarities between the Fastlane PPVs of 2018 and 2019.

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#4 Six men in the main event

The main event of WWE Fastlane 2019 was a 6 man tag team match

The 2018 Fastlane pay-per-view was headlined by the WWE Championship match. The WWE Champion, AJ Styles defended his title against John Cena, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin in a 6-pack challenge match. AJ Styles successfully retained his WWE Championship after a gruelling encounter.

In the 2019 edition, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose teamed up for one last time to take on the team of Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley. The Shield emerged victorious from the main event as they pinned Baron Corbin after hitting a Shield Triple Power Bomb.

Co-incidentally, Baron Corbin was involved in both the six-man main event matches of WWE Fastlane. Also, Roman Reigns achieved a unique record of main eventing Fastlane thrice, a feat which is unmatched in the WWE so far.

#3 Bobby Roode competed in a title match

Bobby Roode defended his United States Championship against Randy Orton at Fastlane 2018

The Glorious One Bobby Roode has been in a title feud on both the Fastlane pay-per-views that he has competed in. On the 2018 show, Roode defended his United States Championship against Randy Orton in a singles match. The former NXT champion lost his title after Randy pinned him after an RKO.

This year, Roode teamed up with Chad Gable to challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championships. This was a triple threat match also featuring champions The Revival and the NXT tag team of Ricochet and Aleister Black. The Revival retained the tag team championships after pinning Chad Gable.

All the three teams got physical after the match ended as Aleister Black and Ricochet stood tall in the end. Roode, despite being in title matches, could not walk into WrestleMania as a champion.

#2 Kevin Owens is in the WWE Championship match

Daniel Bryan put his WWE Championship on the line against Kevin Owens and Mustafa Ali in a triple threat match last Sunday

The WWE Championship is a title which Kevin Owens has never won in his career. He has won the Intercontinental title, the US title and even the Universal title but the WWE title has always escaped from Owens' hands.

He had tried to win the title at Fastlane 2018 in a six-pack challenge match also involving the champion AJ Styles, John Cena, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn and Dolph Ziggler. Owens could not win his maiden WWE title last year.

But, he once again found himself in the WWE Championship match in the year 2019. This time it was in a triple threat match also featuring the champion Daniel Bryan and Mustafa Ali. However, history repeated itself as Owens could not win the title despite being handed over a match by Vince McMahon himself.

#1 The Usos defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championships

The original 'Best Tag Team in the World'

The Usos have been the most consistent tag team on SmackDown Live ever since the brand split that took place in 2016. They have held the titles on numerous occasions and have almost always been in the tag team title picture on the blue brand.

At Fastlane 2018, the Usos had defended their SmackDown tag team championships against the New Day. The Bludgeon Brothers had interrupted the match leading to a disqualification finish. And, at Fastlane 2019, last Sunday, the Usos put their titles on the line against Shane McMahon and the Miz.

Jimmy and Jey retained the championships on both the occasions and the Samoan twins will walk into the 2nd straight WrestleMania as tag team champions.