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Fastlane is the final pay-per-view stop on the Road To WrestleMania and it appears that there could be some interesting plans for the show. With Becky Lynch looking to book her place in the WrestleMania main event, whilst Kevin Owens battles it out for the WWE Championship and The Shield reunite one more time, WWE also has to look at the bigger picture heading into WrestleMania 35.
Fastlane has never been seen as the biggest show of the year since the pay-per-view needs to be understated enough that it doesn't over face WrestleMania but at the same time this is the event that needs to hype up the WWE Universe before the company lands in New York for the biggest show of the year next month.
Statistics are something that follow WWE superstars around throughout their careers and here are just five interesting ones worth knowing heading into tonight's show.
#5. Roman Reigns could make Fastlane history
Roman Reigns finally returns to action tonight as he teams with his Shield brothers against the team of Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre, and if this match is made the main event of the show, then Roman Reigns will become the first WWE superstar to have main evented the show on three separate occasions.
Roman main evented in 2015 against Daniel Bryan and again in 2016 against Dean Ambrose and Brock Lesnar, but he isn't the only star looking for this accolade. Kevin Owens could also make history as the first ever three-time Fastlane main eventer if his WWE Championship match against Daniel Bryan is made the main event instead.
Owens main evented back in 2017 against Goldberg for the Universal Championship and again last year in a six-pack Challenge so he could be looking to main event another show tonight.
#4. Women's Tag Team Championships
There was a time when WWE didn't have enough Championships to put on an effective "Night of Champions" show without having at least one "non-title match" but over the past few years the company has unveiled so many Championships that it's hard for all of them to be defended at the same event anymore.
This weekend will make history in traditional WWE fashion as Sasha Banks and Bayley defend their Women's Tag Team Championships against the team of Nia Jax and Tamina. The Women's Tag Team Championships were only unveiled last month at Elimination Chamber and Banks and Bayley are yet to defend the titles since they were victorious inside Satan's structure.
It will be interesting to see if Banks and Bayley are victorious in their first defense as Champions or if Nia Jax can become The Face Breaker once again.
#3. No Superstar has competed at every Fastlane event
Fastlane only became an annual event back in 2015 but over the years the event has been SmackDown and Raw exclusive which has meant that no WWE superstar has been able to be part of every version of the show.
Charlotte Flair and Roman Reigns come the closest since they compete in their fourth Fastlane event tonight after Reigns missed out on last year's show since it was SmackDown exclusive and Charlotte wasn't part of the show back in 2017 when the rights belonged to Raw.
Fastlane has been a place filler over the past few years, which is why of the 15 title matches that have been booked on the card over the past four years, just two have changed hands. With the show being so close to WrestleMania, WWE is too scared to make too many changes and this has definitely affected the entertainment level and the predictability of the show.
#2. Tamina's Long Wait
Tamina teams up with Nia Jax tonight at Fastlane to take on Sasha Banks and Bayley for the Women's Tag Team Championships. Jax is a former Women's Champion so she is completely aware of what it takes to become a Champion in WWE, but Tamina hasn't lifted gold in her lengthy career.
Tamina is currently WWE's longest-tenured female wrestler to have not lifted gold, a long wait that could end this weekend. The second generation star debuted back in May 2010 and has waited almost nine years for her chance to become a Champion, which is the longest of any tenured female wrestler in the history of the company.
2019 WWE Hall of Famer Torrie Wilson comes close since she signed for WWE in 2001 and retired in 2008, but her entire career without a Championship only lasted seven years.
#1. The Shield's final blow out
The Shield team together for the final time tonight as they look to settle some business with WWE's newest up and coming trio in the form of Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Drew McIntyre. The trio are already aware of The Shield's previous accolades as a team heading into tonight's showdown, but this is the first time Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose have teamed together at a Fastlane pay-per-view.
In fact, this is the first time since the first Fastlane pay-per-view that all three members of The Shield have been on the card. 2016 was missing an injured Seth Rollins, 2017 was missing both Rollins and Ambrose and 2018 was SmackDown exclusive.
Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose have been on opposing sides before whilst Seth Rollins has also been seen as the heel in The Authority, but since Fastlane pay-per-views began back in 2015 which was a year after the trio split, this is the first time they have been able to team together which is why many fans believe that this will be tonight's main event match.
