WWE Fastlane 2019: 5 Potential Finishes for The Miz & Shane McMahon vs The Usos

So we are just days away from this Sunday's WWE Fastlane, where the WWE will be bringing to you eight matches, including the Kickoff show as move along on the road to WrestleMania 35.

One of the more compelling matches on the card features a WWE SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship match between The Usos, who recently recaptured the titles from their challengers, the team of The Miz and Shane McMahon, at the Elimination Chamber in February.

In the midst of the title change, The Miz confronted Shane McMahon on the following SmackDown Live, where he apologized profusely to his tag partner for letting him down. This led to an interruption from The Usos, where they offered Shane and The Miz a rematch for the tag team titles here at Fastlane, to which both men easily accepted.

Now having said that, let's get down to it and countdown the top five finishes (scenarios) we could see from our upcoming contest between The Usos, Shane McMahon and The Miz.

#1 - The Usos retain... and we have a heel turn!

The Usos celebrating with the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship

One of our the scenarios we could see coming out of this match would be a finish in which we would see The Usos hold on to the SmackDown Live Team Championships by defeating The Miz and Shane McMahon, albeit with a few shenanigans (i.e. foreign objects, a handful of tights, etc.).

Out of sheer frustration and humiliation, we see the aftermath take place with Shane McMahon turning his back on The Miz, showing his true colours to the WWE Universe, as he would attack The Miz in front his family, his friends and his hometown crowd in Cleveland, Ohio.

It's been a long time since we have seen Shane McMahon as a heel character. The turn has been teased since November's "Crown Jewel" pay-per-view, where Shane substituted himself in the finals of the "Best in the World" cup tournament, taking an injured Miz out of the match to challenge Dolph Ziggler to win the tournament.

The seeds were planted and have been allowed to grow since that time. Will Shane finally have enough of The Miz? Could we see the long-awaited showdown between Shane McMahon and The Miz take place at WrestleMania 35?

#2 - Shane McMahon & The Miz become the new SmackDown Live Tag Team Champions!!

The Miz & Shane McMahon after winning the SmackDown Live Tag Titles at the Royal Rumble.

The next scenario could be considered lame by some, but not outside the realm of possibilities.

The WWE could pull a swerve by giving the WWE Universe a straight up match where we could see Shane McMahon and The Miz defeat The Usos cleanly. No strings attached. No outside interference. No shenanigans. How about a good, clean victory in The Miz's backyard? The crowd will be solidly behind "The Must See" former WWE Champion after all.

Could you imagine the moment Miz would have by regaining the SmackDown Live Tag Team Champion in front of his wife, his daughter, and of course, the man he wishes to make proud and to honour; his father! With Shane O'Mac at his side and just as motivated to regain the titles, I would not be too surprised to see this type of finish take place.

One could question where would the WWE go with this? I believe you could have The Miz and Shane McMahon capture the titles, then book a special Tag Team Gauntlet match for WrestleMania, where you could have Shane and The Miz run through all the SmackDown Live Tag Teams (or even a few random pairings, mind you, for added sizzle to the steak) as a way to test the endurance and the will of the best tag team in the world. Could you imagine if The Miz and Shane McMahon were to defeat all the SmackDown Live Tag Teams in one night from start to finish?

That would truly be a feat beyond belief. Yet a match that we wouldn't mind seeing as a means to give Shane McMahon and The Miz their own special WrestleMania moment at MetLife Stadium.

#3 - Let's further the angle, shall we?

Shane McMahon being helped to the backstage area following a crazy bump at the Survivor Series (2018).

The next finish could tie in a scenario that can easily take place and lead to a heel turn as we inch closer to WrestleMania 35. The idea that I am suggesting would see Shane McMahon being laid out backstage during the kickoff show.

The Miz is concerned for his partner, automatically assuming Jimmy and Jey Uso had something to do with it, as we see WWE security and EMT's evaluating Shane. This would leave his status for Fastlane "up in the air".

The show would go on, as we would learn that Shane McMahon is unable to compete tonight due to those injuries that were suffered (i.e. - concussion). Therefore, The Miz would bravely go at it alone by facing The Usos by himself in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match with the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships at stake.

The Miz would put up a fight, giving it all he's got, only to come up short as a two-man advantage would prove to be too much for The Miz to overcome.

We move on to the following SmackDown Live, where we would be provided with an update on Shane McMahon, as he would make an appearance for the first time since his injury at Fastlane.

A tearful Shane McMahon would be a guest on "MizTV", where we would have The Miz at ringside. Shane would come out in a sombre mood, feeling emotional, as he felt that he let The Miz down (ironically, a play on what The Miz had done weeks ago following Elimination Chamber). The Miz would accept the apology as the two embrace, etc.

Moments later, Shane would then attack The Miz when he is caught off guard and not expecting it, as he would turn heel in the process. Shane would go on the following week to say the whole "injury" angle at Fastlane was a setup by Shane McMahon as a means to set up The Miz for humiliation in front of his hometown crowd, that he was sick and tired of The Miz's attitude, his arrogance, telling the world how much he hated him and that everything that led up to this heel turn was an elaborate scheme from Crown Jewel to show that he is indeed the "Best in the World", not The Miz and not anyone else on the WWE roster.

Obviously, this angle would lead into a match at WrestleMania 35 between the two men. Perhaps a No Holds Barred or a No DQ match would be a great way to spice things up, since The Miz would be out for blood to get his vengeance on the man who has betrayed him and led him to believe that he was his best friend and partner.

#4 - A little outside interference never hurts, or does it?

Going outside the box and thinking of other ways we could see an interesting finish for Fastlane. I have come up with an angle that would be controversial, yet intriguing from a wrestling perspective.

The angle suggested here would be played out at Fastlane, where we would see Naomi make an appearance at ringside during the closing moments of the match. Naomi, who we have to remember here is still a babyface character in spite of the heel Usos, would come out to obviously support her husband Jimmy Uso.

Naomi would become overzealous and carried away during the conclusion of the match, as she would watch The Miz and Shane McMahon close out the match, as The Miz would connect with a Skull Crushing Finale on Jimmy Uso in order to go for the pin attempt.

She would jump on the apron to distract the referee. In the meantime, Shane and Jey Uso are fighting on the opposite side of the ring on the arena floor, oblivious to what is happening inside the ring with Naomi and the referee.

Maryse, who we know is legit pregnant with child, would rush down to ringside and pull Naomi off the apron. Maryse and Naomi would start to argue at ringside, resulting in Naomi losing her temper and shoving Maryse down to the ground. Maryse would start to cry immediately, fearing that her unborn child is hurt.

Naomi, realizing what she had done, would quickly become apologetic but it's too little too late. The Miz breaks up his own pin, runs over the ropes and realizes what had just happened by putting two and two together. Before he could react, Jimmy Uso would quickly roll-up The Miz with a handful of tights to get the quick 1,2,3.

With The Uso's retaining their titles, the concern however quickly switches over to Maryse and her unborn child. The Miz rushes down to the arena floor, starts cursing at Naomi as he tends to his wife with tears flowing down their faces. The Uso's would quickly run over and grab Naomi to pull her away and to get the hell outta dodge.

This would lead into one final match between The Uso's, Shane McMahon and The Miz at WrestleMania 35. However, we would learn in the weeks leading into the match that Maryse and her baby is fine (thank god!), but the scar of what had happened would run deep, as The Miz would be looking to honour his wife and children for their humiliation.

As a twist, Naomi would be added to the match at WrestleMania in a 3-on-2 handicap match scenario, intergender style. Naomi can certainly go with anyone, man or woman, inside the ring and therefore that would be the payoff as we would see Naomi and The Miz have their angle play out with The Miz connecting with a Skull Crushing Finale to Naomi so that he and Shane could pick up the win and recapture the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania.

Again, the angle is definitely controversial. It's meant to ruffle feathers, pull some strings, etc. Will it happen? Likely not, but it would make for some very interesting storytelling and to further push this feud to a whole new personal level.

#5 - No Contest. What's next?

Our final finish or scenario could lead to other implications that could setup for a great contest at WrestleMania 35, in general. The idea is for the match between The Usos and Shane McMahon and The Miz to end in a no contest. Now, I know what you're thinking. Big deal. No contest? The champs would retain in the event of a no contest or a draw, right?

Well, here's when things could get interesting.

Let's just play off the fact that at Fastlane, the match between these two teams ends in a no contest or a draw. We use the scenario where both teams would get into such a heated brawl the referee would have no choice but to throw the contest out completely as a result of a double DQ finish. On paper, yes, for a pay-per-view event that finish sucks. We get it! However, this is about the big picture and the big picture is this, ladies and gentlemen.

I believe that after the many great matches these two teams have had, they deserve to have one final blow-off match for WrestleMania to conclude the feud, crown the definitive SmackDown Live Tag Team Champions and send the winning team riding off into the sunset.

One of the best matches in WrestleMania history was a 60-minute Ironman Match between "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Micheals and Bret "Hitman" Hart from WrestleMania XII. What does this match have to do with anything? Allow me to elaborate and get right down to the point.

What if, we were to hold a 30-minute Tag Team Ironman Match between The Usos, Shane McMahon and The Miz to crown who is once and for all the Undisputed SmackDown Live Tag Team Champions? Let these two teams duke it out for 30 minutes. Let the match get down the wire. Either with no falls or we have an evenly exchanged match where both teams are tying it up as we get closer and closer to the conclusion. Let's end the match with an even score, but with Vince McMahon coming out to pull a "Gorilla Monsoon" moment from WrestleMania XII to restart the match under sudden death rules, where we must have a definitive winner. From this point, we have either team getting the victory and celebrating in what would be (on paper) an underrated match, but a match that exceeded all expectations, wow'd the audience and will stand out as one of the greatest WrestleMania matches of all-time for many years to come!