Fastlane (PPV)

Fastlane is a professional wrestling event produced annually by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It replaced Elimination Chamber in the February slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar. The name of the event is a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania". In 2015 and 2016, Fastlane was held in February until after WWE reinstated the brand split in July 2016, which moved it to March in the seceding years. In 2017, Fastlane was a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view and in 2018, it switched to being SmackDown-exclusive.
==2015==
Seven matches were contested on the main card with no match on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship shot against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31. Also at the event Triple H had a "face-to-face" confrontation with Sting.
The event received 46,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the Elimination Chamber 2014 figure of 183,000 buys, which predated the launch of the WWE Network.
==2016==
The event consisted of eight matches (including the pre-show). In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match to become the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to face Triple H at WrestleMania 32.
==2017==
Ten matches were contested at the event with one match on the pre-show. In the main event, Goldberg defeated Kevin Owens to win the WWE Universal Championship, becoming the only person to win the Universal Championship, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship, and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. On the undercard, Roman Reigns defeated Braun Strowman, ending Strowman's undefeated streak, Bayley retained the Raw Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair, thus ending Flair's undefeated streak in singles matches at pay-per-views, Neville retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Gentleman Jack Gallagher, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson retained the Raw Tag Team Championship against Enzo Amore and Big Cass.
==2018==
Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show. In the main event, AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship in a six-pack challenge against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, and free agent John Cena. On the undercard, Randy Orton defeated Bobby Roode to win his first United States Championship, becoming the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in the process. Charlotte Flair also retained the SmackDown Women's Championship against Ruby Riott, after which, women's Royal Rumble winner Asuka from the Raw brand made her Fastlane debut to challenge Flair for the title at WrestleMania 34.
==Fastlane dates and venues==
	Raw-branded event		SmackDown-branded event
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Main event
Fastlane 2015	February 22, 2015	Memphis, Tennessee 	FedEx Forum 	
Fastlane 2016	February 21, 2016	Cleveland, Ohio 	Quicken Loans Arena 	
Fastlane 2017	March 5, 2017 	Milwaukee, Wisconsin 	BMO Harris Bradley Center	
Fastlane 2018	March 11, 2018 	Columbus, Ohio 	Nationwide Arena 	
Fastlane 2019	March 10, 2019 	Cleveland, Ohio 	Quicken Loans Arena 	
Fastlane 2021	March 21, 2021 	St. Petersburg, Florida	Tropicana Field 	
Fastlane 2023	October 7, 2023 	Indianapolis, Indiana 	Gainbridge Fieldhouse 	
==Posters==
WWE Fast Lane 2015.png|Fastlane 2015
WWE Fastlane 2016 Poster.png|Fastlane 2016
Fastlane 2017 Poster.jpg|Fastlane 2017
Fastlane 2018 poster.jpeg|Fastlane 2018
Fastlane 2019 poster.jpeg|Fastlane 2019
Fastlane 2021 poster.jpg|Fastlane 2021
Fastlane 2023 poster.jpg|Fastlane 2023
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*List of WWE Network events
==External links==
*Fastlane Official Website
* Fastlane on WWE Network
Category:World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events
Category:Fast Lane PPV