Fastlane (2016) February 21, 2016 Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar The winner faces Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32
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Fastlane (2016)
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Fastlane (2016)
Fastlane 2016.png
Promotional poster featuring Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar and Eva Marie.
Theme
song(s) "Watch This" by Will Roush[1]
Information
Promotion WWE
Sponsor(s) Tapout
Date February 21, 2016
Venue Quicken Loans Arena
City Cleveland, Ohio
WWE Network event chronology
Royal Rumble (2016) Fastlane (2016) March to WrestleMania: Live from Toronto
Fastlane chronology
Fastlane (2015) Fastlane (2016)
Fastlane (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on February 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] It will be the second event in the Fastlane chronology.
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1 Background
2 Matches
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Background
See also: Professional wrestling
Fastlane will consist of professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]
At the Royal Rumble event, Triple H won the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Dean Ambrose to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.[5] The following night on Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced a triple threat match featuring Ambrose, previous champion Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar at the event, with the winner facing Triple H at WrestleMania 32 for the championship.[6]
At Royal Rumble, Kalisto defeated Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE United States Championship.[5] Del Rio then invoked his rematch clause to face Kalisto for the title at the event.[7] On the February 15 episode of Raw, it was announced the match would take place on the Fastlane pre-show. Later in the show, Del Rio challenged Kalisto to a two-out-of-three falls match at the event.[8][9]
On the February 1 episode of Raw, Brie Bella defeated WWE Divas Champion Charlotte.[7] The following week on Raw, it was announced that Charlotte would defend the title against Brie Bella at the event.[10]
On the February 1 episode of Raw, Sasha Banks announced her split from Team B.A.D., causing her former teammates Naomi and Tamina to attack Banks during her match against Becky Lynch. Lynch assisted Banks, setting up a tag team match between the two teams for the event.[7][10]
On the February 15 episode of Raw, Kevin Owens won a fatal five-way match also involving Tyler Breeze, Dolph Ziggler, Stardust and previous champion Dean Ambrose to win his second Intercontinental Championship. Ziggler confronted Owens and challenged him to an Intercontinental championship match at the event. Later in the show, it was announced that Owens would defend the title against Ziggler at the event.[8]
On the February 15 episode of Raw, it was announced that Edge and Christian would host The New Day on The Cutting Edge Peep Show at the event.[11][8]
On the January 25 episode of Raw, Bray Wyatt defeated Kane. After the match, The Wyatt Family attacked Kane.[6] On the February 1 episode of Raw, Big Show defeated Erick Rowan. After the match, the Wyatt Family attacked Big Show.[7] On the February 8 episode of Raw, Wyatt defeated Ryback. After the match, the Wyatt Family attack Ryback.[10] On the February 15 episode of Raw, Big Show defeated Braun Strowman by disqualification due to the Wyatt Family attacking Big Show. Post-match, Ryback and Kane came out to assist Big Show.[8] On February 16, it was announced that Ryback, Big Show and Kane would face the Wyatt Family members Luke Harper, Rowan and Strowman in a Six-man tag team match at the event.[12]
Matches
No. Matches Stipulations
1P Kalisto (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio Two-out-of-three falls match for the WWE United States Championship[13]
2 Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar Triple threat match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 32[14]
3 Charlotte (c) vs. Brie Bella Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[15]
4 Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks vs. Naomi and Tamina Tag team match[16]
5 Kevin Owens (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[17]
6 Ryback, Big Show and Kane vs. The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman) Six-man tag team match[18]
7 AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho Singles match[19]
