WWE first held Fastlane on February 22, 2015, and it was broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network. The event was produced annually until 2020 when Fastlane was removed from the schedule to allow WWE to hold that year's Super ShowDown PPV however, Fastlane was reinstated in 2021. With the reintroduction of the brand extension, Fastlane was Raw-exclusive in 2017 and SmackDown-exclusive in 2018 before WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 34 that year. The name of the event is a reference to its position on the 'Road to WrestleMania,' being held in the two-month period between the Royal Rumble and WWE's flagship event.īeginning in 2017, the event moved to March, which made it WWE's first non-WrestleMania PPV to be held in March.
The event was established in 2015 and replaced Elimination Chamber in the February slot of WWE's pay-per-view calendar Elimination Chamber was pushed back to May that year. WWE Fastlane is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut.