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The official WWE Fastlane 2015 Poster featuring Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan
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The 2015 Fastlane was the inaugural Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It took place on February 22, 2015, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. Fastlane replaced Elimination Chamber in the February slot of WWE's PPV event calendar; Elimination Chamber itself was pushed back to May for 2015.
Seven matches were contested on the main card with no matches on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Dean Ambrose would defeat Roman Reigns where if he would win, he would be added to the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31 against his opponent tonight and the World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins. In the penultimate match, Brock Lesnar retained the WWE Championship against Randy Orton in a Extreme Rules Match, In another prominent matches, Seth Rollins defeated Bray Wyatt to retain his World Heavyweight Championship, Cesaro retained his Intercontinental Championship against Bad News Barrett and The Miz in a triple threat match, and Faria Paige defeated Brie Bella to retain her the Divas Championship. 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.
Production[]
Background[]
On December 8, 2014, WWE scheduled a pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event titled Fastlane to be held on February 22 that year at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. It replaced Elimination Chamber, which was previously held in February but was pushed back to May that year. The name "Fastlane" was chosen as 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. Tickets went on sale December 13.
Storylines[]
The event comprised seven matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown.