
Fastlane was held during the transitional period (March 18 – April 4) and was simulcast on Peacock and the American WWE Network, which in turn made it the final PPV to air on the American WWE Network as following this transitional period, the American WWE Network shut down on April 4 this did not affect other countries, which maintained the separate WWE Network service (although a few other countries have since branched off onto other livestreaming platforms). The 2021 event was WWE's first PPV event to livestream on Peacock's WWE Network channel in the United States, following the merger of the American WWE Network under Peacock on March 18 that year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 event was held in WWE's bio-secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at Tropicana Field in St. In 2020, Fastlane was removed from the schedule to allow WWE to hold that year's Super ShowDown PPV however, Fastlane was reinstated in 2021. The 2018 event was then made a SmackDown-exclusive PPV, but this would be the final SmackDown-exclusive PPV, as well as WWE's final brand-exclusive PPV, as following WrestleMania 34 that year, brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued. The 2017 event was also held as a Raw-exclusive show, following the reintroduction of the WWE brand extension in mid-2016 where the promotion again split its roster into brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. In 2017, Fastlane was pushed back to March, with Elimination Chamber returning to its original February slot, which made Fastlane the first non-WrestleMania PPV to be held in March.

The event returned in 2016, also in February, thus establishing Fastlane as an annual PPV for the promotion. 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. For the 2015 calendar year, it replaced Elimination Chamber, which had been held in February from 2010 to 20 Elimination Chamber was in turn held in May.
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The American professional wrestling promotion WWE first held Fastlane on February 22, 2015, in Memphis, Tennessee, and it was broadcast live on pay-per-view (PPV) and was livestreamed on the WWE Network. With the event's revival in 2023, however, this theme was dropped due to Fastlane taking place six months after WrestleMania 39. The name of the event was originally a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania", as the event was held in the two-month period between the Royal Rumble and WWE's flagship event. After a two-year hiatus, Fastlane was again reinstated for 2023. The 2021 event was also WWE's first PPV available to livestream on Peacock in the United States before the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock and shut down on April 4, which also made it the final PPV available to stream on the American WWE Network before its closure.

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, but it was again discontinued. With the reintroduction of the brand extension in mid-2016, Fastlane was Raw-exclusive in 2017 and SmackDown-exclusive in 2018 before brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued following WrestleMania 34 that year. In 2023, the event will take place in October. Beginning 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. It is broadcast live and has been available through pay-per-view (PPV) and via livestreaming on the WWE Network since 2015 and Peacock since 2021. WWE Fastlane is a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut.
