Cena defeated Styles, turning the championship match into a six-pack challenge. Bryan gave him the opportunity to be added to the WWE Championship match at Fastlane if he could defeat Styles in a non-title match. On the February 27 episode, John Cena, a non-exclusive wrestler who could appear on Raw and SmackDown, who was unsuccessful in becoming the number one contender for Raw's Universal Championship at Elimination Chamber two nights prior, made his return to SmackDown, determined to earn a match at WrestleMania 34. Corbin and Ziggler won their respective matches, thus making it a fatal five-way for the WWE Championship at Fastlane. In response, Shane scheduled Owens to face Corbin and Zayn to face Ziggler, with both Corbin and Ziggler being added if they won their respective matches, while also threatening that if Owens or Zayn interfered in the other's match, that person would be removed from the title match. Before that match started, Owens and Zayn attacked Corbin in the backstage area and later went after Ziggler to prevent either from being added. Commissioner Shane McMahon then announced on Twitter that the winner of a match between Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin the following week would be added to the championship match to make it a fatal four-way. Their match ended in a double disqualification, however, as Styles was provoked by Zayn and attacked both men, leading to Bryan scheduling a triple threat match between the three for the title. During the match, there were tensions between Owens and Zayn as a result of General Manager Daniel Bryan scheduling them to face each other the following week to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at Fastlane. Styles and Nakamura then teamed up and defeated Owens and Zayn. On the following episode of SmackDown, Owens and Zayn interrupted 2018 Men's Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura and said that they should be the co-WWE Champions, but the referee failed at his job. Īt the Royal Rumble, AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match to retain the WWE Championship, although Owens, who was pinned, was not the legal man. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the SmackDown brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show, SmackDown Live.
#2018 FASTLANE CARD SERIES#
The event comprised seven matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, 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.
Tickets went on sale December 8 through Ticketmaster. The event aired on pay-per-view worldwide and was livestreamed on the WWE Network. Announced on December 4, 2017, the fourth Fastlane was held on March 11 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. While the 2017 event was a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV), the 2018 event exclusively featured wrestlers from the SmackDown brand division. The name of the event was 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 the first two Fastlane events were held in February before moving to March.
#2018 FASTLANE CARD PROFESSIONAL#
Production Background The event was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.įastlane was a professional wrestling event first produced by WWE in 2015. In other prominent matches, Randy Orton defeated Bobby Roode to win his first United States Championship, becoming the eighteenth Grand Slam Champion in the process, and Charlotte Flair retained the SmackDown Women's Championship against Ruby Riott, after which, women's Royal Rumble winner Asuka from the Raw brand made her SmackDown debut to challenge Flair for the title at WrestleMania 34. 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 John Cena. Seven matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The 2018 event was the final SmackDown-exclusive pay-per-view and subsequently the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view under the second brand split as following WrestleMania 34 in April, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs. The event took place on March 11, 2018, at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It was held exclusively for wresters from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. The 2018 Fastlane was the fourth Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.
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