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. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show SmackDown Live.
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The card featured seven matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the SmackDown brand. The fourth event in the Fastlane chronology, the 2018 event was held on March 11 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. While the 2017 event was a Raw-exclusive PPV, the 2018 event exclusively featured wrestlers from the SmackDown brand. 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 the first two Fastlane events were held in February before moving to March. On the undercard, 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.įastlane is a pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event first produced by WWE in 2015.
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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 free agent 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 aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network and 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.
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'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt returned and helped Alexa Bliss beat Randy Orton in a spooky encounter.The 2018 Fastlane was the fourth Fastlane professional wrestling event produced by WWE. Seth Rollins overcame Shinsuke Nakamura in an exciting bout thanks to a Curb Stomp.īritish legend Drew McIntyre defeated Sheamus in a brutal No Holds Barred Match and is now set to battle WWE Champion Bobby Lashley at WrestleMania 37. Intercontinental Champion Big E defeated Apollo Crews in a horrible finish that saw the titleholder getting the pin in the most disappointing way possible.īraun Strowman beat Shane McMahon's replacement Elias after Vince McMahon's son suffered a supposed injury before the show. SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks and her No1 contender Bianca Belair fell out after losing to WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.
US Champion Riddle overcame Mustafa Ali on the pre-show with a devastating Broderick off the top rope and handed him a defeat that led to the end of Retribution. The final stop to WrestleMania 37 has come to an end, and what a Fastlane that was!