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This did not affect other countries, which maintain the separate WWE Network service distributed by WWE. shut down on April 4, with future events only available via Peacock's WWE Network channel and traditional PPV, which in turn also made Fastlane the very last in-ring event to air on the standalone version of the American WWE Network before its shutdown.

After a brief transitional period, the standalone version of the WWE Network in the U.S. As a result, Fastlane was the first pay-per-view to air on Peacock's WWE Network channel. On March 18, the WWE Network became a premium channel under Peacock, with premium subscribers to the service receiving access to the WWE Network at no additional cost.

On January 25, 2021, WWE announced that the WWE Network would become exclusively distributed by Peacock in the United States as part of a new agreement with NBCUniversal, which airs Monday Night Raw and NXT on the USA Network. The sixth event in the Fastlane chronology, it was held on Maand featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event was held annually until 2020 when Fastlane was removed from the schedule to allow WWE to hold that year's Super ShowDown PPV, but Fastlane was reinstated in 2021. 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. In other prominent matches, Drew McIntyre defeated Sheamus in a No Holds Barred match, Seth Rollins defeated Shinsuke Nakamura, Big E defeated Apollo Crews to retain SmackDown's Intercontinental Championship, and Alexa Bliss defeated Randy Orton in an intergender match thanks to the return of 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt following a three-month storyline absence.įastlane is a pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event first produced by WWE in 2015. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan to retain SmackDown's Universal Championship with Edge as the special guest enforcer. It was also WWE's first PPV event to livestream on Peacock in the United States, and the last to be available on the standalone version of the American WWE Network before its shutdown on April 4.Įight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. It was the first Fastlane event held since 2019.

Petersburg, Florida-it was WWE's final PPV presented from Tropicana Field during the COVID-19 pandemic as the ThunderDome was relocated to the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida due to the start of the 2021 Tampa Bay Rays season. The event took place on March 21, 2021, from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at Tropicana Field in St. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

#FASTLANE MATCH PROFESSIONAL#

The 2021 Fastlane was the sixth and final Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring Drew McIntyre

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