The WWE pay per view, Fastlane, will return in the promotion’s 2021 calendar of events. The last time the event was held was in 2019, with the upcoming edition reportedly scheduled for March 21st.
FASTLANE WAS INTRODUCED AS THE LAST STOP DOWN THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA
Fastlane was introduced as a replacement for Elimination Chamber, in what was the final stoppage down the “road to Wrestlemania.” The name of the event is a reference to its position on. It occupied the February slot of WWE’s pay-per-view calendar. In 2015 and 2016, Fastlane was held in February until after WWE reinstated the brand split in July 2016, which moved it to March in the successive years.
In 2017, Fastlane was a Raw-exclusive pay-per-view and in 2018, it switched to being SmackDown-exclusive. In 2020, Fastlane was replaced by Super ShowDown on the pay-per-view calendar, but now, according to reports, it is back. WWE Fastlane 2021 will be held at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida.
WRESTLEMANIA 37 WILL ALSO BE A FLORIDA-HOSTED EVENT
Tied to this information is the recently revealed news that Wrestlemania 37 will now be held at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The stadium was the planned spot for Wrestlemania 36, but in a last-minute change necessitated by the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the location had to be changed.
The 37th iteration of the event was originally announced to be held in the city of Inglewood, California at SoFi Stadium on March 28, 2021. It would have been the first since ‘Mania 21 to be held in Greater Los Angeles, and the seventh held in the state of California (after 2, VII, XII, 2000, 21, and 31).
The SoFi Stadium has now been announced as the planned host of the 39th edition of WWE’s mega-event, with the 38th edition scheduled to be held at AT&T Stadium at Arlington, Texas.
The confirmed upcoming WWE pay per views are following:
January 31 – Royal Rumble from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL
February 14 – WWE NXT Takeover from Capitol Wrestling Arena in Orlando, FL
February 21 – Elimination Chamber from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL
March 21 – Fastlane from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL
April 10 and April 11 – WrestleMania 37 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL
