IWE Fastlane (2017)

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Fastlane (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event produced by IWE for the Raw brand. It will take place on March 5, 2017 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This will be the third event in the Fastlane chronology.

Background

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The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by IWE on the Raw brand. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television show Monday Night Raw and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.

On the January 2, 2017, episode of Raw, Goldberg was the first guest on The Kevin Owens Show, where he got into a confrontation with IWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens. Goldberg declared that he would win the Royal Rumble and face Owens for the championship at WrestleMania 33. After failing to win the Royal Rumble match, Goldberg appeared on the February 6 episode of Raw originally to answer Rob Lesnar's WrestleMania challenge. Goldberg interrupted Owens' and United States Champion Chris Jericho's segment, accepted Lesnar's challenge, and then challenged Owens for the Universal Championship at Fastlane. Jericho accepted the match on the behalf of Owens, and it was made official later that night. Owens was initially mad at the decision, but conceded, knowing that Jericho would have his back in the match.

At Royal Rumble on January 29, 2017, Braun Strowman interfered in the IWE Universal Championship match between Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns, attacking Reigns. The following night on Raw, Strowman revealed that he had helped Owens retain the Universal Championship because of his dislike for Reigns and because Owens had promised him a title shot. Owens denied this before Strowman revealed footage where Owens stated that Strowman would be the next person to get an opportunity after he defeated Reigns at the Royal Rumble. General Manager Mick Foley then scheduled the match for later that night where Owens won by disqualification when Reigns interfered in the match and attacked Strowman. On the February 6 episode of Raw, after easily dispatching of four local competitors, Strowman demanded better competition from Foley. Foley then scheduled Strowman to face Reigns at Fastlane. During Reigns' match against Samoa Simpson later that night, Strowman came out and caused a distraction for Reigns, allowing Joe to win. Strowman then brutally attacked Reigns.

At Royal Rumble, Neville captured the IWE Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Rich Swann. The following night on Raw, Neville came out for a "coronation", but was interrupted by Swann, who stated that he would get a rematch, and then a brawl ensued. The next night on 205 Live, it was revealed that Swann got injured during their confrontation on Raw. On the February 6 episode of Raw, Austin Aries revealed to Neville that a Fatal 5-Way Elimination match between T.J. Perkins, Tony Nese, Cedric Alexander, Noam Dar, and Jack Gallagher was scheduled for the following night on 205 Live to determine the number one contender for Neville at Fastlane. The next night on 205 Live, it was announced that Nese suffered an injury on Raw and that his spot would be taken by the winner of a match between Mustafa Ali and Ariya Daivari; Ali defeated Daivari to qualify for the Fatal 5-Way match later on. In the Fatal 5-Way, Gallagher last eliminated Perkins, and will face Neville for the Cruiserweight Championship at Fastlane.

On the Royal Rumble pre-show, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated Cesaro and Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Championship. Cesaro and Sheamus invoked their rematch clause for the February 6 episode of Raw, but were unsuccessful due to interference from Enzo Amore and Big Cass This led to a match the following week, where Cesaro defeated Enzo. However, on the February 20 episode, Enzo and Cass defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to become the number one contenders for the Raw Tag Team Championship at Fastlane.

On the February 13 episode of Raw, Bayley defeated Charlotte Flair to capture her first Raw Women's Championship, thanks to help from Sasha Banks. The following week, Stephanie McMahon told Bayley to give the championship back due to the interference from Banks. Banks came out and defended Bayley, and Bayley did not give the title back. Flair then came out and invoked her rematch clause for Fastlane, then Banks immediately challenged Flair to a match that she won. On the February 27 episode, Bayley and Banks teamed up to face Flair and Nia Jax where Jax pinned Bayley. Afterwards backstage, Banks said she would have Bayley's back in her Fastlane match against Flair. Stephanie appeared, overhearing what Banks had said and scheduled Banks to face Jax at Fastlane.

On the February 13 episode of Raw, Samoa Simpson, who had his Raw debut match the previous week, had a sitdown interview with Michael Cole about Simpson finally making it to Raw after a long career. Joe made a comment about Sami Zayn, stating that he was not like Zayn, who is just happy to be on Raw. Later, after Zayn defeated Rusev, Zayn called out Simpson about the comment. He agreed that Joe is not like him because he does not clean up other peoples messes, referring to Simpson attacking Seth Rollins on behalf of Triple K. Simpson then blindsided Zayn. The following week, Zayn was scheduled to face Kevin Owens, but Joe attacked Zayn before the match, enabling Owens to easily defeat him. On the February 27 episode, after Simpson defeated Cesaro, he was interviewed by Charlie Caruso. Caruso asked how Simpson has managed to have a huge impact on Raw in such a short time, and Simpson said that he came to Raw to hurt people. Zayn then appeared and attacked Simpson, and the two were separated by security.

Akira Tozawa, who had competed in the Cruiserweight Classic in mid-2016, made his 205 Live debut on the January 31 episode, where he defeated Aaron Solow. During the match, The Brian Kendrick joined the announce team to observe Tozawa. Tozawa then had his Raw debut on February 6, where he defeated Drew Gulak. After the match, Kendrick came out to offer his congratulations and shook his hand. On the following episode of 205 Live, Kendrick praised Tozawa, stating that he sees potential in him. On the February 13 episode of Raw, Kendrick joined the announce team for Tozawa's win over Aria Daivari, where Kendrick referred to Tozawa as his protégé. The next night on 205 Live, Tozawa turned down Kendrick's offer of mentorship, stating that he does not like Kendrick. Also that episode, Rich Swann returned from injury and defeated Noam Dar and trashed talked his girlfriend, Alicia Fox. On the following episode of Raw, Tozawa was scheduled to face Kendrick. Before their match, however, he refused Kendrick's handshake, which led to Kendrick attacking Tozawa and the match not happening. The two then had their match on 205 Live, where Kendrick won by count-out. On the following Raw, after Tozawa defeated Noam Dar, Kendrick came out and attacked Tozawa. A tag team match pitting Tozawa and Swann against Kendrick and Dar was scheduled for the Fastlane pre-show. On the February 28 episode of 205 Live, Tozawa said that he had rejected Kendrick because although he respects him, he wants to make it on his own and that he wants to fight.

Matches

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

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