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Fastlane (2015) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on February 22, 2015, at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. It was the first Fastlane event, and it replaced Elimination Chamber. Seven matches were contested on the main card with no match on the pre-show. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship shot against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31. Also at the event Triple H had a "face-to-face" confrontation with Sting. The event received 46,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the Elimination Chamber 2014 figure of 183,000 buys, which predated the launch of the WWE Network. == Background == Fastlane featured professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown''. Wrestlers portrayed faces (heroes) or heels (villains) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On November 23, during the main event of Survivor Series, Sting made his first-ever appearance in a WWE ring by attacking Triple H with a Scorpion Death Drop and dragging Dolph Ziggler on top of Rollins, giving Team Cena the win and causing the Authority to be removed from power, which had been a secondary stipulation of the match. On January 19 edition of ''Raw'', Sting made his ''Raw'' debut by appearing backstage during the main event, a 3-on-1 handicap match between John Cena and the team of Big Show, Kane, and Rollins. The lights in the arena darkened as Sting walked to the stage and gestured to the Authority at ringside. The distraction allowed John Cena to pin Rollins for the win, which reinstated the jobs of the recently (kayfabe) fired Ziggler, Ryback, and Erick Rowan. On January 26, it was officially announced via WWE.com that Triple H challenged Sting to a "face-to-face" confrontation at Fastlane.〔 On the February 9 edition of ''Raw'', Triple H again called Sting out to accept his challenge. The lights went out, and a group of Sting impersonators appeared around the arena and inside the ring, illuminated by spotlights, while a video message stating that Sting had accepted Triple H's challenge played on the TitanTron. During the Royal Rumble post-show, Rusev interrupted John Cena's interview and the two shoved each other. On January 26, it was announced on WWE.com that Rusev would defend his United States Championship against Cena at the event. On the January 29 episode of ''SmackDown'', it was announced that Nikki Bella would defend her Divas Championship against Paige at the event. On the February 2 episode of ''Raw'', Roman Reigns was manipulated by The Authority into agreeing to defend his title opportunity for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31, which he had earned by winning the Royal Rumble match, in a match at Fastlane. Later that night, Daniel Bryan defeated Seth Rollins to earn the right to face Reigns at the event. On January 19 edition of ''Raw'', Dean Ambrose defeated Bad News Barrett.〔 The following weeks, Ambrose demanded a match for the Intercontinental Championship, but Barrett declined. On the February 16th edition of ''Raw'', after Barrett defeated Damien Mizdow, Ambrose attacked Barrett by tying his hands around the ring post, forced him to sign the contract and had Barrett defend his title against him at the event. On the January 29 episode of ''SmackDown'', Tyson Kidd defeated Jey Uso.〔 On the February 2nd episode of ''Raw'', Cesaro defeated Jimmy Uso.〔 On the February 9 episode of ''Raw'', Cesaro and Kidd defeated The Usos.〔 On the February 16th edition of ''Raw'', it was announced that the Usos would defend their Tag Team Championship against Cesaro and Kidd.〔 Early in the year, Gold and Stardust started having problems communicating in their matches, with Stardust becoming further entrenched in his gimmick, leaving Goldust to have to try to communicate with his brother, Cody. This caused Stardust to get angry and walk out on a match against The Ascension on the February 2 edition of ''Raw''.〔 On the February 16 edition of ''Raw'', despite an impassioned plea from their father Dusty Rhodes, after losing to The New Day, Stardust hit Goldust with Cody's old finisher, thus dissolving the team.〔 On the February 19 edition of ''SmackDown'', it was announced that Goldust would face Stardust at the event. On the February 9 edition of ''Raw'', Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and Erick Rowan came out and helped Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns to defeat Seth Rollins, Big Show, Kane and J&J Security.〔 On the February 16th edition of ''Raw'', after Ziggler defeated Rollins via disqualification, he was attacked by Rollins and J&J Security, but Ryback, and Rowan came out and saved Ziggler.〔 On February 19 edition of ''SmackDown'', after Rollins defeated Ziggler, the Authority attacked Ziggler, Ryback, and Rowan.〔 On February 19, it was announced on WWE.com that Ziggler, Ryback, and Rowan would face Rollins, Big Show, and Kane in a Six man tag team match at the event. The pre-show featured a special broadcast of "Miz TV" with Paul Heyman as the special guest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fastlane (2015)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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