WWE 2016 23 2016-02-21 2016-02-21 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/rtxstr1453504892.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/rysssq1454260979.jpg Fastlane (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on February 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the second event in the Fastlane chronology. At the Royal Rumble event, Triple H won the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Dean Ambrose to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The following night on Raw, Stephanie McMahon scheduled a triple threat match featuring Ambrose, previous champion Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar at the event, with the winner facing Triple H at WrestleMania 32 for the championship. At Royal Rumble, Kalisto defeated Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE United States Championship. Del Rio then invoked his rematch clause to face Kalisto for the title at the event. The match was later moved to the Fastlane pre-show, with Del Rio challenging Kalisto to a two-out-of-three falls match. On the February 1 episode of Raw, Brie Bella defeated WWE Divas Champion Charlotte in a non-title match, earning a title opportunity against Charlotte at the event. On the same episode of Raw, Sasha Banks split from Team B.A.D., causing her former teammates Naomi and Tamina to attack Banks during her match against Becky Lynch. Lynch assisted Banks, setting up a tag team match between the two teams for the event. Kevin Owens won his second Intercontinental Championship on the February 15 episode of Raw in a fatal five-way match also involving Tyler Breeze, Dolph Ziggler, Stardust and previous champion Dean Ambrose. Ziggler, who had defeated Owens in the previous two weeks on Raw, then challenged Owens to an Intercontinental Championship match at the event, with the match being confirmed for the event despite Owens refusing the challenge. On the February 15 episode of Raw, it was announced that Edge and Christian would host The Cutting Edge Peep Show at the event with The New Day as their guests. The Wyatt Family began feuding with Big Show, Kane and Ryback, with The Wyatt Family attacking the trio after Bray Wyatt's victory over Kane on the January 25 episode of Raw, Big Show's victory over Erick Rowan on the February 1 episode of Raw and Wyatt's victory over Ryback a week later. On the February 15 episode of Raw, Big Show defeated Braun Strowman by disqualification after the Wyatt Family attacked Big Show. Post-match, Ryback and Kane came out to assist Big Show, setting up a six-man tag team match for the event, with Big Show, Kane and Ryback facing Rowan, Strowman and fellow Wyatt Family member Luke Harper for the event. AJ Styles made his WWE debut during the Royal Rumble match. The following night on Raw, Styles defeated Chris Jericho. Jericho then defeated Styles in a rematch on the February 11 episode of SmackDown. On the following episode of Raw, Styles challenged Jericho to a third match at Fastlane, which Jericho accepted on the following episode of SmackDown. 504015