Another Title Match Added To WWE Fastlane

WWE has added another title match to Fastlane.

A week from this Sunday is the WWE Fastlane pay-per-view and going into this week’s Smackdown only two matches had been announced for the show. Now a third title match has been announced.

Tonight on Friday Night Smackdown, the Intercontinental Champion Big E came out after being off television for a few weeks after being assaulted by Apollo Crews. Big E called out Crews and he did now appear. This would then lead to Big E issuing an open challenge for the title and facing Sami Zayn. During the match itself Big E would continue to yell for Crews to come out before he was able to defeat Zayn. After the match Crews would come out and attack Big E from behind. He would once again attack the champion with the steel steps before standing tall in the middle of the ring.

Following tonight’s Smackdown it was officially announced that at the WWE Fastlane pay-per-view Big E will defend the Intercontinental Championship against Apollo Crews. This will be fourth one-one-one match between Big E and Crews for the title in 2021 and the fifth overall.

At WWE Fastlane, some might say that Intercontinental Champion Big E will once again be putting his title on the line against Apollo Crews. If you ask his imminent challenger, however, he will insist that Big E is facing the “real” Apollo Crews for the very first time.

After failing to capture the workhorse title from Big E in several attempts, a frustrated Apollo began to feel disrespected when the champion wanted him to step aside to make way for other would-be challengers. As a result, he lost control and unleashing a vicious steel step assault on the titleholder before eventually dropping the unforgiving implement out of the ring and on top of The Powerhouse of Positivity. The attack was so vicious that Big E was taken out on a stretcher.

Apollo Crews soon emerged wearing new colors of wealth, dominance and power of his ancestors and explained that he was now bringing the “real” Apollo Crews. Channeling his powerful Nigerian routes, he said that he showed Big E the steel after he defied him and that he would show anyone else the same. The following week, flanked by his imposing Royal Guard that had been protectors of his family’s wealth for generations, Crews demanded that The Powerhouse of Positivity give him a rematch for the Intercontinental Championship and promised the titleholder would fall at his feet.

On the March 12 edition of SmackDown, Big E returned from his injury and called out his attacker for an Intercontinental Title Match right there and then. When Crews didn’t emerge, Big E went on to defend the title in an Open Challenge against Sami Zayn. Moments after the victory, however, his brash adversary unleashed another vicious attack from behind. Then in a WWE Network Exclusive, Crews went on to inform the WWE Universe that he would accept the challenge for an Intercontinental Title Match at WWE Fastlane.

Find out who emerges with the Intercontinental Title as The Road to WrestleMania reaches WWE Fastlane, streaming live Sunday, March 21, beginning at 7 ET/4 PT on Peacock and WWE Network.

WWE Fastlane comes to us on Sunday, March 21st on both the WWE Network and on Peacock. Fastlane will be the final pay-per-view event before WrestleMania 37 in April.

If we do hear anything else regarding Fastlane, we will have it here and on the PWUnlimited YouTube Channel.

Current WWE Fastlane Card

Universal Championship
Roman Reigns(c) vs Daniel Bryan

Intercontinental Championship
Big E(c) vs Apollo Crews

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships
Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler(c) vs Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair