8 Most Important Moments From WWE Fastlane 2016

The moments most essential to WrestleMania build and beyond!

Roman Reigns will challenge Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship following his victory over Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose in the Triple Threat No. 1 Contender's main event. The win capped off a phenomenal match and a solid pay-per-view full of quality wrestling, at least for the most part. It never reached the level of an extraordinary event but everything fans expected to be good was, and everything they thought would suck did. As the final major stop on the road to WrestleMania, the event was chock full of important moments that will weigh heavily on the biggest show of the year when revisited over the next handful of weeks. The finish of the marquee bout, AJ Styles' win over Chris Jericho and the apparent babyface turn of The New Day are just a few moments from Sunday's broadcast that will effect the course Raw, SmackDown and other WWE produced-shows take as the company prepares itself for the one night of the year in which both diehard and casual fans tune in to witness the glitz, grandeur and spectacle of sports-entertainment's most storied event. In the wake of the February 21 event, relive these eight important moments that will forever define Fastlane 2016, all the while pointing toward the upcoming Showcase of the Immortals.

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Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.