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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | October 7, 2023 | ||
| City | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
| Venue | Gainbridge Fieldhouse | ||
| Attendance | 14,529[1] | ||
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The 2023 Fastlane was the seventh Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was the first Fastlane held since 2021, the first to be held on a Saturday, and the first to be held in October. This was WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event held in Indianapolis since Clash of Champions in September 2016, which was at the same arena when it was known as Bankers Life Fieldhouse (renamed in 2021). The event also replaced Extreme Rules, which was held in October the previous year and was discontinued in 2023.
The name of the event originally referred to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania", however, this was dropped for 2023 due to the event taking place six months after WrestleMania 39. This was also WWE's first major main roster event in which the company was not owned and controlled by the McMahon family after WWE was sold to Endeavor. The sale was finalized on September 12, 2023, with WWE and Ultimate Fighting Championship merging to become divisions of a new entity called TKO Group Holdings, subsequently marking WWE's first major main roster event under TKO.
Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, which was the main match from Raw, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Shinsuke Nakamura in a Last Man Standing match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. In another prominent match, which was SmackDown's main match, John Cena and LA Knight defeated The Bloodline (Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa). The event's pre-show also marked the first appearance of Jade Cargill in WWE, while the main pay-per-view featured the full-time return of Carlito to WWE since May 2010, and he became member of the SmackDown brand during the event.