Searches for new objects decaying to high-pT lepton final states in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with the ATLAS and CMS detectors

Searches for high mass objects involving final states consisting of pairs of reconstructed leptons, or one reconstructed lepton and a neutrino, are experimentally attractive and theoretically well-motivated. These so-called W' and Z' searches have been a feature of the ATLAS and CMS physics programmes since the LHC began operating, and have become increasingly relevant as the centre-of-mass energy has risen. This contribution summarises the W' and Z' searches conducted by the two experiments during the first 13 TeV run of the LHC, during 2015.