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CONFIRMED MATCHES
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul (Elimination Chamber match): SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis and Raw general manager Adam Pearce announced a men's Elimination Chamber match featuring participants from both brands. Qualifiers will take place over seven days and the winner of the Chamber match will challenge Rollins for the world heavyweight title at WrestleMania 40. McIntyre defeated AJ Styles, Orton defeated Sami Zayn, Bobby Lashley beat Bronson Reed and LA Knight beat Ivar to qualify. Over on SmackDown, Owens took care of business against Dominik Mysterio to secure his spot while Logan Paul outlasted his former tag team partner The Miz to qualify.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Raquel Rodriguez (Elimination Chamber match): The winner of this Elimination Chamber match will lock themselves into a women's world title match at WrestleMania 40. Lynch was the first to qualify by beating Shayna Baszler on Raw. Belair defeated Michin and Morgan defeated Zoey Stark to qualify for the match. Tiffany Stratton bested Zelina Vega to get her spot while a returning Naomi pinned Alba Fyre to book her ticket to Perth. Rodriguez was the final addition to the match, winning a "Last Chance Battle Royal" on Raw to earn her spot.
Women's world championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax: An irresistible force and immovable object meet in Perth. Women's world champion Ripley returns to her home nation. Jax, arguably the only women's superstar who can outmuscle the reigning champion, awaits her. Raw general manager Adam Pearce booked a match between them amid rising tensions.
Undisputed tag team championships -- Judgement Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) vs. British Strong Style (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate): Priest and Balor will defend their titles against the winners of the Undisputed WWE tag team championship contender series. British Strong Style and DIY won fatal four-way tag team matches on SmackDown and Raw, respectively, to secure spots in the finals. Dunne and Bate defeated DIY in the finals to secure a tag team title match against Judgement Day in Perth.
Cody Rhodes and world heavyweight champion Seth Rollin to appear on the "Grayson Waller Effect." The two are expected to address their partnership in the face of The Rock joining forces with The Bloodline after their dustup at the WrestleMania 40 kickoff press conference earlier this month.
WWE women's tag team championship -- The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) vs. Indi Hartwell and Candice LaRae: There was a late addition to the match card as WWE announced this matchup the day before the event. The match will be a part of the kickoff show. It will be the Kabuki Warriors first title defense on PPV since winning the championship late last month against Katana Chance and Kayden Carter.
HIGHLIGHTS
RESULTS
WWE women's tag team championship -- The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) vs. Indi Hartwell and Candice LaRae (Kick-off show): The challengers got off to a good start with both Hartwell and LeRae taking the fight to Asuka and Sane. That didn't last long before LeRae found herself isolated from her partner. After a long build to the hot tag, LeRae finally tagged in Hartwell, who quickly ran through offense on the champs. The challengers picked up a few near falls before Sane intervened as Hartwell was helping LeRae walking the top rope, putting both challengers down. Sane then delivered the elbow drop to LeRae to score the pinfall victory. Hartwell was obviously the hometown favorite in this one but did not have the big moment. Like so many matches on kickoff shows, there wasn't much meat to the match but it was perfectly serviceable for what it was. Result: The Kabuki Warriors (c) def. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell to retain the titles.
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Raquel Rodriguez (Elimination Chamber match): Lynch and Naomi were the two women who started off in the ring. They did a bit of working counters and trading pin attempts before taking the action onto the platform surrounding the ring. Naomi had one of the early highlights of the match, dropping her split legdrop onto Lynch after climbing partway up the wall of the Chamber. The next woman to enter the match was Stratton. After the customary run of hot offense from the latest entrant, things settled back down into a rhythm of Stratton, Lynch and Naomi trading moves and looking to score the first elimination of the match.
Morgan was next to enter the match and immediately began throwing Stratton into the plexiglass walls of the pods. Lynch put Stratton's arm through the chain link wall of the chamber before locking in an armbar. Moments later, Stratton scored the first elimination when she pinned Naomi after Naomi hit Morgan with a sunset flip bomb. Rodriguez entered the match after Naomi's elimination. Lynch, Morgan and Stratton began to work together to try and take out the big threat of Rodriguez.
Once Belair entered the match, the big moves ramped up with much more action on top of the pods. Stratton hit a diving swanton from the top of the pod onto Lynch, Rodriguez and Belair. Stratton was the next woman eliminated when Morgan hit a flatliner from the second rope. Rodriguez was out shortly after following a Belair K.O.D. Belair then took over the match for a stretch, tossing Morgan and Lynch around. Morgan stole a pin on Belair after Lynch countered a K.O.D. but Morgan turned around into a Manhandle Slam by Lynch to end the match.
Beyond Lynch punching her ticket to a title match at WrestleMania, the story of the match may be Stratton, who had a fantastic showing and won over the crowd to the point that Morgan was booed for eliminating her. Result: Becky Lynch wins, last pinning Liv Morgan.
Entrants, Eliminations and who by -
1- Naomi Naomi Tiffany Stratton
2- Becky Lynch Tiffany Statton Liv Morgan
3- Tiffany Stratton Raquel Rodriguez Bianca Belair
4- Liv Morgan Bianca Belair Liv Morgan
5- Raquel Rodriguez Liv Morgan Becky Lynch
6- Bianca Belair WINNER - Becky Lynch
Undisputed tag team championships -- Judgement Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) vs. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate): Bate and Dunne came out fast, taking the fight right to the champions with blistering offense. Balor had to survive that blitz before Priest finally got a blind tag to enter the match and immediately started to punish Bate. Priest and Balor -- with some cheap shots from Dominik Mysterio at ringside -- then worked Bate over while cutting him off from his own corner. After receiving the hot tag, Dunne hit Balor and Priest with a moonsault from the top rope to the outside. The momentum flipped back and forth with both teams nearly snatching the victory. Dunne hit Balor with The Bitter End but Mysterio slid Balor's foot under the bottom rope to break the pin, leading to Mysterio being tossed from ringside by the referee. The challengers again nearly had the match won after a Double Tyler Driver on Balor only for Priest to break the pin. The action continued to swing back and forth until Balor finally landed a Coup de Grace to score the win.
This was a fantastic tag match. There wasn't really any drama coming in over who would win but the action was kept at a fast pace and all four men delivered. Result: Judgment Day def. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate via pinfall to retain the title.
Cody Rhodes and world heavyweight champion Seth Rollin to appear on the "Grayson Waller Effect." The biggest news coming out of the segment was Rollins saying he was just days away from being medically cleared to compete and Rhodes saying he wanted to go one-on-one with The Rock anytime, any place. Rollins told Rhodes that he would have his back whenever that match takes place because nothing involving The Bloodline is ever one-on-one. The segment ended with Rollins and Rhodes taking out Austin Theory.
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul (Elimination Chamber match): Knight and McIntyre got the match going. Surprisingly, Knight delivered the majority of the offense during the opening run, including smashing McIntyre's head into Owens' pod while Owens punched the other side of the plexiglass. Owens was the next man into the match. He went on the expected run and scored some near eliminations on both Knight and McIntyre but all three men remained in the match until Bobby Lashley's pod opened.
Lashley and McIntyre had a bit of a powerhouse battle before Knight and Owens got back involved but again no one was eliminated before the next entrant, in this case, Randy Orton. Orton delivered the hanging DDT onto the platform outside the ring and began to clutch his back, which continued every time Orton delivered or took a move. When Paul entered as the final participant, Orton was waiting outside his pod to immediately attack.
Lashley eventually delivered a spear to Paul, putting him through the plexiglass of one of the pods. Moments later, McIntyre hit Lashley with a Claymore to score the first elimination of the match. Knight delivered Blunt Force Trauma to Orton and then to McIntyre, but as he attempted to score the pin AJ Styles ran into the chamber and hit Knight with a chair before delivering a Styles Clash onto the same chair. This allowed McIntyre to reach over and pin Knight. After delivering a few stunners, Owens was caught by an Orton RKO for the elimination.
Paul pulled out the brass knuckles but couldn't use them before Orton flew in with an RKO for yet another elimination, leaving it down to just Orton and McIntyre for the shot at Seth Rollins' title at WrestleMania. A spinebuster from McIntyre left Orton down, clutching his back. McIntyre set up for the Claymore but Orton remained down. As McIntyre stood over Orton, Orton exploded with an RKO but before he could make the pin Paul ran back in and blindsided him with his brass knuckles. McIntyre capitalized and pinned Orton to punch his ticket to WrestleMania.
A half step down from the women's Chamber match, but still mostly good stuff as everything continues to build to WrestleMania. Result: Drew McIntyre wins, last pinning Randy Orton.
Entrants, Eliminations and who by -
1- Drew McIntyre Bobby Lashley Drew McIntyre
2- LA Knight LA Knight Drew McIntyre (AJ Styles)
3- Kevin Owens Kevin Owens Randy Orton
4- Bobby Lashley Logan Paul Randy Orton
5- Randy Orton Randy Orton Drew McIntyre (Logan Paul
6- Logan Paul WINNER - Drew McIntyre
Interferance by AJ Styles on LA Knight while officials help lashley out the ring Logan Paul interfers against Orton and Mcintyre using knuckledusters on Orton.
Women's world championship -- Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax: Unsurprisingly, the crowd was entirely behind Ripley. Jax got off to a fast start, grounding Ripley with strikes, including a headbutt. Jax also dropped onto the champion with a senton and leg drop. Ripley eventually tried to fight back by grabbing a guillotine choke but Jax continued to dominate as she delivered a series of powerbombs. Every time Ripley would build a bit of momentum, a big move from Jax -- such as a second-rope Samoan drop -- would cut her off.
After the action spilled outside, Jax dropped Ripley on the commentary desk with another Samoan drop before delivering a splash through the table. Back in the ring, Jax delivered an Annihilator but Ripley managed to kick out. Ripley managed to escape being hit with a second Annihilator and hit a superplex. That was enough to set up Riptide and the championship-retaining pinfall.
It's fun to see a dominant and physical champion have to work from underneath in a match, which is what Ripley had to do in this match. It wasn't anything particularly special but it was a fine match in front of an invested crowd and now Ripley goes on to WrestleMania where she'll defend her title against Becky Lynch. Result: Rhea Ripley def. Nia Jax via pinfall to retain the title.