5 interesting stats and facts every fan needs to know heading into Elimination Chamber 2020

This year's Elimination Chamber is making WWE history for all the wrong reasons
This year's Elimination Chamber is making WWE history for all the wrong reasons

The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view takes center stage this weekend in WWE's final pay-per-view stop on The Road to WrestleMania. The show will feature some interesting matchups as the entire SmackDown Tag Team Division steps inside the Chamber, while Aleister Black and AJ Styles collide in a No Disqualification Match with The Undertaker's shadow looming over The Phenomenal One.

The women will step inside the Chamber once again this year, but the rights to a RAW Women's Championship match at WrestleMania will be on the line when Shayna Baszler, Natalya, Asuka, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan step inside Satan's Structure.

The United States Championship, The Intercontinental Championship, and the RAW Tag Team Championships will also be defended, but here are all the interesting stats and facts you need to know ahead of the show.


#5 Humberto Carrillo could win his first Championship in WWE

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Humberto Carrillo hasn't been part of the main roster for very long, after being drafted over to Monday Night RAW in the fall of 2019, but the Mexican star has been hunting the United States Championship for the past few months.

This weekend he once again steps up to Andrade, and after being able to pin the Champion this past week on RAW, there should be nothing stopping him from doing the same at Elimination Chamber. This would allow Carrillo to lift his first Championship in WWE, but the only thing that could hinder this victory is interference from his cousin Angel Garza or Andrade's business partner Zelina Vega.

Given recent events surrounding Andrade, it's likely that he will be forced to drop the Championship to Carrillo this time around, after defeating him both at The Royal Rumble and the following night on RAW.

#4 The Miz and John Morrison's first title defense since WrestleMania 25

The Miz and John Morrison
The Miz and John Morrison

The Miz and John Morrison will defend their WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships for the first time in almost eleven years this weekend when they step inside the Elimination Chamber. The duo won the titles at Super ShowDown 2020 when they defeated The New Day, but this weekend they will be presented with a much tougher test.

Miz and Morrison were a tag team in WWE more than a decade ago, and are former Tag Team Champions, but Morrison was released from the company back in 2011 and it led to Miz becoming a successful singles star.

The gap that John Morrison has had between his release and return to WWE means that the last time Miz and Morrison defended tag team titles was at WrestleMania 25 where they were unsuccessful and lost the Championships to Carlito and Primo Colon.

Hopefully, the outcome is different for Miz and Morrison on Sunday night when the odds will be stacked against them.

#3 The Usos could equal The New Day's record

The Usos
The Usos

The Usos are set to be part of the Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber match on Sunday night. It will see them take on current Champions The Miz and John Morrison, The Lucha House Party, Dolph Ziggler, and Bobby Roode, Heavy Machinery, and The New Day.

The New Day are already five-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, which means that they already have their record, but if Jimmy and Jey can find a way out of the Chamber with the titles, then they will equal that record and become five-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions as well.

The Usos and The New Day are the only former SmackDown Tag Team Champions inside the structure, so they have a distinct advantage.

Both teams have quite the history when facing off against one another, and this could lead to another feud between The New Day and The Usos if they can equal the record. Fans will then know for sure which team is the best of the current generation.

#2 The Street Profits make their main show debut

The Street Profits
The Street Profits

After months of being seen as the backstage comic relief and the team that makes up the numbers, The Street Profits have finally been added to a pay-per-view main card and are now set to defend their Tag Team Championships against former Champions Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy.

Interestingly, The Street Profits did appear as part of the Survivor Series kickoff show, but stats don't include kick-off shows in their writeups, but if they did then this is their first pay-per-view Championship match.

The former NXT stars will take on the former Champions knowing that Murphy is yet to lose a title match on the main card of a pay-per-view. Murphy has been part of several title matches as the Cruiserweight Champion but many of them were on pre-shows, and his only loss came on the kickoff show of last year's WrestleMania.

It's easy to see why this match is seen as one of the most anticipated of the night because The Street Profits have become popular stars with the WWE Universe.

#1 First Elimination Chamber pay-per-view not to feature WWE World Championship match

WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar
WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar

Elimination Chamber has been a pay-per-view in WWE since 2011, even though there was a gap from 2015 until 2018. Throughout that time, the event has taken place in February and has contained the main buildup to WrestleMania (aside from one event).

This has meant that more often than not, this is the last obstacle for the WWE/World Champion to overcome on The Road to WrestleMania, but for the first time in the PPV's history, the Championship won't be defended this year.

Back in 2013, the Chamber match was for the title match at WrestleMania, but the WWE Championship was defended later in the show. This year, the main Chamber match is for the RAW Women's Championship at WrestleMania but at present, there are no main women or men's Championship matches set to take place as part of the pay-per-view.

Bayley could still have a match announced on SmackDown, but since she only recently defended her title at Super ShowDown last week, it's highly unlikely. Whilst Goldberg and Brock Lesnar have no desire to be part of this weekend's event.

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