5 Superstars WWE should have included in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match

#1 Superstar WWE should have included in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match - Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins returned to SmackDown after a hiatus of a few months, but has not been added to the Elimination Chamber. He made his official return to WWE during the 2021 Royal Rumble and he had the same "savior" character upon his entrance into the match.

Things appeared to be a bit different as he entered the Thunderdome to his old entrance theme "Burn It Down," which hinted at a possible face turn. His promo was also heading that way until he started to spew his usual rhetoric of being the leader of the locker room.

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It was more of the same from a performer who really could have used a change of character. Rollins is already one of the top performers throughout all of WWE, so not including him in the Elimination Chamber match is a tad strange. Perhaps creative wants to ease him back into things, instead of throwing him right back into a big match like the Elimination Chamber.

Had Rollins been involved, it would have provided a big moment for whichever Superstar eliminated him. Someone like Big E or Daniel Bryan could have pinned the former Universal Champion, leading to a program for WrestleMania. Instead, he attacked Cesaro on SmackDown, which seems to be his current direction for now.

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Matt Serocki is a sports journalist from outside of Boston, Massachusetts who has written about sports for a local newspaper, the MetroWest Daily News.

Matt has written about professional wrestling for the past year but has been writing lyrics, short stories and novels in his spare time. He writes around 30-50 articles per month.

During his time on writing for Sportskeeda, Matt has written about a variety of topics including the history of the business as well as about the current stars and product. He follows numerous promotions like the WWE, AEW, ROH, MLW, NJPW, Championship Wrestling from Hollywood and WOW.

Studied Communications with a focus on writing at Framingham State University from 2000-2004.

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