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At times, fans keep waiting for the next pay-per-view for weeks and patiently sit through the build-up to the next event. Other times, the packed schedule of WWE keeps throwing top pay-per-view events at the fans, making the build-up much quicker and giving fans some top quality feuds in a matter of weeks.
After February 27th’s Super ShowDown, fans are all geared up for Elimination Chamber that will take place on March 8th. The show is one of the top ones in the company as it gives us many Number 1 contenders for major titles and other rivalries on the Road to WrestleMania.
This year’s event will not only give us matches for the two men’s mid-card Championships, but we will also see the two men’s Tag Team Championships be defended at the event which will be a treat for the fans. The SmackDown Tag Team titles will be defended by The Miz and John Morrison in the unforgiving structure against five other teams, while the women of RAW will battle in the structure for a chance to face Becky Lynch at WrestleMania.
In this article, we will look at the 5 things that must happen at the Elimination Chamber to make it a success and serve its purpose of building more rivalries on the Road to WrestleMania.
#5 Cesaro must part ways with Zayn and Nakamura
After trying and failing to win a single’s Championship in WWE for quite some time, Braun Strowman defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the Intercontinental Championship on the January 31 episode of SmackDown.
Surprisingly, Strowman hasn’t defended his title even a single time in over a month and teamed up with Elias to take on Cesaro and Nakamura on SmackDown a couple of weeks ago. Last week’s SmackDown saw a contract signing for the title between Strowman and Nakamura, and Nakamura’s advocate ended up earning his heel team a 3-on-1 Handicap match for the title.
The match is set to take place at Elimination Chamber and we will likely see Strowman’s first title defense at the pay-per-view. With that in mind, it seems likely that Strowman will defeat the three men convincingly and walk out with his Intercontinental Championship.
For some time, Cesaro has been put across as the weak link of the heel team and has been taking the pin to lose most of their matches.
In this match, WWE must allow Cesaro to take the pin once again, causing a rift between him, Nakamura, and Sami Zayn, leading to him walking out on both the men.
Cesaro is a crowd favorite Superstar who works well as a babyface, and we could watch him turn babyface and get into a rivalry with Nakamura, hopefully earning some better bookings.
We must eventually see him get more wins and possibly compete against his longtime friend and now heel Sheamus at WrestleMania 36 for a huge match.
#4 Humberto Carrillo must win his first title
Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio during a Live Show to win the United States Championship to much delight of the fans. This was Andrade’s first Championship victory of RAW, and fans were waiting for a long time to watch the former NXT Champion win a title again.
During the kickoff show on the Royal Rumble, Andrade defeated Humberto Carrillo to retain the US Championship with a little help from Zelina Vega.
The two had been involved in a rivalry for some time but Andrade’s Wellness Policy violation halted the progress of their rivalry and Angel Garza replaced him in the feud.
The two men will now battle for the United States Championship at Elimination Chamber, and this will be another big match and a big chance for Carrillo to win his first Championship belt in the company.
Carrillo has given some epic performances on RAW and has got the fans behind him while playing a pure babyface character.
At the show, Carrillo must defeat El Idolo for the US Championship, ending his reign as the Champion for over two months. After the match, he should get attacked by his real-life cousin Garza who should immediately get in contention for the title, knocking Andrade out for the time being.
This will give Andrade some time to rebuild his character after a month away due to suspension, and give a chance for Carrillo and Garza to rise to the top as their rivalry was proving to be a great one on RAW.
#3 Kevin Owens costs The Messiah again
The story between Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens has gone through many rough roads but it is still one of the most intriguing parts of Monday Night RAW. Since Survivor Series 2019, both men have managed to get some backup to undo each other, but something or the other has constantly come in their way and it seems like WWE is now holding this feud for a big match at WrestleMania.
During the journey, Rollins along with Murphy defeated The Viking Raiders for the RAW Tag Team Championships. Since then, the duo managed to retain their titles up until last week’s RAW where The Street Profits got the better of them.
However, it was an attack by KO on Rollins that proved the spark that led to the Monday Night Messiah and his disciple’s defeat.
The former Champions will get their rematch at Elimination Chamber where they will face off against The Street Profits once again in a bit to win back the RAW Tag Team titles.
WWE must continue the story here and once again give KO a chance to distract or attack Rollins, costing the heels the match yet again.
This would allow Rollins to boil over and go after The Prizefighter without caring about the RAW Tag Team Championships, finally giving fans a one on one clean fight between the two major Superstars.
#2 Shayna Baszler must dominate
Shayna Baszler has proven to be one of the most dominant forces to come out of NXT. In fact, at Survivor Series 2019, she proved that she was the best Champion in the company at the time as she defeated SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley and RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at the event.
Baszler attacked Lynch on an episode of RAW recently and immediately got in the bad books of The Man again. She immediately made the cut to compete in the Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender against Becky Lynch for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Baszler will battle alongside Natalya, Liv Morgan, Asuka, Ruby Riott, and Sarah Logan, many of whom will enter the Elimination Chamber for the first time just like The Queen of Spades herself.
However, the company must allow her to enter the match earlier rather than hold her back for later, and allow her to dominate in the match, causing the most number of eliminations.
Baszler is the most likely competitor to win the match, and the creatives must book her to be a beast in the middle as she is the most threatening woman in the match along with Asuka and Natalya.
This will allow her to immediately become the biggest threat to Lynch who has overcome all odds since her victory at last year’s WrestleMania.
#1 The No Disqualification match must bring out The Phenom
On the February 24 episode of RAW, AJ Styles along with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacked Aleister Black backstage, injuring him in the process. Black still proceeded to compete in his match against Erick Rowan which he won after much difficulty. After the match, he laid out a challenge to Styles to fight him on RAW the following week.
The following week, Styles used his heelish tactics by putting Black in a match with Karl Anderson first, followed by Gallows, and then the three Superstars beat down Black collectively before Styles decided to fight him. He ended Black early as the Superstar was already completely worn down, handing him his first singles loss on RAW.
At Elimination Chamber, the two men will battle once again, this time in a No Disqualification match. WWE must use this stipulation to their advantage for a greater match and not just to have Gallows and Anderson help Styles win again.
Instead, we must see the three men gang up on Black before the lights go out and The Undertaker appear once again to take down Gallows and Anderson. This would shock Styles who can then be taken down by Black with a Black Mass to avenge his loss and rebuild his value.
This would instantly build Styles and The Undertaker’s match for WrestleMania 36 as Undertaker already pinned Styles at Super ShowDown after a surprise appearance to win the Tuwaiq Trophy.
