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The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will take place on February 17, 2019, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. As usual, it will be another stop on "The Road to WrestleMania" and consist of matches from both the brands Raw and SmackDown.
The event is famous for its demonic structure named Elimination Chamber where six superstars enter and only one superstar walks out as the winner. This year there are two Elimination Chamber matches which have been confirmed.
"The New" Daniel Bryan will defend his brand new Eco-Friendly WWE Championship against AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe and Mustafa Ali inside the Elimination Chamber.
Another Elimination Chamber match will crown the first ever WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. Currently, three teams have qualified- Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka, The Riott Squad and Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.
Along with these two matches, the New SmackDown Tag Team Champions Shane McMahon and The Miz will defend their titles against The Usos, who won a Fatal 4-Way match by defeating former champions The Bar, The New Day and Heavy Machinery on SmackDown Live.
Here are six more matches that could take place at the event.
#6 Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Finn Bálor (Intercontinental Championship Match)
Finn Bálor was defeated by Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. After giving a competitive fight to The Beast, The Extraordinary Man just fell short of expectations and tapped to Lesnar's devastating submission hold, the Kimura Lock.
The next night on Raw, he was interrupted by Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley and his manager Lio Rush who believed that Bálor never deserved an opportunity to compete for the Universal Championship. Then, Bálor ridiculed Lashley about lasting 12 seconds in the Royal Rumble match, which lead to Lashley brutalizing a wounded Bálor.
Now, this is clearly leading to a feud between Lashley and Bálor for the Intercontinental Title which should begin at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
It would be great opportunity to make Bálor the new Intercontinental Champion because he has not been able to win any major match in the past year, but at the same time, Lashley became champion just two weeks ago on Raw, so this feud can possibly continue until WrestleMania.
#5 R-Truth vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Rusev (Triple Threat Match for the United States Championship)
In one of the most shocking moments in recent memory, R-Truth defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the New United States Champion this week on SmackDown. After being attacked by Nia Jax prior to entering the Royal Rumble match, Truth was granted a United States Title match on SmackDown.
Truth won the title after a sudden roll-up, following the win, Rusev challenged Truth for the newly won title.
In another shock of the night, he defeated Rusev also by a sudden roll-up and began celebrating his two massive victories of the night, until Nakamura struck Truth from behind and teamed up with Rusev to brutalise the new champion.
Now you can expect a Triple Threat match involving both The King of Strong Style and The Bulgarian Brute against the New United States Champion R-Truth at the next pay-per-view, Elimination Chamber.
Nothing much can be expected from this title match since all three have different styles of wrestling, but their combination is quite unique and would create an exciting bout for the fans. There is a possibility of another title change at the event.
#4 Bobby Roode and Chad Gable (c) vs. The Revival vs. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins (Triple Threat Tag Team Match for the Raw Tag Team Championships)
The Raw tag team division has been tedious for months. The matches and storylines have been unexciting for the fans, in short, the division has completely been lacklustre for the past year. Recently, it was rumoured one of the best tag teams of NXT, The Revival had asked for their release from the company.
Last week on Raw, Ryder returned to help Hawkins after he was attacked by The Revival during their Raw Tag Team Title match. This past Monday, The Revival defeated Ryder and Hawkins but the feud is expected to continue.
Ryder and Hawkins will definitely get a win against the duo, which could build to a triple threat tag team match at Elimination Chamber for the champions Bobby Roode and Chad Gable.
WWE reportedly told its tag teams that they will put more focus on the division going forward. Sure this match will not help the division but WWE has no other options left.
Also, there is another possibility of making The Revival the champions, after they have been struggling for months on the main roster. Ryder and Hawkins could take the fall and later on, The Revival can continue the feud with former champions- Roode and Gable.
#3 Andrade vs. Rey Mysterio
One of the hottest feuds in WWE right now is between Rey Mysterio and Andrade. The two Mexican stars have really entertained the fans with their matches and exciting manoeuvres. This feud began during a tag team match on SmackDown three weeks ago when Andrade and Mysterio showcased some unbelievable action.
The very next week they competed against each other in a singles match which was an exhilarating contest won by Andrade. Last week on SmackDown, the two superstars collided in a 2-out-of-3-falls match which was interrupted by Samoa Joe causing a disqualification.
This week on SmackDown, Mysterio was scheduled for a match against Joe. But, Andrade attacked Mysterio before the match could begin.
This could mean the feud between Andrade and Mysterio will continue at Elimination Chamber since they are not involved in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match. A singles match at the pay-per-view can be another thrilling contest between the duo.
Even better would be adding a stipulation to this match (such as Mask vs. Hair match or falls count anywhere match). A final showdown at WrestleMania would be befitting for their rivalry.
#2 Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch
Before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, it was rumoured that Ronda Rousey will defend her Raw Women's Title against both Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35. At the event, Lynch lost her SmackDown Women's Title rematch to Asuka in the opening contest.
Later in the night, Lynch replaced an injured Lana to participate in Royal Rumble match and won by last eliminating Flair.
The very next night on Raw, she challenged Raw Women's Champion Rousey to a match at WrestleMania 35. On SmackDown, The Irish Lass Kicker and The Queen got into a chaotic brawl, which was stopped by WWE officials.
Now, Flair is still rumoured to be part of the match, making it possibly a triple threat match for the title at the big event. So, this brawl made one thing clear, that Flair will be continuing her feud with Lynch at the Elimination Chamber.
WWE can put a stipulation for this match that if Flair wins, she will get added to the Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania.
#1 Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle vs. Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin
After losing his opportunity to face Brock Lensar for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, The Monster Among Men participated in the Royal Rumble match where he came close to headline this year's WrestleMania but was eliminated by the winner Seth Rollins.
This week on Raw, Strowman was scheduled for a dream encounter against Drew McIntyre who injured him a couple of months ago. During the match, Baron Corbin interfered to cause a disqualification. After that both Corbin and McIntyre ambushed Strowman.
Earlier during the show, Corbin defeated Kurt Angle after the Olympic Gold Medalist decided to take redemption from The Lone Wolf for costing him his General Manager position on Raw.
It looks like WWE might be building a tag team match for Elimination Chamber pitting the team of McIntyre and Corbin against the team of Strowman and Angle.
While this match can happen on Raw, but it will surely be saved for the pay-per-view since all four of them have nothing to do at the event.
