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WWE Rumor Roundup.
WWE Rumor Roundup.

#2. The reason why Roman Reigns is not defending his title inside the WWE Elimination Chamber

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Elimination Chamber is scheduled to occur on February 21st, 2021, and WWE has announced five matches for the show.

Drew McIntyre will defend the WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber. WWE has also announced a No. 1 contender's Elimination Chamber match to determine Roman Reigns' opponent for later on in the night.

During a recent Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that the original plan was for Roman Reigns to be in the Elimination Chamber match. However, WWE changed the plan to possibly get more heat on Reigns. WWE officials might not have wanted two similar Elimination Chamber title matches on the card and decided to alter the lineup.

Meltzer noted the following:

"It's a way to get heat on Reigns. Originally, Reigns was going to be in the chamber match. That was the original idea, and then I guess they didn't want to do it on both shows or something. Whatever…they wanted to tweak it, so they tweaked it."

The SmackDown Elimination Chamber match would see Cesaro, Daniel Bryan, Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, King Corbin, and Sami Zayn compete for a title shot. Who do you think should be booked to win?