Elimination chamber saw WWE make some bold booking decisions. Bray Wyatt winning the title in the Elimination Chamber match was perhaps the boldest one from the lot. The pay-per-view also saw the SmackDown Women’s championship change hands as Naomi finally got her hands on the gold at the expense of Alexa Bliss.
There were some other interesting notes from the show on Sunday night as a whole and it has certainly lit up the Road to WrestleMania for the SmackDown Live roster.
WWE is all set to roll out their Elimination Chamber fallout edition of SmackDown Live this Tuesday night and in this slideshow, we will take a look at the things that we can expect from the show.
#5 American Alpha dominates
American Alpha won the tag team turmoil match at Elimination chamber to stamp their domination in the SmackDown Tag Team division. The team got the better of almost all the notable names in the division and this cements their spot on top of the food chain.
WWE needs to come up with new challengers for American Alpha and apparently, there was a tease as well.
Dash Wilder of the Revival teased an appearance on Twitter and considering how American Alpha no longer has good competition from the tag team division of SmackDown Live, bringing in someone from NXT and making a match out of it makes a lot of sense.
#4 And New
After being in the background for a long time, Naomi came under the limelight on Sunday night when she won the SmackDown Women’s championship from Alexa Bliss. It was a good win for Naomi and this means that she could head into WrestleMania as the Smackdown Women’s champion.
Alexa is likely to get a rematch for the title this week or in the immediate weeks that follow.
Apart from Alexa, WWE also has an option of pairing Noami and Mickie James into a program as Mickie belongs to the dark side now. Natalya is another name that could come up as a contender for the Women’s title.
#3 John Cena and Nikki Bella vs. The Miz and Maryse to be set up?
Nikki Bella and Natalya brawled big time on Sunday night and it seems like their feud is far from over.
But interestingly, Nikki crossed paths with Maryse during the segment and this could result in the rumoured feud between Nikki Bella and Maryse. Rumours are floating around about a potential Nikki – Maryse storyline with Miz and John Cena also being involved.
The storyline makes a lot of sense as Cena needs a fresh direction after dropping his title and similarly, Miz deserves a high profile feud for all the good work that he has been putting in. Cena will activate his rematch clause tonight and The Miz could interfere to cost the Cenation leader the match.
It would be a perfect farewell storyline for Nikki as well but it would be interesting to see how WWE diverts the attention from Nikki – Natalya to Nikki – Maryse if they have such plans.
#2 Future of the Elimination chamber names
Six men competed in the Elimination Chamber match on Sunday night but only one walked out of the steel structure as champion. The remaining five superstars will need some new storyline heading into WrestleMania and sorting this out should be WWE’s biggest priority this week on SmackDown.
John Cena’s possible path could be a feud with Miz whereas Dean Ambrose has the Intercontinental championship to build new storylines.
Baron Corbin is someone that the company should be concerned about as he has potential that could come in handy at WrestleMania. But the biggest headache would be booking AJ Styles.
He is so talented that you cannot pair him up randomly with anyone and the storyline of AJ should be crafted in a way to please the fans as well.
#1 Wyatt turmoil
Bray Wyatt emerged as the new WWE champion at Elimination Chamber when he overcame five other men. While Wyatt’s win was an impactful one, what adds to the win is Randy Orton’s placement on the roster. He is the Royal Rumble winner and has a guaranteed title shot at WrestleMania.
With Luke Harper no longer with Bray, a one – on – one feud between Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton is what we could get. The impending explosion of the Bray – Orton relationship makes this week’s SmackDown an interesting one. As mentioned, Wyatt will be facing Cena for the title and it could see a host of inteferences.
The possibility of Harper having a role cannot be ruled out or as always, we might even get a new backup for Bray Wyatt.
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