With WWE formally within the midst of WrestleMania Season and with Royal Rumble winners Jey Uso and Charlotte Aptitude already having punched tickets to world title matches on the largest occasion of the yr, consideration now turns to the Elimination Chamber. The Elimination Chamber occasion will probably be held in Toronto on March 1.
The winners of the lads’s and ladies’s Elimination Chamber matches will earn their very own world title matches at WrestleMania, with the flexibility to problem the champion not chosen by Uso or Aptitude.
Qualification matches at the moment are full with John Cena, CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Logan Paul, Damian Priest and Seth Rollins all set to compete. On the ladies’s aspect, will probably be Liv Morgan, Alexa Bliss, Bianca Belair, Bayley, Naomi and Roxanne Perez.
A bit of additional drama was added to the cardboard with The Rock just lately asking Cody Rhodes to promote his soul and turn into “his champion.” The Rock gave a deadline of Elimination Chamber for Rhodes to determine if he’ll promote out to turn into the favored champion of the WWE govt elite.
The cardboard is generally if not fully full with two non-Chamber matches added to the lineup. Check out the present panorama for Elimination Chamber.
2025 WWE Elimination Chamber matches
Males’s Elimination Chamber Match — John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Logan Paul vs. Damian Priest vs. Seth Rollins: Cena declared his entry into the match on the Royal Rumble post-event press convention. Cena was the final man eradicated within the Rumble, arising simply in need of his aim of 1 final shot at a seventeenth world championship run. Punk defeated Sami Zayn within the first males’s qualifying match to safe his spot. McIntyre defeated LA Knight and Jimmy Uso in a triple risk match to enter the fray. Paul earned his spot with a win over Rey Mysterio. The sector was lastly absolutely set with Priest and Rollins each successful qualifiers.
Ladies’s Elimination Chamber Match — Liv Morgan vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Bianca Belair vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez: Morgan defeated Iyo Sky within the first qualifying match for the ladies’s Chamber and did so by goading Rhea Ripley into hitting her to pressure the disqualification. Bliss and Belair defeated Candace LeRae and Piper Niven, respectively, to qualify. Bayley earned her spot within the match with a win over Lyra Vallkyria. The ultimate two spots have been stuffed when Naomi defeated Chelsea Inexperienced and Perez picked up a win over Raquel Rodriguez.
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (Unsanctioned Match): Owens attacked Zayn after Zayn’s loss to Punk of their Elimination Chamber qualifier. Owens has been on the warpath of late and after arising brief towards Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE championship, he set his sights on Zayn, somebody who has fluctuated between being Owens’ closest pal and most bitter rival over the previous 20 years. Zayn demanded a match with Owens, however WWE officers refused the request. Zayn continued to push solely to be informed the one manner the match would occur is that if it have been unsanctioned, a stipulation Zayn agreed to.
Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax and Candace LeRae: Stratton and Stratus fashioned an unlikely duo on SmackDown amid Stratton’s feud with Jax and LeRae. Stratus will compete in entrance of her hometown followers on the Elimination Chamber in Toronto. Earlier than her shock return on the Royal Rumble, Stratus final wrestled Becky Lynch in a metal cage match at WWE Payback in 2023.
Cody Rhodes solutions The Rock: On a latest SmackDown, The Rock returned and known as Rhodes to the ring. Rhodes has been a fantastic champion, The Rock stated, however he wished extra. The Rock needs Rhodes’ soul and for Rhodes to be “his champion.” Placing The Rock in a extra aggressive company heel function — or at the very least reverting again to the model we noticed final WrestleMania — can also be an effort to find out who Rhodes is as he closes in on one yr as undisputed WWE champion. The Rock gave Rhodes till Elimination Chamber to make his choice and now followers wait to see if Rhodes will promote his soul for the ability The Rock can present.
