There is only one PPV occasion left on the highway to WrestleMania, and it is arguably probably the most brutal of all of them. Six males and 6 girls will enter the Elimination Chamber on Saturday night time in Toronto with hopes of securing a shot at a world title at WrestleMania.
The winner of the lads’s match is anticipated to problem WWE common champion Cody Rhodes whereas the ladies’s winner will face girls’s world champion Rhea Ripley.
The boys’s discipline is about as stacked as might be with John Cena, CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Logan Paul, Damian Priest and Seth Rollins able to duke it out contained in the metal construction. In the meantime, Liv Morgan, Alexa Bliss, Bianca Belair, Bayley, Naomi and Roxanne Perez will battle it out in what may very well be an attention-grabbing face off.
A bit of additional drama was added to the cardboard with The Rock lately asking Rhodes to promote his soul and develop into “his champion.” The Rock gave a deadline of Elimination Chamber for Rhodes to determine if he’ll promote out to develop into the favored champion of the WWE government elite.
The Rock tried to additional entice Rhodes on the go-home episode of SmackDown when he gifted Rhodes a model new truck branded with Rhodes’ brand and nickname whereas additional leaning into the connection the Rock had with Dusty Rhodes and their bond. Rhodes should give Rock a solution on Saturday night time.
Let’s check out the entire match card set for Saturday night time in Toronto.
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, developing simply in need of his purpose 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 menace match to enter the fray. Paul earned his spot with a win over Rey Mysterio. The sector was lastly totally 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 power 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 crammed 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 developing 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 instructed the one means 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 referred to as Rhodes to the ring. Rhodes has been an excellent champion, The Rock mentioned, however he needed extra. The Rock needs Rhodes’ soul and for Rhodes to be “his champion.” Placing The Rock in a extra aggressive company heel position — or at the 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 facility The Rock can present.
