Welcome to the WWE Elimination Chamber pre-show, and we are live on the WWE Network.
- WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defeated Akira Tozawa – Pre-Show
Welcome to the Elimination Chamber PPV! We get an intro video package to hype the matches that will be taking place tonight. Our opening contest is…
WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Elimination Chamber Match: Nia Jax & Tamina vs. Sarah Logan & Ruby Riott vs. Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce, Bayley & Sasha Banks, Carmella & Naomi
Banks, Bayley, Rose, and Deville start things out. The heels double team Bayley, who then tries to make a comeback and does. Banks and Bayley hit a double team move for a quick pin attempt. Banks hit a crossbody off the top rope to take them out. Deville with a nice spinebuster out of the corner to Banks. The heels work over Banks and Bayley on the outside of the ring. They send them face first into the cage in order to continue the beatdown. Bayley wrapped up Rose in the cage and hit a neck breaker. The next team in the match are Morgan and Logan, who go right after Bayley and Banks then celebrate. They turn their attention to Rose and Deville. Bayley comes in and takes out the heels. She goes to the top rope but Rose cut her off. They did a spot in the corner with the tower of doom. Kay and Royce were next in as they attacked Bayley and Banks.
They started to argue with the referee then sent Morgan and Logan into the ring posts. Royce and Kay with a double team suplex to Deville. They hit a superkick to Bayley for a count of two until Banks broke it up. The Iconics sent Banks and Bayley into the cage where they talked some trash. Naomi and Carmella are the next team into the match as they go right after Kay and Royce with head kicks. Naomi with a springboard dive. Naomi hit Logan and Morgan with a double drop kick. They then do bronco busters to all of the teams. Kay and Carmella climb the cage until Carmella hit a hurricanrana into the cage. Carmella with a super kick to Logan. Banks with a knee strike to Kay then Royce with a back breaker to Banks. Rose with a back suplex to Morgan and Logan with a fisherman suplex to Rose. Deville took out Logan with a spear. Everyone is done. Naomi wentright after Rose and attacked her. Kay and Royce double pinned Naomi to eliminate her and Carmella. The rest of the women surrounded Kay and Royce in the ring. Tamina and Jax are the next team out while being met by the other teams. Kay and Royce trapped themselves in one of the pods until Tamina and Jax opened it. Then they slammed Kay and Royce into the cage.
Tamina and Jax with a double samoan drop for the elimination of Kay and Royce. Three teams remain. Logan with a drop kick in the corner to Jax. Mogan with a nice jaw breaker to Tamina for the pin attempt. Banks and Bayley hit a double team powerbomb to Morgan. Bayley launched Deville into the corner. Banks with a double knee strike to Deville and Rose in the corner. Tamina and Jax took out the faces with double clotheslines. Morgan jumped off one of the podcast to take out Jax and Rose. Logan did the same thing to the other girls. Jax off the middle rope with a samoan drop to Morgan while Tamina hit a splash off the top rope to Morgan and Logan for the elimination. Bayley and Banks hit a double team knee strike to Tamina. Jax doubled Bayley to the floor.
Jax missed a spear and went right through one of the pods. Banks with a dive off the top rope to Tamina then Bayley with an elbow drop for the elimination. We’re down to two teams. Banks hit a knee strike to the face of Rose. Deville rolled up Banks for 2 as Bayley made the save. Banks with a back breaker and Bayley with her finisher to Deville until Rose made the save for 2. The four girls climbed on top of one of the pods. Deville and Bayley were knocked off. Deville hit a spear to Bayley and Banks tossed Deville into the cage. Rose sent Banks into the pod then hit her finisher for the near fall. Deville accidentally speared Rose. Banks locked in the Bank Statement on Deville for the win.
Winner: Bayley & Sasha Banks
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Title Match: Shane McMahon & The Miz (c) vs. The Usos
Miz and Jimmy start things off with a traditional opening for a match. Miz went for the Figure Four but Jimmy kicked his way out of it. Miz with a clothesline in the corner and Shane got the tag where he went to the top rope but had to kick Jey off the apron then hit a forearm shot to Jimmy and rolled him up for 2. Shane and Miz worked over Jimmy then tossed him to the floor. Jey with a cheap shot to Miz and The Usos beat him down in the corner. After a few minutes of this beat down, Shane got the hot tag and hit a series of strikes to Jey. He would hit a big body drop and a big right hand. Shane with a spinning DDT to Jimmy and then to Jey for 2. Shane went to the top rope and hit a coast to coast to Jimmy. He went for another one but Jey hit a super kick and a splash off the top rope but Miz broke it up. Miz got the hot tag and hit a spring board double axe to Jey then a series of kicks. However, Jey would then cut him off and missed a splash. Miz with a spike DDT to Jey for 2. Jimmy accidentally took out his brother with an outside dive. Shane hit an elbow drop off the top rope to Jimmy through the announce table. Back in the ring, Miz hit the Skull Crushing Finale to Jey for 2 as Jey then rolled him up for the win.
Winner: The Usos – New Champions!
WWE Intercontinental Title Handicap Match: Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush © vs. Finn Balor
Lashley started out and went right after Balor, who would then fight back and send Lashley regrouping on the outside. Rush distracted Balor and Lashley went for a spear but Balor tried to roll him up. Lashley with a series of kicks after no selling it. Lashley went for a powerbomb but Balor blocked it and sent him flying to the floor. Balor chased Rush around the ring after being tripped. This allows Lashley to intercept and sent him into the barricade. Rush got into the ring and landed a series of strikes. He got the hot tag to Lashley, who took out Balor with a major league clothesline. Lashley with a spear in the corner as he continues the beatdown of the challenger. Moments later, Balor made his comeback and landed some strikes. Balor sent both stars to the floor and hit an outside dive. Back in the ring, Balor with a drop kick and hit his double foot stomp of the top rope for the win.
Winner: Finn Balor – NEW Champion
WWE Raw Women’s Title Match: Ronda Rousey © vs. Ruby Riott
Complete domination by Rousey as she won this match after hitting a series of strikes and suplex then finished up the three-minute contest with the armbar.
Winner: Ronda Rousey ©
Post-match, Rousey had a stare down with Charlotte Flair. Becky Lynch then walked out on crutches through the crowd. Lynch then attacks Flair with one of the crutches as Rousey just watches. This led to Lynch then attacking Rousey as well with the crutch until the referees came out with security to break things up.
No DQ Match: Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin
They start brawling right out of the gate. Corbin got a kendo stick and hit Strowman with it several times. Strowman landed a series of strikes then blocked a kendo stick shot and broke it in half. Strowman with some clubbing shots. Strowman chased him around the ring and avoided an office chair. Corbin hit him a few times with some steel steps. Corbin beat him down some more in the ring to silence from the fans. Strowman made his comeback with some right hands and clotheslines. Strowman got a table and set it up in the corner. Corbin with a big boot but was caught and Strowman power slammed him through a table. This led to Drew McIntyre walking out with a steel chair only to have Lashley come from behind him and hit Strowman with several chair shots. Lashley and Drew hit their finishers to Strowman. They set up steps and two tables then Lashley powerbombs him through it. Corbin wins.
Winner: Baron Corbin
WWE Title Elimination Chamber Match: Daniel Bryan © vs. Samoa Joe vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston
Bryan cut a heel promo prior to the match. The referee tossed Erick Rowan from ringside. Bryan and Joe start things off with Joe chasing the WWE Champion then landing a series of chops to Bryan up against the fence. Back in the ring, Joe hit him with a powerbomb then the boston crab and transitioned into the crossface. Bryan sent him through the ropes and to the floor then tossed him into the edge of the pod. Joe fought back with a series of kicks to the chest of the champ. Bryan tripped him in the corner and landed some kicks. Kofi was the next star in and he went right after both stars. Kofi with a spring board double axe to Bryan and a splash off the top rope to Joe. Bryan cut him off with a knee strike off the top rope to Kofi. Joe with a big time chop to the chest of Bryan, who then ran away and climbed onto one of the pods. Joe continued with the chops to Kofi, who then jumped onto the same pod as Bryan and landed some strikes. They climbed up the structure until Joe yanked Bryan off. Kofi took them out with a dive. Back in the ring, Kofi covered Joe for 2. Kofi hit a spinning back elbow to the champ for 2. Joe cut off Kofi with a suplex. Styles was the next person in the match and went right after Bryan. AJ hit a reverse/normal DDT to Kofi and Bryan. AJ put the boots to Joe then went after Bryan who was climbing the structure as AJ hit a spring board forearm strike. AJ with a sunset flip and then went for the Clash but Kofi got out of it. AJ with a neck breaker for 2. Joe locked in the sleeper to Kofi but got out of it with a jaw breaker then AJ with the forearm shot for the elimination. Hardy was next in and went right after AJ, who then hit a drop kick for 2. Jeff with a jaw breaker then a spinning kick to Bryan and a face first suplex to Kofi. Jeff took out Bryan with a dive out to the floor. AJ caught Jeff with a head kick. Bryan sent Kofi face first into the structure. AJ sent Jeff into the pod then they battled on the top rope and AJ crashed hard on the top rope. Jeff went to the top of one of the pods and hit a swanton bomb on AJ, who was laying on the turnbuckle. Bryan with a running knee to Jeff for the elimination. Bryan with a series of kicks to AJ in the corner and then a baseball slide. Bryan with a suplex to Kofi while AJ hit a german suplex to AJ off the top rope. Randy Orton is the final star to enter the match. Orton hit a clothesline to AJ then sent Kofi into AJ. Bryan blocked an RKO and rolled him up for 2. Orton suplexed Bryan on the top rope. Kofi with a drop kick to Orton. AJ went for a spring board move but Orton caught him with an RKO out of nowhere for the elimination. Kofi went to the top rope but Orton knocked him down and hit a DDT. Orton hit a powerslam to Bryan then went for an RKO but Kofi caught him with Trouble in Paradise for the elimination. Kofi and Bryan exchange strikes until Bryan got the better of him. Bryan followed up with a series of kicks. Kofi hit the SOS for a near fall. Bryan sent him face first into the ring post. Bryan with a series of kicks in the corner and followed up with a drop kick. Kofi with a drop kick of his own in the corner. The crowd was firmly behind Kofi. Bryan rolled out to the floor and Kofi sent him head first into the structure several times. Bryan sent him into the pod that didn’t break. Back in the ring, Bryan hit the running knee strike for the near fall. Bryan stomped him in the face. Kofi with the SOS to Bryan but Bryan rolled him up for two. Bryan went for the lebell lock but Kofi got to the bottom rope to break the submission. They battled up to one of the pods. Kofi kicked him off and to the mat. Kofi went for a splash but missed and Bryan hit the running knee strike for the win.
Winner: Daniel Bryan ©
