WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 will take place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Follow along here for spoilers and information on the premium live event's card, lineup of matches and news regarding the pay-per-view.
The following are my predictions for the 2026 WWE Elimination Chamber PPV. Check back for Elimination Chamber 2026 results and review coverage here when the time comes.
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Men's Elimination Chamber: Cody Rhodes vs. LA Knight vs. Randy Orton vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Trick Williams vs. Jey Uso
It's very strange to me that only Cody Rhodes is in this, while Jacob Fatu and Sami Zayn aren't. Rhodes feels like the obvious go-to winner, but I can't imagine WWE just drops Fatu and Zayn from their feuds around this title, given how things have played out. And I don't think they'll pivot to fighting each other to leave Rhodes against McIntyre on his lonesome. This is starting to feel to me like there will be a non-finish of sorts, which will ultimately lead to a Fatal 4-Way match happening at WrestleMania with McIntyre, Rhodes, Fatu, and Zayn, possibly even with Zayn winning the title.
Update: I'm still convinced they're doing a multi-man at WrestleMania, and there can't be a true winner here unless they want to then add people after the fact, somehow. However, I think no matter what, one of those guys involved would be Cody Rhodes, so since Sami Zayn and Jacob Fatu are not involved in this, it's got to be Cody.
PREDICTION: Cody Rhodes wins if someone does actually win.
Women's Elimination Chamber: Rhea Ripley vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Kiana James vs. Raquel Rodriguez
Just like the men's match, it's not worth talking about all the scenarios while they're keeping major details secret. I hope Tiffany Stratton doesn't win, though. I don't think Rhea Ripley will, nor will Bliss or Asuka/Bayley/Nattie, so it's not a winning group so far. If Charlotte Flair gets in, she stands out as the other main option outside of Stratton, but I just don't want them against Cargill if I'm being honest.
Update: I guess Bianca Belair is out if she's just now getting surgery. That changes things. This now not only becomes what was so obviously going to be "Who fights Jade Cargill?" anyway, but it actually has to because the go-to challenger isn't there. What sucks is that I feel like this could have been a good spot for Jordynne Grace, where she could have earned this opportunity and gotten the Mania shot and it would have done more for her than for her to fight Jade on SmackDown, as it was obvious then that she wouldn't have won the title. Maybe I'll be wrong and I'll be happy with Grace winning the US title from Giulia instead.
So now, who fights Cargill? It can't be Bliss, Asuka, or Iyo. At least Ripley could make sense for the tall women face-off, but I think they're just teasing that for the future and not at all intending to split up Rhiyo, so I'm ruling out Ripley as well. That narrows it down to I'm assuming Stratton or Flair, and I'm not a fan of either of those scenarios. Flair is only interesting right now because of her tag team with Bliss (and I don't need to see Bliss just sacrificed 100 times over the next 2 months on repeat, thank you) and I certainly don't need to see another match between Cargill and Stratton after their feud went on too long and wasn't impressive.
I'm guessing it will be Stratton, but I hope WWE has something up their sleeves. I don't have FAITH that they do, but I am at least hoping they don't just no-effort this that poorly.
Update 2: Wow, Kiana James pins Charlotte Flair?! Well, that certainly wasn't expected, to say the least. Surely they aren't just going with the most boring thing of Stratton, right?
Update 3: Raquel Rodriguez is a throwaway option unless, and hear me out, they might want to do a Triple Threat with Liv Morgan and Stephanie Vaquer, with this being their way around that. It's a LONG SHOT of a prediction, but it's something that I want to put out there. I do think that this is just as simple as setting up who faces Jade Cargill, and since Charlotte isn't in this, I have to narrow that down to Ripley, Stratton, or Bliss. Either they want a Triple Threat between Flair, Bliss, and Cargill, or they're just running back Stratton, or they're somehow ditching Rhiyo for the tag team division and also going to find something else out for Iyo and then just doing a random Ripley/Cargill match. Given those outcomes, the less heavy lifting comes with Stratton winning, which is unfortunately the least interesting scenario out of the bunch.
PREDICTION: Tiffany Stratton wins I guess? Ugh.
Singles Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Finn Balor
Does Dominik Mysterio cost Finn Balor the title, either on purpose or inadvertently? Or does Balor just straight-up lose again and the Mysterio fallout happens later? That's happening, as I fully expect Balor to win the Men's Intercontinental Championship from Dirty Dom at WrestleMania. But in the meantime, this match should be good. I wouldn't be surprised if after Punk retains, Roman Reigns shows up to spear him just to hype up that match more or something.
PREDICTION: CM Punk obviously retains.
Singles Match for the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. AJ Lee
What I don't like about this is that by doing it here, instead of at WrestleMania, that means one of three things needs to happen:
1) AJ Lee wins the title and the rematch is pointless at WrestleMania, where it would have been better to just do the match there instead.
2) Becky Lynch cheats to win and they have to go a roundabout way to get a rematch (or just announce a rematch lazily) and we do an unnecessary rematch, milking this for two rounds and probably setting up a third match for Backlash when these two have already feuded for as long as they've feuded.
3) It's a no-contest type ending that does the same thing as #2
Since two of those scenarios have Becky walking out with the belt, even if she doesn't technically win the match, I'm assuming the odds are in her favor.
PREDICTION: Becky Lynch somehow retains.
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