WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 Match Card Predictions After Royal Rumble
Following a Royal Rumble premium live event in which Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan won the men's and women's namesake matches, WWE continues its road to WrestleMania 42 on February 28 in Chicago with Elimination Chamber.
With plenty of questions to answer, and no indicator of what that card may look like, these are a few way-too-early match predictions for the annual extravaganza, including what hometown hero, world heavyweight champion CM Punk, will do one the show.
Elimination Chamber Viewing Info
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Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 7:00 p.m. EST
Location: United Center in Chicago, Illinois
Streaming: ESPN app
The Undercard
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World Heavyweight Championship Match: CM Punk vs. Logan Paul
With Roman Reigns not currently advertised for Elimination Chamber, Punk stays busy with another world title defense against a member of The Vision, this time in Logan Paul. What better way for a red-hot, extremely pro-Punk crowd to get even louder in their support of their hometown hero than by booking him against one of the most insufferable heels on the roster?
Depending on who is ultimately revealed as Bron Breakker's attacker from Royal Rumble, it also sews dissent within The Vision as Paul gets the shot, not The Badass.
WWE Women's Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill
It is Tiffy Time again in WWE, and with her return in the Royal Rumble comes her chance to avenge the loss to Cargill from Saturday Night's Main Event on November 1, where she dropped the women's title. While she may not regain the gold, it keeps her out of the Elimination Chamber match and in a high-profile match-up in an attempt to retain her stature near the top of her division.
Women's Elimination Chamber Match
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What if Liv Morgan keeps just enough mystery around her decision on which champion to challenge at WrestleMania to ensure the Women's Elimination Chamber match features stars from Raw and SmackDown?
If no clear decision is made by the 2026 Rumble winner, the contest would be the co-branded main event of the night's card.
Predicted Participants
Legend would have the opportunity to follow up her outstanding run in the Rumble while Alexa Bliss' omission from the match would create further issues between her and Flair following her accidental elimination Saturday night.
Ripley and Sky boost the star power, Bayley has a shot at individual gold after missing out on WrestleMania last year, and Giulia continues to build momentum after a miserably booked 2025.
If Bianca Belair is healthy and recovered from a grizzly broken finger that has kept her out of action since last WrestleMania, she is the obvious choice to take one of the spots and battle former teammate and friend, Cargill, for the SmackDown brand's title.
Men's Elimination Chamber Match
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The decision to book Drew McIntyre's interference in the Royal Rumble, a Claymore Kick that would lead to Cody Rhodes' elimination from the match, and another momentary distraction that resulted in Jacob Fatu's departure from the bout suggests that the unsettled issues between them will play out on the road to WrestleMania 42.
With Reigns winning the Rumble and having more issues to explore on the Raw brand than SmackDown at this point, it would appear The Tribal Chief will opt to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship currently held by CM Punk.
If so, the Elimination Chamber will feature blue brand talent.
Predicted Participants
- Rhodes
- Fatu
- Damian Priest
- Randy Orton
- Trick Williams
- Ilja Dragunov
WWE loves to use one spot in the match to give a young talent the chance to prove themselves with the top stars in the company and both Williams and Dragunov would fit that description. That Williams has squared off with Orton and Priest, and was eliminated by Rhodes Saturday, gives him story threads to play off of.
How WWE envisions the title match at WrestleMania would be answered in Chicago, with Rhodes likely to win, while Fatu's booking will indicate whether he may be involved to make it a Triple Threat Match in Las Vegas.
