WWE Elimination Chamber Results 2/24: Rhea Ripley Faces Nia Jax, Two Chamber Matches, More
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The Road To WrestleMania heads to the land down under today as the WWE Elimination Chamber proves to be the final pit stop before WWE WrestleMania 40. The show is stacked with title matches and encounters that will all have an impact on the Grandest Stage Of Them All. The Kabuki Warriors will be defending their WWE Women's Tag Team Championships on the pre-show against Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell, while Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate are challenging for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships.
There are two Elimination Chamber matches on this show, with the winner of each booking their place at WrestleMania 40. The winner of the men's match will go on to challenge Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship, while the winner of the women's encounter will get to challenge for the Women's World Championship. Who will be walking into 'Mania with that title will also be determined tonight as Rhea Ripley defends her title against Nia Jax.
Finally, there will be a special version of The Grayson Waller Effect where the "WWE SmackDown" star will be joined by Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins as his guests as their issue with The Bloodline continues to boil over.
Here's what's in store for today:
- WWE's Women's Tag Team Championship Match: The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell – Kickoff Match
- Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Damian Priest & Finn Balor (c) vs. New Catch Republic
- Men's Elimination Chamber Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton vs. Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens vs. Drew McIntyre vs. LA Knight
- Women's Elimination Chamber Match: Raquel Rodriguez vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Naomi
- The Grayson Waller Effect with guests Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins
- Women's World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax
The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell (WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match)
Indi Hartwell kicks things off with Kairi Sane, dropping the champion down with a shoulder tackle. Sane responds by ragging at the hair of Hartwell, but the Australian star responds with a big boot and then slams her down before lifting Candice LeRae to drop her onto Sane. She tags out and welcomes Asuka to the match, but LeRae unloads with a series of punches to her in the corner of the ring.
LeRae then hits a senton, but Asuka kicks out of the pinfall attempt. She then charges LeRae into the corner, and while she responds with an elbow LeRae then gets dumped off the top turnbuckle to the floor by Sane while Asuka distracts the official. Sane tags back in, but misses with an attack in the corner, yet she's able to bring Asuka in who stops LeRae from tagging out with a German suplex.
Asuka hits a sliding knee, and then Sane comes in with a flying forearm from the top turnbuckle, but LeRae kicks out of the pinfall attempt. LeRae continues to try to make a tag, and she connects with a boot to Asuka which allows Hartwell to make the hot tag. She charges in with lariats for both her opponents and she then throws them into each other. Hartwell plants Asuka with a Spinebuster, and then drops Sane down onto the "Empress Of Tomorrow" with another, which gains her a near fall.
LeRae comes back in with a springboard moonsault, but Sane breaks up the pinfall attempt. She dumps Sane out of the ring and then dives off the apron to attack her, but back inside the ring, Asuka unloads on Hartwell with a series of strikes and then a German suplex. Hartwell then tries to hold LeRae as she climbs to the top rope, but Sane pulls Hartwell which makes LeRae fall. Asuka then holds LeRae while Sane delivers the Insane Elbow.
Winners (and still WWE Women's Tag Team Champions): The Kabuki Warriors
Raquel Rodriguez vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Naomi (Women's Elimination Chamber Match)
Becky Lynch and Naomi kickstart the encounter, with "The Man" dropping her opponent with a shoulder tackle, only for Naomi to respond with one of her own. They then exchange pinfall attempts, but neither is able to keep the other down. Naomi then nails a dropkick and sends Lynch into the second turnbuckle, only for Lynch to respond with one of her own. The fight then goes out of the cage as Naomi boots Lynch into a pod.
Lynch tries to throw Naomi into the steel, but she jumps and climbs it, grabbing Lynch with her legs to drive her head-first into the steel repeatedly. She follows that with a split leg drop from the steel, but Lynch is able to kick out. Back inside the ring, they both go for a crossbody and collide.
- Tiffany Stratton enters
Stratton hits the ring and sends each woman into different corners as she flips her way into both of them before hitting a double dropkick. She drops Lynch with a spinebuster, but Naomi then takes them both out with a double crossbody. Naomi attacks Stratton in the corner, only to be nailed by Lynch, but she then turns into a lariat from Stratton as she has to kick out to stay alive in this one.
Naomi heads to the top turnbuckle, but Stratton uses Lynch's body to hit her. She then sets both women up to try to hit her finisher, but Lynch gets to the top turnbuckle and takes her down to the mat as Naomi then connects with a double split leg drop.
- Liv Morgan enters
Morgan hits the ring and attacks Stratton and launches her into the pods repeatedly. Morgan hits a backstabber to Lynch and then a Codebreaker to Naomi. Stratton and Naomi then grab each other, but each do cartwheels to try and avoid one another. Naomi starts climbing the steel, while Lynch launches Stratton into the steel and then locks in the Dis-Arm-Her through the steel. Meanwhile, Naomi launches herself from the top of the pod to hit a Sunsetflip powerbomb to Morgan, but Stratton then rolls up Naomi and pins her.
- Stratton eliminates Naomi
- Raquel Rodriguez enters
She hits the ring with several lariats to Stratton before slamming her to the mat. Rodriguez slams Lynch into the steel several times before hitting a fallaway slam back into the ring, and she then swings Stratton into the steel. Rodriguez and Morgan then brawl as Morgan gets slammed into the steel, but Lynch then attacks the leg of Rodriguez. All three women hit moves on Rodriguez and they all try to pin her, but she kicks out.
- Bianca Belair enters
She attacks Stratton and then throws her inside a pod and shuts her in before taking the fight to everyone else. Stratton comes back to Belair, but gets slammed to the mat for her troubles while she and Rodriguez then trade blows. Rodriguez tries to suplex her onto the cage, but she pushes off, bounces off the top rope, and DDT's Rodriguez on the outside. Rodriguez then gets set across the top turnbuckle, and Morgan comes off the pod with a seated senton to her.
Lynch and Stratton then start brawling on top of a pod as she launches "The Man" off into Rodriguez. Stratton follows it with a Swanton from the pod to wipe the ladies out below. Stratton heads to the top turnbuckle for her moonsault, but Morgan leaps up and drops her to the mat.
- Morgan eliminates Stratton
Rodriguez bounces Belair from the steel and then powerbombs her into the ring, while she hits a spinning corkscrew elbow to Morgan. However, Lynch gets Rodriguez and locks in the Dis-Arm-Her, but Rodriguez lifts her up and then grabs Morgan to plant both. However, she turns into a KOD.
- Belair eliminates Rodriguez
She then hits a double moonsault to Morgan and Lynch, but they kick out. Morgan responds with a backstabber, and while Belair drives her into the steel she fires back by driving her into the pod. Lynch takes out both women outside the ring, but Belair fights back and throws her from the top turnbuckle. Morgan then powerbombs Belair, but turns into a missile dropkick from Lynch.
Belair tries to hit a 450 to Lynch, but she gets the knees up. Morgan looks for an Oblivion to Belair, but Lynch stops it with a Manhandle Slam attempt. Belair goes for a KOD, but Lynch lands on her feet, and Morgan comes from behind and rolls up Belair. However, she then turns immediately into a Manhandle Slam.
- Morgan eliminates Belair
- Lynch eliminates Morgan
Winner: Becky Lynch
Damian Priest & Finn Balor (c) vs. New Catch Republic (Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match)
Dominik Mysterio takes to the microphone to introduce The Judgment Day, but the New Catch Republic dumps him out and then starts the match hot by attacking the Tag Team Champions as well. Tyler Bate starts fast against Finn Balor, and then crawls to the corner with Balor trapped in his feet and tags in Pete Dunne who starts out attacking the arm of Balor. He brings Bate back in who jumps from the top turnbuckle, bouncing off Dunne's shoulders to then land on Balor.
Damian Priest changes things up with a big right hand though, and Balor then begins working the back of Bate. Priest then comes in and stomps Bate down in the corner after another big right hand. Mysterio then hits him with a cheap shot as Priest hits a big leg drop to Bate with Dunne breaking up the pinfall. Dunne then manages to tag in, and he takes out both men with a moonsault to the outside from the top turnbuckle.
Bate then tries to lift Priest up, but he wriggles out and hits a big clap before a boot to the head. He follows it with a huge lariat which turns the Englishman inside out, but he manages to kick out of the pinfall attempt. Bate hits Balor with a Deep Six, and then powers up Priest to do an airplane spin. Dunne then tags in as they deliver kicks to Balor as Bate then launches himself out of the ring toward Priest.
Dunne connects with a Bitter End, but Mysterio pulls the foot of Balor under the ropes, and while the official doesn't count three she does throw Mysterio out! With everyone distracted Balor goes for a roll-up, and while Dunne kicks out he then gets hit with a slingblade and the dropkick into the corner. Balor goes for the Coupe De Grace, but Balor misses and Dunne then snaps his fingers. He and Bate hit the Double Tyler Driver, yet Priest pulls Balor out of the ring to break the pinfall.
Dunne stomps on Priest's fingers, but as he tries to jump out of the ring he gets caught and slammed onto the ring apron. He tries to do the same to Bate, but he hits a comeback lariat, and while he tries that again to Balor this time Bate gets caught and dropped to the mat. Priest then tags in and looks for a Razor Edge, but Bate reverses and Priest knocks Balor off the top turnbuckle.
The challenges both attack Priest, and while he goes for a double Chokeslam they reverse with a double bop and bang and then the Birminghammer, but Priest kicks out! They then deliver running knees to Priest and look for another double team, but Balor grabs Priest's foot to stop it. He then hits a double South Of Heaven as Balor follows with a Coupe De Grace.
Winners (and still Undisputed Tag Team Champions): The Judgment Day
The Grayson Waller Effect
The segment starts with Austin Theory, who welcomes us to 'Austin Theory Live.' He trash talks Australia and then welcomes Grayson Waller to the show, who does a 'shoey' and then leads off the crowd with an 'Aussie, Aussie, Aussie' chant as he then welcomes Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes out. Rhodes asks the fans what they want to talk about, but Waller points out it is his show, and they should acknowledge Roman Reigns and get their ones up.
Waller asks Rollins who he wants to fight at WrestleMania, and he says the match is stacked. Rollins then reveals that he is just days away from being medically cleared to compete, so whoever wins doesn't stand a chance at 'Mania. Waller then points out that Rhodes took away the biggest 'Mania match of all time, and Rhodes says he is a fan of The Rock, and if he was here he's sure The Rock would call him a candy something.
Rhodes asks if there are any Cody crybabies in the building, and the WWE Universe erupts. Rhodes says to be the People's Champ, you have to actually be around the people. Rhodes then says he has an announcement himself. Until WrestleMania 40 he is wide open, so he says he wants to wrestle The Rock one-on-one, anytime, any place. Rollins then says he won't be fighting that battle alone.
Theory then starts doing a few of The Rock's catchphrases, but Rollins then attacks him and launches him into one of Waller's signs as Rhodes hits the Cody Cutter, and Rollins follows it with a Stomp.
Bobby Lashley vs. Randy Orton vs. Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens vs. Drew McIntyre vs. LA Knight (Elimination Chamber Match)
LA Knight and Drew McIntyre kick this one off, with Knight getting the best of the situation with a neckbreaker. McIntyre then fires back with some aggression of his own, sending Knight into the steel and the pod. However, Knight turns it around and drives McIntyre into Kevin Owens' pod as he punches it from the inside for added impact.
- Kevin Owens enters
KO goes straight for both men, throwing hands at each of them, Chokeslamming Knight, and then delivering a Senton. McIntyre then hits him from behind, but as they brawl to the top turnbuckle Owens fights McIntyre down and then delivers a Frog Splash. Owens then hits a Codebreaker to McIntyre, delivering a senton to Knight at the same time. Owens and Knight then brawl, but get cut out by McIntyre who delivers a crossbody to them both.
- Bobby Lashley enters
Lashley catches McIntyre with a side kick as he then bounces him off the top turnbuckle before catching the Scotsman with an elbow. He then launches McIntyre out of the ring and drives him into the steel several times. McIntyre fights back and sends Lashley's injured elbow into the steel, but he responds by clotheslining him over the rope and back into the ring, only to be hit with a Glasgow Kiss.
Knight then gets caught with a superkick, and Lashley eats one as well.
- Randy Orton enters
Orton attacks Knight and Owens straight away, delivering his trademark power slam to KO before connecting with his classic draped DDT to the outside section. Lashley then starts hitting splashes to everyone in each corner of the ring. Knight drops McIntyre with a DDT outside the ring, yet Orton then hits Knight with a belly-to-back suplex, which hurts Orton just as much.
- Logan Paul enters
Owens is there waiting for Paul immediately, and he gets into the pod and slams him inside and he then drives him into another. Owens then delivers a big clothesline to him, but Lashley then drives Owens through a pod. Lashley follows that with a huge Spear that sends Paul crashing through the pod, but he turns around and gets dropped with a Claymore. Knight then attacks McIntyre, and that allows Lashley to survive and fight him, but McIntyre hits him with another Claymore.
- McIntyre eliminates Lashley
Knight then hits a superplex to McIntyre, and he then hits a BFT. However, AJ Styles then appears with a chair and unloads on Knight, dropping him with a Styles Clash onto the weapon, which allows McIntyre to get rid of him.
- McIntyre eliminates Knight
Owens drops Paul down onto his knee before hitting a cannonball to McIntyre and then Orton, following it with a Swanton Bomb to Orton, who manages to kick out. He tries it to McIntyre, but he gets his knees up. Owens then delivers a Stunner to Paul, and a superkick to Orton. He looks for another Stunner, but Orton reverses into an RKO.
- Orton eliminates Owens
Orton and McIntyre go back and forth until the "Viper" hits a power slam, and he then focuses on Paul, pulling his legs while the YouTuber heads to the top turnbuckle. McIntyre and Orton then brawl with the Scotsman getting the best of the situation, only to turn into a crossbody from the top of the pod by Paul. The United States Champion then pulls out the brass knuckles, but he takes too long pausing and Orton nails an RKO.
- Orton eliminates Paul
Orton then hits a draped DDT to McIntyre. Orton then suffers with his back, but then he pops up and catches McIntyre with an RKO! He seemingly has it won, but Paul re-enters the match and knocks out Orton with the brass knuckles, which McIntyre takes advantage of.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax (Women's World Championship Match)
Before the main event, Triple H is on hand to reveal the official attendance of 52,590.
Rhea Ripley immediately starts out on top, taking the fight to Nia Jax and connecting with a headbutt. However, Jax responds by dropping the champion to the mat to then deliver a senton which she follows up with a splash in the corner. Jax connects with a hip attack and then nails a leg drop to the back of Ripley as she then drives The Judgment Day down face-first onto the mat.
Jax mocks Ripley about her family being at ringside and she then locks in the Torture Rack, but she reverses out and locks in the guillotine. Jax throws her own to the mat and then looks to drop down onto Ripley, but she avoids it. Ripley hits several chops and then attempts a hurricanrana, but Jax blocks it, holds on, and delivers two power bombs in a row before connecting with another leg drop, which gains Jax a near fall.
Ripley fights back and manages to connect with a missile dropkick, and this time it is Jax having to kick out at the last second. Jax hits a Samoan Drop, but Ripley sees the following leg drop coming and avoids it, following with a dropkick. However, as Ripley goes to the top turnbuckle Jax ends up joining her as she hits a Samoan Drop from the second turnbuckle, and Ripley kicks out once again.
Ripley then manages to take down her opponents and she heads to the top turnbuckle to hit a Frog Splash, but it's not enough to win it. She then looks for a Riptide, but Jax dumps her out of the ring. She tries to kick Ripley from the ring apron but Ripley catches the leg and pulls her so Jax slams off the ring apron. However, Jax then hits a Samoan Drop onto the announce table, following it up with an Elbow Drop from a chair to drive her through it. She then hits the Annihilator, but Ripley kicks out!
Jax then repeatedly drives Ripley into the turnbuckles, but as she goes for her finisher again, Ripley dumps her over the top turnbuckle. The champion then follows it with a superplex. She then delivers a boot to the face and the Riptide to retain the title!
Winner (and still Women's World Champion): Rhea Ripley