TJRWrestling WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 Preview

It’s WWE Elimination Chamber with two big Chamber matches, The Rock wants an answer from Cody Rhodes, and more.

I am looking forward to this year’s Elimination Chamber PLE because it might be my only WWE PLE show of the year. I’ll be there in Toronto at the Rogers Centre (we still like to call it Skydome) with over 30,000 fans in attendance. They aren’t opening the whole dome up, but it should be loud and should be a fun night. It’s about a 2 hour drive each way for me so I’m going to the show in the afternoon with my three nephews, who are all adults now. They grew up watching The Rock, John Cena, Randy Orton, and others in that era. I have always wanted to bring them to a stadium show, so this is an easy to do it without having to book flights and head too far out of town. I’m driving home after it ends and then I’ll get up Sunday morning to write a detailed review.

It’s a good card with just four matches unless something gets added on SmackDown, which I don’t expect. They had four matches and a promo segment last year, so that’s what they are doing again this year.

The weird thing about this card is that WWE has so many titles in the company, yet there isn’t a title match on the show. I understand not putting the main singles champions on the show, but I think they should have at least planned things better and put tag team titles or a secondary title on the card just so there’s a championship match.

You can watch the WWE Elimination Chamber when it streams live on Saturday, March 1, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, exclusively on Peacock in the United States and Netflix internationally. Let’s get to the preview.

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Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez

It should be a good match full of action. They have some of the smaller women in the company in this match since Perez, Morgan and Bliss are in there. Belair is the powerhouse of the group while also being incredibly athletic and well-rounded. Naomi is a talented athlete who could take some risks. Bayley is a solid veteran who can help lead the match.

We have seen Bayley get pushed last year, so I don’t think it’s going to happen again. Naomi has a shot to have a good run in the match. Bliss being back means that WWE is going to want to feature her throughout the match and maybe she’ll make it near the end. Perez had an impressive Royal Rumble match. It might continue here. Morgan has been pushed a lot already and is a Women’s Tag Team Champion now, so I doubt she will win.

There was a report from late January that mentioned that WWE was considering a Rhea Ripley-Bianca Belair match at WrestleMania 41. When it comes to rumors like that, you never really know what is true and what is not, but it makes sense to me. The reason why it makes sense is that Belair has been in the tag team division for the past year and she just lost the Women’s Tag Team Titles along with Naomi, so I can see why WWE would want to put her back in the singles division. Belair is an outstanding talent and deserves to be on the big stage at WrestleMania in a high-profile match. Belair and Ripley go back several years to their NXT days, but they haven’t had a big singles match at a major show, so I think it’s the right time.

The Jade Cargill story is worth mentioning because they could use this match to bring her back to go after Naomi for taking her spot as Belair’s tag team partner when Cargill was injured. Maybe they’ll reveal Naomi attacked Jade. I don’t know if that’s the plan, but it’s a possibility.

I’m going with Belair for the win because it makes sense to me. None of the other options feel likely to me. Alexa Bliss is a possibility just because she’s been gone for two years and putting her in that kind of spot against Ripley would be fresh. I just think Belair makes the most sense.

Wrestler That Lasts The Longest: Bianca Belair

Most Eliminations:Bianca Belair with 3.

Final Two:Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan

Winner: Bianca Belair

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Unsanctioned Match: Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens

This should be a lot of fun between two best friends who have been opponents and allies a lot over the last 20 years. Owens did the cheap attack with the Package Piledriver earlier this month, Zayn has been selling it and the story is that Zayn has an injured neck. What I expect is something like a wild brawl all around the building, then Zayn is going to look like he’s about to win by putting Owens through some table or something like that and then Zayn suddenly has a neck injury, so he can’t do it. That will lead to Owens doing a move like a Package Piledriver or something else and get the win.

It’s also a possibility that Randy Orton shows up to go after Owens. I think they might save that until after the match rather than have Orton show up to help Zayn win the match. Orton would get a huge pop in that spot and it sets up Orton against Owens at WrestleMania. I’d love to see Zayn win here, but I think Owens will get the victory.

Winner: Kevin Owens

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WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae

I’m happy for my fellow Canadian Trish Stratus getting to wrestle at a Toronto stadium show in her hometown about 25 years after she started in WWE. She is a woman who certainly doesn’t look her age and she has shown she is more than capable of kicking ass in the ring. Tiffany Stratton’s feud with Nia Jax has continued for the past two months since Stratton cashed in Money in the Bank to take Jax’s WWE Women’s Title.

Jax will probably get plenty of offense and look like a threat, but I think it’s going to be a win for Stratton & Stratus. That means LeRae will likely take the pin. I’d be surprised if Jax was pinned although it would look impressive for Stratton to beat her, so it could happen that way. I’ll go with the TS ladies getting the win.

Winner: Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus

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Will Cody Rhodes Accept The Rock’s Offer?

The story here is that The Rock wants Cody Rhodes to be “his champion” and sell his soul to The Rock.

This is a hard thing to preview because it’s not a match and it’s just guessing what might happen. We also have no idea how many times The Rock is going to appear again on the Road to WrestleMania over the next two months.

I don’t think this is going to lead to The Rock wrestling at WrestleMania. I also expect Cody Rhodes to say no to The Rock because Cody will mention he has a special connection with the WWE fans who were behind him for two years chasing the WWE Title and for the last year during his WWE Title reign. At that point, maybe The Rock will have backup like Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, and Tama Tonga, or perhaps it’s just a heel like Drew McIntyre.

What I think might happen is after Cody says no, The Rock can say that no matter who wins the Elimination Chamber match, Rock is going to make sure that Cody loses the WWE Title at WrestleMania 41. If it’s John Cena winning the Chamber to earn the WWE Title match against Cody then Rock could try getting into his head by saying that Cody can’t beat Cena because Cody isn’t good enough.

I could go on rambling about what I think might happen and I’m sure you, dear reader, can come up with your theories as well. I’ll just stick with the prediction that I think Cody will turn Rock down and Cody isn’t going to go heel. I’m interested to see where it goes after that.

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Men’s Elimination Chamber Match: John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Logan Paul vs. Damian Priest vs. Seth “Freakin” Rollins

This should be a great match with a lot of star power with five former WWE World Champions and Logan Paul is a former US Champion who is also treated like a big deal. After seeing Jey Uso win the Royal Rumble, my immediate thought was that John Cena would win this match to get a WWE Title match at Elimination Chamber. That’s still my thought.

CM Punk was my pick to win the Royal Rumble because at that time I thought a match against Gunther would be fresh and a new rivalry for both guys. I didn’t think Jey Uso would win and I doubt most people watching thought that Jey would win, so it was a big surprise for a lot of us. Maybe they go with Punk to win here, but I think he’ll be the runner up.

The other four guys should do well with Drew McIntyre possibly making it to the end. Logan Paul eliminated Punk from the Rumble, so I think Punk is going to eliminate Paul in this match. Rollins has that rivalry with Punk and maybe we’ll see Roman Reigns show up to get into the cage and hit Rollins with a Spear to cost Rollins this match. It wouldn’t surprise me if that happens. Damian Priest is the last guy in the match who is a former World Champion, but he really doesn’t have much of a shot to win.

If I had to book it I would start with Punk and Rollins. I’d put McIntyre in third, then Priest, Cena in the fifth spot and Paul last. I think Cena should eliminate the most guys, so I have him with three eliminations. As for the final though, I’m going with Cena and Punk leading to Cena getting the win against his old rival. If you’re one of those fans that wants to whine about Cena winning a match like this then more power to you. It doesn’t bother me. I think it will be an outstanding match.

Wrestler That Lasts The Longest: CM Punk

Most Eliminations: John Cena with 3.

Final Two: John Cena and CM Punk

Winner: John Cena

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BONUS TOPICS FOR WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER!

The Match I’m Looking Forward To The Most

Men’s Elimination Chamber. I’m interested to see how it’s booked and I think it will be the best match.

The Match I Care About The Least

Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae. I like the TS team especially, but on a four match card, this match is the weakest.

Longest Match

Men’s Elimination Chamber Match around 45 minutes.

Shortest Match

Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae around 12 minutes.

Excitement Level on a Scale of 1-10 (1 being low, 10 being high)

It’s a 7.5 out of 10. A very good card that should produce some memorable matches and hopefully some big moments that we’ll always remember. I think the card could be better with some titles on the line, but I’m still looking forward to the show.

Since I’ll be at Elimination Chamber, my review on TJRWrestling.net will be on Sunday at some point, so check that out when it’s posted. You can also tweet me on X/Twitter at @johnreport as well.

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