10 HUGE WWE Elimination Chamber 2019 Predictions You Need To Know
The New Bray Wyatt?
It'd be unfair to suggest that WWE have entirely abandoned Elimination Chamber with their eyes on the WrestleMania prize, but the February show has felt a lot more like a block, rather than the slip-road to the Fastlane, or whatever journey-based bullsh*t they're touting this year.
Consider the go-home Raw's closing segment as an indicator of how much this show matters - Vince McMahon emerged in all his deluded fury and inserted Charlotte Flair as Ronda Rousey's WrestleMania opponent, discounting the match the 'Rowdy' Raw Women's Champion had to get through at this show first.
It took 'The Queen' resetting the board on SmackDown Live to serve as a reminder - damning stuff considering how the company at least seem to be forging ahead with the feud as WrestleMania's primary concern. They've already doomed the Women's Tag Team Titles to partial failure thanks to a misguided introduction featuring Heavy Machinery skeeving over Alexa Bliss - will the second attempt to pull off an doubles Elimination Chamber go better than the first?
Moreover, will possible low interest in female-heavy top programmes give WWE cold feet on the 'Show Of Shows' closer? Yet again, the cause of the problem won't be down to the performers, even if they're ones punished for it...
10. Women's Tag Team Title Elimination Chamber
The first ever Women's Tag Team Champions will be decided on Sunday, but it's the execution of this match that will determine how seriously the belts will be taken over their first - extremely important - few months.
WWE booked two matches this week that in kayfabe made mugs of The Boss & Hug Connection and Fire & Desire for even tagging in, but in reality ensured the match has the best chance of achieving any sort of critical acclaim.
Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville are the four most rounded workers in the match and will surely form the spine of the contest as the other duos bounce in to potentially be bounced out. The contest (and by proxy, the division), is heel heavy, so WWE can at least lean on the War Games booking philosophy to build heat for comebacks even if the action drags.
Speaking of drags, get ready for Tamina and Nia Jax to lift the belts without having to lift a finger - though considering her reputation it's perhaps for the best if the 'Facebreaker' doesn't throw too many fists in the Chamber itself.
Winners - Nia Jax and Tamina