Elimination Chamber 2019

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Elimination Chamber 2019
Information
Promotion	WWE
Brand	RAW SmackDown
Date	February 17, 2019
Venue	Toyota Center
City	Houston, Texas
Last Event	Royal Rumble
Next Event	Fastlane

Elimination Chamber 2019 is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on February 17, 2019 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. It will be the ninth event under the Elimination Chamber chronology.

Background

See also: Professional wrestling

Elimination Chamber will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The card will be highlighted by two Elimination Chamber matches, one of which will be the first to involve women.

On the December 24, 2018, episode of Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that a new WWE Women's Tag Team Championship would be introduced in 2019. On the January 14, 2019, episode, on her segment "A Moment of Bliss", Alexa Bliss unveiled the championship belts and announced that the inaugural champions would be determined at Elimination Chamber in a tag team Elimination Chamber match, featuring three teams from Raw and three teams from SmackDown, making the championship a dual-branded championship.

At the Royal Rumble, The Miz and Shane McMahon defeated The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. On the following episode of SmackDown, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Bar, The New Day (represented by Big E and Kofi Kingston) and Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) to earn a championship match at Elimination Chamber.

At the Royal Rumble, Daniel Bryan retained the WWE Championship against AJ Styles with help from the returning Erick Rowan. On the following episode of SmackDown, Bryan and Rowan threw the standard leather-bound title belt with metal plates in a garbage can and introduced a new custom belt made from hemp and wood. Styles then confronted Bryan, followed by Randy Orton, Samoa Joe, Jeff Hardy, and Mustafa Ali. After an ensuing brawl, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H scheduled Bryan to defend the championship against Styles, Joe, Hardy, Orton, and Ali in an Elimination Chamber match at the pay-per-view.

On the Royal Rumble pre-show, Buddy Murphy retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami in a fatal four-way match. On the February 5, 2019 episode of 205 Live, Tozawa defeated Cedric Alexander, Lio Rush, and Humberto Carrillo in a fatal four-way elimination match to earn another championship match against Murphy at Elimination Chamber.

On the February 4 episode of Raw, Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey issued an open challenge for the title. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan) came out, and Morgan accepted the challenge, but was defeated. Immediately after, Logan stepped up, but was also defeated. Riott did not attempt to challenge Rousey and instead retreated with her Squad. In a backstage segment, Riott said she was ensuring that her teammates were okay and claimed she could defeat Rousey at anytime. Later, it was revealed that Rousey would defend her championship against Ruby Riott at Elimination Chamber.

Match Preview

Tag team Elimination Chamber Match	Preview
The Miz & Shane McMahon vs. The Usos	Preview
Men's Elimination Chamber Match	Preview
Buddy Murphy vs. Akira Tozawa	Preview
Ronda Rousey vs. Ruby Riott	Preview
Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush vs. Finn Bálor	Preview
Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin	Preview

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

• Nia Jax and Tamina vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville vs. The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan) vs. The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Naomi and Carmella in a Tag team Elimination Chamber match for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

• The Miz & Shane McMahon (c) vs. The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

• Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Randy Orton vs. Samoa Joe in a Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship

• Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

• Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Ruby Riott for the WWE Raw Women's Championship

• Bobby Lashley (c) and Lio Rush vs. Finn Bálor in a Handicap match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

• Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin

Elimination Chamber match (Women)

Eliminated	Wrestler	Entered	Eliminated by	Method of elimination	Time

Elimination Chamber match (Men)

Eliminated	Wrestler	Entered	Eliminated by	Method of elimination	Time

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Ring announcer Interviewers

Pre-show panel Referees

Also See

• List of WWE pay-per-view events
• World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history
• Elimination Chamber
• Event gallery

DVD release

• [ Elimination Chamber 2019 on DVD]

External links

• Elimination Chamber 2019 Official Website
• [ Elimination Chamber 2019 Kickoff Show on WWE Network]
• [ Elimination Chamber 2019 on WWE Network]
• [ Elimination Chamber 2019 Kickoff Show at CAGEMATCH.net]
• Elimination Chamber 2019 at CAGEMATCH.net