There are less than two months to go until WrestleMania 42, which kicks off in Las Vegas in April, and this Saturday is an important stop along the way. The United Center in Chicago will host the 16th WWE Elimination Chamber premium live event (7 p.m. ET on ESPN Unlimited), where the build to the WrestleMania card will continue.
The show will feature both men’s and women’s Elimination Chamber matches, during which six wrestlers, surrounded by a steel cage structure, work to pin or submit their opponents until one winner is left standing. That wrestler gets a chance for championship in WrestleMania. CM Punk will also defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor in his hometown. And the Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee storyline continues with the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.
Here are the notes, stats and Elimination Chamber history to know ahead of Saturday’s event.
Men’s Elimination Chamber
Participant: Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, Jevon Evans, Trick Williams and Jey Uso
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Cody Rhodes: ‘I have to officially point to the WrestleMania sign’
Cody Rhodes previews Elimination Chamber against Randy Orton, LA Knight, Javon Evans and Trick Williams, who are set to punch their ticket to WrestleMania.
• The first Elimination Chamber match took place 23 years ago Survivor Series 2002. Shawn Michaels won the match and became World Heavyweight Champion.
• There have been a combined 36 Elimination Chamber matches for men and women, 11 of which have produced new champions.
• Triple H and John Cena share the distinction of most wins with four Elimination Chamber wins each. Daniel Bryan is next with three. Cena is the most recent Elimination Chamber winner, having won the men’s match in 2025. he became a heel and claimed his record-setting 17th championship at WrestleMania 41 the following month.
• This will be a record-setting 10th Elimination Chamber match for Orton. Chris Jericho and Cena are second to Orton in the record books with eight entrants. If Orton records two eliminations in Saturday’s match, he will tie Jericho for most eliminations of all time (10). Orton is the only participant in the Elimination Chamber match with a victory. He won in 2014 and retained the world title in the main event of WrestleMania 30.
• Rhodes has lost three consecutive PLE matches since Crown Jewel in October 2025. This is Rhodes’ longest PLE losing streak since returning to WWE at WrestleMania 38 in 2022. On Saturday, Rhodes will make his first Elimination Chamber appearance since his WWE return, but not his first. In his first WWE stint, he participated in the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match, which was won by Bryan in 2012.
• Uso won five consecutive WWE PLE matches from November 2024 to August 2025 – including his World Heavyweight Championship victory at WrestleMania 41. Since then, they are on a four-match PLE losing streak for the first time since 2020-21.
• Knight looks for a change in fortunes in the Elimination Chamber. It has been over a year since the Knights won a PLE match. He has lost seven consecutive PLE matches since Crown Jewel in November 2024.
female elimination chamber
Participant: Alexa Bliss, Tiffany Stratton, Rhea Ripley, Asuka, Kianna James and Raquel Rodriguez
• The first women’s Elimination Chamber match took place in 2018. Bliss won the match and retained her “Raw” Women’s Championship. This will be the eighth Women’s Elimination Chamber match in history.
• The only Superstar with multiple women’s Elimination Chamber matches is Bianca Belair (2022 and 2025). Bliss and Asuka will join that list this weekend.
• Stratton aims to avoid her third consecutive WWE PLE loss, after Liv Morgan eliminated her to win the Royal Rumble and Stephanie Walker defeated her to win the 2025 Crown Jewel Championship. Stratton has not experienced three losses in PLE matches since his first three matches on the main roster in early 2024.
• Asuka has not won a match at a PLE event since Elimination Chamber in 2024, when the Kabuki Warriors defeated Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell to retain the Women’s Tag Team Championship.
• Rodriguez could get the first singles win of his career at WWE PLE this weekend. Rodriguez, who holds the women’s record for tag titles with six, has only one tag team victory in her WWE PLE career.
• Will anyone run a table in this match? Only one wrestler Shayna Baszler has made a record in 2020 Everyone Elimination in the Elimination Chamber match.
World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk vs. Finn Balor
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Preview of CM Punk vs. Finn Balor at Elimination Chamber
Arda Okal previewed a huge match for the World Heavyweight Title between CM Punk and Finn Balor at Elimination Chamber in Chicago.
• The winner of this match is sure to face Roman Reigns in WrestleMania. Balor defeated Reigns on the July 25, 2016 edition of “Raw” – his first night on the WWE main roster.
• This will be CM Punk’s first PLE match in Chicago since defeating Jericho at Payback in 2013. Overall, he has wrestled in six WWE PLE matches from Chicago and has a record of 4-2. one of punk’s two UFC fight also took place in Chicago.
• Punk is in the midst of an impressive run. He has not lost a match for more than two months. During that time, he successfully retained the World Heavyweight Championship in three televised matches against Braun Breaker, AJ Styles, and his Elimination Chamber rival Balor.
• It has been two years since Baylor last won a PLE match. In fact, his last such win came at the 2024 Elimination Chamber. At that event, he and Damian Priest successfully defended their tag titles against Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.
Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee
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The best moments in WWE Elimination Chamber history
As we get ready for Saturday’s event, recap some of the top moments in Elimination Chamber history.
• Lee will compete in her first championship match in more than 11 years. Her last title match came in December 2014, when she faced Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship at Tables, Ladders, Chairs… & Stairs.
• Lynch goes 3-0 in the Elimination Chamber. Her last such win was in 2024, when she won the Women’s Elimination Chamber match.
• Lee will be attending the Chicago PLE for the second time in her career after defeating Kaitlyn to win the Divas Championship at Payback in 2013.
