Why WWE Made Major Change To 2023 Elimination Chamber

Elimination Chamber will be the final pitstop before WrestleMania 39. This year’s Elimination Chamber premium live event will emanate from the Bell Centre in Quebec, Canada, on Saturday, February 18th. This time around, the Elimination Chamber will not be for the WWE Championship and there seems to be a good reason for that.

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As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW, it was announced that the United States Championship will be defended inside the Elimination Chamber this year.

Normally, the Elimination Chamber matches have been for the WWE Championship in recent memory. However, that will not be happening this time around.

The big match for the event will certainly be Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Universal Championship at Elimination Chamber. According to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Daily Update, the feeling in WWE is that Reigns vs Zayn is such a strong match, it simply “doesn’t matter” what’s on the rest of the show.

We will have to wait and see how WWE will book Elimination Chamber in the coming weeks, as we are finally on the road to WrestleMania. Here is the current card so far:

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH

Austin Theory (c) vs. Seth Rollins vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Montez Ford or Elias vs. Angelo Dawkins or Damian Priest

RAW WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP NO. 1 CONTENDER’S ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH

Raquel Rodriguez vs. Nikki Cross vs. Liv Morgan vs. Asuka vs. Candice LeRae or Michin vs. Piper Niven or Carmella

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