Orton earned his spot in WrestleMania’s main event after winning the Royal Rumble last month and Wyatt punched his ticket by taking the belt from John Cena at Elimination Chamber.
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SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan announced on Talking Smack that next Tuesday’s show from Ontario, California will feature a battle royal with the victor going on to face Wyatt for the title at WrestleMania. Former champion Alexa Bliss then came out and said she was giving Naomi a week to either face her again or forfeit the title, so it looks to be a minor injury but we will continue to provide updates as they come in.
AJ Styles had quite an exhibition against John Cena at the Royal Rumble in a losing effort that turned out to be the highlight of the night.
The rest of the Elimination Chamber card was pretty decent considering the constraints of Smackdown’s roster.
Kayfabe injuries are nothing new in the WWE, and even when someone is carted off in an ambulance the could very well be performing the very next night.
Bray Wyatt makes his entrance, only to have the light come up and find Luke Harper at ringside.
Smackdown Live is set for the biggest show of the year and the Eater of Worlds is the man at the helm.
Newly crowned SmackDown women’s champion Naomi represented herself well in a verbal joust with Alexa Bliss, calling her “a little flea” before threatening to “snatch you into the night”. Orton pledged to the WWE Champion that as long as he is serving under Wyatt, he won’t face him at WrestleMania and promised his undying allegiance. Nikki says she’s just defending herself, Natalya won’t stop attacking her. Bryan has an idea that he thinks Nikki will like.
American Alpha vs. The Ascension in a non-title match: A minor HIt. Styles as the final three left in the Elimination Chamber this past Sunday, I still didn’t believe. After the match, The Usos appear on the big screen and tell American Alpha to watch their backs.
The Road to WrestleMania is a long one. It looks like Baron Corbin will be challenging Dean Ambrose for the Intercontinental Championship after Corbin cost Ambrose a chance to win. AJ Styles has arguably been WWE’s most valuable performer since he arrived. She made her ring debut on the episode of NXT in September 2013 where she was seen with Sasha Banks and Emma against Kendall Skye, Paige and Bayley.
Shockingly, John Cena was eliminated by Bray Wyatt when Wyatt countered an Attitude Adjustment with Sister Abigail, ensuring that there would be a new WWE World Champion. Ambrose tried to make a comeback and was instead thrown into some electrical equipment (electricity seems to have his number, remember the exploding TV?). This is not the heel run we want from Ziggler at all. The three women’s division singles matches were all right, with the Becky Lynch-Mickie James clash coming off the best – James’s impressive move set and ring savvy gave the Irish Lass Kicker a really tough fight before the babyface prevailed.
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It really is incredible how comfortable Alexa is on the mic at such an early point in her career.
