Will Cena survive and face Randy Orton at WrestleMania 33?
Monday 6 February 2017 14:21, UK
Bray Wyatt, AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, The Miz and Dean Ambrose will challenge WWE Champion John Cena inside the Elimination Chamber on February 12, Shane McMahon revealed on Smackdown.
Cena beat Styles at the Royal Rumble on Sunday night to win a record-equalling 16th world championship, but must come through one of WWE's most unforgiving structures in order to seal a date with Rumble Match winner Randy Orton at WrestleMania 33 on April 2.
Styles, The Miz and reigning Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose have all held a WWE world title before, but Wyatt and Corbin will be hoping to land the top prize for the first time when they compete in the Chamber, live on Sky Sports Box Office later this month.
Wyatt's inclusion sets up the intriguing possibility of a WrestleMania bout against his stablemate Orton, who booked his main-event spot at The Show of Shows by lastly eliminating Roman Reigns at last weekend's 30-man, over-the-top-rope clash in San Antonio.
Wyatt and Orton teamed up on Tuesday's edition of Smackdown to defeat Cena and Luke Harper, the latter now seemingly excommunicated from The Wyatt Family having attacked Wyatt and Orton during the Rumble Match.
Orton pinned Cena after hitting his trademark RKO but The Cenation Leader will get a shot at revenge on next week's show when he goes one-on-one with The Viper in a non-title bout.
Cena's Elimination Chamber rivals also came to blows, shortly after Styles had beaten Ambrose in the main event following The Lunatic Fringe's decision to take out Corbin and Miz at the commentary desk.
Styles quickly scarpered but watched on as Miz nailed Ambrose with the Skull-Crushing Finale, before Corbin planted both The Awesome One and the Intercontinental Champion with End of Days.
Meanwhile, Naomi and a raft of tag teams learnt that they would receive title opportunities against Alexa Bliss and American Alpha respectively at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in Arizona.
Naomi pinned Smackdown Women's Champion Bliss for the second time in three nights while teaming with Becky Lynch against The Wicked Witch of WWE and recent returnee Mickie James.
American Alpha issued an open challenge for their Smackdown Tag Team Titles, with The Usos, The Vaudevillains, Breezango, The Ascension, and Heath Slater and Rhyno all heading to the ring and engaging in a brawl.
Chad Gable and Jason Jordan will now defend their straps - which they won from The Wyatt Family on the final Smackdown of 2016 - against the five teams in a Tag Team Turmoil Match on Sunday week.
Elsewhere, Carmella downed Delilah Dawson after James Ellsworth tripped her opponent up, while Dolph Ziggler's attempts to rip off Kalisto's mask after defeating him were foiled by Apollo Crews.
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