Brock Lesnar is WWE Champion once again! The Beast eliminated four opponents inside the Elimination Chamber and will leave the Middle East with the WWE title in his possession.
It all went down at the Jeddah Super Dome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, February 19. Bobby Lashley was set to defend his WWE Championship against AJ Styles, Austin Theory, Riddle, Seth Rollins, and Lesnar inside the chamber in the main event of the 2022 Elimination Chamber premium live event ... but it didn't quite go down like that.
Early in the match, Seth Rollins launched his former protégé Austin Theory into Lashley's pod. Theory's body blasted the Perspex, crushing Lashley in the process. Lashley laid unconscious in his pod as the match continued, but WWE officials soon arrived to provide treatment to the injured champ.
Lashley was removed from the match, and Michael Cole announced on commentary that the champ would be unable to continue, which meant we'd have a new champion when all was said and done ... you can probably guess what happened next.
When Lashley's now-empty pod was illuminated, an impatient Lesnar kicked out the Perspex of his own pod and entered the match a few minutes earlier than he was meant to. Then he obliterated everyone, eliminating Rollins, Riddle, and Styles in quick succession. It came down to Lesnar and the 24-year-old Austin Theory.
Lesnar chased Theory around for a while, and Theory very briefly got the upper hand at one point after he hit the BEast with a low blow ... but it didn't end well for the kid. Theory attempted to escape Brock's clutches by climbing the structure, but the shockingly spry Lesnar caught up to him in no time and launched him off the top of the pod. Lesnar then climbed down and covered Theory for 1-2-3.
Lesnar vs. Reigns at WrestleMania is now a champion vs. champion match.