The weekend of Elimination Chamber is upon us and it's the final pay per view stop for Raw on the Road to WrestleMania. Once Sunday's show in Las Vegas is over and done with the WrestleMania 34 card will truly start to take shape. History will be made in both Elimination Chamber matches with seven competitors in one for the first time ever and in the other WWE's female Superstars will get their first ever opportunity to step inside the demonic structure. Both chamber matches will have huge WrestleMania implications but so will other events on the card. Asuka's match with Nia Jax could turn the Women's Title match at Mania into a triple threat and let's not forget that Ronda Rousey will be in the building. Here are five bold predictions from us regarding what could go down at Elimination Chamber.
The WWE Debut Of Brother Nero
Perhaps the least anticipated match on the Elimination Chamber card is the one between Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy. If this match had been built to properly and was happening for the first time then maybe the anticipation and excitement would be greater but unfortunately that is not the case. Fans were waiting to see Hardy become Broken in WWE and they have managed to make it uninteresting in a very short amount of time. This match needs a landmark moment and something to spice up The Woken One and that something could be the addition of Brother Nero aka Jeff Hardy. Hardy should be back from injury soon and if it happens on Sunday the two of them could refocus their attention on the tag division heading to WrestleMania.
The Return Of The Deadman
For almost a year now there has been one big question hanging over WWE, has The Undertaker retired or not? We thought we would get a definitive answer to that question at Raw's 25th anniversary show last month when The Undertaker turned up at the Manhattan Center. Instead The Phenom just delivered a confusing promo that quite frankly just muddied the waters even more. The feeling right now is Taker will be returning at WrestleMania 34 for one more match against John Cena. If that is indeed the case then the 16 time World Champion will not be winning at Elimination Chamber on Sunday and perhaps The Undertaker will be the cause of that. Cena makes it down to the final two, the lights go out, the gong sounds, and even though The Deadman might not physically appear the distraction will cause Cena to be eliminated.
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Asuka's Streak Will Come To An End
The hardest match to predict the winner of at Elimination Chamber is the Raw Women's Championship match. It's hard to pick any of the six women in that match to be worthy of going one on one with Asuka at WrestleMania. That makes us think that it won't be a one on one match at WrestleMania. Right now the only way that can happen is if Nia Jax defeats The Empress Of Tomorrow in Las Vegas and gets added to the Mania title match. A triple threat between Asuka, Jax and Alexa Bliss in New Orleans is WrestleMania worthy. The trouble is for that to happen Jax has to be the one to bring the curtain down on The Empress' streak on Sunday night and that is something we do not want to see.
Ronda Rousey Will Sign For SmackDown Live
Considering how much fuss WWE made about Ronda Rousey arriving at the Royal Rumble, the follow up announcement from Kurt Angle that she will be officially signing her contract at Elimination Chamber was pretty lackluster. It was also very quickly brushed over that she will be signing for Raw. Something big has to happen when the former UFC Bantamweight Champion shows up for her signing on Sunday and that big thing could be her turning her nose up at Raw and signing for SmackDown Live. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon could be in the ring and it could be reminiscent of the time Batista turned on The Game so that he could go after his World Championship. Plus if this happens we can have that Rousey versus Charlotte Flair dream match at WrestleMania.
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Seth Rollins And Roman Reigns Will Go On To WrestleMania
The assumption by pretty much everyone is that Roman Reigns will win the Elimination Chamber on Sunday and go on to WrestleMania to defeat Brock Lesnar. What can't be overlooked right now however is the resurgence of Seth Rollins. The Architect's performance in Monday night's gauntlet match was nothing short of incredible and included pinfalls on both Reigns and John Cena. We're not sure how exactly they're going to go about it but we envision the main event at WrestleMania actually being a rematch of the one that wound up happening three years ago, a triple threat between Reigns, Rollins and Lesnar. Whether that means The Big Dog winning on Sunday and his Shield brother finding another way into the match or vice versa is still up for debate.