WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 preview: Watch live tonight

As The Road to WrestleMania kicks into high gear, WWE’s most savage creation — the Elimination Chamber Match —
will decide the fate of the WWE Championship at SmackDown LIVE’s next exclusive pay-per-view, airing tonight on
the award-winning WWE Network.

Match Card

Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins (Kickoff Match)
WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match
SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi
Luke Harper vs. Randy Orton
Nikki Bella vs. Natalya
SmackDown Tag Team Championship Turmoil Match
Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James
Apollo Crews & Kalisto vs. Dolph Ziggler (2-on-1 Handicap Match)

WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match

WWE Champion John Cena will be in for a daunting task: Defending SmackDown LIVE’s top crown inside the most
savage creation WWE has ever seen, the Elimination Chamber.
Fresh off winning his record-tying 16th World Title, The Champ will compete against the Superstar he defeated
for the championship at Royal Rumble, AJ Styles, plus Bray Wyatt, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, Baron
Corbin and The Miz, live on WWE Network. SmackDown LIVE Commissioner Shane McMahon announced the star-studded
lineup on the Jan. 31 edition of SmackDown LIVE.
The infamous Elimination Chamber, with its chain-link walls, glass pods and steel floors, is diabolical to the core,
and the rules for the war zone are as twisted as the structure itself.
Two Superstars will start the bout while the remaining four are enclosed in pods. After a regularly scheduled period
of time, a pod will open at random, enabling a Superstar to enter the match. This will continue until all six
competitors have been released. A Superstar can be eliminated at any time, via pinfall or submission only, and
the last man standing will be declared the winner and WWE Champion.

SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Naomi

Naomi has already made Alexa Bliss pay for her disrespect, pinning the SmackDown Women’s Champion in consecutive
tag team matches in the span of one week.
But if Naomi’s streak continues at WWE Elimination Chamber, where she faces WWE’s Wicked Witch in singles action,
she’ll leave with more than just a sense of retribution; Naomi will also be champion

Luke Harper vs. Randy Orton

This Sunday at SmackDown LIVE’s Elimination Chamber 2017 pay-per-view, Randy Orton will answer Luke Harper’s challenge,
as The Viper goes head-to-head against The Wyatt Family’s estranged brother.

Nikki Bella vs. Natalya

The reborn “Queen of Black Harts” first took aim at The Fearless One when she ambushed Nikki at Survivor Series in
November, forcing the former Divas Champion to vacate her spot on the SmackDown LIVE Women’s squad at that pay-per-view.
Ever since being exposed as the culprit, Natalya has accused Nikki of riding her boyfriend John Cena’s coattails to
success, while also distancing herself from her own famous lineage, particularly her “ex-uncle” Bret Hart. Somehow,
in the midst of all of this, Natalya has found the time to administer some absolutely brutal sneak attacks on her
fellow Total Divas star.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Turmoil Match

In their quest to become synonymous with tag team excellence, SmackDown LIVE Tag Team Champions American Alpha have
welcomed all challengers, and they’ll get exactly that at SmackDown LIVE’s next pay-per-view, WWE Elimination Chamber.
After Jason Jordan & Chad Gable’s open challenge resulted in an out-of-control brawl on the Jan. 31 edition of SmackDown
LIVE, General Manager Daniel Bryan declared on Talking Smack that American Alpha must defend the titles in a Tag Team
Turmoil Match on Sunday, Feb. 12.

Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James

Bliss, Lynch lock up in first-ever SmackDown Women’s Title Steel Cage Match: SmackDown LIVE, 17 January, 2017
Mickie James says she laid the foundation for WWE’s Women’s Revolution, but the veteran Superstar might want to worry
less about claiming glory and more about the challenge that awaits her at WWE Elimination Chamber: Becky Lynch.

Apollo Crews & Kalisto vs. Dolph Ziggler (2-on-1 Handicap Match)

The weight of words matters, and Dolph Ziggler may just find that out the hard way. After perennially targeting Kalisto
and his good friend Apollo Crews for weeks on SmackDown LIVE, and then boasting about his antics, The Showoff will take
on both Superstars in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match at Elimination Chamber 2017.