Pirates impacted WWE’s travel plans for Elimination Chamber cage

WWE’s travel plans for Elimination Chamber were impacted by real-life pirates.

While speaking at WWE’s Elimination Chamber press event, Michael Cole revealed that it took more than a month for the Elimination Chamber cage to get to Perth, Australia. The structure was supposed to be shipped through the Suez Canal in Egypt, but that couldn’t happen due to pirates. The cage was instead sent to Miami, shipped by truck to Los Angeles, sent to Sydney, Australia on a ship, and arrived in Perth on a train from Sydney.

Cole: A structure which took over a month to get here. Originally, it was supposed to ship through the Suez Canal, but pirates made sure that didn’t happen. So it was sent to Miami. It was then shipped by truck to Los Angeles, put on a ship to Sydney, sent on a train over here to Perth. And now the Elimination Chamber is being constructed as we speak right behind us in the stadium here in Perth.

Corey Graves: Did you say pirates, Cole?

Cole: Yes, pirates in the Suez Canal.

Graves: We had to endure actual piracy to get here to Perth.

Two Elimination Chamber matches are taking place at Saturday’s premium live event. The men’s winner earns a WrestleMania 40 title shot against World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. The women’s winner will challenge for the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania.

Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight, Kevin Owens, and Logan Paul are the men’s Chamber participants.

Becky Lynch, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton, Naomi, and Raquel Rodriguez are the women’s participants.

Rhea Ripley currently holds the Women’s World Championship and is defending the title against Nia Jax at Elimination Chamber.

Elimination Chamber streams live on Peacock starting at 5 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday (February 24). The event is taking place from Optus Stadium in Perth.