Seth Rollins to face Elimination Chamber winner at WWE WrestleMania 40
WWE has officially announced how Seth Rollins’ opponent in the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 40 will be decided.
In a segment kicking off Friday’s SmackDown, Raw GM Adam Pearce and SmackDown GM Nick Aldis appeared alongside Paul “Triple H” Levesque and revealed that a men’s Elimination Chamber match will take place at the February 24 Elimination Chamber even in Australia, with the winner going on to challenge Rollins for the World Heavyweight title at WrestleMania 40 set for April 6 & April 7.
12 wrestlers were announced for six qualifying matches to be held on WWE programming between now and Elimination Chamber, with the first two set for Friday’s Smackdown.
The 12 wrestlers —
- Randy Orton
- Bronson Reed
- Kevin Owens
- Logan Paul
- AJ Styles
- The Miz
- Bobby Lashley
- Ivar
- Drew McIntyre
- Sami Zayn
- Dominik Mysterio
- LA Knight
The first two matches held on the Friday, February 9 SmackDown —
- Drew McIntyre vs. AJ Styles
- Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn
The four remaining qualifying matches have yet to be announced.
After weeks of a feud being teased between Pearce & Aldis, they said that management was presenting a united front in making this announcement, as the dueling authority figures feud appears to have been shifted to The Rock vs. Triple H.
Triple H began SmackDown by stating that he wanted to make clear that coming out of Thursday’s WrestleMania Kickoff event featuring The Rock & Roman Reigns that some people don’t “know their role” and that it doesn’t matter where “you sit at the table,” that the power comes from one place — Triple H.
