WWE Elimination Chamber preview & predictions: Everything’s coming up Cena

WWE presents Elimination Chamber tonight and by the time it’s over, we will know a lot more about what this year’s WrestleMania card is going to look like.

It might not be the most exciting match type, but WWE has solidified the Chamber as a pivotal stop on the road to WrestleMania. Not only do the winners challenge for a World title at the company’s biggest weekend, but several non-title storylines usually develop as well. Saturday from Toronto should be no different.

Below are previews, betting odds, and predictions for each match on tonight’s Elimination Chamber from Rogers Centre (7 PM Eastern Peacock and Netflix):

Men’s Elimination Chamber match: John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Logan Paul vs. Damian Priest vs. Seth Rollins

Most fans will be going into this match assuming that Cena will win and they’ll likely be correct. 

Cena is currently listed as a -375 favorite which is significant considering there are five other wrestlers in the match. This would lead to Cena challenging Cody Rhodes for the undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania and him having a chance to win a World championship for the 17th time. It might be a little predictable, but it’s a feel good moment the fans want and will send them home happy.

Somewhat surprisingly, McIntyre has the next highest odds of winning. He’s listed as a +210 underdog but I don’t see it happening. McIntyre has his story feuding with everyone who has ever been loosely aligned with Roman Reigns. A win here and a program with Rhodes doesn’t seem consistent with his story leading up to now.

Punk (+300 underdog) is the next highest favorite in the match which at least makes a little more sense than McIntyre. Punk vs. Rhodes has been teased in a few segments, but Punk already has two other angles going on right now. Paul Heyman still owes him a favor for helping the original Bloodline team in WarGames at Survivor Series. That favor feels like it will have to do with Reigns at WrestleMania. Also, Punk was eliminated from the Royal Rumble by Paul, and an angle between the two of them is building as well. Punk’s dance card is too booked up to win Saturday.

After Punk, the oddsmakers aren’t giving anyone else a chance. Rollins is a +5000 underdog, Paul is at +6600, and Priest has the longest odds of them all at +10,000.

Prediction: Cena

Women’s Elimination Chamber: Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez

According to the oddsmakers, the favorite to win the women’s Chamber match is Belair. In fact, at -450, she is listed as a bigger favorite to win her Chamber match than Cena is in the men’s.

I think the oddsmakers are incredibly wrong on this one. Belair’s storyline leading to WrestleMania is with Jade Cargill. Somebody is getting revealed as Cargill’s attacker pretty soon and regardless of where that angle goes, Belair is going to play a big part in it. She won’t be available for a storyline with Ripley leading into Mania and isn’t going to win the Chamber match on Saturday.

The next highest odds belong to Morgan at +400, but I consider her winning to be far more likely than Belair. Perhaps the reason why her odds aren’t as strong is the feeling that her feud with Ripley is over. They had three matches, and Ripley won two. But I think there is one more match left in the story if they want it. It was one of the hottest angles of 2024 and elevated Morgan significantly. However, Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez winning the Tag Team titles doesn’t bode well for Morgan being put into a significant singles storyline so soon after.

Which takes us to my big money pick for this month’s PLE. I do not recommend placing wagers on wrestling, but if I did, I’d put a little money on Bliss (+700) coming out of the Chamber with the win. I predicted Jey Uso to win the Royal Rumble at +2500 odds last month, just saying.

We haven’t been given too much of an idea as to what her story heading into Mania is, but a match between Bliss and Ripley seems like a big deal. Like, a generational clash of sorts. If they don’t go back to Morgan vs. Ripley for Mania, I think this is the direction they head.

Naomi is listed as a +800 favorite, but she won’t win for the same reasons Belair won’t. And nobody is giving Perez (+1600) or Bayley (+2500) much of a chance.

Prediction: Bliss

Will Cody Rhodes Decide To Be The Rock’s champion?

This segment was set up with an at-times confusing angle on WWE SmackDown two weeks ago. During a promo in which he seemed to switch back and forth between babyface and heel, Rock told Rhodes he wanted to elevate him into an even bigger star. So like, with more Instagram followers and stuff, I think. Then he gifted Rhodes a truck and a weight belt on last night’s show. You know, typical wrestling stuff.

I am not certain WWE knows where this angle is going. It feels like Rock is being shoehorned in, and they are finding a way to include him in something that they have been building without his involvement. This stuff between Rock and Rhodes could play into Rhodes vs. Cena at WrestleMania, perhaps with Rock being a guest referee. Regardless, it doesn’t sound as though Rock is going to wrestle at Mania this year. I hope they have a plan, but I’m worried they don’t.

Rhodes will turn down Rock’s offer and this will upset Rock, but what happens next is anyone’s guess.

Prediction: No, Cody Rhodes will not decide to be The Rock’s champion

Unsanctioned match: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

When you add everything up, no two friends have ever been as terrible to each other as Zayn and Owens have been to each other.

Owens is a -220 favorite to win, and I think he will.

Neither Zayn nor Owens appears to have anything lined up for Mania so I’m assuming that whatever they do here leads to something else for Las Vegas. Most likely, Owens wins, tries to end Zayn’s career, then Zayn comes back and they do a big blowoff at Mania.

Owens and McIntyre’s origin stories are pretty similar. They were both turned bad guy when they were cheated out of World championship victories by Reigns, and now they have to watch all the people they considered allies or friends forgive Reigns. Owens’ feud with Rhodes was about that, everything McIntyre has been doing lately is about that, and it’s the catalyst for this renewed rivalry between Owens and Zayn as well. There’s something oddly satisfying about multiple angles being born out of one big one.

Prediction: Owens

Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae

Trishy and Tiffy Time are massive favorites to win, listed at -2500.

Of course, with Stratton vs. Charlotte Flair official for WrestleMania, the likelihood of her losing here seems small. I imagine Flair will be on commentary or in attendance for the match, and we will get some type of staredown or something after.

There’s a chance they build up a future angle with Trish for Mania here, but the main focus is going to be on Stratton and her angle with Flair.

Prediction: Stratton & Stratus