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WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: Breaking down the biggest takeaways from Australia

Elimination Chamber set a couple of intriguing ideas in motion in Perth.

For the most part, this year’s Elimination Chamber was as predictable as we all expected.

Rhea Ripley retained her WWE Women’s World Championship after a borderline great main event match against Nia Jax, Becky Lynch was the last person standing in the women’s Elimination Chamber to earn the right to challenge Ripley’s title at WrestleMania, and Drew McIntyre outlasted five others to win the men’s Elimination Chamber and punch his ticket to the biggest show of the year, where he will challenge Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

So nothing to see here, right?

No, actually, as there were two other happenings on the show that left me intrigued.

Cody Rhodes challenges The Rock to a one-on-one match

Although all indications have been pointing toward Rhodes and Rollins facing The Rock and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns to some sort of tag team match in the future (possibly at WrestleMania), judging by what happened during “The Grayson Waller Effect,” I’m not quite as sure.

As I predicted, a challenge was laid, but it wasn’t for a tag team match. Instead, it was Rhodes challenging The Rock to a one-on-one match. Rollins, who revealed that he was merely days away from being medically cleared, was there to lend his moral support, but nothing more. Rhodes did not put a date on his challenge, saying that he wants The Rock anytime, anywhere.

Will we actually get a one-on-one match between Rhodes and The Rock? I guess we can’t totally rule it out. My best guess is that the tag team match is still happening sooner rather than later and an encounter between Rhodes and The Rock is something WWE could visit at any time down the road.

Is this slightly confusing? Yes. I’m still not totally sure what to make of it. But again, this is intriguing. I am interested in seeing what happens. Rhodes laid the challenge, which means The Rock has to eventually respond. I anxiously await it.

What is Logan Paul doing at WrestleMania?

Logan Paul has made his share of enemies as a controversial internet influencer, and that has carried over, in storyline at least, to the WWE locker room.

He’s obviously got Kevin Owens as a sworn enemy after their encounter at the Royal Rumble, and that was on full display Saturday in Perth.

But Paul created a new enemy Saturday in the form of Randy Orton, who was seemingly poised to win the men’s Elimination Chamber after eliminating Paul. But before Orton could seal the victory, Paul sucker punched him with brass knuckles, knocking Orton out cold and paving an easy path to victory for McIntyre.

I had been predicting for weeks that LA Knight should be the person to face Paul for the United States title at WrestleMania, but after AJ Styles attacked him during the Elimination Chamber, I feel like Knight will be occupied elsewhere.

Do we get Paul against Orton one-on-one? Is Owens inserted to make it a triple threat? Either way, it will be an interesting road getting there.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 results: Mami has a happy homecoming

Mami remained on top in her home country, as Rhea Ripley defeated Nia Jax at WWE Elimination Chamber Perth.

While Nia Jax makes her ring walk, the announcers put over how this has been the best version of her we’ve ever seen. The fans roar to life right after that, as the Australian champion Rhea Ripley soaks it in.

Ripley explodes out of the gate, using strikes and then even throwing a hurricanrana in there. Yes, for real. Jax weathers the storm and delivers a senton, throwing the champ into the corner for a splash.

A hip attack allows Nia to do a stinkface, and a big headbutt is next. Jax drops a leg across Ripley’s back, then smacks Rhea around while verbally berating her. Jax utilizes a stretch muffler to keep the champ on the mat, working deliberately.

When Ripley tries to get back to her feet, a headbutt knocks her back down. Nia lifts the champ into the Torture Rack, but Rhea slithers out and administers a guillotine.

Ripley finally fights back to her feet, but Jax catches her coming off the middle rope and powerbombs her twice. Another leg drop to the back of Rhea’s neck leads to a near fall.

A moment of magic comes when Ripley dropkicks Jax’s legs out from under her in the corner. There’s a missile dropkick on target too, earning Rhea a near fall.

A series of clotheslines from Ripley is answered by a Samoan Drop. The champ battles back again with some fans chanting her name. Jax nails a middle rope Samoan Drop and covers but only gets two.

Ripley shows her power by getting Jax on her shoulders, then dropping her face first on the top turnbuckle. Rhea does a little Eddie Guerrero shimmy before hitting a frog splash, but she looks despondent when that only gets a two count.

Jax throws the champ out to the floor, but her kick from the apron is caught and Nia takes a bump off the apron to the outside. Ripley wants a Riptide; Jax says no and Samoan Drops her on the announce table before driving Rhea through it with an elbow.

Back in the ring, the Annihilator is on target, but Ripley manages to kick out. With Jax searching for a second Annihilator, the champ rallies to stop it. A superplex is next, and Michael Cole yells that Rhea now has her chance.

Rhea’s kick to the face connects, and she manages to hit the Riptide to retain her championship.

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Elimination Chamber winners: Every WWE wrestler to win an Elimination Chamber match

Check out our Elimination Chamber winners list, with details on every WWE wrestler to enter and win Elimination Chamber matches since 2002.

The Elimination Chamber is the answer to a question many wrestling fans probably never thought they’d ask: What’s more formidable than a match inside a steel cage?

WWE came up with it anyway in 2002. Said to be the brainchild of Triple H and Eric Bischoff, the Elimination Chamber combines the brutality of a steel cage match with the chaos and “who’s next” suspense of the Royal Rumble. And the structure itself is a key component, with its roofed cage and four pods — which have become central to some of the match’s most creative spots over the years.

Like the Royal Rumble, the Elimination Chamber has gone on to become the star of its own series of premium live events, with men’s and women’s versions of its namesake match. Not bad for a gimmick match that was originally a brand-only affair.

After the 2023 Elimination Chamber event in Montreal, WWE will be past 30 total Elimination Chamber matches, with no end in sight. Let’s take a look back at every winner since the first one was held in 1992.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 results: Opportunistic Drew McIntyre wins a WrestleMania spot

AJ Styles, Logan Paul caused chaos that Drew McIntyre exploited at Elimination Chamber.

After the women rocked the house at Optus Stadium to kick off the show, the men get their chance to do the same. Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley, Logan Paul and Randy Orton get to start in pods, so Drew McIntyre and LA Knight will have a chance to get reacquainted quickly. Knight stands on top of Orton’s pod before the bell rings, getting the fans to react even more.

Knight emerges from the opening exchange with a suplex and an elbowdrop, but he’s only able to get a one count. McIntyre fires back with an overhead throw and cracks a smirk as the fans chant “CM Punk” at him. Drew mocks Punk and looks for the Go To Sleep, but Knight counters with knees to the back and sends the Scottish Warrior to the outside, forcefully.

Paul gets to watch up close as Knight smashes McIntyre’s head into his pod repeatedly. Same for KO over at his pod. Not for long for him, as he is the first wrestler released and eagerly joins the fray. Owens chokeslams Knight and follows with a senton for a two count.

McIntyre starts in on Owens and they brawl to one corner. KO gets the best of that battle, eventually hitting a frog splash and earning a near fall. Owens also does a cool spot that’s a Codebreaker to McIntyre and a simultaneous senton to Knight.

Owens and Knight finally agree to work together to fight McIntyre, but Drew escapes their double superplex attempt and hits a cross body on both of them. Lashley makes a beeline for McIntyre as well when his cell opens and has a decent amount of success.

A kick to the gut and a belly-to-belly throw allow Drew to fight back. But he can’t pull off the Future Shock and is sent outside the ring, where Lashley eagerly uses the cage as a weapon.

A loud Glasgow Kiss smacks Lashley backward, but the All Mighty comes right back with a uranage of sorts for a two count. Knight nearly gets pinned by inadvertent double team offense by Owens and Lashley.

Orton finally gets his chance to enter the match, and he immediately runs through some trademark offense on Owens. Then it’s Lashley’s turn to go corner to corner on multiple opponents. He spears the heck out of Knight, who avoids a pin by rolling out of the ring.

Knight DDTs McIntyre on the platform outside the ring, leaving pretty much everyone down. Orton is selling damage to his lower back on just about every move.

The timer expires for Paul, but Owens joins him in the pod and they battle in the proverbial phonebooth before Logan is painfully driven through the pod. Paul finally lures KO into trouble out by the cage, but a huge short arm clothesline puts a stop to that, and Lashley spearing him through a pod sure doesn’t help either.

Alas, just as the fans are thanking him, Lashley turns into a Claymore from McIntyre. Another Claymore follows in the ring, and we finally have someone out. Bobby Lashley is eliminated.

Knight pulls off a nice superplex on McIntyre and the Blunt Force Trauma on Orton … but then he gets attacked by a chair-wielding AJ Styles. He also hits a Styles Clash on the chair before refs can get him out of there, and McIntyre takes advantage by covering LA for three. LA Knight is eliminated.

Owens is handing out cannonballs, plus a swanton on Orton that gets a near fall. He tries one on McIntyre too but catches Drew’s knees to the back, and everyone is slow to rise.

Owens is in the line of a Claymore but counters with a Popup Powerbomb, then hits a stunner on Paul. Unfortunately, he is nailed by an RKO, and that’s it for him. Kevin Owens is eliminated.

Orton and McIntyre slug it out until a powerslam catches Drew coming in. Paul tries to join in but gets crotched on the top rope and eats a series of right hands. McIntyre arrives and hammers Orton’s back again. A Glasgow Kiss and a neckbreaker have McIntyre in position to kip up, but Paul comes soaring out of nowhere with a high cross body.

Paul goes in his waistband and produces the brass knux, perfectly legal in this setting. But he spends too much time psyching himself up and is hit by an RKO, and he isn’t getting up from that. Logan Paul is eliminated.

The vintage Orton DDT is the first big move between the final two men. He coils to strike, but McIntyre is ready and delivers a spinebuster. McIntyre wants a Claymore but sees Orton collapse face down on the mat. He has enough left to hit an RKO, but then he gets smashed by Paul and the brass knux. McIntyre covers and hears the three to send him to WrestleMania. Randy Orton is eliminated, and Drew McIntyre wins.

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 results: The Man comes around, is headed to WrestleMania

No experience, no problem, as Becky Lynch won the Women’s Elimination Chamber match in Perth.

The sight of the cage being lowered from above the big pavilion in the middle of Optus Stadium can mean only one thing: We’re starting with one of the Elimination Chamber matches. Bianca Belair, Raquel Rodriguez, Tiffany Stratton and Liv Morgan head down and into the pods, meaning Becky Lynch and Naomi will start the match.

Both women seem fine taking things to the mat as the crowd keeps singing Becky’s song. A shoulder tackle is answered in kind, and now a “let’s go Becky” chant is ringing through the crowd.

It’s as much of a stalemate as can be so far, with shows of sportsmanship sprinkled in. Naomi wants a top rope move of some sort, but Lynch sees her coming and hits a low dropkick.

Becky kicks Naomi into Liv’s pod door and goes to work near the cage, but Naomi is able to grab the steel and use her legs to drag The Man into the cage, then drop onto her with a split. That gets a near fall back in the ring.

The two women collide as they go for simultaneous cross bodies, meaning both are down as Stratton is the first to be released from her pod. Stratton shows off her crazy gymnastics moves and kicks both her foes, trying unsuccessfully to pin them both as well.

Lynch wants a Manhandle Slam, but Stratton counters into a spinebuster for a near fall. Naomi hits both of them with a top rope cross body, then covers them both for two at the same time.

Stratton tries to pin Lynch again but no dice. She also briefly gets both her opponents on her shoulders, but Becky nails her with a side Russian legsweep off the middle rope, and Naomi drops a leg on her for a near fall.

Naomi connects on a split-legged moonsault on Lynch only for Stratton to steal her near fall. The timer has expired again, bringing Morgan into the action. She sends Stratton aggressively into two pods and mocks her “Tiffy Time” catchphrase.

Morgan runs corner to corner with splashes and knees to Lynch and Naomi. Double knees to the face get her two on Lynch, but she nearly gets caught unawares by Stratton.

Lynch’s exploder sends Stratton hard into the cage, and she follows with the Disarmer through the steel links. Morgan stomps hard on Stratton’s back but gets hit with a sunset flip powerbomb by Naomi from atop a pod. However, Stratton rolls up Naomi after that sweet move and holds on for the three count. Naomi is eliminated.

Rodriguez is the next woman in, leaving only Belair still in a pod. Raquel uses her strength to pummel Becky before holding Tiffany upside down by her legs and swinging her several times into the cage.

Morgan also gets driven into the steel and dropped back into the ring. Lynch hits Rodriguez with a chop block, then gets help from Morgan for a DDT. Everyone tries at once to pin Raquel, who is strong enough to shove them all away.

Tiffany wants Bianca as soon as the pod opens, but that might be a tactical error as she gets thrashed and stuffed in a pod. Belair takes it to the others, doing a marching vertical suplex on Lynch.

Bianca and Raquel end up face to face, with neither able to hit their finisher. Belair pulls off a sweet counter using the cage to turn an attempted suplex into a DDT outside the ropes, which becomes a near fall.

A revived Stratton throws Belair out of the ring and has Rodriguez strung over the top turnbuckle. Morgan is atop the pod and pulls off a seated senton before Becky and Tiffany battle on top of the same pod. Stratton shoves Lynch down onto some of the others, and the crowd is encouraging her to jump. She does, launching herself into a swanton onto everyone but Morgan.

Stratton ends up isolated with Morgan, who pulls her backward off the top rope into the mat, then pins Tiffany. Tiffany Stratton is eliminated, though the crowd doesn’t like it.

Rodriguez sets her sights on Morgan with a spinning corkscrew elbow, but Lynch locks her in the Disarmer. That doesn’t work because Raquel picks her up off the mat, then plants both Becky and Liv. But Belair sneaks in and hits the KOD on Rodriguez for the pin. Raquel Rodriguez is eliminated.

We’re down to three now, with Belair throwing Lynch down onto Morgan. Bianca’s handspring moonsault allows her to pin both of them, but only for two again.

Lynch is blasted into the cage before Morgan executes the Backstabber on Belair. Bianca shrugs that off and smashes Liv into the cage, then does the same to Becky.

Morgan’s assortment of kicks drops both of her foes, and she does a cool catapult move with her legs to send Belair flying into one of the pods. Lynch takes advantage with an attack from behind on Morgan, but Belair won’t let her fly.

Bianca rains down corner punches until she’s halted by Liv. Morgan hits Belair with a sunset flip powerbomb before Lynch hits her with a missile dropkick for a two count.

A superplex hurls Lynch into the middle of the ring, though she’s still able to get knees up on Belair’s 450 splash. Bianca wants a KOD but is countered by Liv’s jawbreaker. As Belair tries to go after Lynch, Morgan sneaks up from behind and rolls her up for three. Bianca Belair is eliminated.

However, right after that, Lynch is able to get in a Manhandle Slam on Morgan, and that’s it for Liv. Liv Morgan is eliminated, and Becky Lynch is the winner.

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 results: Ripley, Lynch, McIntyre triumph in Perth

Complete results and updates from WWE Elimination Chamber in Perth.

WWE has made it Down Under. Perth, Australia is the host of this year’s Elimination Chamber premium live event, the first time the promotion has visited the country in more than five years.

Despite the fact that only one of WWE’s four world championships is being defended on the card, and some of the biggest players on the Road to WrestleMania won’t be in action, there should be a big show feel regardless. Part of that will be due to the two namesake matches inside the Elimination Chamber (one each for the men and women), both of which have stacked fields and carry Mania title shots as prizes.

Australian talent will also be well represented. Indi Hartwell will get a chance to go for tag team gold during the pre-show with Candice LeRae, though dethroning the Kabuki Warriors will likely be a tall task.

A much more prominent Aussie will be featured in what could be the show’s main event. Rhea Ripley has proven to be every bit the dominant champion fans hoped when she was first given the opportunity to run with the Women’s World Championship, fulfilling her role to a tee. She’s up against a fellow powerhouse in Nia Jax in Perth, but as she noted during a media event this week, Jax will be going against Mami and all of Australia (though Jax, too, is part Australian).

With only four matches on the main card plus The Grayson Waller Effect to show off yet one more Aussie, everything should have the proper time it needs to play out in full. Let’s see what’s in store for everyone at Optus Stadium in Perth.

WWE Elimination Chamber Perth Kickoff results:

  • Raquel Rodriguez is said to be fighting through “hypersensitivity reactions” but will compete in the Elimination Chamber match
  • Kabuki Warriors def. Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell by pinfall to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
  • Byron Saxton catches up with LA Knight, who says no one can scout him for the Elimination Chamber since he’s never been in one, and he intends to walk out as the No. 1 contender for the World Heavyweight Championship

WWE Elimination Chamber Perth main card results:

(tap or click on any match with a link for full details)

  • Becky Lynch wins the Women’s Elimination Chamber match, last eliminating Liv Morgan by pinfall
  • The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) def. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) by pinfall to retain the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
  • The Grayson Waller Effect (with guest co-host Austin Theory) welcomes Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes, during which Rhodes challenges The Rock to a one-on-one match any time, any place; Rollins and Rhodes also end up beating up on Theory, because why not?
  • Drew McIntyre wins the Men’s Elimination Chamber match, last eliminating Randy Orton after a shot from brass knux used by the already eliminated Logan Paul
  • Triple H comes to the ring to thank fans and announce that the attendance is 52,590
  • Rhea Ripley def. Nia Jax by pinfall to retain the Women’s World Championship

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 predictions: Picking winners, losers in Perth

Check out Vaughn Johnson’s picks for who will emerge with victories at WWE Elimination Chamber Perth.

The final premium live event before WrestleMania usually feels like more of a formality than an event of real consequence, but this year’s Elimination Chamber has a little bit of a different feel to it.

That is because there is still so much to be decided when it comes to WrestleMania, which as of this writing, only has one official match. And of course we can’t overlook the fact that the event is emanating from Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia and is airing at various times during the wee hours of the morning depending on where you live here in the United States, giving this particular show a unique feel that no other Chamber event has ever had.

Per usual, we have predictions for every match, but before we get into the matches, let’s discuss what could happen during the “Grayson Waller Effect” that is scheduled to take place during the show, which will feature Cody Rhodes and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins as special guests.

The Rock and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns have separately said that they will not be in Perth on Saturday. If we are to take them at their word, that means we will not get another face to face between the quartet of superstars.

Since we’re not going to get some sort of confrontation, I’ll predict that we’ll get a challenge laid by Rhodes and Rollins, and said challenge will then be answered by Rock and Reigns on an upcoming edition of Smackdown.

Now let’s pick the winners for the actual matches:

Real life pirates affected how the Elimination Chamber cage got to Perth

Michael Cole described how pirates caused a big logistics challenge for getting the Elimination Chamber to Perth.

Hosting a premium live event like Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia is a logistical challenge for WWE, especially since the cage for the namesake matches has its own transportation needs. The company thought it had the shipping part figured out but needed to change plans because of an unexpected complication: pirates.

Not the eyepatch-wearing kind from movies and TV shows, mind you, but honest to goodness criminals controlling waterways in some parts of the world. During the Elimination Chamber press event earlier today in Perth, Michael Cole noted that pirates forced WWE to find a different way of getting the Chamber itself to Australia, one that basically forced it to reverse shipping directions altogether — much to the disbelief of Cole’s colleague, Corey Graves.

The structure 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 to Perth, and now the Elimination Chamber is being constructed as we speak.

Piracy on the high seas is actually on the decline worldwide over the past decade or so, but it still does exist and has been a particular problem in the area around the Suez Canal in Egypt. Thankfully, WWE figured out another way to get the Elimination Chamber to Perth, but it’s wild that it even had to do so.

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 start time: What time does Elimination Chamber Perth start in the US?

Here’s when you’ll need to tune in to catch Elimination Chamber Perth live in the U.S.

Get up very early or stay up very late? That’s going to be the dilemma wrestling fans across the U.S. and Canada face next month when WWE Elimination Chamber makes its way to Perth, Australia on Saturday, Feb. 24.

WWE is going all out to make its first premium live event in Australia since 2018 a huge deal, which means you can be assured it will be a spectacle. One thing that can’t be helped is the time difference: Perth is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time.

That leaves WWE with two choices when running an event there. Either start it in the morning Perth time to keep the viewing window consistent in North America or broadcast it in the early morning hours to fans back here.

Dave Meltzer reported several months ago that WWE was going to do the former, and WWE confirmed it in January via Triple H: Elimination Chamber Perth will start at 5 a.m. ET/2 a.m. PT.

As a member of the Wrestling Junkie team pointed out, that means the pre-show for Elimination Chamber is likely to be on even earlier, at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT. You may want to catch that too, since it’s going to have a women’s tag team championship match on it.

We’ll have live coverage of Elimination Chamber 2024, albeit a little bleary-eyed, here on Wrestling Junkie.

Triple H says The Rock won’t be at Elimination Chamber Perth: ‘I’m not gonna spin that’

Sorry Australia, but it’s looking like The Rock won’t be popping up at Elimination Chamber this weekend.

Perth asked if Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could be part of the upcoming Elimination Chamber event well before matches started to come together. The Rock himself suggested he could fly down there before the interview was over if Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins talk trash about him or The Bloodline at the show.

Alas, The Rock will not be at Elimination Chamber.

Source? Someone who would know: Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

Triple H is in Australia even as we speak, and was doing his part to promote the show. As part of that effort, he appeared on the Xav and Michelle show, where he categorically shot down any chance of The People’s Champ showing up unannounced (h/t Fightful for the transcription).

You are not [going to see Rock at Elimination Chamber]. I’m not gonna spin that because I don’t want people expecting that and not see that. The show will be spectacular, I believe when it’s done, nobody will miss The Rock. As this all came to be, his schedule is quite tight as you can imagine. We have him for a lot of events, unfortunately this was not one of them.

The Rock has been a semi-regular presence on WWE programming in recent weeks as the company teased a dream match between him and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, only to have Cody Rhodes challenge Reigns instead at WrestleMania XL Kickoff. That event also featured Johnson slapping Rhodes, effectively turning heel and siding with Reigns.

The Rock and Reigns cemented their alliance on the Feb. 16 episode of SmackDown, where Johnson was officially welcomed into The Bloodline. As Triple H says, WWE knows it only has Johnson for a certain number of events, presumably including WrestleMania.

That means Perth’s loss should be Philadelphia’s gain. Apologies to all our Aussie friends.

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