By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE Elimination Chamber
February 28, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, at United Center
Streamed live on ESPN Unlimited (and Netflix internationally)
Hannah Heavin stood in the ring and performed the national anthem… Michael Cole opened the show while various shots aired of the host city. Cole said the United Center was hosting a WWE TV event for the first time in 32 years. Cole welcomed viewers to Chicago, home of World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk… The show’s opening video featuring Punk aired…
Michael Cole, who was joined on commentary by Wade Barrett, listed the attendance as a 19,346 sellout. Cole narrated shots of Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Finn Balor, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch, and World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk walking hand-in-hand with his wife, AJ Lee…
Powell’s POV: Heavin did a nice job with the anthem, and the Punk video was cool. Cole’s attendance figure is in the ballpark of what was reported a short time ago by WrestleTix, which listed the venue as being set up for 18,295 with 18,208 tickets distributed. The listed capacity for hockey is 19,717.
Ring announcer Mark Nash delivered the introductions for the women’s Elimination Chamber match. Alexa Bliss was out first. Cole and Barrett checked in from their desk at ringside. WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill was shown watching from a luxury box. The entrances of Asuka, Raquel Rodriguez, Rhea Ripley, Kiana James, and Tiffany Stratton.
1. Tiffany Stratton vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka vs. Kiana James vs. Raquel Rodriguez in an Elimination Chamber match for a shot at the WWE Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 42. Dan Engler was the in-ring referee. Stratton and James started the match while Ripley, Bliss, Asuka, and Rodriguez were in pods.
Early candidate for sign of the night;
“I got stuck in traffic. When’s Luger and Tatanka?”
LMAO!