{"id":105037,"date":"2022-01-31T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=105037"},"modified":"2022-01-31T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:27:04","slug":"wwe-announces-the-wwe-championship-will-be-defended-in-an-elimination-chamber-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2022\/01\/31\/wwe-announces-the-wwe-championship-will-be-defended-in-an-elimination-chamber-match\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces the WWE Championship will be defended in an Elimination Chamber match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-4294286728\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE announced that Bobby Lashley will defend the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match at the Elimination Chamber. The event will be held on February 19 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the Jeddah Super Dome. Read the official announcement at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/eliminationchamber\/2022\/bobby-lashley-to-defend-the-wwe-championship-inside-chamber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> This is an unexpected development in that I assumed the Elimination Chamber match would be used to determine Lashley&#8217;s challenger for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-403253558\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":51437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[68,1324,101,1420,4346],"class_list":["post-105037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-bobby-lashley","tag-elimination-chamber","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-elimination-chamber","tag-wwechamber"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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