With the conclusion of Royal Rumble PPV, the road to Wrestlemania kicked off and we expected to see a massive fallout from the PPV on WWE Raw as well as the storylines in store for the next PPV, the ominous Elimination Chamber.
Check out how Raw panned out at the event hosted by the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WWE Raw was kicked off with Stephanie McMahon’s announcement of another historic match for the women’s division where the women’s championship will be defended for the first time inside an Elimination Chamber. Asuka soon joined the commissioner inside the ring to celebrate her Royal Rumble victory, while Sasha Banks interrupted her to set up a singles match, later in the night.
The Royal Rumble main eventers Kane and Braun Strowman opened Monday Night Raw in a singles contest in a Last Man Standing match which was made the first qualifier for the Elimination Chamber, men’s division match. The monster among men dominated Kane, throughout the match and buried the big red monster under a table to win the contest.
Soon, the second qualifier match took place between Elias and Woken Matt Hardy. Hardy was in control of the match after he delivered a Side Effect after which he headed for a Twist of Fate. But, Bray Wyatt appeared on the screen to distract Hardy, which Elias took advabtage of and hit the Drift Away to pick up the win.
Later, Roman Reigns received the Intercontinental Championship match against The Miz. The Miztourage created a chaos at ringside after which Reigns chased them away with a chair in hand. But, they returned to add more distraction which allowed The Miz to capitalize and pick up the win with a simple roll-up on Reigns.
As per earlier announcement Sasha Banks and Asuka fought in a first-ever singles contest which turned out to be a solid match with both of them going all-out for the victory. Sasha was close to a win with her pendant double-knees and the Bank Statement. But, Asuka reversed it to the arm-bar and forced Banks to tap out to hand away yet another win to Asuka.
Later, the tag team championship was on the line, as Titus Worldwide received a shot at the title after pinning The Bar for two consecutive weeks. However, the champions picked up a dominant win by delivering a double team White Noise to pin the challengers.
In another exhibition tag team contest, The Revival defeated Heath Slater and Rhyno to continue their winning run.
In the main event match we witnessed a hard-hitting contest between John Cena and Finn Balor which was the third qualifier for Elimination Chamber match. Cena was in firm control and hit an AA to get a near fall. Upon failing in the first attempt, he grabbed Balor on the second rope and hit yet another AA to pick up the win and become the third participant in the Elimination Chamber match.
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