WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 Notes: Rhea Ripley Wins Women’s & Randy Orton Wins Men’s EC Matches, Women’s World Title and Undisputed WWE Title Matches Set for WrestleMania 42, AJ Lee Wins Women’s IC Title, Danhausen Revealed in Mystery Crate, Seth Rollins Returns & Revealed as Mystery Vision Attacker

Feb 28, 2026

Rhea Ripley Wins Women’s Elimination Chamber

Friday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois featured Rhea Ripley winning this year’s Women’s Elimination Chamber match.

The entrants in order for this match were Tiffany Stratton, Kiana James, Asuka, Alexa Bliss, Ripley, and Raquel Rodriguez.

The eliminations in order for this match were Bliss, Asuka, James, Rodriguez, and Stratton.

RHEA RIPLEY IS HEADED TO WRESTLEMANIA 🙌@RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/nk4jywxsuk
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

MAMI IS GOING TO MANIA! 🔥@RheaRipley_WWE pic.twitter.com/PaQbzNKRfg
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

As a result of her victory, Ripley will be facing off against Jade Cargill for the WWE Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 42.

Randy Orton Wins Men’s Elimination Chamber

Friday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event also featured Randy Orton winning this year’s Men’s Elimination Chamber match.

The entrants in order for this match were Cody Rhodes, Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, Logan Paul, LA Knight, and Orton.

The eliminations in order for this match were Evans, Knight, Williams, Paul, and Rhodes.

RANDY ORTON WINS 🤩@RandyOrton is headed to #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/P4HJVNrcqs
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

THE VIPER STRIKES AND IS GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA! 🐍@RandyOrton pic.twitter.com/OVhBFUrb6z
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

As a result of his victory, Orton will be facing off against Drew McIntyre for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42.

WWE Women’s World Title and Undisputed WWE Title Matches Set for WrestleMania 42

Friday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event also featured two new matches announced for the card of WrestleMania 42, which takes place on April 18-19 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The first new match announced was a WWE Women’s Championship match of Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill (c).

The second new match announced was an Undisputed WWE Championship match of Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre (c).

Current card for WWE WrestleMania 42:

Undisputed WWE Championship – Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre (c)
WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (c)
WWE Women’s Championship – Rhea Ripley vs. Jade Cargill (c)
WWE Women’s World Championship – Liv Morgan vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c)
Open Challenge match – Brock Lesnar vs. mystery opponent

AJ Lee Wins WWE Women’s IC Title

Friday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event also featured AJ lee defeating Becky Lynch to become the new WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion.

.@TheAJMendez has DONE IT! 🏆

She is the NEW Women's Intercontinental Champion! pic.twitter.com/G1zJHBF0dn
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

#ANDNEW @TheAJMendez is the NEW Women's Intercontinental Champion! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/5OhaARgETJ
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

This was Lee’s first ever WWE Women’s Intercontinental title victory in her WWE career and also her first championship victory in eleven years.

Danhausen Revealed as Surprise in Mystery Crate

Friday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event also featured Danhausen making his surprise official debut appearance in WWE.

Danhausen was revealed to be the big surprise that was inside the mystery crate that WWE had been teasing for the past couple of weeks would be officially revealed at their Elimination Chamber show.

After getting some initial cheers by the crowd over his surprise appearance that included several Danhausen themed women dancers coming out with him, a lot more of the crowd loudly booed when it was over since they had been expecting someone else instead to show up.

.@DanhausenAD was in the BOX 😱 pic.twitter.com/bYh7RADdu9
— WWE (@WWE) March 1, 2026

Seth Rollins Makes Surprise Returns & Revealed as Mystery Vision Attacker

Saturday’s WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 event also featured Seth Rollins making his surprise return from injury.

During the Men’s Elimination Chamber match, a mystery masked person attempted to get into the Chamber only to be stopped by WWE security and officials. This led to this person being unmasked revealing himself to be some random person. This led to a second masked man getting into the Chamber and stared down Paul before hitting a superkick to lay him out. This mystery person then hit a stomp to Paul laying him out leading to Rhodes getting the pinfall to eliminate Paul. This mystery person then took off his mask revealing himself to be Rollins and him being the real mystery masked attacker of The Vision.