WWE RAW Notes: LA Knight Qualifies for Men’s Elimination Chamber, Rhea Ripley Qualifies for Women’s Elimination Chamber, Bron Breakker Injury Confirmed, Women’s IC Title and World Heavyweight Title Matches Set for Elimination Chamber, Mystery The Vision Attacker Appears, 2/16 Show Card

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Feb 9, 2026

LA Knight Qualifies for Men’s Elimination Chamber

Monday’s WWE RAW show at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio featured one qualifying match for this year’s Men’s Elimination Chamber match.

This match was LA Knight defeating Austin Theory and Penta.

As a result of his victory, Knight joins Randy Orton as those who have officially qualified for this year’s Men’s Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber 2026.

Rhea Ripley Qualifies for Women’s Elimination Chamber

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one qualifying match for this year’s Women’s Elimination Chamber match.

This match was Rhea Ripley defeated Lyra Valkyria and Ivy Nile.

As a result of her victory, Ripley joins Tiffany Stratton as those who have officially qualified for this year’s Women’s Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber 2026.

AJ Lee Makes Surprise Appearance, Lee vs. Becky Lynch for WWE Women’s Intercontinental Title Set for Elimination Chamber 2026

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the first of two new matches for the card of Elimination Chamber 2026, which takes place on February 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

This new match announced was a WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship match of AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch (c).

During the show, WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk was seen walking backstage as part of the pre-show arrivals. Punk stopped and looked to someone off camera which was revealed to be Lee.

In a follow-up segment, WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch angrily stormed out to the ring and talked about she wondered when the disrespect would end. Lynch stated that she planned on talking about the injustice that happened at the Royal Rumble but instead saw who decided to return to her show. This led to Lee’s music playing to interrupt and she came out to the ring. After some back-and-forth banter, a growing deranged Lynch asked Lee what it would take to get rid of her and brought up how the Elimination Chamber would be in Lee’s hometown of Chicago. After some more words by Lynch, Lee responded wanting a match for Lynch’s title, which Lynch initially refused. This led to Lee responding back “no title, no match” which Lynch relented and agreed to the challenge. Lynch then told Lee that if Lee felt like she had been held down by “The Man” before, she had no idea what she was in for. Lynch then stormed out of the ring as Lee happily looked on.

Bron Breakker Hernia Injury Update

As noted before, Bron Breakker recently underwent a hernia surgery and is currently expected to be out of action for an unknown amount of time.

During Monday’s WWE RAW show, RAW commentator Michael Cole confirmed that Breakker is currently out of action due to an undisclosed injury he stated was due to a training accident.

Cole stated that Breakker will be out of action for an indefinite amount of time as a result.

Finn Balor vs. CM Punk for WWE World Heavyweight Title Set for WWE Elimination Chamber 2026

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the second of two new matches for the card of Elimination Chamber 2026, which takes place on February 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

This new match announced was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Finn Balor vs. CM Punk (c).

This new match was setup over recent weeks shows over Balor and Punk’s bad blood issues with each other. During the show, Balor came out to the ring to interrupt Punk’s scheduled in-ring interview segment with Michael Cole. Balor grabbed a microphone and talked about his issues with Punk and issued a rematch challenge for Punk’s title in Punk’s hometown after their match in his hometown. This led to RAW GM Adam Pearce coming out rejecting Balor’s challenge request saying that he was not going to jeopardize the main event of WrestleMania 42 for this match. After some more words by Balor, Punk’s music played and came out to the ring causing Punk to escape and stood on top of the announcer’s table.

Punk demanded for Pearce to make the match official, which Pearce angrily rejected at first. After more pleading to Pearce and threats directed Balor by Punk, Pearce finally relented and made the official for the Elimination Chamber.

Current card for WWE Elimination Chamber 2026:

  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Finn Balor vs. CM Punk (c)
  • WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship – AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch (c)
  • Men’s Elimination Chamber match – Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD
  • Women’s Elimination Chamber match – Tiffany Stratton vs. Rhea Ripley vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD

Mystery The Vision Attacker Appears Again

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the mystery hooded attacker of The Vision making a surprise appearance.

Near the end of the Men’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Triple Threat match between LA Knight, Penta, and Austin Theory, Knight was laid out in the ring as Penta and Theory fought on the outside. Theory gave a back body drop to Penta onto the announcer’s table. As Theory was getting back up to his feet, the mystery hooded attacker showed up again and hit a super kick to Theory. This mystery attacker then hit a curb stomp to Theory and tossed him back into the ring. This led to The Vision’s Logan Paul running out and the mystery attacker running out through the crowd with Paul chasing behind him. This led to Knight hitting the BFT onto Theory after both got up to their feet for the pinfall victory to secure his spot in the Men’s Elimination Chamber.

Current Card For Next Week’s Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on February 16th at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Current card for February 16th WWE RAW show:

  • Men’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Triple Threat match – Je’Von Evans vs. Gunther vs. Dominik Mysterio
  • Women’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Triple Threat match – Bayley vs. Asuka vs. Nattie
  • AJ Lee to appear
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