WWE announced today the first match for the upcoming Elimination Chamber event next month as Bobby Lashley will put the WWE Title on the line inside of the structure against five other wrestlers.
WWE did not announce the other competitors in the match. However, the company has already confirmed that Lashley will have a championship celebration segment on Monday Night Raw so his opponents could be revealed as soon as tonight.
Lashley beat Brock Lesnar in a dream match at Saturday’s Royal Rumble event to become the WWE Champion after Paul Heyman turned on his client and handed Roman Reigns the championship so he could hit Lesnar with it. Later in the night, Lesnar was a surprise entrant in the Men’s Royal Rumble match and won it, which sets up Lesnar vs. Reigns at WrestleMania 38.
As of this writing, it’s unclear whether Reigns will also defend his Universal Title inside of the Elimination Chamber on February 19th.
BREAKING NEWS: @fightbobby will defend the #WWETitle in an Elimination Chamber Match at #WWEChamber in Jeddah on Saturday, Feb. 19.https://t.co/qVm3NVWRLk pic.twitter.com/wgmqRfsJOK
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2022
