WWE Elimination Chamber Review, Rhodes Wins Title, NJPW Cup, The Dogs Join AEW | Grapsody 3/7/26
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WrestleMania plans
Rhea Ripley picked up the win here. She's going on at WrestleMania to face Jade Cargill.
Danhausen WWE debut
Danhausen came out to his new WWE theme music. They march down to the ring. Danhausen is doing the points to the crowd. He gets in the middle of the ring, does his curse.
Other than Punk and Cody, is there any other AEW wrestler that came straight in and got a pay-per-view debut that was this big? This is technically the third biggest WWE debut on the main roster.
Seth Rollins return
Seth Rollins gets in the ring, hits Logan Paul with a thrust kick, hits him with a stomp, sets up Cody Rhodes to eliminate him. That's when Seth pulls off his mask.
Elimination Chamber results
Randy Orton is the 2026 men's Elimination Chamber winner.
Title change
AJ Lee is the new Women's Intercontinental Champion.
Cody Rhodes character arc
I think everybody asking for it, everybody's been saying, when do you turn this guy [Cody Rhodes] heel? I think we're finally here, guys.
Backstage changes
Brian James is no longer with SmackDown. I don't know if there's been clarification of if he stepped down or if he got fired yet.
SmackDown booking
Nick Aldis says well because this guy [Drew McIntyre] can't stop sticking his nose in everybody's business... we're gonna give him a title match on Friday against Cody Rhodes.
Jade Cargill/Rhea Ripley feud
If Jade is going to get in the mud, she's going to get into the mud just because that's kind of her nature. It got a little strange.
Elimination Chamber match quality
The problem here is the match [Finn Balor vs. CM Punk] had absolutely no heat. Nobody believed that Finn Balor was going to win this match.
Io Shirai booking
Everybody's MVP for WWE, man or woman last year was Io Shirai. And it just hasn't been that. The focus has been in other places.
