Elimination Chamber (2026)
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | February 28, 2026 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | United Center | ||
| Attendance | 19,346 | ||
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The 2026 Elimination Chamber, also promoted as Elimination Chamber: Chicago (known as No Escape: Chicago in Germany), was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 16th Elimination Chamber event and took place on February 28, 2026, at United Center in Chicago, Illinois, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event was based around the Elimination Chamber match, a type of multi-person elimination-based Steel Cage match in which championships or future opportunities at championships are at stake.
This was the first Elimination Chamber to be held in the United States since 2021, as well as the first in the country with spectators in live attendance since the 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. This marked the first Elimination Chamber event to livestream on the ESPN app in the United States, and the first televised WWE event to be held at the United Center since the 1994 SummerSlam. This was also notably the last main roster WWE event to stream on the WWE Network, which was still available in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, as it will completely shut down on April 1 with these countries transitioning to Netflix.
The event comprised four matches, including two eponymous matches, with one each for the men and women. The main event was the men's Elimination Chamber match, which was won by SmackDown's Randy Orton, earning a match for SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42, while the women's match, which was the opening bout, was won by Raw's Rhea Ripley, earning a match for SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania. In the other matches contested, AJ Lee defeated Becky Lynch by submission to win the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship, while CM Punk defeated Finn Bálor to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. The event also saw the return of Seth Rollins following an injury and the WWE debut of Danhausen, previously known for his time in All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor.