Everything you need to know about WWE Elimination Chamber 2025

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Following a highly successful start to their 2025 PLE schedule, the WWE universe will turn it's attention to the next stop on the Road to Wrestlemania 41, the Elimination Chamber. Over the next four weeks, superstars will jockey for inclusion to the unique structure of the PLE. Here's what you need to know.

Where and When?

Date: March 1, 2025
Location: Rogers Center, Toronto

 What is it?

Elimination Chamber is a multi-competitor match featuring a steel chamber surrounding the ring. It 's pretty much a slimmed down version of the Royal Rumble, but dropped inside a cage match. Two of the six superstars begin the match in the ring, with the other four inside plexiglass pods. Every five minutes a pod randomly opens, allowing another wrestler to enter. The process continues until all six competitors are in the match.

Wrestlers can only be eliminated via pinfall or submission; there are no disqualifications and no count-outs. The match continues until only one wrestler remains, who is declared the winner.

There's both a men's and a women's chamber.

The winner of Elimination Chamber could take a title, if a champ is included in the field, or could earn a championship opportunity at Wrestlemania.

How do wrestler's qualify?

The WWE will likely run three weeks worth of qualifiers on both Monday Night Raw and Friday Night Smackdown. They will likely all be individual matches. In the past, various qualifiers (including being in the Royal Rumble final four) have been used.

Who's In?


MENS

John Cena | Announced following Royal Rumble that he was going to bogart his way into the thing.

CM Punk | Defeated Sami Zayn in qualifier match Feb 3 on Raw

Drew McIntyre | Defeated LA Knight, Jimmy Uso in qualifier Feb 7 on SmackDown

Logan Paul | Defeated Rey Mysterio in qualifier Feb 10 on Raw

Damian Priest | Defeated Jacob Fatu, Braun Stroman in qualifier Feb 14 on SmackDown

Seth Rollns | Defeated Finn Balor in qualifier Feb 17 on Raw


WOMENS

Liv Morgan | Defeated Iyo Sky in qualifier match Feb 3 on Raw

Bianca Belair | Defeated Piper Niven in qualifier match Feb 7 on SmackDown

Alexa Bliss | Defeated Candice LaRae in qualifier Feb 7 on SmackDown

Bayley | Defeated Lyra Valkyria in qualifier Feb 10 on Raw

Naomi | Defeated Chelsea Green in qualifier Feb 14 on SmackDown

Roxanne Perez | Defeated Raquel Rodriguez in qualifier Feb 17 on Raw




KD Drummond

KD Drummond is an old-school, NWA-over-WWF wrestling fan who came up watching wrestling on DC20 at 5 p.m. every weeknight, and Starrcade and the Great American Bash pay-per-views. An NFL writer and editor since 2010, turning his attention to his re-emerged fascination into the wrestling world was a no-brainer. Heel turns and storylines, beware… if they aren’t top notch, they will be mocked! Follow him on Twitter/X: KDDrummondNFL.