1) Elimination Chamber Match For The WWE World Championship

This weeks episode of Smackdown Live kicked off with Shane McMahon!!! WWE promised that he would be making a “huge announcement”.

Shane announced that the WWE Championship will be defended inside of the Elimination Chamber in February (at the Elimination Chamber PPV). This means that whoever wins at the Rumble (AJ Styles or John Cena) will be forced to defend the title against 5 other men just a few weeks after:

.@ShaneMcMahon announces a DETOUR on the Road to @WrestleMania for the WWE Champion. In 4 weeks, The #EliminationChamber awaits! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/0zE6ySdtx2

— WWE (@WWE) January 18, 2017

An interesting plot twist. Looks like AJ’s chances of keeping the title until Wrestlemania just went way down.

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