WWE has officially set the stage for one of WrestleMania week’s marquee traditions, announcing that the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 17, 2026, at Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM PT, planting the Hall of Fame … Read more
Elimination Chamber didn’t just set the WrestleMania 42 board—it lit the fuse under it. Chicago gave WWE the outcomes it clearly wanted: CM Punk survived Finn Bálor, Rhea Ripley punched her ticket to Jade Cargill, and the men’s Chamber spiraled into the kind of chaos that feels designed to keep multiple paths alive at once. … Read more
Last night in Chicago, WWE ran Elimination Chamber like a company that already sees the WrestleMania 42 poster in its head and is willing to live with the complaints that come from drawing the outline in thick black marker. The wrestling delivered. The crowd responded. But the creative philosophy was loud: protect the biggest WrestleMania … Read more
WWE spent the go-home stretch trying to manufacture urgency through chaos, but for a lot of viewers the execution came off convoluted—angles colliding, momentum yanked in different directions, and a “rush to the destination” vibe that didn’t always strengthen the destination itself. That context matters, because Elimination Chamber isn’t the kind of show you can … Read more
Last night on SmackDown, WWE tried to sell Elimination Chamber with volatility: Jey Uso taken out before the bell, the Men’s Chamber field collapsing into a shouting match, a “winner takes the final spot” main event, and a Women’s Tag Team Championship change clearly designed to unburden Rhea Ripley before she steps into the Chamber … Read more
Last week’s SmackDown had the kind of “we’re doing business, not vibes” energy that tends to split the room in real time. A big chunk of the audience and reviewers applauded how efficiently the show advanced the Road to Elimination Chamber—Trick Williams finally getting a defining win, Kiana James stealing a spot in a way … Read more
WWE went into Atlanta with a clear mission: close the book on AJ Styles in his hometown, fill the final Elimination Chamber spots, and give the Road to WrestleMania 42 one last jolt before Saturday’s PLE in Chicago. RAW accomplished the checklist. It did not always deliver the urgency. The show was packed with names, … Read more
RAW tonight isn’t just the last stop before Elimination Chamber—it’s the final pressure test before WWE locks the chamber door and forces every ambition to breathe recycled air. Last week in Memphis wasn’t built to make you comfortable; it was built to make you suspicious. A masked assailant humiliates Logan Paul in public, The Vision … Read more
SmackDown didn’t just “continue” the Road to Elimination Chamber — it weaponized it. Drew McIntyre spent the night doing what the most dangerous champions do best: influencing outcomes without wrestling, turning the building into a pressure cooker for Cody Rhodes and Jacob Fatu while quietly steering the main event into a finish that protects him … Read more
Last night’s RAW in Memphis tried to do what this stretch of the calendar demands: make Elimination Chamber feel urgent instead of routine. WWE leaned hard into qualifiers again, but the show’s real engines weren’t just the matches—they were the power struggle around The Vision’s “we run RAW” rhetoric, the psychological tone-setting for the top … Read more
