IWE Elimination Chamber (2017)

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Elimination Chamber (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event produced by IWE for the SmackDown brand. It will take place on February 12, 2017, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It will be the seventh event under the Elimination Chamber chronology.

Background

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The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by IWE on the SmackDown brand, one of IWE's brand divisions. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows SmackDown Live.

On the January 17, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live, commissioner Shane Matteson announced that the main event of Elimination Chamber would be an Elimination Chamber match for the IWE Championship as the main event of Elimination Chamber. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2017, Dustin Simpson defeated KJ Styles for a record thirteenth time, as well as tying Ric Flair's record of sixteen recognized world titles. The following day, Styles was added to the Elimination Chamber match. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan told Styles that he will eventually get a one-on-one rematch for the title, before revealing the other participants in the Elimination Chamber match: Bray Wyatt, Baron Corbin, The Miz and Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose.

At Survivor Series, Nikki Bella was originally the captain of Team SmackDown's women's team, but before the match, she was attacked backstage and was unable to compete; Natalya, who was the team's coach, replaced Nikki in the match. On the following SmackDown, Nikki accused Carmella of being the attacker, since the two had been feuding for the few months prior, and the two faced each other at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a no disqualification match that Nikki won. After the match, Carmella revealed that Natalya was the attacker. For the next couple of weeks, Natalya denied the accusation until the December 20 episode, where she admitted to being the attacker due to pent up jealousy of the Bella Twins, believing they had everything handed to them. The two went back and forth at each other over the next few weeks and were involved in the six-woman tag team match at the Royal Rumble, where Nikki's team defeated Natalya's. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan scheduled a match between Nikki and Natalya at Elimination Chamber.

On the January 24 episode of SmackDown Live, Naomi was set to face Natalya, but the match was canceled after Nikki Bella attacked Natalya backstage. Naomi then challenged SmackDown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, but was denied the match by Bliss, who belittled Naomi. At the Royal Rumble, Naomi pinned Bliss in the six-woman tag team match, and then again pinned her in their tag team match on the January 31 episode of SmackDown. Afterwards on Talking Smack, Bliss was scheduled to defend the title against Naomi at Elimination Chamber.

On the December 13 episode of SmackDown Live, a battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship was won by The Hype Bros. After the match, however, it was discovered that Zack Ryder had injured his knee and required surgery. In response, a championship four-way tag team elimination match occurred the following week between American Alpha, Heath Slater and Rhyno, The Usos, and defending champions The Wyatt Family (represented by Luke Harper and Kevin Orton), where American Alpha won by last eliminating Orton to become the new champions. The Wyatt Family invoked their rematch clause for the January 10 episode, but American Alpha retained. On the January 31 episode, American Alpha made an open challenge to any tag team on the SmackDown roster. The Usos came out, followed by The Ascension, The Vaudevillians, Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), and Slater and Rhyno. A brawl ensued where American Alpha and Slater and Rhyno were the last standing. Afterwards on Talking Smack, a championship tag team turmoil match between the six teams was scheduled for Elimination Chamber.

Matches

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

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