WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 Date, Start Time And Favorites In Chicago

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WWE Elimination Chamber (Feb. 28, 2026) | Key Points

Cody Rhodes and Rhea Ripley are favored to win the men’s and women’s Elimination Chamber in Chicago, Ill.
Over 15,000 tickets have been moved in the United Center.
Former AEW star Danhausen is currently favored to be inside the mystery crate.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 emanates from the United Center in Chicago with a near-sold out crowd head of WWE’s penultimate event before WrestleMania on February 28, 2026.

Cody Rhodes remains a strong favorite in the men’s Elimination Chamber Match while Rhea Ripley has surpassed Tiffany Stratton as the favorite to win the women’s Chamber. A Rhea Ripley win would set up a first-time-ever matchup between Ripley and Jade Cargill at WrestleMania 42.

WWE Elimination Chamber will also reveal a mystery crate that has been ping-ponged from WWE Raw to SmackDown. Speculation of what’s in the box has ranged from Chris Jericho to Britt Baker, but with days left until the big reveal, former AEW star and Chicago native Danhausen is favored to be inside the crate.

“It looks like the mystery box storyline is leading to the debut of [Danhausen],” read a tweet from Chairshot Sports.

“There have been rumors of Danhausen leaving AEW, and he is good friends with WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, Danhausen could well be headed to WWE.

Danhausen is known for unboxing, and so it will make sense if he is actually pops out on Saturday…”

WWE is hopeful that developments from Elimination Chamber will boost ticket sales as the promotion has lagged behind last year’s record-breaking sales in Allegiant Stadium despite a recent discount. Ticket sales remain impressive with over 36,000 tickets sold. Still, this has not kept every wrestling podcaster with an AARP card from confirmation bias and concluding that WrestleMania tickets aren’t moving because WWE didn’t listen to them.

WWE Elimination Chamber Match Card And Odds On Feb. 28, 2026

Cody Rhodes (-400) vs. Randy Orton (+275), LA Knight (+400), Je’Von Evans (+1400), Jey Uso (+1100) and Trick Williams (+1600) | Men’s Elimination Chamber
Tiffany Stratton (+110) vs. Raquel Rodriguez (+800), Alexa Bliss (+550), Rhea Ripley (-150), Asuka (+1400) and Kiana James (+2000) | Women’s Elimination Chamber
AJ Lee (-300) vs. Becky Lynch (+200) | WWE Women’s IC Title
CM Punk (-5000) vs. Finn Balor (+1000) | WWE World Heavyweight Title