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WWE Elimination Chamber 2013 Spoilers

WWE's Elimination Chamber pay-per-view is what I call the Roadblock to WrestleMania. This is where we figure out who will be going into WrestleMania as the WWE Champion and World Heavyweight Champion as well as who they will be facing. Here are my predictions for the 2013 WWE Elimination Chamber PPV. Check back for Elimination Chamber 2013 results and review coverage here.


WWE Championship: The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk
Yup. CM Punk has no shot at winning this whatsoever. This is just a rematch so he can lose again to the Rock who will drop it to John Cena at WrestleMania. If the Undertaker match is a lock for Punk, then this results in Punk flipping out on Raw about people coming back and his streak not being over and whatnot.

PREDICTION: The Rock retains.


World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Big Show
This feud really does nothing for me and it's for several reasons. First, I don't like Big Show chasing titles. Second, I don't like face Del Rio yet as I feel like all they've done is made him fall into the normal babyface weakness trap and done nothing to make me want to cheer him. Just cause they're a face doesn't mean they have to get their ass kicked all the time. I'm also not the biggest Del Rio fan to begin with, and I don't want him wrestling for the WHC at WrestleMania, so that sours me on this as well. I'm hoping to high hell that Dolph Ziggler cashes in and someone else faces him, not a rematch with Del Rio.

PREDICTION: Alberto Del Rio retains.

Elimination Chamber Match: Randy Orton vs. Kane vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Mark Henry vs. Chris Jericho vs. Jack Swagger

Good GOD am I hoping that Dolph Ziggler cashes in on Alberto Del Rio and Chris Jericho wins this match to face him at WrestleMania! Frankly, I would rather have had Miz and Antonio Cesaro here instead of Kane and Daniel Bryan, but I guess this will mark the end of Team Hell No where one eliminates the other. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if these two were the first two in the match to start it off. Swagger must be in line for a serious push if they have him in here, but he could also just play jobber. Tough call where he'll factor in.

PREDICTION: Chris Jericho wins.


Six Man Tag: John Cena, Ryback & Sheamus vs. The Shield
Protect Ryback. Protect Sheamus. Give John Cena someone to beat in the mean time before WrestleMania. Only John Cena and Sheamus can stop the Shield!!! Since we all know Ryback couldn't do it on his own as WWE's idea of a push is to have a guy lose every single important match once they build him up.

PREDICTION: Shield essentially gets squashed. A somewhat glorified squash, but a squash nonetheless.


Divas Championship: Kaitlyn (c) vs. Tamina Snuka
Bathroom break. Don't expect much out of this.

PREDICTION: Kaitlyn retains.


United States Championship: Antonio Cesaro (c) vs. Miz
This is a little tricky. I can see Miz winning the title here as a possibility, but more so, I think Cesaro is going to retain. It depends more so on what their plans are for WrestleMania for both of these guys. Neither one seems to have anything big going for him and both are somewhat being pushed, making this a difficult call.

PREDICTION: Antonio Cesaro retains.


YouTube Pre-Show: Brodus Clay & Tensai vs. Rhodes Scholars
Whatever happened to Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow splitting up? This should have been Bo Dallas against Wade Barrett instead, despite how I like 3/4 of these people a lot. It's just the smarter choice I think, as nobody's really going to care about this match.

PREDICTION: Brodus Clay and Tensai win.

Wade Barrett versus Bo Dallas is pretty much the only thing I can see being added at this point.