Elimination Chamber 2026: how to watch, time and predictions for Chicago
The WWE returns to Chicago for elimination chamber 2026, a premium live event at the United Center with championship matches and two Elimination Chamber matches that will help set the WrestleMania 42 lineup. The winner of the men’s chamber will challenge for the undisputed title at WrestleMania 42, and the event’s timing and access details are set for Saturday.
Match card at the United Center: world and intercontinental titles on the line
The advertised world heavyweight championship match lists CM Punk (c) against Finn Bálor. The advertised women’s intercontinental championship match lists Becky Lynch (c) against AJ Lee. The context clarifies that “(c)” indicates the defending champion.
Men’s Elimination Chamber entries, stakes and differing lineups
The men’s Elimination Chamber is billed as a six-man match whose winner will challenge the undisputed WWE champion Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 42. Names shown in one listing for the men's chamber are Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Je'Von Evans, Trick Williams, LA Knight and Logan Paul; a separate predictions item lists Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Je'Von Evans, Trick Williams, Jey Uso and LA Knight. The differing participant lists are both present in the available coverage.
Predictions in one piece project Cody Rhodes as the finalist who will last eliminate LA Knight to earn a WrestleMania 42 title opportunity. That same prediction calls the match a three-man race among Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and LA Knight, and singles out Je'Von Evans as someone expected to “wow us. ” It also anticipates Randy Orton catching Evans with an RKO at some point.
Women’s Elimination Chamber, Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee and unfinished notes
The women’s Elimination Chamber entry list includes Tiffany Stratton, Asuka, Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley, Kiana James and Raquel Rodriguez (spelled Raquel Rodriquez in a separate item). The winner of the women’s chamber is advertised to earn a championship match at WrestleMania 42.
The women’s intercontinental title match pairs Becky Lynch (c) with AJ Lee. One preview notes AJ Lee has not had a singles match in almost 11 years and frames her match with Lynch as AJ’s first singles outing since returning. That preview predicts AJ Lee will defeat Becky Lynch. The same preview quotes Roddy Piper: “Once you think you know that answers, I change the questions. ”
Separate commentary praises Rhea Ripley’s potential return to singles main-event status, but the text on that point cuts off and is unclear in the provided context.
Broadcast windows, start times and how viewers can watch
Event timing appears in two distinct references. One schedule lists the premium live event for Saturday at 5 p. m. ET, with postshow coverage set to begin at 10 p. m. A preview piece lists a live streaming window at 7 ET/4 PT for the United States and additional international distribution elsewhere; both time entries are part of the available material.
Audience access notes indicate fans with an Unlimited plan can catch the action in the event app and in the official streaming hub; the coverage guidance points viewers to those platforms and to event-focused pages for title history and additional event information.
Storylines, local stakes and predictions around CM Punk, Finn Bálor and Dominik Mysterio
One preview emphasizes CM Punk competing in his hometown of Chicago and frames a Punk victory as likely; that same preview predicts Punk will defeat Finn Bálor and then be attacked inside the ring by “Dirty” Dom. The material identifies Dominik Mysterio as the Intercontinental Champion and notes he has had issues with his Judgment Day brother that are expected to come to a head at the event.
Separately, a short clip of Randy Orton, timed at 1: 33 in the available content, shows Orton expressing a desire to win another world title and to deliver his RKO finisher to Tom Brady.
Final notes and what remains uncertain
The assembled items include full match listings, start times, postshow timing, and a range of predictions for who will emerge from the Elimination Chamber matches and challenge at WrestleMania 42. Differences in the published men’s chamber participant lists (Logan Paul versus Jey Uso), the alternate spellings of Raquel Rodriguez/Rodriquez, the split start-time references (5 p. m. ET and 7 ET/4 PT), and the truncated commentary on the women’s picture are all present in the available texts and remain points where the record in this material is either inconsistent or unclear in the provided context.
