Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins added to Elimination Chamber pre-show
WWE rounded out the card for this coming Sunday’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view by adding Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins to the pre-show for SmackDown’s final PPV before WrestleMania.
The storyline between Zack Ryder’s current and former tag team partners was set up on Twitter and in a video where Hawkins mocked Rawley’s friendship with New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.
Elimination Chamber will take place on Sunday at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The updated card for the show is:
- WWE Champion John Cena defending against AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, The Miz, and Baron Corbin in an Elimination Chamber match
- SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss defending against Naomi
- Randy Orton vs. Luke Harper
- SmackDown Tag Team Champions American Alpha defending against The Usos, Heath Slater & Rhyno, The Ascension, Breezango, and The Vaudevillains in a tag team turmoil match
- Nikki Bella vs. Natalya
- Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James
- Dolph Ziggler vs. Apollo Crews & Kalisto in a handicap match
- Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins (kickoff show match)
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