WWE Elimination Chamber 2017: The Results & Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8pHOKNpV8 John Cena may be the WWE World Champion going into this SD Live PPV, but things may change during the main event. That's because he'll have to fend off five other worthy challengers to his title reign - AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, The Miz, Dean Ambrose and Baron Corbin. And they'll all do battle within the steel confines of the Elimination Chamber. The rest of the card features a number of other big time grudge matches, such as Randy Orton facing off with Luke Harper, a huge Tag Team Championship Turmoil Match, Naomi taking on Alexa Bliss for her Women's Championship and so much more. Tonight's February special event looks to be SD Live's final Road to WrestleMania 33 pit stop. Now let's break down all of tonight's big winners, plus all those important match results and highlights. Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins Winner: Mojo Rawley! Highlights: Mojo's hype scared the hell out of Hawkins as soon as the match got underway. Hawkins continually cowered away from Mojo, but he finally cracked the bigger man with a punch. That did nothing but anger the hype man, who then went on punish Hawkins from that point forward. Hawkins finally got the advantage over the big man by kicking Mojo in the face while he was hung between the ropes. Hawkins then jumped on Mojo while he was on the outside. Hawkins looked to get the win via count out, but Mojo hopped back into the ring before that could happen. Hawkins took control as Mojo remained weakened. Mojo managed to escape a submission hold later in the match, but Hawkins clotheslined him, before he could make a comeback. Later on during the bout, Mojo revved himself up and laid in some big offense on his smaller opponent. He used his signature comeback maneuvers to get some revenge on Hawkins for a good while. Hawkins used a quick ref distraction to poke Mojo in the eye and land a nice Flatliner, but Mojo survived the following pin attempt. Hawkins looked to win the match with a Pele, but Mojo kicked out the next pin attempt as well. Hawkins signaled for something big, but Mojo shoved him off. Mojo then used a big elbow strike and spinning Powerslam to get the win. American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) (c) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs. The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) vs. The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) vs. Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze) vs. Heath Slater and Rhyno (Tag Team Turmoil Match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship) Winners: And still the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions, American Alpha! Highlights: The 1st two teams to compete turned out to be Heath Slater & Rhyno and Breezango. Slater and Fandango kicked the bout off with an awkward lockup that saw Fandango shimmy in front of the family man. Slated used his quickness to armdrag Fandango, taunt him and then take Breeze down with the same move when he got tagged in. Rhyno made his way into the ring and assaulted Breeze with his powerful maneuvers. Slater and Rhyno used a tag team maneuver to weaken Breeze, but Fandango tripped Slater up afterwards to give his partner the sneaky advantage. The Fashion Police then got the better of Slater for several moments. Fandango's cockiness did him no favors as he turned right around in a devastating Gore. Breezango's been eliminated. The Vaudevillains were up next. They immediately took down Rhyno on the outside, but Slater took to the air and crashed down upon their classier opponents. English and Gotch pulled off some nice tandem offense on Slater, but it did nothing to get them the win. Rhyno cut through Gotch with a Gore while Slater eliminated English with a Lifting DDT. Up next were The Usos. Slater got right on the attack on Jimmy, but Jimmy's quick side kick to the gut put him down. Slater shook off the damage from that attack, took down Jimmy with a shoulder charge and tagged in Rhyno. Rhyno looked good for a few fleeting moments before Jey got tagged in to lay in some damage of his own. Jey beat down Rhyno, but this comeback moment was short lived. Slater got tagged in an started landing his usual comeback moveset. Slater ate a Superkick from Jey and then a rollup from Jimmy. Slater and Rhyno were done American Alpha made their way to the ring next. They pulled off double German Suplexes as soon as they got their hands on The Usos. Gable used a Diving Crossbody Splash to take down Jey for the win, but it failed. Jimmy cracked Gable in the back of the head with a sharp kick, which was followed up by him getting tagged in by landing a painful double team maneuver. Jimmy and Jey then began torturing Gable with plenty of Superkicks and shoves into their corner. Gable finally looked to get the hot tag to Jordan, but he got knocked down to the mat after sharing a double clothesline with Jimmy. Once Jordan finally got in, he went to town on both Usos with a series of suplexes. Jey almost got dropped with a tag team move, but he rolled out of it. This ended up getting him taken down with a rollup pin by Gable. The Usos got eliminated, but they decided to assault American Alpha even after they lost their chances at winning. The Ascension slowly made their way to the ring and looked to take Jordan out with their finisher. They actually landed their Fall of Man double team maneuver, but Gable saved Jordan at the very last second. Konnor laid Gable's throat over the top rope, then tagged in Viktor to help beat down Jordan even more. The Ascension then used more of their powerful offense to batter a weaker than usual Jordan. Viktor accidentally threw himself into the ring corner, which led to Jordan laying him out with a Belly to Belly Suplex. Jordan then tagged in Gable, who helped land Grand Amplitude on Viktor for the final win. Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Naomi (WWE SmackDown Women's Championship) Winner: And the new SmackDown Women's Champion, Naomi! Highlights: Once the big match introductions concluded, Naomi almost rolled up Bliss for the quick win. Bliss decided to throw her gum in Naomi's face, which angered her colorful opponent and cause her to respond with tons of moves. Naomi looked to land a big springboard maneuver, but Bliss caught her and flung her right back onto the ring mat. Bliss got the upper hand and controlled the match for a while as she assaulted her challenger. Naomi tried to land her bulldog into the corner on Bliss, but Bliss pushed right right into the ring post and beat her down while she was trapped there. Bliss' submission hold on Naomi seemed to be working until Naomi fought out of it. Bliss tried using her high-flying counter move to take Naomi out once more, but it led right into both women landing dual kicks on each other. Once they both got back to their feet, Naomi pulled out her biggest moves as she started to take control of the champion. While Bliss was laid in the corner, Naomi tried pulling her out. Bliss repaid her efforts with a stiff kick, but she then ran right into a surprise Rear View from Naomi. Bliss almost took the ultimate L here, but she crawled away after getting pinned. Bliss later used her knee strikes combination to weaken Naomi and get to land her top rope finisher. Naomi cut her off with an Enzuguri that pushed her to the outside. Once Naomi got back into the ring, she was met with a kick to the face and a Spike DDT that almost finished her. Naomi made her way back into the match by landing a Split Legged Moonsault after a series of intense encounters. This led to Naomi shocking the crowd and becoming the new SD Women's Champion. Apollo Crews and Kalisto vs. Dolph Ziggler (2-on-1 Handicap Match) Winner: Apollo Crews and Kalisto! Highlights: Before the match even started, Ziggler interrupted Kalisto's entrance by jumping him and flinging him right into the entrance set. Once Crews ran into the ring to confront Ziggler, he laid in some solid strikes. Ziggler tried to fend him off with a counter kick while he was trapped in the corner, but Crews shook it off and got right back to beating him down. Once Ziggler slipped to the ring apron, he caught Crews with a nice neckbreaker right between the middle ropes. Ziggler then made his way back into the ring to continue punishing Crews. Ziggler used another neckbreaker and more neck-based moves to further weaken Crews. Ziggler stayed on top of Crews by using everything in his arsenal to destroy Crews' neck. Ziggler held Crews locked in a submission hold until Crews escaped and started to take matter back into his own hands. Crews began landing a series of moves until he succumbed to another neckbreaker. While all this madness was transpiring, Kalisto slowly made his way to the ring and got ready to enter the match. Crews actually tagged him in, which led to Kalisto pulling off his exciting high-flying offense on an even weaker Ziggler. Kalisto then used his side kick to force Ziggler right into Crews' arms for a Spinout Powerbomb for the win. After the final bell rang though, Ziggler tripped Kalisto while he was on the ring apron. Ziggler soon retrieved a steel chair and used it to injure Crews' leg with repeated kicks while the chair was tied around it. Find out how to watch a free live stream of WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 here: Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James Winner: Becky Lynch! Highlights: Lynch and James locked up and tried to power each other down from the onset of their bout. As they continued to jockey for good positioning, they both fell to the outside while the ref began his count. They both got back into the ring before the count of 10 and locked up once more. Lynch got the advantage of James, but it didn't last long once James flipped her way right out of her grasp. Both women fought each other off for a while, but Lynch knocked James to the outside. Lynch then took this opportunity to land a jumping kick and elbow strike to James while she was stuck outside. James shook off all the damage taken from those moves caught Lynch with a stiff kick/Spike DDT combo when she tried to re-enter the ring. James then targeted Lynch's arm with some especially painful limb offense right after. James took her time working on Lynch's even weaker arm. After several moments of offense on her weakened arm, James soon succumbed to Lynch's start of a comeback series. Lynch almost made a full comeback, but James cut her off and dropped her with her signature Hurricanrana from the corner. Lynch finally escaped James' grasp after being locked in a submission hold for a good while and began furiously beating down James. Lynch's comeback lasted a while before James took her down with a Flapjack and a Jumping Seated Senton. Lynch held on for much longer and responded with a side kick followed up by a Missile Dropkick. After a big counter exchange, James laid Lynch out with her Mick Kick. Lynch kicked out of Becky's next pin attempt, though. In a shocking moment, James fought hard to block Lynch's Dis-Arm-Her. But Lynch went ahead and rolled up James instead while she was struggling to block Lynch's submission. Lynch then managed to get the 1-2-3. Randy Orton vs. Luke Harper Winner: Randy Orton! Highlights: Orton and Harper stared each other down before finally engaging. Harper knocked down his former family member at one point and looked for the quick pin, but Orton kicked out and escaped to the outside. Harper followed him outside and quickly got on top of Orton by delivering brutal strikes. Once Orton got back into the ring, he got cut off with a surprising dropkick from Harper. Harper made his way to he top rope, but Orton caught him by shoving him right down to the floor. Harper managed to wake up, but Orton took him right to the announcer's table section and backdropped him right onto one of them. Once back inside the ring, Orton locked on a particularly painful chinlock for an extended amount of time on Harper. Harper tried crawling back to his feet, but Orton cut his comeback off and suplexed him gut first over the ring ropes. Orton took the time to pull off his signature taunt after performing it earlier on in the match. He used a series of boot strikes to injure Harper's limbs and then lock on another submission hold. Harper managed to escape that chinlock and use a number of shocking moves from his comeback offense to get one up on Orton. At one point, Orton almost landed his Apron DDT. Harper slipped away and soon catapulted Orton's throat into the bottom ring rope. Harper looked to fly through the middle rope with a tope suicida, but Orton put a stop to it with a forearm strike. Orton looked to finally land his Apron DDT, but Harper slipped out of his grasp and finally land his tope suicida. Harper then took the time to backdrop Orton on the same announce table he got slammed on before. Harper looked to land another big move, but Orton cut him off with a Snap Powerslam. Both men then made their way to the top rope, which led to Orton landing a beautiful Superplex on Harper. Both men got back to their feet and began exchanging strikes. Harper fought off an RKO attempt, but Orton got the jump on him soon after with a Full Nelson Suplex. Orton then finally landed his Apron DDT. Orton signaled for an RKO, but he was served with two nice Superkicks from Harper that almost finished him. Harper and Orton got locked into another counter exchange that led into Harper landing another Superkick and dropping Orton with a Sitdown Powerbomb. Orton survived both of these big moves, though. Both men laid atop their knees and cracked each other with continued blows as they fought back to their feet. Harper looked to land his Discus Clothesline, but Orton shoved his arm away and finally did away with him after a well-placed RKO. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya Winner: No one... Highlights: After a tense staredown, some John Cena signature mocking and a stiff slap from Natalya, both women got extra rough with each other. Nikki repaid the favor to Natalya with a slap of her own, which did nothing but piss off Natalya even more. Natalya then used some waistlock takedowns and strikes to embarrass Nikki, but Nikki pulled out multiple submissions to counter her. Natalya got shoved to the outside at one point, but Nikki followed her with a Baseball Slide and a follow up flying Forearm Strike. Natalya moved to the announce table section and shoved Nikki's back right into the corner ring post. Back inside the ring, Natalya continued to take down Nikki and taunt her the whole time. Natalya trapped Nikki in a submission hold for several moments, but Nikki made her way out of it and almost got n some big moves of her own. Natalya forced her back down to the mat with a clothesline. Natalya continued to berate Nikki, her mother at ringside and the live audience. Natalya locked in a leg submission on Nikki, but Nikki reversed it right into an STF out of nowhere. Afterwards, Nikki pulled out her signature comeback moves and kicked herself into 2nd gear. Natalya shook off all the damage she just attained and dropped Nikki with a nice Michinoku Driver. Natalya tried locking in the Sharpshooter, but Nikki kicked her way out of it and struck Natalya down with a stiff elbow shot. After a series of reversals, Nikki landed a Spinebuster on Natalya that only got her a 2-count. Nikki followed that up with a Springboard Enzuguri that almost got her the win. Both women soon ended up the top rope and then Natalya decided to bring Nikki down to the mat with a stiff Superplex. Natalya then finally locked in her Sharpshooter and kept Nikki locked in for several grueling moments. Nikki fought hard to escape and she locked in the STF once again to further punish Natalya. Natalya crawled to the outside, which led to a brawl between both women that led to a double countout. Even after the final bell rang, Natalya used one final elbow strike to lay out Nikki. Natalya tried to make her way to the back, but she turned right around into catching a Spear from Nikki. Find out how to watch a free live stream of WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 here: John Cena (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Baron Corbin vs. The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose (Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE Championship) Winner: And the new WWE Champion, Bray Wyatt! Highlights: Cena and Styles rekindled their legendary feud by starting things off first. Both men landed their big moves on each other right from the onset of the match, which saw AJ land his Spinning Towerhacker Bomb on Cena. AJ looked to land an early Styles Clash, but Cena threw AJ over his back and soon landed a nice Code Red on him right after. AJ and Cena followed that big moment up by landing dueling punches on each other, but AJ got the better of that exchange of by dropping Cena neck-first onto his knee. Cena eventually got back to his feet and almost finished his comeback offense on AJ, but Ambrose's arrival interrupted it. Ambrose ran out of his pod like a bat out of hell and started taking down both Cena and AJ. Ambrose even managed to suplex AJ right onto the outer platform of the structure. Soon after, Ambrose launched himself from the top of his pod and landed an elbow drop on Cena. Once all three man got back into the ring, Cena ended up German Suplexing both men at the very same time. Another big moment followed that up as AJ landed a Pele on Cena that was met with a Rebound Clothesline from Ambrose. Bray Wyatt entered the match next and cleaned house on all three current competitors. Bray even launched AJ into the chain link fence as he went for a Springboard move. AJ wasn't all the way done as he kicked Bray, trapped in near a corner ring post and then leg dropped him while he was till locked inside. AJ and Cena soon climbed up in unison inside the chamber and began punching each other repeatedly. AJ got the better of Cena and forced him to fall flat on his back. AJ climbed up to the glass panel afterwards, but Ambrose met him in time to slam his head into it over and over and over. Ambrose then fell into the arms of Bray, who began taking advantage of Ambrose's weakened state. During a moment of confusion, Ambrose pulled off a Tower of Doom on Bray as he held onto Styles from atop the pod. Corbin was announced the next man out, who headed straight for Ambrose and began tearing him apart. Corbin even pulled off a devastating Deep Six Nine on Ambrose, which led right into him shoving Bray into a pod and landing a big boot soon after. Corbin hopped back into the ring and laid AJ out with his End of Days, but Cena almost made him tap out with his STF after just finishing his move. That STF hold didn't stay locked on too long once Corbin escaped and hit Cena with a 2nd End of Days. Ambrose came off the top rope with a Missile Dropkick on Corbin and got in some good offense on him afterwards. Ambrose's series of moves didn't do too much damage to the big man, though. Corbin shoved him face first into the cage links. Once The Miz finally entered the match, Ambrose rolled up Corbin while he was distracted and eliminated him. Corbin was beyond pissed, which led to him destroying Ambrose by flinging him through a glass chamber. Miz ran right in when the coast was clear and pinned Ambrose. Miz then proceeded to mimic Daniel Bryan's repeated kicks and use them on Cena, Bray and AJ. Miz's DB tribute act carried on as he laid in a series of dropkicks on all three men. Miz landed a Skull Crushing Finale on Bray on the outside, but he then flew right into the arms of Cena for a match eliminating AA. Afterwards, Bray and AJ wasted no time in teaming up to beat down the champ. Their alliance was short lived though. Bray struck down AJ, but he got taken down with Cena's array of comeback maneuvers. Cena even landed a Double-Knuckle Shuffle on both men! Cena landed a 2nd AA right onto Bray, but then he almost faced elimination after eating a Styles Clash. Styles signaled for his big flying forearm strike, but Cena ducked underneath him and pulled off yet another AA. Styles kicked out, though! Cena then pulled off the unthinkable - he ascended to one of the chamber pods and landed a huge flying body splash on both men inside the ring. Cena signaled for another AA, but he shockingly got eliminated after Bray took him out of the match with a Sister Abigail. The crowd looked on in shock as Bray and AJ were left as the chamber's final two survivors. Bray made an attempt to clothesline AJ in the corner, but AJ cut him off with a dropkick to his leg and a low striking forearm strike. Back on his feet, AJ laid in a few strikes from his combo but was cut off by a stiff lariat from Bray. Bray went for his Uranage Slam, but AJ flipped out of it to land a Pele and a running knee strike. AJ crawled to the top rope and successfully landed his Springboard 450 Splash on Bray, but Bray still kicked out. AJ looked to land another big springboard maneuver, but this mistake cost him greatly. Bray caught AJ in midair and finished him with a final Sister Abigail. As Bray celebrated in the ring, Orton stared his future 'Mania 33 opponent down from the entrance ramp. Find out how to watch a free live stream of WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 here: Come back and join us for the results and highlights from WWE Fastlane 2017 on March 5, 2017! Find out how to watch a free live stream of WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 here:

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