It was just lately reported by Dave Meltzer within the newest version of the Wrestling Observer E-newsletter that subsequent yr’s WWE Elimination Chamber Premium Reside Occasion was set to happen in Chicago, Illinois on February 28, 2026. Now a brand new report from Wrestlenomics has backed up these claims, who’ve confirmed with quite a lot of sources that the annual last cease earlier than WrestleMania will certainly happen in Chicago, with the Allstate Area seeking to be the chosen venue.
Whereas WWE is but to substantiate an official date, the occasion will mark the primary time since 2021 that the Elimination Chamber occasion will happen in america, and the primary since 2020 with a stay viewers. The 2021 occasion happened in the course of the Thunderdome period of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Florida housing the corporate at the moment. The 2022 occasion would journey to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia earlier than touring to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2023. Perth, Australia obtained its first Premium Reside Occasion in 2024 when the Elimination Chamber made the journey down beneath, whereas this yr’s occasion returned to Canada, this time to the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
Barring any final minute additions to the schedule, the affirmation of the Elimination Chamber occasion going down in Chicago implies that the street to WrestleMania 42 can be set in stone. Following a tour of the UK initially of 2026, the Royal Rumble Premium Reside Occasion will happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the primary time on January 31, with Elimination Chamber going down on February 28. All of that may result in the WrestleMania 42, which is about to happen on April 18 and 19 on the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second consecutive yr.