Randy Orton will be the last entrant in Sunday’s WWE title match at Elimination Chamber. He won the right after a gigantic 60+ minute gauntlet match that aired during SmackDown.
#TheNewDay's @TrueKofi will be in the #WWEChampionship Elimination Chamber Match this Sunday at #WWEChamber, and now he's looking to earn the FINAL entry into that match in the first leg of this #GauntletMatch against #TheNew @WWEDanielBryan! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/m818phqAsC
— WWE (@WWE) February 13, 2019
The gauntlet match began with Daniel Bryan taking on the newly added Kofi Kingston. The two had a back-and-forth affair that lasted over 20 minutes with Kingston gaining an edge several times thanks to some high flying acrobatics. However, Bryan was able to methodically break down his opponent’s body over time through precision striking and devastating submission holds. Eventually he locked in the Lebell Lock and almost had a submission win but Kingston was able to grab the ropes. Bryan would get an unfair advantage after Rowan interfered without the ref’s knowledge, and the rest of The New Day would get kicked out after retaliating. This led to another Rowan attack, which he was actually thrown out for. Finally, the match ended after Kingston hit a Trouble in Paradise and got the pinfall.
He's still going strong, but is @TrueKofi's #GauntletMatch run about to be brought to a screeching halt at the hands of @SamoaJoe? #SDLive #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/eMwsdDHPrb
— WWE (@WWE) February 13, 2019
Next up was none other than Jeff Hardy. Hardy attempted to get a quick win with a swanton bomb, but Kingston rolled out of the way. The two traded moves for several minutes until Kingston won with a SOS. Afterwards, Samoa Joe came out. Kingston took a ton of punishment and even kicked out of a huge lariat. It ended with an incredible sequence where Samoa Joe got Kingston in a coquina clutch, which was countered after Kingston flipped off the corner to turn it into a pin.
Joe was incredibly upset with the result and started to beat down Kingston after the match until the next contestant, AJ Styles, broke it up. It looked as if the fresh Styles was simply too much for Kingston, but The New Day member kept fighting. The end for Kingston finally came after a calf crusher, he lasted over 60 minutes.
The miracle run of @TrueKofi just came to an end…
We're down to @AJStylesOrg and @RandyOrton for the final spot at #WWEChamber! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/2Uq32AsPwt
— WWE (@WWE) February 13, 2019
The final participant was Randy Orton, who quickly hit a surprise RKO on Styles and won the match.
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