WWE Elimination Chamber 2022: 5 Interesting facts and stats you need to know

WWE presents Elimination Chamber live from Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening as the final premium live event on the Road to WrestleMania.

The card is stacked and has major implications heading into the biggest event of the year, with several Championships including the WWE, Universal and RAW Women's titles on the line.

The Elimination Chamber structure has been cruel and unforgiving throughout its history and has also made for some interesting facts and stats, something that is expected to continue this weekend.

The following article looks at just five of the most interesting facts and stats heading into this weekend's event.

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#5. Charlotte Flair won't be defending her Championship for the fifth consecutive live event at Elimination Chamber

Charlotte Flair is set to team with Sonya Deville against the team of Naomi and Ronda Rousey this weekend in the Middle East. This means that Flair won't be defending her Championship for the fifth month in a row as part of the company's premium live event.

The SmackDown Women's Champion last defended her Championship on a major show at Extreme Rules back in September when she was able to defeat Alexa Bliss and later destroy Lily but has since not been expected to put her title on the line.

Flair wrestled at both The Royal Rumble and Survivor Series but wasn't part of matches that required her to defend her Championship. On the flip side, Becky Lynch will defend her RAW Women's Championship against Lita on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia.

Lynch defended her title at Extreme Rules, Crown Jewel, Day One, The Royal Rumble and will do the same at Elimination Chamber, whilst Flair will be spared a singles match.

Ronda Rousey recently chose Charlotte Flair as her opponent at WrestleMania, which means that she will have gone 188 days without defending her Championship at a major event by the time she is part of WWE's biggest show of the year.

Becky Lynch's WrestleMania opponent is expected to be revealed at Elimination Chamber if she is able to retain her Championship.

#4. The Universal Championship has never been defended inside The Elimination Chamber

The WWE Championship will be on the line inside the Elimination Chamber this weekend when Bobby Lashley defends against Seth Rollins, Austin Theory, AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar and Riddle.

The odds are stacked against Lashley as he hopes to survive Satan's structure and go on to defend the Championship at WrestleMania. That being said, Roman Reigns will have a much easier time of it as he goes one-on-one with Goldberg.

The Universal Championship has never been defended inside The Elimination Chamber, a streak that continues this year. Instead, several other titles including Tag Team and Women's, have been on the line in the structure instead.

It is worth noting that the Universal Championship was only unveiled in WWE around six years ago and the title doesn't have the long extensive history of the WWE Championship.

It's unclear why Bobby Lashley has been given a much harder title defense in the Middle East this weekend, but it appears as though WWE is reluctant to allow the Universal Championship inside the Chamber.

#3. The women have already made history ahead of Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia

WWE has been pushing for women to be able to be part of shows in the Middle East since the first event back in 2018. Whilst Natalya and Lacey Evans became the first women to wrestle in the country, WWE has since been able to present several women's matches.

The first Women's Elimination Chamber match will take place this weekend as well as Becky Lynch's title defense against Lita. Alexa Bliss, Doudrop, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley and Nikki A.S.H make up the field for the first women's chamber match in Saudi Arabia.

Ahead of the RAW Women's Championship showdown between Lynch and the WWE Hall of Famer, the duo has already made history in the Middle East by becoming the first women to feature on a billboard.

The country has gone all out to promote the event and Becky Lynch and Lita have been able to make a piece of their own history before even stepping off the plane in Saudi Arabia.

#2. AJ Styles has been part of every Elimination Chamber match since his debut in WWE back in 2016

AJ Styles is one of six men making up the field inside the Elimination Chamber match this weekend. The former WWE Champion takes on Bobby Lashley, Brock Lesnar, Riddle, Seth Rollins and Austin Theory in the hopes that he will have the chance to walk into WrestleMania as the WWE Champion.

Whilst all of the talk leading up to the show has been about Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles could be considered to be the dark horse. The Phenomenal One has been part of three Chamber matches since his debut in 2016 against some of WWE's biggest stars.

These are the only matches that Styles could have competed in since the only Chamber match that he missed was in 2018 when the show was a RAW exclusive event. Styles has come up short in the past three matches with Bray Wyatt, Daniel Bryan and Drew McIntyre all being victorious over the former WWE Champion.

#1. This is Goldberg's 12th match since his WWE return and his 7th World Championship match this weekend at Elimination Chamber

Goldberg will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship this weekend in the Middle East, in what is his final match on his current WWE contract.

The WWE Hall of Famer made his return to the company back in 2017 in order to wrestle Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series, a match that he was able to win quite comfortably.

Goldberg has since wrestled 12 matches for WWE and seven of those have been for World Championships. The WCW legend has been able to lift the Universal Championship in the past, when he was able to dethrone Kevin Owens but was then defeated by Brock Lesnar.

Goldberg will look to add another Championship to his collection this weekend when he takes on Roman Reigns, who has been on quite the run as Universal Champion. If Reigns himself is victorious on Saturday night, then he will have retained his Championship against every former Universal Champion in WWE history in just one reign.