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The upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will include two Chamber matches, and Randy Orton will take part in Monday Night RAW's multi-man contest. Meanwhile, Orton is involved in a high-profile storyline with 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss.
It is rumored that Orton will face Wyatt at WrestleMania 37. Elimination Chamber 2021 is where their storyline could be highlighted in a major way. Across social media, WWE fans have already speculated about the numerous ways through which Monday Night RAW's demonic duo could influence the pay-per-view.
The entire storyline has been unpredictable from the very beginning. So it is a tough task to predict what will exactly happen in this case. To narrow down the major possibilities, let's take a general look at five ways through which The Fiend and Randy Orton's feud could affect Elimination Chamber.
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#5 Alexa Bliss costs Randy Orton a chance to win the WWE Championship
Alexa Bliss isn't booked for a specific match at WWE Elimination Chamber. However, she could play an important role in RAW's Chamber match.
Bray Wyatt hasn't appeared on WWE television since the TLC event. Bliss has carried the storyline on Wyatt's behalf in recent weeks. Bliss may also act in his place at the Elimination Chamber event.
On the go-home edition of RAW, Randy Orton lost an important match thanks to a surreal interruption from Bliss. Before that, she also cost him a match against Edge. So it's not out of the question for Orton to lose the Elimination Chamber contest because of an interruption from Bliss.
The two stars didn't interfere in each other's Royal Rumble matches in January. But this storyline has escalated to a point where The Viper cannot avoid the consequences of his actions anymore.
This long-term feud has gone through so many bizarre and unexpected stages. As a result, it wouldn't be surprising for fans if Bliss costs Orton a chance to win the WWE title this Sunday.
#4 The Fiend returns and costs Randy Orton a chance to win the WWE Championship
The Fiend's absence has been felt on WWE RAW since TLC, and many fans believe he will return at the Elimination Chamber event.
On the latest edition of RAW, Alexa Bliss sat in the middle of a pentacle and conveyed that The Fiend will be reborn in the future. The pentacle symbol has magical associations, which is why people have speculated that Bliss effectively summoned The Fiend to return to WWE.
If the above theory stands true, it is quite likely that The Fiend will come back during this Sunday's pay-per-view. Bray Wyatt's alter-ego could cost Randy Orton a chance to win the WWE Championship. It would be a newsworthy moment if The Fiend were to re-emerge at Elimination Chamber to attack Orton. As a result, The Fiend's interruption would then allow other participants in the match to eliminate The Viper.
This would be the most basic way for Wyatt to re-emerge on WWE television. The exact details of his character transformation are something that only Wyatt and his crew know at this point. Aside from the basic premise of his aforementioned return, it is Wyatt's unique creativity that will add several layers to his resurgence in WWE
#3 The Fiend makes his presence felt without physically appearing at WWE Elimination Chamber
Most signs point towards a return from The Fiend at WWE Elimination Chamber. But there is reason to believe why WWE would want to delay the inevitable.
Monday Night RAW isn't a resounding success in terms of the show's viewership in recent times. Instead of booking Bray Wyatt to return at Elimination Chamber, WWE could tease his future return at the pay-per-view. This would encourage viewers to tune into the episode of RAW after Elimination Chamber, to see if Wyatt will return during the episode.
In such a case, The Fiend should make his presence felt during RAW's Chamber contest, without physically appearing during the pay-per-view. Alexa Bliss aimed to resurrect The Fiend from the Firefly Fun House on RAW. Could an impromptu episode of the Firefly Fun House with Bray Wyatt interrupt the Chamber match?
- Perhaps Randy Orton could even disappear from the Elimination Chamber contest.
- Is there a possibility that a part of the Chamber structure could be set on fire?
- A mysterious vignette from Bray Wyatt/The Fiend might air during the event, teasing his long-awaited character transformation in WWE.
There are a lot of possibilities and theories out there, most of which seem creatively intriguing to a certain extent.
#2 Randy Orton is unable to compete due to Alexa Bliss or The Fiend's actions; Braun Strowman to enter WWE RAW's Elimination Chamber match?
It is possible that Randy Orton might not even compete in WWE RAW's Elimination Chamber match. Alexa Bliss and The Fiend could jeopardize Orton's WWE Championship opportunity before the Chamber contest takes place.
This wouldn't be the first time that a participant of the multi-man bout is unable to compete inside the Chamber. In such a case, Orton's absence will leave an open spot in the contest.
It has been established that Braun Strowman wasn't exhilarated after being left out of the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match. Strowman's segment from the recent edition of RAW wasn't as remembered compared to other significant plot developments that occurred during the same episode. So if there is someone who could take Orton's spot inside the Chamber, it has to be Strowman.
Moreover, Strowman has significant connections to The Fiend's lore. Not only was Strowman a member of The Wyatt Family, but he also feuded with Wyatt's alter-ego in 2020. It will take the viewers a few seconds to make that connection if Strowman replaces Orton in RAW's Chamber match.
In this scenario, Orton and Wyatt may continue their feud after Elimination Chamber. Meanwhile, Strowman will come across as a major threat in the multi-man contest at the pay-per-view.
#1 The Fiend returns after Randy Orton wins the WWE Championship
Randy Orton's chances to win the WWE Championship are significantly less, judging by how the storylines are shaping up on the Road to WrestleMania 37. But what if his pre-existing storyline with The Fiend becomes the WWE Championship feud for WrestleMania?
The only problem with this outcome is that Drew McIntyre is a great WWE Champion, who doesn't need to be replaced as the titleholder at the moment. As for the part where people believe that The Fiend and Orton's feud doesn't need the WWE title, that is not exactly true.
The Fiend's storylines have mostly followed this intriguing philosophy — 'Life is a circle'. Bray Wyatt's history with his past rivals has been revisited with The Fiend on several occasions. A major point in Wyatt's career occurred at Elimination Chamber 2017, where he won the WWE Championship in the Elimination Chamber match. After his victory, it was Orton who came out at the end of the pay-per-view and teased a WrestleMania match against Wyatt.
In 2021, could the roles be reversed? If Orton wins the WWE Championship this Sunday, The Fiend should return and stake his claim to the title that Wyatt shouldn't have lost at WrestleMania 33.
Surely, this result won't please every WWE fan. But the aforementioned possibility will make sense in terms of Wyatt and Orton's long-term storyline.
In the video linked above, do check out SP3 and Joe Hulbert's WWE Elimination Chamber Predictions and Preview show.
