Roman Reigns will be defending the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Sami Zayn at the Elimination Chamber, which takes place on February 18 in Montreal, QC.
Zayn appeared out of nowhere, near the closing segment of Friday night’s SmackDown and attacked Reigns. However Zayn was taken out by Reigns, Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso. Jey was absent and did appear, furthering the storyline of dissension within The Bloodline, after Zayn turned on the group in the post-title match segment at last Saturday’s Royal Rumble.
Below is an excerpt from our WWE SmackDown recap of how the title match for Elimination Chamber came about:
Suddenly, Jimmy Uso superkicks him down. Solo Sikoa head-butts Zayn a number of times and hits a Samoan Spike. Sikoa punches away at Zayn in the corner. Jimmy puts a steel chair around his head. Sikoa goes for a running hip attack to end Zayn once and for all, but Reigns stops him! Reigns looks down at Zayn and takes the chair off his neck. A “We want Jey” chant picks up. Reigns says he doesn’t have Jey because Zayn broke up his Bloodline. Reigns says he gave him an opportunity, but instead he broke up his family. Reigns says he wants Zayn in Montreal at Elimination Chamber so he can break Zayn in front of his entire family, his wife, kid, parents, and friends. Reigns says he’ll see him soon!
Reigns holds up the titles and shouts this is simple to him. Zayn should have stayed in the Bloodline. Now it’s done. Reigns holds the titles up to end the show.