WWE Elimination Chamber also saw the team of Bayley and Sasha Banks earn an emotional win to become the inaugural WWE women's tag team champions, beating five other teams inside the Elimination Chamber. Plus, Finn Balor won the Intercontinental championship for the first time in his career, while The Usos became "SmackDown" tag team champions. With the crowd firmly behind him, Kofi Kingston was ready to achieve his dream of becoming WWE champion. Instead, it was Daniel Bryan retaining the title in an excellent match to close out the WWE Elimination Chamber. The main event match inside the Eliminaton Chamber saw Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, and Randy Orton all be eliminated and it came down to Kingston and Bryan to determine who would leave as champion. It was an exciting, tense back and forth between the two men — with both having their chances to win — before Bryan finally connected with a running knee to get the victory. The match capped off what was an otherwise average show that saw Ronda Rousey easily retain the "RAW" women's championship against Ruby Riott. After the match, Charlotte Flair got in the ring to confront Rousey with the two set to square off at WrestleMania 35 in April. But then, a suspended Becky Lynch selling an injured left leg came to the ring on crutches and ended up using them to beat up both Flair and Rousey.
