Original Post, followed by update below…
According to Reddit user MetsFan4Ever, a former WWE employee who has broken several WWE stories in the past, WWE is planning to drop the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. He wrote the following on Friday:
“Word going around backstage this past Tuesday at the SmackDown tapings are that the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will be no more. The early lead names going around to replace the Elimination Chamber name will be either WWE Fast Lane or WWE Fast Track.”
“The reason is because there is only one WWE / World Champion right now. So they want to stay with the Rumble winner receiving the shot and have no Chamber even with the title holder in the match.”
He noted that he expects the Elimination Chamber match to be kept around as a match for certain pay-per-views that call for it.
UPDATE BELOW
Dave Meltzer confirmed the report as legitimate this evening on the F4WOnline.com message board, saying the February pay-per-view event will be called WWE Fast Lane—no venue or date has been announced for the show.
Meltzer added that an Elimination Chamber Match may still be held in 2015, but not in February.
The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event was created in 2010, with its inaugural event taking place on February 21, 2010, replacing No Way Out.
