Original Plan For The WWE SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match

On this past Friday's WWE SmackDown on FOX, it was announced a second Elimination Chamber Match will be taking place at the upcoming pay-per-view. The winner of that match will go up against Universal Champion Roman Reigns on the same night.

In an update, Dave Meltzer revealed on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Reigns was originally planned to be part of the Elimination Chamber Match, but plans changed as they didn't want to copy the same scenario with WWE Champion Drew McIntyre who will be defending his title inside the Elimination Chamber.

Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, King Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan qualified for the match.