Cody Rhodes will join Randy Orton and LA Knight within the Elimination Chamber at the tip of the month after defeating Jacob Fatu and Sami Zayn on “WWE SmackDown,” despite Undisputed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre’s best effort to assist Zayn to victory.
Fatu got Zayn out of the ring early within the match so he could concentrate on Rhodes. “The American Nightmare” hit powerslams on each of his competitors and tried to pin Zayn off a Disaster Kick. Fatu then tried to pin Zayn off a running moonsault, however the battle raged on. Zayn hit an exploder and equipped for a Helluva Kick on Rhodes, but was intercepted by a Fatu superkick.
Zayn countered a Cross Rhodes, and Rhodes countered a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Zayn hit the move on the second try. Fatu dodged a Helluva Kick and went up top but Zayn caught him with a rollup, and Fatu barely kicked out.
Rhodes hit a Cody Cutter on Zayn, but Fatu threw Rhodes out of the ring. He hit a moonsault on Zayn, but as he went for the pin, McIntyre bumped into the ring and hit him with a kick right to the top. McIntyre took out Fatu with an influence bomb through the commentary desk. Back within the ring, he hit a Claymore to Rhodes and pulled Zayn on top of him for the duvet, however the referee was outside of the ring and made the count a second too late.
Zayn hit a Helluva Kick on McIntyre, but turned around right into a Cross Rhodes. Rhodes pinned Zayn for the victory.