Ranking Each Superstar in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match based on how likely they are to win
At Elimination Chamber 2019, the WWE Championship will be defended inside the Elimination Chamber for the first time since 2016 when the New Daniel Bryan defends his championship against the Heart of SmackDown Live Mustafa Ali, the Samoan Submission Machine Samoa Joe, the Viper Randy Orton, the Phenomenal One AJ Styles, and the Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy.
While all 6 superstars are viable options to walk into WrestleMania as WWE Champion, some are more likely to successfully walk into WrestleMania as WWE Champion than others. Four out of the six superstars in this match have held the WWE Championship before (Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and Jeff Hardy) while Samoa Joe and Mustafa Ali have not.
Four of these superstars have actually pinned or submitted Daniel Bryan in one type of match. AJ Styles submitted Daniel Bryan in a WWE Championship match, Samoa Joe made Daniel Bryan pass out to qualify for the Men's Money in the Bank match, Randy Orton pinned Daniel Bryan to win the WWE Championship back in 2013, and Mustafa Ali recently pinned Daniel Bryan in a tag team match.
While it would have been nice to see Andrade and Rey Mysterio get involved in this match, this match still represents six of SmackDown Live's top superstars and this will almost certainly be a great match.
#6 Mustafa Ali
Mustafa Ali is the newest addition to the SmackDown Live roster since coming over from 205 Live in December. He has looked great so far and has had great matches with the likes of Daniel Bryan, Andrade and Samoa Joe.
The Heart of SmackDown Live also lasted for 30 minutes in the Royal Rumble match (only Seth Rollins lasted longer than him) and managed to eliminate top stars in Shinsuke Nakamura and Samoa Joe.
It is unlikely that WWE would trust a relative rookie in Mustafa Ali to be WWE Champion heading into WrestleMania since he has only became a member of the SmackDown Live roster since December. While he will likely have a great performance, he is unlikely to win the match.