WWE RAW Preview: February 18th 2019

What an Elimination Chamber PPV it was! We saw the crowning of three new champions, including the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. We'll recap what happened on RAW, but to get to Elimination Chamber on the RAW side of things, what happened was this:

The women's tag titles are on the red brand, we saw a new Intercontinental Champion, a whole new twist in the RAW Women's title picture and Braun Strowman fall to only the third WWE superstar in his career.

As for RAW last week, the biggest incident was The Revival finally capturing the RAW Tag Team Championship. Seth Rollins had a brief confrontation with Paul Heyman ahead of his WrestleMania clash against Brock Lesnar, while Dean Ambrose seemingly wished The Kingslayer good luck for his match.

Dean Ambrose, meanwhile, got his win back over the newly-debuting EC3. While Seth Rollins may not be in any significant segment on RAW, this is undoubtedly going to be an interesting episode, as we see the fallout of Elimination Chamber and the build to Fastlane.

#5 Finn Balor begins his reign as champion

Finn Balor did it. He defeated Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush in a 2-on-1 handicap match to become the Intercontinental Champion. Of course, he ended up pinning the "weak link" Lio Rush to capture the title.

There was a bit of dissension teased between Lashley and Rush pre-match, and after costing Lashley the title, The Almighty one ended up slamming his hype man against the canvas.

It seems like that relationship is over. As for Balor, what lies in store for him? Surely Bobby Lashley won't just let him walk away with the championship. Perhaps Lashley will have to earn his way into a rematch, and that's what we might end up seeing at Fastlane.