At WWE Elimination Chamber 2020, six women will compete inside the structure to determine the No. 1 contender to Becky Lynch’s Raw Women’s Championship. It’s time to rank each of the women’s chances of winning from worst to first.
Becky Lynch is on the cusp of heading into WWE WrestleMania 36 as the Raw Women’s Champion after winning two women’s titles in the main event of WrestleMania 35. Her reign as the Red Brand’s champion has been excellent, as it’s featured barnburners against the likes of Natalya, Sasha Banks, and, most recently, Asuka.
But it could all come crumbling down at the Show of Shows, with WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 potentially being the beginning of the end for WWE’s most charismatic champion.
Shayna Baszler has her eyes on Becky and is the overwhelming favorite to face “The Man” in the main event of WrestleMania 36 despite losing to Charlotte Flair in the Royal Rumble. She will be one of six women competing inside the chamber for the opportunity to face Lynch at the Show of Shows, but while she is the clear favorite, nothing is guaranteed.
Natalya, Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Asuka are the other women competing in this high-stakes Chamber match. Becky is familiar with all these women to varying degrees, which should make this Riott Squad-heavy match all the more intriguing.
Let’s rank the six competitors based on their chances of winning and facing Lynch at WrestleMania.
6. Sarah Logan
Although it’s sad to put it in these terms, Sarah Logan has essentially no chance at winning this Elimination Chamber match. She quietly had a strong 2019 despite being out of the spotlight on WWE’s main shows, since her best work was on Main Event.
Logan has a cult-like following online and is an exceptional athlete with a unique gimmick. She never really got a chance to break out on the Riott Squad, and Liv Morgan’s received more opportunities since the trio has disbanded.
That said, Logan will be in the spotlight on Mar. 8 inside the Chamber. She can swing the balance by choosing to side with either Ruby or Liv. Here’s to hoping she joins forces with Morgan and backs the babyface
5. Natalya
Based on the way Asuka and Kairi Sane have targeted Natalya on Raw in recent weeks, the Queen of Harts will likely find a tag partner and go after the Women’s Tag Team Titles this WrestleMania season. And who knows? Maybe she’ll find her tag partner inside the Chamber!
Nattie and Becky already had a great Submission match at SummerSlam last year, so there’s really no way we see a Part 2 at WrestleMania 36, regardless of what possible intrigue Ronda Rousey’s friendship with the WWE veteran would bring.
She’ll be a standout performer in the match, help everything run smoothly, and put together some great spots with the likes of Asuka, Logan, and, of course, Lynch. But nobody would be crazy enough to put money on her winning.
4. Liv Morgan
Liv Morgan absolutely looks like one of the breakout stars of 2020, and she’ll soon join Angel Garza in that category. Better yet, my colleague Joe Anthony Myrick predicts that Morgan could have a breakout performance at WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 in a couple of weeks.
It seems like Morgan is poised for a real push now that Paul Heyman is in charge of Raw. Drew McIntyre, Humberto Carrillo, Ricochet, and others have already benefited from Heyman, but we haven’t seen as many benefits transfer to the women of Raw. Becky Lynch will always be booked strongly and Charlotte Flair won the Royal Rumble, but he hasn’t tabbed a breakout star a la Carrillo or Garza.
But Liv looks like that breakout star. She is talented in the ring, athletic, incredibly tough, and can get just about any gimmick over. Morgan is ready for the big-time as a babyface, and even though she’s not a great pick to win the Elimination Chamber as a strong face, she should have a great night.
3. Ruby Riott
The former leader of the Riott Squad, Ruby is headed for perhaps the most intriguing year of her career yet. She’s equally good as a babyface or heel, and she showed some cutthroat villainy in 2018 during her feud with Natalya.
However, Ruby’s best heel work is yet to come. The upcoming #WrestleManiaSZN feud with Liv Morgan could be a highlight on Raw for weeks to come, and it should showcase the best of Riott against an emerging, talented babyface in Liv.
Riott is a sleeper to watch in this match. As one of the three heels in the match, she has to be ranked in the top three.
2. Asuka
Asuka and Becky Lynch have reached “fight forever” territory, which is a phrase WWE recently invoked to hype up another classic between Dominik Dijakovic and Keith Lee on NXT.
Lynch and Asuka recently had a match on Raw that was interrupted by Shayna Baszler, who is keen on snagging the Raw Women’s Championship after Rhea Ripley ended her second dominant reign as NXT Women’s Champion in December.
The Empress of Tomorrow defeated Lynch at the Royal Rumble in 2019 before Becky’s big win at WrestleMania 35, but Lynch more than avenged her loss in another absolute clinic of a match at this year’s Rumble Pay Per View.
A third big-time PPV match could be coming to settle the score now that it’s tied 1-1, so don’t count Asuka out. You never know with Vince McMahon.
1. Shayna Baszler
While Asuka is a legitimate threat to win this WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 match, Shayna Baszler is the overwhelming favorite for a reason. She is one of the few wrestlers left who can believably beat Becky, as the Raw Women’s Champion has been booked as the most dominant wrestler in WWE. Her win over Asuka sealed her place.
There are some fans who have reservations about Baszler, pointing towards the poorly-received Survivor Series main event. Since fans have rarely seen Becky or Bayley partake in an underwhelming match, Shayna became the scapegoat.
But this is unfair. Baszler has put on some fantastic title matches in NXT against the likes of Ember Moon, Io Shirai, and Bianca Belair. Her December match against Rhea Ripley was especially brilliant, putting over “The Nightmare” as one of wrestling’s biggest stars.
Baszler is headed for a dominant night inside one of the biggest “cages” of them all. Becky vs. Shayna is a big-ticket WrestleMania title match, and it’s unlikely The Queen of Spades is denied this opportunity.