{"id":152909,"date":"2026-02-10T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=152909"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:17:06","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-2-16-26-gunther-in-elimination-chamber-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/10\/preview-wwe-raw-2-16-26-gunther-in-elimination-chamber-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (2\/16\/26) Gunther in Elimination Chamber Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE will be walking in Memphis when it touches down in the land of the FedExForum for WWE Raw. Streaming live on Netflix at 8\/7c, The WWE Raw match card gives six more superstars the chance to qualify for the WWE Elimination Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our full WWE Raw preview \u00a0from Memphis, TN, on February 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw (2\/16\/26) Match Card\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Elimination Chamber Qualifier:<\/strong> Gunther vs. Je&#8217;Von Evans vs. Dominik Mysterio\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Elimination Chamber Qualifier:<\/strong> Bayley vs. Asuka vs. Nattie<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AJ Lee Appears\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elimination Chamber Qualifiers Continue<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152910\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/026_RAW_02092026CN_10003-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"WWE Raw preview: Dominik Mysterio could be heading to the Elimination Chamber \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"wp-image-152910 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/026_RAW_02092026CN_10003-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/026_RAW_02092026CN_10003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/026_RAW_02092026CN_10003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/026_RAW_02092026CN_10003.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther is the hot favourite to progress in the men&#8217;s Elimination Chamber qualifier. He has the size, power and track record advantage over Je&#8217;Von Evans and Dominik Mysterio. Evans has <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">wins<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> over Rayo, Bravo and El Grande Americano since he debuted on WWE Raw. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I can&#8217;t see Los Americanos not showing Evans that winning comes with a cost during the biggest match in his WWE career. This could somehow play into the hands of Dominik Mysterio. &#8220;Dirty&#8221; Dom &#8211; weirdly &#8211; hasn&#8217;t antagonised anyone enough to need to look over his shoulder during this match. That&#8217;s unless Stephanie Vaquer wants to slap the opposite cheek than she did last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nattie beat the daylights out of Maxxine Dupri last week, and the &#8220;Low Key Legend&#8221; could feel a receipt that keeps her from winning her qualifier. Asuka and Bayley should have some back-up from their tag team partners if they need it. Which means this match really could go any way. For what it is worth, I&#8217;d love to see Nattie make the Elimination Chamber in Chicago. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AJ Lee jumped to Dupri&#8217;s defence last week, but will be busy cutting a promo ahead of her WWE Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship match in Chicago against Becky Lynch. She&#8217;ll need to up her game because Lynch wiped the floor with her last week. And it&#8217;s not just me saying it. Other people are saying it. Becky Lynch is saying it. Sports Illustrated is saying it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>WWE Raw Preview: Anything Else?<\/h3>\n<p>After last week&#8217;s display, Alpha Academy should be on the WWE Raw match card. Jey Uso has been sent off with brother Jimmy&#8217;s blessing to try and make the Elimination Chamber. We will see him preview a place in that match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Vision&#8221; is in a bad way. Bron Breakker is on the shelf. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/09\/masked-assailant-returns-leading-to-shocking-raw-main-event-conclusion\/\" target=\"_self\">A masked man cost Austin Theory<\/a> a place in the Elimination Chamber. Logan Paul and Bronson Reed need to step up a gear to propel the faction back to dominance.<\/p>\n<p>CM Punk has made that classic error of allowing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/09\/is-cm-punk-defending-the-world-heavyweight-championship-at-wwe-elimination-chamber\/\" target=\"_self\">Finn <span>B\u00e1lor.<\/span>to goad him into a match for his World Heavyweight Championship.<\/a> Now, if Punk doesn&#8217;t beat him, he will lose his WrestleMania 41 main event match with Roman Reigns. We can expect to see Punk and <span>B\u00e1lor.<\/span> spar this week.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on Elimination Chamber, WrestleMania 42, <\/i><\/em><em><i>and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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Here&#8217;s our full WWE Raw preview \u00a0from Memphis, TN, on February 16, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":152912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,3],"tags":[229,160,6530,8238,8833,9632,9459],"class_list":["post-152909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raw","category-wwe-universe","tag-asuka","tag-bayley","tag-dominik-mysterio","tag-gunther","tag-jevon-evans","tag-nattie","tag-nattie-neidhart"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152909"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154100,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152909\/revisions\/154100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}