{"id":153440,"date":"2026-02-17T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=153440"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:22:22","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-2-23-26-elimination-chamber-go-home-aj-styles-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/17\/preview-wwe-raw-2-23-26-elimination-chamber-go-home-aj-styles-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (2\/23\/26) Elimination Chamber Go-Home &#038; AJ Styles Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw celebrates a retired icon and offers superstars the chance to fulfil their WrestleMania main event dreams. The State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA, will pay tribute to retired Georgian AJ Styles.<\/p>\n<p>But will the &#8220;Phenomenal One&#8221; show up? Or might we have to wait until the WWE Hall of Fame 2026 ceremony for that?<\/p>\n<p>WWE Raw airs live on Netflix at 8\/7c on February 23, 2026. Superstars will attempt to qualify for the final place in the WWE Elimination Chamber match.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw (2\/23\/26) Match Card\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elimination Chamber Qualifier: Jey Uso <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">vs.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8220;Big&#8221; Bronson Reed <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">vs.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Original El Grande Americano <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elimination Chamber Qualifier: Raquel Rodriguez <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">vs.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Kairi Sane <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">vs.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> IYO SKY\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AJ Styles Tribute<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_153443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153443\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"WWE Raw offers three women the chance to make the Elimination Chamber\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-153443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/HBUq5OjasAAjdLq.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-153443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Final Places Up For Grabs In Elimination Chamber <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is very hard to see past IYO SKY winning the final place in the women&#8217;s Elimination Chamber. Especially as her fellow World Tag Team Champion, Rhea Ripley, has already qualified for the match.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raquel Rodriguez is an outside bet, while Kairi Sane almost definitely won&#8217;t win the qualifying triple threat. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the men&#8217;s side, The Original El Grande Americano&#8217;s identity thief feud with El Grande Americano will probably get in the way of him winning this match. Bronson Reed has the size advantage, but has spent the past eight months provoking the entire WWE Raw roster. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So, he could also fall victim to a foe interferin<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">g. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All that sets up Jey Uso quite nicely to progress to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/17\/3-wwe-stars-who-could-interfere-in-the-mens-elimination-chamber-match\/\" target=\"_self\">Elimination Chamber match in Chicago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a tribute will be given for AJ Styles after he was retired by Gunther. But we wonder is this appearance just the latest in a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/17\/3-signs-that-aj-styles-has-not-retired\/\" target=\"_self\">signs that Styles won&#8217;t retire just yet.\u00a0<\/a><\/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. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> (WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments), and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). 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The State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA, will pay tribute to retired Georgian AJ Styles. But will the &#8220;Phenomenal One&#8221; show up? Or might we have to wait until the WWE Hall of Fame 2026 ceremony for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":153442,"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":[5395,9280,9641,8442,1724,1428,8409],"class_list":["post-153440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raw","category-wwe-universe","tag-bronson-reed","tag-el-grande-americano","tag-ey-uso","tag-iyo-sky","tag-jey-uso","tag-kairi-sane","tag-raquel-rodriguez"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153440","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=153440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154108,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153440\/revisions\/154108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}