WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Results: The Miz Wins WWE Championship After MITB Cash-In

The Miz shockingly won the WWE Championship by cashing in the Money in the Bank briefcase on Drew McIntyre at WWE Elimination Chamber. MVP was seen talking to current Money in the Bank holder The Miz earlier in the night, leading to an unlikely series of events where Bobby Lashley destroyed Drew McIntyre after his hard-fought win. This brought out The Miz to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase.

The win adds more excitement to a WWE Championship WrestleMania picture that is still unclear with just a small handful of matches booked thus far. WWE Insider account @WrestleVotes (h/t Wrestling Inc) recently reported that McIntyre’s opponent has yet to be determined for its biggest show of the year.

Raw’s Elimination Chamber was among the oldest fields in WWE history, with just two WWE Superstars under the age of 40, including a 39-year-old Kofi Kingston and a 35-year-old Drew McIntyre. With every Superstar in this match established, the Raw Elimination Chamber was yet another glaring reminder of WWE’s inability to create and develop new stars.

Monday on Raw saw Drew McIntyre suffer a rare loss, this time to friend-turned-foe Sheamus, who is in the midst of a long-term storyline with McIntyre. McIntyre walked into this match as a dominant 1/2 favorite, with Sheamus a distant second at 5/2 odds. An Elimination Chamber win was yet another notch on his belt as WWE continues to surge forward with Scottish-born world champion as its top star after winning last year’s Royal Rumble and going on to defeat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.

After taking a singles loss to Sheamus as part of a Gauntlet Match this past Monday, McIntyre’s feud with Sheamus figures to continue, while The Miz’s second WWE Championship win figures to be transitional. When the dust clears, a McIntyre-Lashley WrestleMania matchup feels more likely than ever.