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Elimination Chamber qualifying match set for WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

An Elimination Chamber qualifying match has been added to the Friday, February 9 WWE SmackDown lineup. 

WWE revealed during Thursday’s WrestleMania Kickoff event that Bianca Belair will face Michin on SmackDown in an Elimination Chamber qualifier. The Elimination Chamber event takes place on Saturday, February 24, with a women’s Chamber match announced for the show. The Chamber match winner will challenge the Women’s World Champion at WrestleMania 40. 

Becky Lynch became the first to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match on this week’s Raw with a win over Shayna Baszler. Liv Morgan vs. Zoey Stark will square off in a qualifying match on the Monday, February 12 Raw. 

Another match with Elimination Chamber implications is already set for SmackDown, with Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne facing DIY’s Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa for the right to challenge Finn Balor & Damian Priest for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles at Elimination Chamber. 

Additionally, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis will announce Logan Paul’s United States Championship challenger for Elimination Chamber on Friday’s show. 

The updated lineup for the Friday, February 9 WWE SmackDown: 

  • Number one contenders match, winners challenge for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at Elimination Chamber: Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne vs. DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)
  • Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Bianca Belair vs. Michin
  • SmackDown GM Nick Aldis chooses Logan Paul’s United States Championship challenger for Elimination Chamber

WWE confirms four new entrants for women’s Royal Rumble match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

In advance of tonight’s event, WWE has confirmed a few new participants who will be taking part in the women’s Royal Rumble match.

Alba Fyre, Shotzi, Zelina Vega, and Michin will be competing in the women’s Rumble tonight. Their participation was confirmed in a video that WWE uploaded after Friday’s SmackDown. Fyre, Shotzi, Vega, and Michin were shown picking their Rumble numbers.

SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis told Isla Dawn in the video that she won’t be taking part in the Rumble.

There have now been eight participants confirmed for the women’s Rumble match:

  • Bayley
  • Nia Jax
  • Becky Lynch
  • Bianca Belair
  • Alba Fyre
  • Shotzi
  • Zelina Vega
  • Michin

The men’s Rumble has 14 announced entrants:

  • Cody Rhodes
  • CM Punk
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Bobby Lashley
  • Drew McIntyre
  • Gunther
  • Damian Priest
  • Kofi Kingston
  • Jimmy Uso
  • Santos Escobar
  • R-Truth
  • Carlito
  • Austin Theory
  • Grayson Waller

There will be 30 entrants in each Rumble match.

The Royal Rumble is taking place from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida tonight. The show streams live on Peacock/WWE Network starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time. An hour-long pre-show will air before that.

WWE Royal Rumble 2024 card —

  • Men’s Royal Rumble match
  • Women’s Royal Rumble match
  • Fatal four-way match: Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns defends against Randy Orton, LA Knight, and AJ Styles
  • United States Champion Logan Paul defends against Kevin Owens

 

Mia Yim comments on ‘Michin’ name change, return to WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Update —

WWE.com is back to listing Mia Yim as “Mia Yim” instead of “Michin.”

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In an interview with the Ten Count, Mia Yim commented on her new WWE in-ring name.

Yim is now going by the name “Michin” in WWE. It was introduced as a nickname for Yim, with the word Michin meaning “crazy” in Korean.

Yim told the Ten Count that Michin is something her mother has been calling her since she was a kid.

“Yes,” Yim replied when asked if her name has been changed. “Michin. It’s a nickname within The OC. All the boys have their nicknames, and they’re like, ‘You need a nickname too.’ Okay. We’ll do a nickname that I’ve had since I was a kid. Something that my mom has been calling me since I was a kid. We’ll go with that.”

On Monday night, Yim posted a tweet agreeing with what a fan had tweeted about the name change. The fan wrote: “Y’all. Mia literally owns the rights to her name and has always wanted to keep the rights no matter where she’s worked. I bet you money Michin was her idea especially with it being Korean.”

After being released in November 2021, Yim returned to WWE on Raw earlier this month, aligning with The OC in their feud against The Judgment Day. Yim said during her interview with the Ten Count that Paul “Triple H” Levesque being in charge of creative is why she returned to the company.

“Triple H. I have a lot of respect for him, and when I found out that he took over, he was bringing all my friends back, it was the right time, right place,” Yim said. “Working under him with NXT has been so fun. It’s so easy to talk to him that it was an easy decision for me to come back with him in charge, for sure.”

Yim will be part of the women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series this Saturday night. It will be Team Belair (Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Michin, and a mystery partner) vs. Team Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, IYO SKY, Nikki Cross & Rhea Ripley).

Yim’s full interview with the Ten Count is available to watch below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjo4G8glsJw