Live WWE Elimination Chamber Discussion Thread - Saturday February 18th 2023

[Dale]

Saturday February 18th 2023
8pm ET, 5pm P, 1am GMT
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

CONFIRMED CARD

UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Sami Zayn

UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP - ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH
Montez Ford vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Austin Theory vs. Seth Rollins vs. Damian Priest

RAW WOMENS TITLE SHOT AT WRESTLEMANIA - ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH
Carmella vs. Nikki Cross vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Natalya

MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH
Team GRIT vs. Finn Balor & Rhea Ripley

Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar​

 

[Wiseman]

Honestly, get rid of the Elimnation Chamber PPV along with MITB. Will I enjoy these matches, there's a good possibility but like, for a shot for a title? WTF is that?

 

[BSE]

Going through 5 other wrestlers in the Chamber for a WrestleMania title match makes sense to me. I don’t normally like gimmick PPVs but I like this one.

 

[Lethal]

Gonna expect Reigns vs Sami and my word it's gonna be fucking fuck yeah awesome. Beat down of Sami and then KO makes the save. That POP gonna rival when Hogan kicked out at WMX-8

 

[Dale]

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[Cwalker]

This angle has been so good…

3 years ago you couldn’t have told me I’d care about a Jey Uso/Sami Zayn story

 

[Lethal]

Reigns vs Sami is OFFICIAL.

Gonna be interesting with the match and no Usos allowed in the country

 

[Dale]

Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn​

At WWE Elimination Chamber, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will look to destroy Sami Zayn in front of his former "Honorary Uce's" home crowd in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Beginning in the spring of 2022, Zayn sought inclusion in The Bloodline and slowly worked his way into their inner sanctum to the point of being named “Honorary Uce” by Reigns. Although he helped Reigns and the dominant faction numerous times, often to his own detriment, he truly proved himself at Survivor Series WarGames when he prevented Reigns from getting pinned and blasted Kevin Owens with a low blow to help The Bloodline win. Above all, this action secured the support of Jey Uso, the biggest skeptic of Zayn's loyalty to date.

Once he reached the pinnacle of acceptance within The Bloodline, though, Zayn was on borrowed time. He would soon find himself in doubt by The Head of the Table for various reasons, including the WWE Universe chanting his name rather than Roman's as well as when Zayn guaranteed victory in a tag team match pitting Reigns and himself against John Cena and Owens. Nevertheless, Zayn narrowly avoided being ousted from the faction when he was found “not guilt” during a “trial” on Raw XXX.

But in a fateful moment at Royal Rumble, Reigns aggressively urged Zayn to again prove himself by joining a brutal post-match attack on Owens. Instead, Zayn chose to strike The Head of the Table in the back with a steel chair. In response, Reigns, Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa issued a merciless beatdown on their one-time cohort while a distraught Jey Uso walked away from the chaos.

In the wake of the catastrophic events, The Master Strategist responded to Reigns by attacking the dominant titleholder on SmackDown and challenging him to a match. When Jimmy and Sikoa answered with another counter-attack, Reigns stopped them. Instead, he agreed to Zayn's challenge and pledged to finish off Zayn for good in front of his home crowd of Montreal at WWE Elimination Chamber.

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Please bring back his banger of a theme for this show aswell ​

 

[Sabretooth]

Sami vs Reigns: the conclusion to this whole fuckin thing. Amazing

 

[Joey Bananas]

Elimination Chamber is usually just a throwaway event but I will absolutely not miss this show. The Bloodline storyline has been the best storyline in years and I can't wait to see what happens

 

[Bobby Barrows]

I am absolutely tuning into this at work, there's no way I'm missing this event.

 

[Dale]

Edge & Beth Phoenix vs. Finn Bálor & Rhea Ripley​

At WWE Elimination Chamber, Edge & Beth Phoenix will be out for retribution when they battle Finn Bálor & Rhea Ripley of The Judgment Day in a Mixed Tag Team Match.

Though Edge constructed the original Judgment Day in the hopes of elevating up-and-coming Superstars, he soon became hellbent on destroying the dark faction after they enlisted Finn Bálor and viciously kicked the WWE Hall of Famer to the curb. At WWE Extreme Rules, however, the numbers game proved too much during Edge's "I Quit" Match against Bálor, and when his wife Beth emerged to even the odds, The Rated-R Superstar was forced to give up the contest in order to save her. Despite his selfless action, Ripley executed a Con-Chair-To on The Glamazon anyway.

Fast forward to Rumble Rumble where Ripley's attack on Edge from behind soon led to the explosive return of Phoenix, who delivered a devastating Spear to The Eradicator. One night later on Raw, The Glamazon again joined forces with her husband in a ringside attack on The Judgment Day when she laid out Ripley with a Spear for the second time in two nights and helped Cody Rhodes defeat Bálor inside the ring.

One week later, the WWE Hall of Fame power couple kicked off Raw and challenged Finn and Ripley to a tag team showdown at WWE Elimination Chamber.​

 

[Dale]

Reckon Theory drops the US Title here if he's working Cena at Mania? I feel bad in saying it but if they were to have him drop it, the only guy I wouldn't be in favour of giving it to is Gargano. I'd probably opt to throw it on Bronson tbh.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Nah. Let Austin retain, then let him defend successfully against Cena as well. Give the kid some big wins and make him the star he’s meant to be.

 

[John McHenry]

I get not doing Edge and Dom but it makes more sense for Dom and Rhea to team in my mind, obviously Finn could interfere.

Theory has to win here, with everyone in the ring I see who takes out each other.

Womens match... I don't really care? Not much of a story with any of them least that we have seen 5 times over. And Bianca gonna win.

Sami loosing but probably in a way that makes him shine maybe we'll get Roman vs on both nights? But likely not.