Elimination Chamber Rate Elimination Chamber 2018

[Snowman1]

No chance of that...

Of course knowing the WWE they'd give her a farting gimmick.

If it was 2012... Now They'd probably see her cute giggle in Impact, say ah-ha, and just let her be a wrestler who does a giggle who is person 3 in Becky's fight against the Riott Squad on the Mania preshow and wonder why it doesn't work

 

[InSaNe]

Most of the Chamber was yawn-worthy. *Sigh*

WWE Network was hammered at the height of moments before Rousey's signing. WWE needs to zero in on this issue if they want to keep the network running as the run up to Wrestlemania gets underway. I saw some frames skipping, and screen freezing but only momentarily on each blip. Other than that, the stream was good.

That being said, EC got good only from the Rousey contract signing, to the Men's EC. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole Rousey segment. I was not expecting any of it. I was expecting it to be a typical contract signing. So, Angle was sublime in there. Super sublime. I didn't think WWE would go this route. Holy shit. Monday Night Raw's gonna be interesting. It just leaves a lot of questions hanging up there, but that's what you want to do - build intrigue going into WrestleMania and they successfully did that.

Angle Vs Hunter
Rousey Vs McMahon

This story just writes itself. Buckle up, people. WE'RE GOING TO WRESTLEMANIA!

The main EC match went exactly how I wanted it to go. Everyone got their screen time. Everyone showcased their talent, except for Miz. I'm sorry, but Miz doesn't belong in this match, dude. That much was obvious. Miz got steamrolled. You barely even saw him. Everyone else got their 5 sec of screen time - Miz? Where the fuck was he? lol.

[I agree with John Cena about Miz being main event star... He doesn't have what it takes. If there was ever a time to showcase your skills, your talent, it's this match - Elimination Chamber. Miz held back as usual, and he'll keep doing it - but it's actually costing him. Go back and watch the match, everyone else is putting their heart, and soul into this match.]

I was shocked to see Cena pinned in there. 1. They booked him strong going in there. 2. They always book him as "superman in jeans." 3. He has the track record... I mean, so many variables that is wrong here. What's he gonna do at Wrestlemania?

Seth Rollins? Well, he's Monday Night Rollins. Seth freakin' Rollins, man. He did a good job in there, just as well as he did on RAW. Balor, too. Elias is pretty much a rookie in there. He has a lot to learn before he's main event star. That much was obvious, too.

We all expected Reigns to win. Braun is just another piece of the proverbial puzzle here. As monsterous and popular as he is, and I too, like him... I wouldn't want Strowman to win yet. Maybe someday, but not tonight, sorry.

 

[SWL]

this PPV was ok, I feel like the crowd was a huge part of this not feeling like a big deal because they barely reacted to any of the big spots. Braun literally entered god mode and they sat on their asses and did nothing, while other crowds would have probably flipped their shit lol

• the women did well and definitely better than I expected them to. Bliss surprised me as well, usually I'm not all that into her stuff but she did really well last night. I also liked the post match interview she did because at first I actually thought they were gonna go the cringey women empowerment route but she turned it around quite nicely and you can tell the audience appreciated it too. Obviously I don't see them doing a straight forward singles match between Bliss and Asuka, simply because they can't resist on putting more women into the Mania spotlight. So the title match is most likely also gonna have Nia, Bayley and Sasha in there in some capacity as well. To sum this match up, everyone in the match looked good, even Bayley for most parts and I have to say, now that people are turning with Miz, I think Bliss is the new title holder of "Most genuine heel on the roster"
• I kinda flew over Nia/Asuka, the Tag Title match and Bray/Hardy but from what I could grasp, they were ok matches but nothing special either. So ye I don't even know why this is a separate point in this post. I'm gonna stop now
• the Ronda Rousey contract signing segment was, like the women's EC, surprisingly well received by the crowd. It still amazes me how anything involving Trips and Steph gets good reactions by an audience. I think the safest bet is a mixed match (not challenge) between Triple H/Steph vs Ronda/Angle, which is perfectly fine with me. They've been building this whole Angle/Trips thing up anyways and having Ronda in the mix is definitely a way to make the match stand out more. Many wrestling sites have covered that, apparently Ronda's only purpose in the company right now, is to make Stephanie a bigger deal like Stone Cold did for Vince in the attitude era. Which sounds delusional but at the same time impossible, simply because of the fact that WWE's not as popular as it used to be, so Steph's stock is probably not gonna increase by much and if it does, it will fall right back down to "fake womens wrestling ambassador" once her Ronda feud is over.
• Honestly, Reigns won that Elimination Chamber as expected but Braun's still the star of the match to me. This man legit kicked out of every single finisher/big move they threw at him and then beat them on top of that. Every time I think to myself "they can't make him look stronger than what he is now", they outdo themselves and it's insane. What's also insane is that the crowd didn't pick up on that at all. And it's been an interesting pattern for Braun over the past couple of months where his Raw segments usually get huge reactions and a lot of praise on the internet, yet his matches always get the short end of the stick.
• Also, a little pet peeve of mine I've been noticing is that the final falls of certain matches are counted way too quick. It removes the drama from the ending of a match if the ref is fast counting and shit. I'd rather have a really slow one that almost makes it sound like the guy getting pinned is about to kick out but he isn't lol.
• I actually expected more boos after Roman won, but the crowd surprisingly popped a bit after he won. And you can tell WWE expected them to boo really loud as well because they immediately let Strowman kick Reigns' ass even though they didn't really need to this time around. Personally I would have paid Lesnar to come out and F5 him but I guess they have enough time to do that on a Raw now.

I'd give it a 5/10, the EC matches were cool and the matches in the middle were decent but nothing special, all in all it's just an average PPV

 

[The Sheik]

So when Charlotte was first brought up to the main roster was her "Push"
as annoyingly dominant as Alexa's has been?

I only ask because I don't have any real perspective on the matter & its no
secret I'm a Charlotte fanboy...but has there ever been another performer
who was pushed this hard after doing nothing really that special in NXT?

I just don't get it...& frankly its making me hate the entire women's division.

Definitely.. Alexa doesn't even feel relevant most of the time.. Charlotte with her copying her dad all the time and she says she doesn't want to live in his shadow, but strunts and woo's all the time and does a modified version of the figure four.. If she didn't do any of that i wouldn't have an issue with her.. Whether she's booked to do that or not, i know she's better than that

Alexa is barely relevant and is only champion because they don't know who to put the belt on, I'm assuming the're holding out to put the belt on Nia Jax at WrestleMania... Paige might be champion right now if she didn't get hurt.

 

[MildlyUpsetGerbil]

This is the same Bayley who wouldn't use a kendo stick in a kendo stick
match & was recently pinned by Lana right? You know...Short Bus Bayley
who is basically now just a pathetic version of Allie from Impact.

In fact the WWE should just release Bayley & sign Allie at this point...Allie
would have a better chance of getting a push...

*Checks*

Oh wait...scratch that idea...Allie is Canadian so she has no chance.

Short Bus Bayley looked like a big girl in this match. She actually used the chamber and got pins on people. Unlike her feud with Alexa, she felt like a star here.

It doesn't really matter how much Nia beats on Asuka...she's the one getting a title
match at Wrestlemania.

*Thinks*

They're going to have Asuka ask to have Nia booked in her Wrestlemania title match
like she did at that TakeOver: San Antonio with Nikki, Peyton & Billie aren't they?

Please don't make Asuka look stupid WWE! I'm begging you!

You ruined Bayley, you "use" Sasha & ignore Becky...but please don't book Asuka to be stupid.

Asuka should be standing tall heading into WrestleMania if it's going to stay a singles match. Then again, so should Reigns, and I'm sure they won't do two triple threats on the same card.

Yeah...but Becky has never had a decent push at all...
in either NXT or the main roster.

She was champion for a little bit. Forgettable, sure, but it's the closest there is to an Alexa situation. Alexa really is the only NXT gal that went from nothing to something on the main roster in terms of success.

don't compare Nia to Becky...Becky can at least work a good
match.

I was comparing their pushes, not their in-ring talent. You specifically asked for people to discuss Alexa's push in comparison to her NXT success, not Alexa's ability to do put on good matches.

 

[Redboy123@]

Yeah, this wasn't a very good show. Is it me or did the main event a cartoon show.? It felt like it was so rehearsed. Like one of those Indy dance performances ( I mean wrestling matches). Booking of this match was very poor, despite some fun spots. It just feels like the chamber isn't really a dangerous stipulation anymore.

 

[Jacob Fox]

The main event in this show was an attempt to make Braun Strowman look strong in defeat. To what ends they want to do that, I don't know. I think with the anti Roman crowd latching onto Braun, they felt that if Braun eliminated everyone but Roman, they would be happy.

It was an obvious attempt to placate two groups of people. Whether it will work or not, we will see.

 

[alexb]

As almost everybody noted already, probably one of the most predictable shows in PPV history and though predictable isn't necessarily bad when things are done right, I can't say I was a satisfied customer when all was said and done. Don't want to sound like a dick or anything but even the 4/10 I gave this is probably more than it deserves:

- I feel the women did a fine job in this first ever female elimination chamber match. Won't be something I'll be remembering a year from now but, hey, it was a good effort all around. I guess the biggest thing to take out of this was the Sasha Banks/Bailey altercation, which hopefully will build to a nice little grudge match at Mania. If they indeed are looking to turn Sasha heel, they surely did a good job at teasing it...

- The Bar retain...yay...sigh...what has become of this tag team division on RAW....sigh...

- While glad Asuka got the clean win, I feel the finish was a bit clumsy but that's probably just me nitpicking.

- Even the contract signing was as predictable as it gets but in this case, I won't deny I'm very excited to see how they build towards Mania and who Rousey's partner will be cause we all know it's going to be a mixed tag match. Us fans, as I'm sure WWE as well, are hoping for the Rock but assuming this insurance bullshit gets in the way, it appears that Kurt Angle mught be filling that spot which is fine by me. A couple of olympic gold medalists teaming up? Sure, why not...

- Woken Matt wins...yay...sigh...Hopefully the next chapter in this feud (oh, be certain this is running all the way till Mania) we pick it up a notch...

- Aah, I see what you did there WWE in the main event....Clever, but fuck you anyway...

On a serious note, like I've said many times before, we all know its inevitable so the sooner we get this thing over and done with, the better so we can then FINALLY MOVE ON.

That finish though...Ok, I understand Braun was at the receiving end of multple finishers in the entire match but that ending was just rediculous in my opinion and by that I don't mean the winner rather then the final sequence. I mean, Roman hits the spear, Braun no sells it and gets right back up, Roman hits the second spear and...1,2,3? How do we from a complete no sell of the finishing move to a pinfall in a matter of seconds?

 

[Jeffry Mason]

0/10 because Roman should have won at the Rumble when I was there to see it live and therefore should have never been in this match in the first place. I will say I am very pleased to see we finally officially have a main event for Mania that's actually deserving of the main event slot instead of two washed-up mark-pleaser New Japan has-beens

 

[Death Walker]

And the WWE has no one to blame but themselves & their terrible
past booking decisions. I hate to admit it...but I actually feel sorry
for Roman.

None of this is his fault.

Yeah and this has only been my way of looking at this whole issue. I know as a Roman Reigns fan, I joke when he wins (mainly for the actual "haters") but truthfully I expect so much more from the wrestler that was selected as "the top superstar of them all". And there's still time to imporve on this and not rush it, change up his move-set, change up the pattern of maneuvers, give him an actual attitude whether babyface or heel, get rid of The Shield's entrance music and ring gear, get this guy involved in better stories that really make sense. I mean ffs it's so simple to see this and do this, yet we're not given much of anything to BELIEVE THAT this superstar is really the best they have in the business.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Didn't watch the whole show, so I won't rate it. I just watched two of the EC matches and Ronda Rousey segment.

The first ever women's EC match was good. Everyone got to shine here and delivered a good match.

Ronda Rousey segment was alright. Angle & Rousey vs HHH & Stephanie will be interesting.

The ME was good. Braun was the absolute star of the match, he was awesome. Reigns winning was predictable, but I don't mind it. Lesnar vs Reigns is going to be good just like it was at WM 31.

 

[RedDwarfTechy]

2/10. Number one, this was predictable up and down the entire card. Number two, we knew how it was going to end. Number three it only got a 2 because of Strowman's dominating performance in the chamber.

This isn't just because of Reigns, it's because the entire card was predictable. I have been saying for a while now that I have wanted to see the rematch from Wrestlemania 31. It may even be a good match. But it's just predictable crap. And I just can't be happy about that. WWE probably thinks that by having Strowman eliminate everyone other than Roman that they kept fans happy... not really. And now we're going to see Strowman, who deserves to be in the main event picture due to his momentum, kept out for a while.

So yeah, this PPV is a 2.

This. The only good thing about last night was finding out that Rousey doesnt get a title shot at WM just cause. But Strowman was the man, he should've won but lol we knew what was gonna happen anyway.

3/10 for me (Ronda not getting a title shot was worth +1).

Alexa did well at the post-match interview too. So glad Sasha didn't win as I can't stand her lol. If they made her a proper heel, maybe then, if not, meh move on.

 

[TheprofileofJericho]

Women's Chamber match ***3/4 - Very good, much better then the rumble match in my opinion. I thought the overall structure of the match was very good, and the ending sequences between the final 3 women were great. All the women looked good, and they all had their time to shine. Props to Bliss for that Twisted Bliss of the pod, that was sick. Her promo after the match was great 2. Still I would have preferred it if Bayley or Sasha won, as I am not too crazy for Bliss vs Asuka. Hopefully Asuka goes for Charlotte, which I think is a big possibility.

Titus and Crews vs The Bar ** - I legit don't remember a single thing about this match. It was RAW material I guess.

Asuka vs Nia Jax **3/4 - I didn't think this was half bad. Decent storytelling, but the ending was kinda outta nowhere. Please don't make the Raw Women's title match on WM a multi women match. PLEASE!

Matt Hardy vs Bray Wyatt ** - This match lacked any importance or heat going into it, so its no surprise that no one gave a flying fuck about this one. Please don't drag this shit feud to Mania! On a side note : FCK OFF WITH THE BEACH BALLS YOU UNORIGINAL WANKS.

The Rousey segment was a bit cringy, but I thought it was generally fun. Good to see Triple H not taking himself too seriously, and taking that bump through the table (take notes Stephanie).

Men's Chamber ***3/4 - We all knew who was winning this match, so I wasn't really invested in it, but it was pretty good in the end. Much like the women's match I thought everyone involved looked good for the most part. I loved the booking of Strowman. What I didn't like however was Roman soloing him so easily after such a dominant performance. Still a pretty fun match overall.

Overall : 6.5/10 Decent show.

 

[The Gipper]

Finally watched the show and wow, the women saved the show from being terrible.

The women's chamber match was better than I was expecting. It wasn't a soft version of a chamber match, they actually worked it a lot stiffer than the men and in particular I thought Bayley really shined and stepped up to the plate well after god knows how long of being a nobody on Raw. Mickie came in like a house on fire and nailed the first big spot of the match for a great elimination. The Sasha/Bayley turn mid match helped the match step up the gears at the right time after the Absolution story was over and even if there's nothing on the line I want to see those two have a match at Wrestlemania. I loved the idea of Bliss climbing her way away from those two, but even more so that she gets the job done when she has no alternative - she's not a heel that can only win via cheating. That twisted bliss off the chamber into the bank statement isn't getting enough love that spot was great. Perhaps Bayley's elimination could of been stronger, that was a nothing sort of pinfall. I guess the only downside to the match for me was there was nothing about Mickie and Bliss' teased friendship which sort of renders the whole Bliss/Mickie angle that played out on Raw all month kind of redundant. But thumbs up for the first women's chamber match, and I'm sure they can do even better in the future when they don't have to put 2 green wrestlers in there (and they didn't disgrace themselves to their credit).

The Bar Vs Titus Worldwide was boring and felt thrown together at the last minute, which is exactly what it was so no-one cared.

Asuka Vs Nia was a really good match I thought and keeps Asuka looking strong heading into mania. I don't think WWE know what they want to do with Nia because she should be booked strongly given her strength and size but 18 months on the main roster and she's not come close to winning the title. I used to say down in NXT that she had this vulnerability about her that submissions was her weak point and if she ever lost, it would be because of a submission. It used to be a good story to tell in her matches, but now you just roll her up and she's losing clean so idk what her future is.

Matt Vs Bray was fucking boring. Do a final deletion to please those fans, or get over it already.

Ronda segment was garbage. She is as timid as a mouse on the mic and once the fans turn on her it's just gonna get more ugly because she looks like she's easily flustered. Segment should of been cut in half and just jumped to the judo throw into the table spot. I'm not a fan of this whole mess, but the silver lining is that Triple H and his douchy mania entrance, and Ronda Rousey will be taking up the same airtime, and not separate matches, and that is to be celebrated. Triple H in the sports entertainment match with a celeb rather than the blood feud match with a regular roster member I'm fine with.

Elias concert <3 His mania moment should be dueting with Jeff Jarrett and then smashes a guitar over his head.

Main Event. Oh boy. This was absolutely pedestrian and stuck in first gear until Braun threw Miz off the chamber. The Seth/Miz/Finn/Cena/Roman part of the match was so average and soft and lackluster compared to the women earlier in the night and that's still not really high praise. As I was watching the entrances, I had a sneaky feeling that even though Elias was coming in last, that he would be the first one eliminated, and as the match played out I could see how they were dragging out every 5 minute intervals horribly just to pile up the bodies for Braun. I don't know why Braun getting this huge push NOW when all he'll end up doing at Wrestlemania is squashing Miz, while Roman spent all of 2017 being protected, the spear being protected, and now on the road to mania he sort of flukes his way to win the match and he's the one getting Brock at mania, not Braun. And then Braun destroys him after the match anyway so now he's looking weak again. The only thing I really enjoyed about this match was the nearfall tease where four lads did the shield powerbomb and all pinned Braun and he survived, and then he survived the 4 finishers in a row which is usually the way every monster is eliminated from these things and they worked me into thinking he had gone there. The match also didn't really help set anything else up for Wrestlemania because Braun got the pin on everybody else. What's Seth's direction for mania? what's Finn's? what's Elias'? what's Miz's? Cena we know is getting Undertaker (about 6 years too late) so nothing about him was going to get sorted out last night but fuck me he is just another guy now and the lack of effort he's putting in is doing my head in. They achieved way more in that gauntlet match on Raw last week than they did in this.

Not a great ppv to say the least, Rumble smoked this show.