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Elimination Chamber match (winner faces Roman Reigns)
King Corbin vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Sami Zayn vs Jey Uso Daniel Bryan and Cesaro started out the match, and Daniel Bryan ended up winning the match. Not much really to say about this match, knowing it's entire purpose was just to set up a different match on the card...but, shout out to Cesaro, who reminded everyone why he is known as the Swiss Superman...dude is ridiculously athletic and strong. He didn't win, but Cesaro was the best part of the match. Universal Championship Match Roman Reigns (c) vs. Smackdown Elimination Chamber match winner This Elimination Chamber match kicked off the PPV, so you'd expect that Daniel Bryan would have time to rest up a little before having his title match with Roman Reigns, right? WRONG. No sooner did the match end, then the Chamber raised, Roman Reigns comes out, and the title match begins. Well, obviously Roman Reigns is at a huge advantage, having not just wrestled 5 other dudes in a steel cage...Reigns wins in a fairly short match and....SPEAR! Edge pops out of nowhere, and just nails Reigns...thereby sealing his choice as to which of the two heavyweight titles he will be pursuing at Wrestlemania... United States Championship Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Keith Lee vs. Matt Riddle (if match even happens) This match did end up happening, with John Morrison taking the place of the absent Keith Lee. Riddle came out wearing this ridiculous Evel Knievel inspired thing, because today's younger wrestling fans ALL KNOW who Evel Knievel was, amirite??? Anyway, apparently, this was a no DQ match, despite never being announced as such, as Matt Riddle hit Bobby Lashley twice with a crutch, inside the ring, with the ref looking right at him, without a decision...I guess for a triple threat match that kind of makes sense...anyway, after getting hit twice by a crutch, Lashley rolls out the ring, Riddle gets the pin on Morrison to become the new US Champ, without Lashley ever taking the fall or being made to look weak. That will come into play in a bit... Women's Tag Team Championship Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Sasha Banks &Bianca Belair This match wasn't announced until the Kickoff show, so I didn't have it in my preview thread. Not sure what the point of this match was. There was no way they were going to give Banks and Belair the straps, knowing that they are going to have Belair challenge Banks for the Smackdown Women's Title at Wrestlemania, but then, they didn't really do anything to introduce discord between the two to help set that match up, either...Without booking the start of driving the wedge between Banks and Belair, this match literally served no purpose. There are other female tag teams that could have been given this spot instead of Banks and Belair. Elimination Chamber match for WWE Championship Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus vs. Kofi Kingston Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton start out the match. Next out is the champ Drew McIntyre, and then Kofi Kingston, who gets a quick pin on Randy Orton...this led to an interesting situation: AJ Styles' bodyguard Omos rips off the BACK of the pod Styles was in (it's just plexiglass), so AJ Styles is on the outside of the chamber...as the ref opens the door to allow the eliminated Orton out, AJ Styles runs into the Chamber, well ahead of it being his official time to enter...Anyway, Drew McIntyre ends up winning and retaining his title...the Chamber raises up, and Drew is celebrating his win in the middle of the ring... Suddenly, he gets viciously attacked by Bobby Lashley, and is just laying there on the ground, helpless. In the words of Jim Ross, he just got beat like a government mule...Remember earlier, how they managed to get the US title off of Lashley, without making him look weak at all, by not having him participate in the actual fall? Well...this is why. The plan is clearly for Bobby Lashley to challenge Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship at Wrestl...WAIT! OUT COMES THE MIZ! He's actually cashing in the MITB briefcase, like, for REAL this time! WWE Championship match (Money In The Bank Cash In) Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Mike "the Miz" Mizanian Miz hits a basement DDT, 1...2...Drew kicks out. Does the champ still have any fight left in him? The Miz follows up with a Skull Crushing Finale... 1...2...3! As Howard Finkel might say, "Here is your winner, and NEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU EEEE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, THE MIZ!!!!!!!!!" Normally, I would post my grades for each match, as I do for most PPVs...however, since it was clear from the very beginning that this PPV was largely just filler, because they had to hold two more PPVs before they get to Wrestlemania (ie, Fastlane is probably going to be more or less a throw-away PPV too), I decided not to judge the matches in the way I normally would, because this Elimination Chamber wasn't really meant to do anything other than tread water. Yeah, there were a few twists, but other than the Miz cashing in, overall, it was largely forgettable. Also, they ended up cancelling the Asuka match entirely, and I am kind of pissed about that. The PPV ended just before 9:30pm EST, it was all of 2 and a half hours. They absolutely had time to squeeze one more match on the card, and simply chose not to. Shoot, they even had time to have an impromptu women's Elimination Chamber match, let alone just a standard match, and chose to just end the show early instead. They found a replacement for Keith Lee in the US title match, but they couldn't find a replacement for Lacey Evans, despite having six full days (in storyline) to replace her? Not even with an open challenge or something simple like that? DAMMIT, WWE...
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