Post by The Lost One on Feb 28, 2024 12:19:06 GMT
Women's Elimination Chamber - Started poorly with Becky and Naomi just trying to pin each other every 5 seconds but picked up dramatically when the other 4 were released. Tiffany Stratton's in-ring ability is insane. Definitely looking like a future champion if she can avoid injury etc - for now looks like a rivalry with Naomi might be forming. Bianca also did well as did Liv. Raquel had her usual thing of having a great 5 minutes then just becoming irrelevant. I dunno if the powers-that-be have something against her or just find her a bit dull, but her skills always far exceed her results. Despite being a massive Becky fan, her win was kinda unsatisfying - she had been the least impressive of the 6 in the match. I think I would have preferred Liv to win given her recent history with Rhea.
Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne vs Judgement Day - Fairly entertaining. Tyler Bate is great fun to watch and very talented. I preferred Pete Dunne as Butch though I have to say. Other than that it was a standard 'win by cheating' match. Would have been nice to see R-Truth pop up.
Men's Elimination Chamber - Unlike the women's chamber where I could see 3 of the 6 winning, I felt this one was obviously going to go to Drew. Still, it was an interesting match, made up mostly of a blur of really brutal moves followed by very long recovery times. Randy Orton in particular was really compelling, going from rolling about in agony to unleashing an absolutely devastating move then straight back to agony. KO had some great moments, pity he got put out relatively early. Dunno what's going on with Bobby Lashley of late, he's basically a jobber at this stage though at least he got a good spear in. Biggest surprise was AJ Styles taking out LA Knight - amusing mental image of Styles on the plane to Australia with his steel chair.
Rhea Ripley vs Nia Jax - Nia was never going to win, especially in Rhea's home country with her entire family cheering her on. Still, they sold it well and Nia had a few good moments. She always seems a bit slow to me though - even if you account for her size, the likes of Piper Niven seem to be able to move a lot faster while not being much smaller. It might have actually been more interesting if Nia had won given her rivalry with Becky.
Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne vs Judgement Day - Fairly entertaining. Tyler Bate is great fun to watch and very talented. I preferred Pete Dunne as Butch though I have to say. Other than that it was a standard 'win by cheating' match. Would have been nice to see R-Truth pop up.
Men's Elimination Chamber - Unlike the women's chamber where I could see 3 of the 6 winning, I felt this one was obviously going to go to Drew. Still, it was an interesting match, made up mostly of a blur of really brutal moves followed by very long recovery times. Randy Orton in particular was really compelling, going from rolling about in agony to unleashing an absolutely devastating move then straight back to agony. KO had some great moments, pity he got put out relatively early. Dunno what's going on with Bobby Lashley of late, he's basically a jobber at this stage though at least he got a good spear in. Biggest surprise was AJ Styles taking out LA Knight - amusing mental image of Styles on the plane to Australia with his steel chair.
Rhea Ripley vs Nia Jax - Nia was never going to win, especially in Rhea's home country with her entire family cheering her on. Still, they sold it well and Nia had a few good moments. She always seems a bit slow to me though - even if you account for her size, the likes of Piper Niven seem to be able to move a lot faster while not being much smaller. It might have actually been more interesting if Nia had won given her rivalry with Becky.
