Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Elimination Chamber 2020 | Review-ish

Hi and welcome to the blog. Here are the match results along with my thoughts. Hope you enjoy the read.

Kick off Show Match
The Viking Raiders defeated Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins.

Main Card
Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak
This was a very good show opener, Gulak was impressive here despite the defeat. Winner: Daniel Bryan.

United States Championship Match Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carrillo
Humberto holds another L here. He'll probably get another shot in April. Winner: And STILL United States Champion. Andrade.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship (Elimination Chamber) The Miz & John Morrison (c) vs. The Usos vs. The New Day vs. Heavy Machinery vs. Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler vs. Lucha House Party (Kalisto & Lince Dorado)
Everyone put on a great performance, there weren't any dull moments. Fun match. Can we have these teams compete for the titles in a ladder match next month? That would be awesome. Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Miz and John Morrison. lastly eliminating The Usos.

Aleister Black vs. AJ Styles (No Disqualification Match)
We did indeed see and hear from the Undertaker towards the end of the match. Winner: Aleister Black.

Raw Tag Team Championship Match - The Street Profits (c) vs. Seth Rollins & Murphy
Kevin Owens got involved in the match  as expected, this match was nothing special. Winners: AND STILL Raw Tag Team Champions. The Street Profits.

Intercontinental Championship Match - Braun Strowman (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn & Cesaro I was surprised to see a new champ crowned here, I thought this was going to be a "squash" match. Good to see Sami win though. Winner: AND NEW Intercontinental Champion! Sami Zayn.

Raw Women's Championship No. 1 Contendership for WrestleMania (Elimination Chamber) Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Ruby Riott vs. Sarah Logan vs. Natalya
We all knew Shayna was going to win this. She was so dominant, no one else stood a chance. It was like it was a video game on easy mode and opponents were going away in quick succession. There were awkward moments of nothingness where Baszler was just walking in the ring waiting for her next opponent to be released from the pod. Who booked the match this way? No fault or blame directed towards the ladies involved as they were just doing their job. Winner: Shayna Baszler lastly eliminating Asuka.

Becky vs. Shayna as expected is set for "Mania. Hopefully they'll do a good job in getting me interested in the event itself. Time will tell whether they will succeed in that. This was a 5/10 show. That's fair right? Elimination Chamber is now in the books. 

Disclaimer: This review-ish was late because I had doubts as to whether I'd miss anything of note. (title changes do not count) Those doubts were proven to be correct. It may sound harsh but it's all about opinions. This event really was a waste of time, I just hope WrestleMania doesn't follow the same path.