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. 

Elimination Chamber 2020 | Predictions

Hi and welcome to the Elimination Chamber prediction blog. Here we go with the predictions.

Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak

Predicted Winner: Daniel Bryan.

United States Championship Match - Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carrillo

How many times are they going to give Humberto Carrillo title opportunities? I think he's winning here to become a transitional champion, until WrestleMania where Angel Garza will become champion after winning a fatal four way match. Predicted Winner: Humberto Carrillo.

Raw Tag Team Championship Match - The Street Profits (c) vs. Seth Rollins & Murphy

The Street Profits just won the titles so they're not losing here. Seth is set to face Kevin Owens at Mania so there you go. Predicted Winners: The Street Profits.

Intercontinental Championship Match - Braun Strowman (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn & Cesaro The "monster among men" will win this match and go on to possibly face Sheamus at 'Mania. Predicted Winner: Braun Strowman.

Aleister Black vs. AJ Styles (No Disqualification Match) I believe we will hear from or see The Undertaker make an appearance and cost AJ this match. We will find out on Sunday. Predicted Winner: Aleister Black.

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) Miz and Morrison just won the titles so they're not losing here. Should be a fun match to watch though. Predicted Winners: The Miz & John Morrison.

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 know who's winning, unless they "swerve" us. Predicted Winner: Shayna Baszler.

Admittedly, I'm not looking forward to this event considering we already know the title matches set for WrestleMania. This feels like a waste of time, I'll be watching anyway. Who knows? They may surprise with a good show. Let's see what happens. Thanks for reading.

Let's Talk | WrestleMania 36 matches | Part 3

It's time for part 3 of Let's Talk | WrestleMania 36 matches. There were developments regarding said event during SuperShowDown and SmackDown! Here we go! Let's begin.

The Miz and John Morrison defeated Kofi and Big E to become new SmackDown tag champions at SSD. On the same show, The Undertaker made a "surprise" appearance and won the Tuwaiq Trophy, defeating AJ Styles in quick fashion. It looks like they will be building to a Phenomenal One vs. The Phenom match for April after all. Plenty of merchandise will be sold for this match, that's for sure.

Goldberg defeated "The Fiend" to win the Universal Championship. It's crazy that they've dropped the ball with Bray Wyatt again. He went from kicking out from multiple stomps from Seth Rollins to losing quickly to the legendary Goldberg. No disrespect to Goldberg by the way or "The Fiend" as it's not their fault the match was booked like this.

On SmackDown they announced that Goldberg's next challenger at WrestleMania will be Roman Reigns and they began setting up a match between the returning John Cena and "The Fiend" Don’t forget that John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 30 so Bray will wanna get some redemption from that loss. It would be cool if they mentioned this in the build up to the match.

Just a quick thought here, I think WWE will want to bring Tyson Fury back in for a special appearance or a match at WrestleMania now that he won the WBC Championship against Deontay Wilder last weekend & to bring in non-wrestling fans to boost audience ratings and PPV buyrates. In regards to opponents, Triple H and Big Show are two of the names I have in mind because if they lost to Fury, It wouldn’t effect there reputation in the ring since they rarely wrestle nowadays. That’s my logic anyway.

Five weeks to go until 'Mania & we already know majority of the matches, the Elimination Chamber feels like a waste of an event to be honest as we know Shayna Baszler will probably be winning the chamber match to set finally set up the match vs. Becky. Speaking of Elimination Chamber, I'll be back for predictions for that event. Until then, thanks for reading.

Let's Talk | WrestleMania 36 matches | Part 2

What's good? What is going on? As always, thanks for checking out the blog as per. It's time for part 2 of Let's Talk | WrestleMania 36 matches.

It seems fairly obvious with the direction they are taking AJ in for a 'Mania match is against a legendary opponent, he named drop a list of names on RAW. Out of the many he ran through. Its going to be the Phenomenal One vs. The Phenom. It'll make great marketing in regards to merchandise sales etc. Plus these two have never faced each other so that'a new.

In regards to who John Cena will face? there has been reports surfacing online that he has creative licence to do as he wants. As far as opponents go? I can think of three possible ones.

1.  Elias. He has had interactions at past 'Mania's, it would make sense if they finally had a match. 

2.  R-Truth.This would be cool considering Truth calls Cena his idol on tv:

3. Velveteen Dream. This has been talked about for a long time. You could call this one a "dream" match. Okay that wasn't pun-ny.

Part 2 is complete. Hope you enjoyed this one. By the way, there will not be a SuperShowDown predictions or Review. Normal service will be resumed for the Elimination Chamber. Thanks for reading!

Part 3 of Let's Talk | WrestleMania matches will be available soon.....

NXT TakeOver Portland | Review-ish

Hi and welcome back to the blog. If you're new here, then hello and welcome. Hope you enjoy the NXT TakeOver Review-ish. Let's begin.

NXT North American Championship Match 

Keith Lee (c) vs. Dominik Dijakovic

A great match to kick off the show. These two always have nice matches. This was their best one yet. Keith Lee, as I mentioned in the predictions, just won the title so he wasn't losing here. Winner: And STILL NXT North American Champion. Keith Lee.

Dakota Kai vs. Tegan Nox (Street fight)

Dakota got her win back here thanks to interference from Raquel Gonzalez. Winner: Dakota Kai. It's 1-1 in regards to wins. Surely we are heading towards the decider at the next TakeOver. Should that be the case? I hope it's a steel cage match.

Finn Balor vs. Johnny Gargano

Fun match. With the correct outcome. This feud looks to be over for now. More on that shortly. Winner: Finn Balor.

NXT Women's Championship Match 

Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Bianca Belair

Winner: And STILL NXT Women's Champion. Rhea Ripley.

After the match, Charlotte attacked Rhea and said she will see the Women's Champion at WrestleMania. Then proceeded to takeout Bianca as payback for recent events on NXT TV. I see Bianca vs. Charlotte on RAW in the near future. 100%.

NXT Tag Team Championship Match 

Undisputed Era (c) vs. The BroserWeights

As I and many people predicted. The Undisputed Era lost more gold here. A match of the night candidate? Sure! Winners: AND NEW NXT Tag Team Champions! The BroserWeights.

NXT Championship Match 

Adam Cole (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa

I gotta say that I didn't like that Ciampa sold his neck injury outside of the ring and then acted like nothing happened when he got in the ring during the closing moments of the match. This is where they lost my interest.

Speaking of closing moments of this match, Johnny Gargano was at ringside and turned heel by striking Ciampa with the title and Cole picked up the win. The U.E still has gold in the faction. And that's undisputed......BOOM! 

Winner:  And STILL NXT Champion. Adam Cole (Bay-Bay)

It'll be interesting to see how Gargano does in the heel role, with Ciampa obviously being the face in this continued rivalry. Can I be honest with you? I liked this storyline back to when Gargano was the face and Ciampa was heel. For me, he was the best heel in all of wrestling before he got injured.

Who will challenge Adam Cole next? I think it's either going to be Velveteen Dream or Finn Balor vs. the champion in one on one matches, or in a triple threat match at the next TakeOver. We will see.

Another NXT TakeOver is now in the books. It was probably the best one I've seen in recent memory. There weren't any dull moments at all. WWE SuperShowDown is on the horizon. I'll be predicting the match card closer to the time and bringing out more content on here, such as: talking about WrestleMania 36 matches, to name one example for you. In the meantime, I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts. Until next time, thanks for reading.

NXT TakeOver Portland | Predictions

NXT has now taken over this blog and will TakeOver Portland on Sunday night. It promises to be a great show to watch judging by the match card. I have included my predictions as you can see. 

Dakota Kai vs. Tegan Nox (Street fight)

I believe that Tegan won a quick match on NXT TV so it's logic that Dakota gets the win here. 50-50 and all. Predicted Winner: Dakota Kai

NXT Tag Team Championship Match - Undisputed Era (c) vs. The BroserWeights 

The U.E have already lost the North American Championship. Could tag team gold follow suit? I think so. Predicted Winners: The BroserWeights. 

NXT North American Championship Match - Keith Lee (c) vs. Dominik Dijakovic 

Keith Lee just won the North American Championship from Roderick Strong so he isn't losing here. Predicted Winner: Keith Lee.

Finn Balor vs. Johnny Gargano

This is going to be a very good match. Potential show stealer. 

Predicted Winner: Finn Balor.

NXT Women's Championship Match - Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Bianca Belair

I see this match ending with a "unintentional assist" by Charlotte Flair thus helping the champion remain. I sound like Yoda here don't I? Predicted Winner: Rhea Ripley. 

I'm not usually a fan of triple threat matches to be honest, however, I want to see Bianca be inserted in the WrestleMania match because she deserves that opportunity. 

NXT Championship Match - Adam Cole (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa 

If my predictions are anything to go by, I have Adam Cole as the only champion in the U.E going in this match. I believe he will remain after this match too. "Goldie" isn't coming back to Ciampa. Not this Sunday anyway. Predicted Winner: Adam Cole (Bay-Bay)

That is it for the predictions, Very much looking forward to watching the event. Enjoy if you're watching it too. Until next time. Thanks for reading. 

Let's Talk | WrestleMania 36 matches | Part 1

The grandest stage of them all is a while away but that will not stop speculation as to which matches will be made for the event.

Having said that. It's clear where they are heading with Drew McIntyre. He will challenge "the Beast" Brock at Mania. Before that happens, Lesnar will defend the WWE Championship against Ricochet at Super Showdown.

Another match that seems close to being made official is: Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley for the NXT title in April. That match will no doubt put Ripley on the map and continue her push in WWE. Whether she wins or loses. The EST of NXT Bianca Belair will attempt to change all the plans, as she has a NXT women's title shot at Takeover in a couple of weeks. 

So much content arriving on this here blog in the lead up to WrestleMania. Who knows? There could be an NXT Takeover on here. Stay tuned. Part 2 is soon.