{"id":185776,"date":"2021-02-22T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:17:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T14:17:37","slug":"elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elimination Chamber review: WrestleMania picture clears up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a239c0018659\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a239c0018659\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/#Strictly_Business\" >Strictly Business\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/#Table_Set\" >Table Set<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/#Cesaromania_%E2%80%93_sort_of\" >Cesaromania \u2013 sort of<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/#Somethings_Missing\" >Something\u2019s Missing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elimination-chamber-review-wrestlemania-picture-clears-up\/#Flip_the_switch_bro\" >Flip the switch, bro<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Elimination Chamber review: WrestleMania picture clears up<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The road to WrestleMania is beginning to look a little clearer.<\/p>\n<p>WWE made the most of its five scheduled matches at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view \u2013 which lasted just 2 hours and 30 minutes on Sunday. It booked its first match for WrestleMania 37 in Tampa Bay and started to lay the creative for others by crowning two new champions. Amid plenty of positives \u2013 and while there were circumstances for it \u2013 the women\u2019s division was grossly ignored and underplayed on this show.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five takeaways from Elimination Chamber:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Strictly_Business\"><\/span>Strictly Business\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Raw\u2019s Elimination Chamber match wasn\u2019t as good as its SmackDown counterpart, but ended up having much bigger implications on the company\u2019s landscape. The Miz is now your WWE champion for the first time in more than a decade after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract. Drew McIntyre won the actual chamber match and looked dam good and intense doing so. He hit an absolutely awesome Claymore counter on A.J. Styles\u2019 Phenomenal Forearm to get the victory. McIntryre was then attacked by Bobby Lashley, who lost his United State championship earlier in the night. Miz was seen talking to MVP earlier in the night, so it\u2019s safe to assume they cut some sort of deal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"743\" height=\"495\" alt=\"The Miz celebrates winning the WWE championship from Drew McIntyre at Elimination Chamber on Feb. 20, 2021\" class=\"wp-image-17380651 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/miz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/miz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/miz.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=743 743w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 743px\"\/><figcaption>The Miz celebrates winning the WWE championship from Drew McIntyre at Elimination Chamber on Feb. 20, 2021<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WWE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It lays an intriguing foundation for all three of them. Miz, who last held the WWE championship on May 1, 2011, feels like a transitional champion who needed to make good on a second cash-in attempt. The event set up McIntrye for the next two months, likely with a match against Miz or a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>le-threat that includes Lashly at Fastlane. Miz and John Morrison still seem destined for a tag team match against Bad Bunny and Damien Priest in Tampa, leaving Lashley the leader to face McIntyre for the title. One does have to wonder when WWE will revisit a McIntyre-Sheamus feud that was a highlight of this match. Randy Orton was a very surprisingly eliminated first and Styles \u2013 who was scheduled to enter last \u2013 had bodyguard Jordan Omogbehin rip off the back of his pod so he can enter early.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Table_Set\"><\/span>Table Set<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first WrestleMania 37 match is official. Royal Rumble winner Edge chose to face Universal champion Roman Reigns in April after \u201cThe Head of the Table\u201d beat an injured Daniel Bryan to retain his title. Edge came from across the ring to spear a celebrating Reigns, point to the WrestleMania sign and whisper something in his foe\u2019s ear \u2013 fully returning the favor from this week\u2019s \u201cFriday Night SmackDown.\u201d This was well done and the right call. Reigns, who is firing on all his storytelling cylinders, needs a true babyface opponent. Edge\u2019s biggest strength is character and story, so there is plenty of reasons to be excited for this build.<\/p>\n<p>Expect Reigns to face Bryan at Fastlane in March. Bryan won SmackDown\u2019s Elimination Chamber to open the show by pinning Reigns\u2019 cousin Jey Uso and working a storyline knee injury. That match with Reigns h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely after the chamber. Bryan did get Reigns in the Yes Lock in a flash before tapping to the guillotine. Michael Cole did a superb job giving us WrestleMania 30 flashback and making it feel Bryan just may win in that moment. All these circumstances make it easy for Bryan to ask for a pay-per-view match at full strength.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cesaromania_%E2%80%93_sort_of\"><\/span>Cesaromania \u2013 sort of<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cesaro did not win the Elimination Chamber, but no one looked better than him in it. An edge and confidence that we have not seen from him in a while was back. Cesaro did pullups on the roof of the chamber after kicking Sami Zayn off, swung Jey Uso into poles on the side of the structure and dominated large portions of the offense. He was in the final three before being pinned by Uso.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was a real feeling Cesaro would win this thing. Let\u2019s hope WWE is grooming him for some sort of push. He and Seth Rollins still have some unfinished business on SmackDown, and if all goes well, maybe he gets a program with Reigns later on this year when fans return.<\/p>\n<p>This match featured the best wrestling of the night, especially since it opened with Cesaro and Bryan. Such a treat. Sami Zayn\u2019s character work \u2013 hiding in the pod and trying to form an alliance with Kevin Owens \u2013 really stood out. King Corbin was in the powerhouse spot but was eliminated first via sharpshooter by Cesaro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Somethings_Missing\"><\/span>Something\u2019s Missing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Remember the days when WWE\u2019s women\u2019s division produced some of the most meaningful and competitive matches and stories on any show they were on? It feels like WWE got away from that at Elimination Chamber \u2013 which lacked a women\u2019s chamber match all together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Raw women\u2019s champion Asuka was supposed to wrestle Lacy Evans, until the sassy Southern belle\u2019s real-life pregnancy announcement. WWE promoted the match right up until Sunday and did not find Asuka a replacement. She hasn\u2019t defended the belt since a Nov. 23 match on Raw against Lana. Unless you are going to pull the Rhea Ripley card, WWE left itself with no legitimate contenders for the belt. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sasha Banks &amp; Bianca Belair show off instant chemistry: WWE Elimination Chamber\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EM9hb-ch9Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The women\u2019s match we did get \u2013 women\u2019s tag team champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler vs. Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair \u2013 felt more like filler at best. Banks and Belair seem destined for a WrestleMania match for the SmackDown women\u2019s championship. The Boss just got out of buddy-tag-team-gone-wrong-storyline with Bayley, so why go this route despite their good in-ring chemistry? Belair continued to show off her athletic ability and Baszler\u2019s joint manipulations are painful beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, Carmella\u2019s sommelier, Reginald, is somehow involved in this. He rolled a potential celebratory bottle of champagne in the ring for Banks to use on Jax. She refused, the referee saw it and it led to Jax hitting the Samoan Drop to get the pin. Banks getting pinned a little more than two months before WrestleMania isn\u2019t ideal. Jax got a win back after being pinned by Reginald on SmackDown. Maybe Banks does the same at Fastlane.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flip_the_switch_bro\"><\/span>Flip the switch, bro<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There was a lot of change around the United State championship, which is now around the waste of Matt Riddle. The night started with Keith Lee being pulled from because of \u201cinjuries sustained at the hands of Lashley.\u201d Though there was a report by PWInsider that Lee may have suffered a real injury. John Morrison won a match against Mustafa Ali, Ricochet and Elias on the kickoff show to earn a spot in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison took the pin from Riddle via a Bro Derek. It came with the champion Lashley \u2013 who looked like an unbeatable monster throughout even in a quasi-handicap match \u2013 knocked out of the ring when Riddle hit him with MVP\u2019s crutch. It was a good way to get the belt off Lashley so he could move into the world title picture without him actually losing. Tom Philips had an awkward moment where he made it seem like the referee let the disqualification go on the strike with the crutch even though triple-threat are no DQ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next for Riddle is unclear. If Lee returns, he has a legitimate case for title shot. Maybe Riddle starts a program with the Hurt Business\u2019 Shelton Benjamin or Cedric Alexander. Why not make Retribution mean something and have Riddle Feud with Ali? Also, note to WWE: Please give Morrison a singles run soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Match:<\/strong> SmackDown Elimination Chamber<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Winner:<\/strong> The Miz\/Bobby Lashley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest Loser<\/strong>: Sasha Banks\/Asuka<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade:<\/strong> B\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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