WWE Elimination Chamber took place on Sunday 17th February at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. There are only 7 matches on the card but we will see who will be the first ever WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. So let's take a look.
The match on the Kick Off Show was Akira Tozowa challenging Buddy Murphy for the Cruiserweight Championship. Murphy shrugs off Flair chops from Tozowa before catching him do a suicide dive and hitting with a suplex to the outside. Tozowa manages to make a comeback with multiple kicks. Both guys have a chance to win it before Tozowa hits a Senton from the rope to the back for 2. Tozowa puts Murphy in the Iron Octopus submission. However, Murphy powers out of it and hits Murphy's Law to get the win. This was a really good match and a great way to start the event.
Winner: Buddy Murphy (1 for 1)
The first match of the show is a Elimination Chamber Match to crown the first ever WWE Women's Tag Team Champions consisting of the teams of Nia Jax and Tamina, The IIconics, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan, Sasha Banks and Bayley, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville and Carmella and Naomi. Sasha and Bayley and Mandy and Sonya start the match. Sarah and Liv then enter the match followed by The IIonics and then Carmella and Naomi. Unfortunately, Billie and Peyton team up to do a beautiful pinning combination on Naomi to eliminate them. Nia and Tamina then enter and proceed to destroy everyone. The IIconics get eliminated when they hit with stereo Samoan Drops by Nia and Tamina. Liv and Sarah then get eliminated when Liv gets hit by a Samoan Drop from the middle rope followed by a Superfly Splash by Tamina. Nia then tries to spear Bayley but misses and goes crashing through one of the pads. This gives everyone else the chance to team up and pin Tamina to eliminate her and Nia. Sasha and Bayley come very close to winning when Sonya gets hit with a back stabber by Sasha followed by a Belly-to-Bayley by Bayley but Mandy just about breaks up the pin. In the end, Sasha gets Sonya to submit using a modified Banks Statement to get the win.
This match was a lot of fun with some really cool spots. The IIonics, as always, were great to watch and I thought all the women performed really well. Sasha and Bayley were probably the best choice to win this and I hope they have a long and significant reign.
Winners: Sasha Banks and Bayley (2 for 2)
The next match is for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships as Hollywood Miz and "Best in the World" Shane McMahon face the challenge of The Usos. Miz and Shane work well together before The Usos bounce Miz's neck off the rope to get the advantage. Miz manages to get the hot tag to Shane and he does a Coast-to-Coast to Jimmy. The match goes into a back and forth affair and The Miz goes to hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Jimmy. However, Jimmy manages to reverse Miz's cover into a crucifix pin to get the win and to the shock of The Miz. Even though I'm not a big fan of the whole Miz/Shane tag team, this was quite a good match. They have a rematch at Fastlane so hopefully they'll lose that and lead to Miz betraying Shane.
Winners: The Usos (2 for 3)
We now get a handicap match for the Intercontinental Championship as Finn Balor challenges Lio Rush and Bobby Lashley. Rush distracts Balor long enough for Lashley to slam him into the barrier. Lashley and Rush are completely dominant. However, Rush's arrogance leads to him missing a frogsplash, giving Balor a chance to make a comeback and isolate Rush. Balor goes on to hit the Coup de Grace to pin Rush and become the new Intercontinental Champion. Afterwards, Lashley chokeslams Rush. The match was pretty good. However, I hope that it doesn't lead to the break up of Rush and Lashley as I think they work well together.
Winner: Finn Balor (3 for 4)
Next is Ruby Riott challenging Ronda Rousey for the RAW Women's Championship with Charlotte Flair watching at ringside. Ruby starts well but Ronda quickly hits Piper's Pit then gets Ruby to submit to the armbar. Wait, that was it?! Afterwards, Charlotte gets into the ring and "The Man" Becky Lynch, who hasn't grasped what a suspension actually means, arrives and beats the fuck out of Charlotte and Ronda with her crutches. I felt that the match was pointless as it just led to what happened afterwards, which was judged as more important by WWE.
Winner: Ronda Rousey (4 for 5)
We now get a no disqualification match between Baron Corbin and Braun Strowman. Near the beginning, Corbin uses a kendo stick against Strowman and later on, the steel steps. Strowman deals with it and after crashing Corbin through a table, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley come down and beat Strowman with chairs. They go on to dominate Strowman and Shield Bomb him through two tables. Corbin then pins him to get the win. The match was ok and I wasn't a big fan of the ending.
Winner: Baron Corbin (4 for 6)
After we see Hollywood Miz spit the dummy over the loss he suffered earlier, a pointless cameo by Lacey Evans and multiple adverts, we get our main event. "The New" Daniel Bryan facing the challenges of Kofi Kingston, Samoa Joe, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles. Joe and Bryan start the match and Kingston is the next one to enter. This was followed by Styles and Joe was the first to be eliminated thanks to a Phenomenal Forearm by Styles. Hardy then enters but, after hitting a Swanton Bomb to Styles' back, he gets creamed by a running knee by Bryan to get eliminated. Orton is the last one to enter and eliminates Styles after countering a Phenomenal Forearm into a RKO. Kingston then eliminates Orton with a Trouble in Paradise, leaving him and Bryan. Kingston hits big moves such the SOS and Bryan comes close with another running knee. In the end, Kingston misses a splash off one of the pods. Bryan then kills him with a 3rd running knee to get the win.
This was a really good match and I loved the contest between Kingston and Bryan at the end, which had some amazing near falls. There's been some talk about Kingston getting a main event push and, based on them having another match at Fastlane, it looks that way. Hopefully it won't be a temporary measure.
Winner: Daniel Bryan (5 for 7)
Except for a significant lull in the middle, I thought that Elimination Chamber was pretty good. Hopefully, Fastlane will be the same and we get a good road to Wrestlemania.
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