The go home show for WrestleMania 38 finally took place which is the Elimination Chamber pay per view event. A lot of things happened including title changes and shocking outcomes. Let us go through all the matches and everything that happened in this event.
Match 1 – WWE Universal Heavyweight champion Roman Reigns defeated Goldberg by knockout to retain
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Which was the opening match of the night and there were more expectations from this match than it delivered. It was around a five minutes long match and it was more of a typical recent Goldberg match. Both wrestlers had offences but Goldberg could not answer to the unbreakable Guillotine. The former three times Universal champion fainted while being locked into the move.
Match 2 – Women’s Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender for the RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 38 – Bianca Belair defeated Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Doudrop and Nikki ASH
There was way more expectations from this match. But it was not given enough booking time. Bianca winning the match was an easy prediction as almost everybody knew her feud with Becky would headline WrestleMania.
Here is a quick overview of this match. Nikki ASH and Liv Morgan started the match. Doudrop joined the frame next followed by Rhea Ripley. Ripley eliminated Nikki ASH after entering the match. Alexa Bliss entered the match next and Doudrop got eliminated by Liv Morgan. Bianca Belair joined last. Alexa Bliss eliminated Liv Morgan. Rhea Ripley got eliminated next by Bianca Belair quickly.
Bianca vs. Rhea was really well promoted during the match but it could not be justified because of the short booking time. The last fight between Alexa and Bianca was quite good. But it was not a very difficult task for Bianca to get the victory.
Match 3 – Naomi and Ronda Rousey defeated Sonya Deville and Charlotte Flair
It was quite an entertaining match. It was not the best tag team match ever but it was entertaining and it would keep anyone engaged. The match did an excellent job to cement back the dominance of Ronda Rousey who was quite heavy for opponents even with one hand tied behind her back. Rousey made Deville submit with the Cross Armbar.
Match 4 – Drew McIntyre defeated Madcap Moss in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
This match was booked for 10 minutes and it was quite an entertaining match. Even though the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation was not well utilised. It was more of a 2 on 1 handicap match as Happy Corbin remained involved throughout the match. But Drew picked up a dominant pinfall victory with the Claymore.
Match 5 – WWE Raw Women’s champion Becky Lynch defeated Lita
This match was booked for thirteen minutes and it was one of the better matches of the night. The match started with the slow pace but finally it picked up pace and it turned out to be one of the most entertaining matches of the night. Kudos to Lita for her amazing performance at this age. Becky Lynch pinned Lita with the Manhandle Slam.
The Viking Raiders were scheduled to challenge the Usos for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team championships next but f the Vikings were making their entrance, the Usos attacked them from behind and beat them down. The Vikings were not in the condition to compete anymore after the assault. So this was how they saved time for the main event.
Match 6 – WWE Championship – Elimination Chamber match – Brock Lesnar defeated Austin Theory, AJ Styles, Riddle and Seth Rollins to become new WWE champion. Bobby Lashley could not compete because of injury.
The main event of the night was indeed the best match of the event. But Brock Lesnar’s dominance once again buried the rest of the superstars involved in the match. Bobby Lashley’s injury has not been confirmed if it was real or kayfabe. But the injury ruined a lot of things about this match.
Here is a quick overview of this match. Seth Rollins and Austin Theory started the match. Riddle joined the match next followed by AJ Styles. During the process Bobby Lashley got a real injury and he was taken out from the match. He was scheduled to enter the match next but he could not.
Lesnar broke his cage and entered the match. He quickly eliminated Seth Rollins, Riddle and AJ Styles respectively. Austin Theory was the last man standing against Brock Lesnar who was literally manhandled by the Beast Incarnate. Theory survived for a while but eventually he lost. Lesnar is the new champion.
Overall it was a week event as a go home show especially for WrestleMania 38. The Women’s chamber match could be counted as the worst ever Elimination Chamber match in WWE history. The men’s Chamber match was quite bad as well. Superstars coming out of their respective cages in the Chamber match in 2-3 minutes in spite of 5 minutes did not let the intensity to build properly. To make Brock Lesnar dominant, they are buring their current stars. We give it 2 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 2/5