Monday, September 23, 2013

ELIMINATION CHAMBER, Year 6

Two Elimination Chamber matches tonight. Will either champion retain?

Match 1. Rollins and Reigns vs. The Real Americans   WWE Tag Team Championship
Rollins and Reigns hit Cesaro with a double back elbow smash. Cesaro recovered and hit Rollins with the Neutralizer. Rollins kicked out and busted Cesaro open with a running knee. Reigns connected with the spear on Swagger. After a double team move, Rollins hit Swagger with a spike DDT and won.

Match 2. Prime Time Players vs. Wyatt Family
The Wyatts hit Young with a double suplex. The PTPers landed a double DDT on Rowan. Harper placed Young on the announce table and landed a huge elbow drop. Bray walked down with a chair as Harper landed a reverse torture rack slam on O'Neil to win.

Match 3. Cody Rhodes vs. Curtis Axel
Axel tossed Rhodes into the ropes and hit a clothesline. Cody came back with a blocked punch and a body slam. A little later, Rhodes hit the Alabama Slam and locked in a Mexican stretch, forcing Axel to tap.

Match 4. Dean Ambrose vs. Kofi Kingston   WWE United States Championship
Kofi landed a heel kick and a knife-edge chop. He hit a German suplex and another chop. Ambrose sat Kofi in the corner and connected with a running knee to the head. He then hit the Death Valley Driver, but Kofi kicked out. Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise to regain the US title.

Match 5. Show vs. Orton vs. Wade vs. Sandow vs. Henry vs. Rey   World Heavyweight Championship
This is the first of two chamber matches. I'm surprised by the inclusion of Wade. Rey's made himself relevant with his somewhat alliance to Orton. Speaking of that, Orton and Rey kicked off the match. Sandow was the first to leave his pod. Henry was the next one out. Show left his pod next. Barrett entered and all six men were in the middle of the ring.

Barrett and Henry took to the outside. Orton busted Rey open with a DDT. Orton eliminated Sandow after a couple of clotheslines and a back breaker. Barrett hit Henry with a sit-out spine buster on the steel grating. Henry hit Barrett with the World's Strongest Slam and eliminated him. Show hit Rey with the Final Cut and got the elimination. Orton hit Henry with two RKOs in a matter of minutes to eliminate him. Orton threw Show into the glass of one of the pods and busted him open. Show hit the Showstopper and won.

Match 6. The Miz vs. Christian   WWE Intercontinental Championship
Miz tossed Christian into the corner and connected with a running boot. He went for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Christian countered it and hit the Killswitch to regain the title. It was a quick filler match between the two chamber matches.

Main Event. Cena vs. Punk vs. Bryan vs. Ryback vs. Ziggler vs. Jericho   WWE Championship
Raw's chamber match is star-studded. Ziggler and Cena opened the match. Ryback was the first man to leave the pod. Ryback hit Cena with a huge spine buster. Bryan was next to enter. Jericho was the third to enter. Cena hit Ziggler with shoulder tackles and a spin-out slam. Punk entered and all six men were going at it.

Ryback hit Ziggler with two spinning side slam. Ziggler caught Bryan with a diving gut buster. He then hit the Zig Zag, but Bryan got right up. Punk stood on the apron for a few minutes while everyone else went at it. Cena hit Jericho with an AA, but got a one count. Ryback eliminated Ziggler after a big boot. Bryan eliminated Ryback after a rolling senton. Jericho hit Bryan with a Codebreaker and eliminated him. Punk superplexed Jericho and eliminated him. Punk hit Cena with a few suplexes before connecting with the GTS to win the title.

Recap: The SmackDown chamber match was the better of the two. The midcard titles changed hands again, which I'm not a fan of.

No comments:

Post a Comment