*Official* Elimination Chamber (breaking news Rusev out)

**Mr. Nerfect** · 06-01-2015, 10:27 AM

I really enjoyed that "live special." The Tag Team Title match made everyone look good. There was a bit of awkwardness with Kalisto and the "waiting for a guy to do stuff" vibe, but the dude is a gamer. Cesaro is a fucking freak. I haven't enjoyed The Prime Time Players as much as I did tonight. Darren Young worked hard and Titus came off like a beast when pissed. I can deal with them being immediate challengers to The New Day, although I'd rather issues develop between them and Cesaro & Kidd, only for their party to be crashed by Harper & Rowan -- Four-Way for Money in the Bank. Sin Cara also impressed me, The Ascension looked better than they ever had, and even Los Matadores had some fire.

Tag team wrestling matters to me after that.

The Divas match was kind of botched. I get what they are trying to do, but everyone basically has these forced characters shoved out there, and the raw emotion that the NXT girls have isn't there. Paige and Naomi probably should have just had a grudge match with Nikki watching on. This was spot, spot, spot and a lot of them looked like they hurt.

Cena and Owens tore it the fuck down. I haven't been too into Owens, but the man is fucking great. His promo work since he's started working with Cena has been harrowing. The man is a perfect foil for him. His clean win also imprints him on people's brains. He has what King Barrett lacks -- you believe him as a threat. Are they rushing the rematch? Hmm. It feels right. I do think it should be for the US Title now, but I think Owens will use that psychological edge on Cena in coming weeks. I'd be fine with both guys in Money in the Bank too. But it's happening, and I'm not going to whinge.

Bo Dallas and Neville actually impressed me. For his age, Bo gets a lot of things that a lot of performers never get. The psychology here was great, and this was never meant to steal the show. I want to see Bo in a feud he can win.

The IC Chamber was...I'm sorry, but it was boring. A lot of the guys that were in it being in it didn't make sense, and I don't know how I am meant to invest in R-Truth and Barrett. They win, they lose, they win, they lose. Why should I really care? Both are good performers, but Barrett should be above the IC Title at this point, and Truth has never really made a good stake to the title. Dolph Ziggler did what Dolph Ziggler does, but we've seen it so much that it's just his job to get beat down sometimes. He's also a guy that has won the IC Title so much that I don't care when he does it anymore. Sheamus is a great performer, but he feels above the title on so many levels, but an ill-fit anywhere else. He's almost like the Dudley Boyz were to me, in that he just hovers about. Henry became great, but he's almost a weird sort of credible novelty act at this point. Ryback winning was actually touching, and I want to get behind him as champ. At least he can say he won a Chamber now. I want to see him give open challenges and eventually move into a feud with Kevin Owens and/or John Cena. Curtis Axel should answer the first one. I also think that Ryback vs. Mark Henry, with Ryback beating Henry to remove the WrestleMania XXIX-sized chip on his shoulder would be a good story.

The main event was a fun match. I wasn't into it for some reason (I haven't really been watching), but I find Ambrose magnetic. Seth is so good at what he does, but he still seems like he should be the IC Champion or something. Everyone seems...on par when around him. I dunno. He doesn't feel like *the* guy, as stand-out as he is. But he and Ambrose tore it down, and the ending, even though you knew it was a false finish, made me mark out. A great way to keep the Ambrose express going, and he's hitting balls out of the park, so why let it stop? I like the "crazy face has the heel's championship" storyline anyway. Look for him to bribe Rollins into another match -- possibly a Ladder Match -- since MITB often has two of them.

As fucking superb as Lesnar is at being a beast, I kind of think his looming shadow keeps things annoyingly locked down. If there were no Lesnar, you'd have no clue where any of this was going, yet it has this weird stench of "place-warmer." Still, I hope Ambrose segues himself into a permanent main event role out of this. I'm still hoping for Triple H vs. Ambrose at SummerSlam.

**#1-norm-fan** · 06-01-2015, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Noid

The main event was a fun match. I wasn't into it for some reason (I haven't really been watching), but I find Ambrose magnetic. Seth is so good at what he does, but he still seems like he should be the IC Champion or something. Everyone seems...on par when around him. I dunno. He doesn't feel like *the* guy, as stand-out as he is.

This is what I've been saying. I said it when he won the title. He's not credible as champion (especially after we just had one of the more credible champions ever bringing the title's prestige back up to a whole new level). Outside of my personal thoughts on Rollins not having the larger than life character to be on top, he hasn't been booked as remotely credible. They made so much progress with Lesnar's reign in making the title look like something to covet and now they've gone backwards.

It doesn't help that John Cena is way more over and way more credible and holding a secondary title, thus making it seem like the World and US titles are practically interchangeable.

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06-01-2015, 10:27 AM	#1
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,634	I really enjoyed that "live special." The Tag Team Title match made everyone look good. There was a bit of awkwardness with Kalisto and the "waiting for a guy to do stuff" vibe, but the dude is a gamer. Cesaro is a fucking freak. I haven't enjoyed The Prime Time Players as much as I did tonight. Darren Young worked hard and Titus came off like a beast when pissed. I can deal with them being immediate challengers to The New Day, although I'd rather issues develop between them and Cesaro & Kidd, only for their party to be crashed by Harper & Rowan -- Four-Way for Money in the Bank. Sin Cara also impressed me, The Ascension looked better than they ever had, and even Los Matadores had some fire. Tag team wrestling matters to me after that. The Divas match was kind of botched. I get what they are trying to do, but everyone basically has these forced characters shoved out there, and the raw emotion that the NXT girls have isn't there. Paige and Naomi probably should have just had a grudge match with Nikki watching on. This was spot, spot, spot and a lot of them looked like they hurt. Cena and Owens tore it the fuck down. I haven't been too into Owens, but the man is fucking great. His promo work since he's started working with Cena has been harrowing. The man is a perfect foil for him. His clean win also imprints him on people's brains. He has what King Barrett lacks -- you believe him as a threat. Are they rushing the rematch? Hmm. It feels right. I do think it should be for the US Title now, but I think Owens will use that psychological edge on Cena in coming weeks. I'd be fine with both guys in Money in the Bank too. But it's happening, and I'm not going to whinge. Bo Dallas and Neville actually impressed me. For his age, Bo gets a lot of things that a lot of performers never get. The psychology here was great, and this was never meant to steal the show. I want to see Bo in a feud he can win. The IC Chamber was...I'm sorry, but it was boring. A lot of the guys that were in it being in it didn't make sense, and I don't know how I am meant to invest in R-Truth and Barrett. They win, they lose, they win, they lose. Why should I really care? Both are good performers, but Barrett should be above the IC Title at this point, and Truth has never really made a good stake to the title. Dolph Ziggler did what Dolph Ziggler does, but we've seen it so much that it's just his job to get beat down sometimes. He's also a guy that has won the IC Title so much that I don't care when he does it anymore. Sheamus is a great performer, but he feels above the title on so many levels, but an ill-fit anywhere else. He's almost like the Dudley Boyz were to me, in that he just hovers about. Henry became great, but he's almost a weird sort of credible novelty act at this point. Ryback winning was actually touching, and I want to get behind him as champ. At least he can say he won a Chamber now. I want to see him give open challenges and eventually move into a feud with Kevin Owens and/or John Cena. Curtis Axel should answer the first one. I also think that Ryback vs. Mark Henry, with Ryback beating Henry to remove the WrestleMania XXIX-sized chip on his shoulder would be a good story. The main event was a fun match. I wasn't into it for some reason (I haven't really been watching), but I find Ambrose magnetic. Seth is so good at what he does, but he still seems like he should be the IC Champion or something. Everyone seems...on par when around him. I dunno. He doesn't feel like the guy, as stand-out as he is. But he and Ambrose tore it down, and the ending, even though you knew it was a false finish, made me mark out. A great way to keep the Ambrose express going, and he's hitting balls out of the park, so why let it stop? I like the "crazy face has the heel's championship" storyline anyway. Look for him to bribe Rollins into another match -- possibly a Ladder Match -- since MITB often has two of them. As fucking superb as Lesnar is at being a beast, I kind of think his looming shadow keeps things annoyingly locked down. If there were no Lesnar, you'd have no clue where any of this was going, yet it has this weird stench of "place-warmer." Still, I hope Ambrose segues himself into a permanent main event role out of this. I'm still hoping for Triple H vs. Ambrose at SummerSlam.