Alberto Del Rio def. Kofi Kingston(10:27)
Thoughts: Is it me, or is February never good for Kofi? Every Elimination Chamber, the question is who he’s going to job
out to, assuming he even makes it to the match. *Cough Edge! Cough* Facing the
guy heading to a World Heavyweight Title match at WrestleMania, you know that there was
no chance of him coming out with a win. To wwe’s credit, I think
they booked this one really well. Kofi definitely looked like a threat
to Del Rio and this is one of those times where the face gets elevated
by virtue of looking strong in a loss. Del Rio looked good as usual, and Kofi played the plucky babyface role to perfection, so I can't hate this little gem.
Rating: ***1/2
Elimination Chamber Match:
World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Championship
Edge(c) def. Rey Mysterio, Kane, Drew McIntyre, The Big Show and Wade Barrett(31:32)
Thoughts: This was a very fun Elimination Chamber. I admit, I wasn’t very enthused
about the reveal of Big Show as the mystery sixth man, but he worked
just fine within the confines of the match and everyone involved did
some very good work. Of course Rey was a workhorse in this match
and provided a lot of great moments and I loved the way he worked with
Edge in the match. But for me, the breakout star was Drew, who looked
incredibly strong here and again, WHY DID YOU DROP THE BALL ON HIM WWE?!. Anyway, it was nice to see Kane have a strong showing
and while this wasn’t the best Chamber match we’ve seen, it was
certainly a lot of fun and well-put together. Leaving it down to Edge
and Rey left some suspense too, because either of them could have faced
Del Rio. Smartly laid-out for a great kick-ass match! Oh and Christian’s appearance
at the end was a great mark-out moment.
Rating: ****1/4
WWE Tag Team Championship
Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater def. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov(c)(5:03)
Thoughts: One of the reasons why the Tag Team division was god-awful during this time was because they were treated as afterthoughts and this match was no exception since it was only announced a few days prior to the show on WWE.com. The match itself was certainly nothing special, but it did serve
to move the belts from Santino & Kozlov to Gabriel & Slater.
I’ll admit that Santino & Kozlov actually had started to grow on me,
but I was never comfortable with the Tag Titles
being held by a mismatched joke tag team (even if the tag titles
themselves were kinda of a joke at the time.) With their win here, I was thinking that this would build to a New Nexus/Corre match at Mania, whether it be Slater/Gabriel vs Otunga/McGillicutty for the Tag Titles or a 6-man tag with Slater, Gabriel and Ezekiel Jackson vs. Otunga, McGillicutty, & Mason Ryan. Neither of which didn't happen. Why? I don't have a fucking clue. Way to drop another ball, WWE.
Rating: *1/2
WWE Championship
The Miz(c) def. Jerry Lawler(12:09)
Thoughts: We all knew that Jerry Lawler wasn’t going to win. We knew it.
WWE couldn’t afford to undercut their youth movement by having Jerry
Lawler carry the WWE Championship into WrestleMania. We knew it. But
damn, there were a few moments when all good sense went right out the
window and I truly did believe that Lawler was about to win the big one.
Of course, I also truly believed that Tom Watson was going to win the
2009 Open Championship. Like I said earlier, I may be a bit delusional.
Having the Miz win the match clean was the right decision and letting him
go toe-to-toe with Jerry Lawler on PPV will do nothing but make
him a better professional wrestler. Overall, a solid match, but nothing too exciting. It was really here to serve as a
placeholder for Miz and to set up a match between two announcers for WrestleMania.
Rating: **3/4
Main Event: Elimination Chamber Match
John Cena def. CM Punk, John Morrison, King Sheamus, Randy Orton and R-Truth(33:12)
Thoughts: Like the other Chamber match, this was a hell of a lot of fun.
Sure, there were weird moments. Was the Chamber error a legit one or a
work? Personally, I think it was a work.
Either way, I thought it was hilarious and worked to Punk’s favor while
building the Orton/Punk heat nicely. Morrison came out of this an
absolute star once again and I have to ask: Why wasn't this man given a rocket strapped
to his ass that shot him to the moon? The whole thing worked very
well; I have to say I almost believe Morrison might win at points, but
of course it was Cena. Cena made the most sense to face Miz after Rock
referred to them both. Anyway, I think this match was the better one by
just a hair, due to Morrison Spider-Man antics, but both were great.
Rating: ****1/2
Final Rating:
3.30 out of 5
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