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Post by ace on Feb 24, 2024 12:32:51 GMT -5
I don’t know about the show as a whole…but grizzled, aging, broken down Randy Orton is by far my favorite version of Randy Orton. I am looking forward to him killing Logan Paul more than any of the Bloodline, Cody, Seth, Rock, Uso bullshit
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Post by J is Justice on Feb 24, 2024 12:51:35 GMT -5
I'll give it an 8 because some things pissed me off.
Women's EC was great. Wasn't expecting Tiffy to be that over, and I'm happy Liv got a good showing. Raquel sucks.
Tag title match was good, but the result pissed me off. f*** off with the endless reigns, especially this pointless one nobody cares about.
Austin Theory getting his head smashed in was funny.
Men's EC was good but Triple H just can't help himself with the interference. Even in a f***ing chamber match.
Main event was good for what it was.
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Post by BRV on Feb 24, 2024 12:57:34 GMT -5
I gave it a 6.
Generic LED stage, myriad technical errors, only four matches - all of which had obvious winners - and a blink-and-you-miss-it promo, and a send-them-home-happy main event. Very little of it clicked for me.
I liked that the men's Elimination Chamber match set up three WrestleMania matches in one fell swoop, and the match itself was solid, but outside of that I can't think of anything that really wowed me. Every other match I would rate as "Fine."
In particular, I was let down by the Grayson Waller Effect, wherein I fully expected to get some significant movement in the Cody Rhodes/Seth Rollins/Bloodline feud, but everything is as it was coming into the night - Cody Rhodes still has beef with The Rock, Seth Rollins is there to stand up for Cody Rhodes, and Roman Reigns - the 1,000-plus day worldbeater champion - is still an afterthought in the main event match of WrestleMania XL.
I sat up in my chair a bit when Cody started talking about his conversation with The Rock and what got him to change his mind about handing over the WrestleMania main event, but there was no clarity or resolution to it.
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Post by XIII on Feb 24, 2024 12:58:12 GMT -5
I would download an Elimination Chamber from Somali pirates/10
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Feb 24, 2024 12:58:22 GMT -5
I'll give it an 8 because some things pissed me off. Women's EC was great. Wasn't expecting Tiffy to be that over, and I'm happy Liv got a good showing. Raquel sucks. Tag title match was good, but the result pissed me off. f*** off with the endless reigns, especially this pointless one nobody cares about. Austin Theory getting his head smashed in was funny. Men's EC was good but Triple H just can't help himself with the interference. Even in a f***ing chamber match. Main event was good for what it was.
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Post by 4real on Feb 24, 2024 15:07:33 GMT -5
9. Every match delivered. Sounded like a slog to watch live though.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 24, 2024 15:43:27 GMT -5
I feel like they should love War Games or Elimination Chamber because there's now three consecutive PPVs on the calendar where half the show will be comprised of two very long gimmick matches. Even when done well, it can be tiring and leave little room for the rest of the card.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 24, 2024 17:08:45 GMT -5
I went 8. I think if I watched the whole thing live I would have gone slightly lower. Everything was great but the pacing stunk. Even picking up what I watched live it was still like 30-40 mins between the Waller stuff and the men’s chamber.
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Post by welshpenguin on Feb 24, 2024 17:37:42 GMT -5
A 9! I didn’t get to watch it live but still enjoyed it. No shocks apart from AJ outta nowhere in the Chamber lmao. Tiff is set to go to the tippy top if her performance is anything to go by. Crowd was good. Really enjoyed the tag match. Overall an inoffensive event & it’s set a few things up for Mania.
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Post by clc on Feb 24, 2024 22:03:18 GMT -5
2/10. I did not like it. All filler, no killer.
Didn't watch it live, and that really deducts from my enjoyment. I was not spoiled, but let's be real, this entire show was spoiled with how predictable it was. When it was all done, I regretted wasting the time to watch it. Usually there is something I can look back on and be glad I watched. Even my precious Kabuki Warriors' match kinda sucked.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Feb 25, 2024 5:50:12 GMT -5
I watched the first half live and finished it a little bit ago.
The women's chamber was pretty good, and much like the Rumble, I preferred their match to the men's. The men's was fine, though. I absolutely loved Kevin Owens' intensity during this match, headbutting the glass, screaming, yelling at everything. Dude came into the arena holding a koala and came out to the ring acting like a rabid dog during the whole match. I knew it was either gonna be Drew or Randy, but a part of me wanted to see him win it and three-peat N1 main events at WM.
Main event was decent, elevated greatly by seeing a hometown hero get a decisive win in the main event. Glad to see her retain! Should've been Drew at Clash, man.
Everything else was just whatever to me. This show strangely lacked star power matches despite being a major PPV in AUS. No Gunther, no Roman, Cody's in a talk show segment, Seth is hurt but also in the segment, Waller - another hometown guy - just kinda there in a talk show segment instead of wrestling. I would've built up to KO/Paul II or AJ/Paul or something just to get a much needed male singles match on it. But I guess they had to get to Orton/Paul if that is the plan. The tag match was alright I guess. I think Pete and especially the other short guy are hard to take seriously with their horrendous ring attire, and Priest had a REALLY bad spot where he ran into the guy's balls with the least believable momentum possible. The match wasn't like *bad* or anything, I just think my favorite part was Dom outside the ring doing Dom thangz.
Middle-of-the-road show, but still, I'm excited to get to WM.
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Feb 25, 2024 6:12:17 GMT -5
Women's EC Match: Best match on the card. Tiffany Stratton shut me the hell up, and was so over she was getting everyone else booed. Only downside was Bianca. She does not know how to consistently sell. She just stops selling to get her shit in. The same thing annoyed me about Cena in his heyday. She could learn from Becky Lynch. She gets her stuff in, but also makes her opponents look like a million bucks. I also love Becky's "Ilja Dragunov-like" selling where she just flails and thrashes about. Her and Rhea are gonna have an amazing f***ing match. Both competent, both great sellers. Can't wait.
Also, little nitpick, but can the Men's side of something open a show for once? The Rumble, this, the Women always go on first.
Tag title match: Much better than I expected it to be, and glad New Shit Name with Shit Theme Republic had a chance to shine. Wasn't expecting them to win given they're a new-ish makeshift team that don't feel like threats this close to WM, and JD will get the spotlight, but damn solid wrestling.
Grayson Waller's Bobblehead Hour: Waste of time, I got bored, and went to make food.
Men's EC Match: It wasn't bad, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the Women's one. I was expecting LA Knight to get the pin on Logan to set up their match at WM, but looks like we're doing two different matches. Randy's selling was great. Drew was 100% the right choice to win (as was every single other winner on this show. Predictable doesn't mean bad. And this close to WM a shock win for the sake of it would be 'eh'). I audibly laughed when Logan knocked out Orton. I didn't mind the interference stuff, as it made sense to build the matches a month out. Could they have done it differently? Yes. But I was fine with what we got.
Women's World Championship: Okay-ish. It was a bit underwhelming, and thought they could have easily gone another 5-10 minutes to build the crowd up. Bit of a let down. I loved seeing Rhea's mom getting emotional during the ending celebration. Imagine watching your child rule the damn world, and seeing it in person. It was sweet.
Overall 8/10
My biggest gripe was the shoddy camerawork (good god does that mean Kevin Dunn was......good........). Not watching live with the ability to fast forward helps immensely too. Oh, and I think GUNTHER should have defended the IC title here.
And the personal highlight was about halfway through my partner (very much a casual, only watches certain PPV's with me) asks "How come some people have really bad entrance music, while others do not?"
That's how bad it is folks, he never picks up on stuff like this usually, and this stuck out to him.
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Post by SneakMan on Feb 25, 2024 23:06:23 GMT -5
Went with a 5. Little that was outright bad but NCR/Judgment Day was the only match I really enjoyed, and the usual WWE presentation style did the rest no favors. Rhea’s entrance was the best part of the night because Cole and Graves shut the f*** up and let the moment breathe.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 26, 2024 0:57:20 GMT -5
7, match quality was decent overall but it was super filler.
Also Nia Jax in the main event even just being there to lose to Rhea is still a negative.
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Post by theironyuppie on Feb 26, 2024 1:15:47 GMT -5
Women's EC Match: Best match on the card. Tiffany Stratton shut me the hell up, and was so over she was getting everyone else booed. Only downside was Bianca. She does not know how to consistently sell. She just stops selling to get her shit in. The same thing annoyed me about Cena in his heyday. She could learn from Becky Lynch. She gets her stuff in, but also makes her opponents look like a million bucks. I also love Becky's "Ilja Dragunov-like" selling where she just flails and thrashes about. Her and Rhea are gonna have an amazing f***ing match. Both competent, both great sellers. Can't wait. Bianca's bumping is fine when she can be athletic (she heavily relies on the one where she tumbles over backwards), but her selling remains very erratic for someone where she is in the company.
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Post by Woo on Feb 26, 2024 7:58:08 GMT -5
I wish Triple H would ease up on having people go the distance in matches like this. #1 Rumble winner last year, #3 winner this year, then this year's Elimination Chambers were won by #1 and #2. It kind of doesn't mean much when it keeps happening. Completely agree. It's getting beyond silly. It's really cheapened the rumbles. 2021 had Edge and Orton go coast to coast, and Belair win from 3rd. 2022 had Ripley and Morgan go coast to coast, with Gunther almost doing it too. Bayley won from 3rd this year In 2018 Sasha started the match and finished 4th, Jericho did the same in 2017, Balor too 2016, as did Punk in 2015 and Ziggler in 2013. In the GRR Bryan came in 1st and came 3rd overall. Just stop it already!
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Post by J is Justice on Feb 26, 2024 8:34:50 GMT -5
9, 8 and 7 all tied, lol.
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Post by tafkaga on Feb 26, 2024 16:57:20 GMT -5
5 for me.
Women's EC was better than men's but both were fairly boring.
Tiffany Stratton going out really sucked the energy out of the crowd.
Enjoyed the main event but nothing particularly memorable.
The whole show felt low energy to me, though not as bad as the Rumble.
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