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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Nov 17, 2022 10:16:09 GMT -5
You might not have realized this since I haven’t heard much about it from WWE (though I don’t watch WWE much these days, so take that with a grain of salt), but this year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Elimination Chamber. One of the coolest gimmick matches in the post-Attitude Era deserves some fanfare for this occasion. So post your favorite moments and matches.
Mine was Edge losing the WWE Title EC and then winning the World Heavyweight Title EC.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Nov 17, 2022 10:29:44 GMT -5
Goldberg should've won. Santino should've won.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 17, 2022 10:41:11 GMT -5
Oh f*** right off, 20 years.... Got me feeling like
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Post by salz4life on Nov 17, 2022 10:46:27 GMT -5
Doesn't feel like its been around that long. Getting old sucks!
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 17, 2022 10:54:09 GMT -5
Fascinating to hear that everybody hated the design of the first chamber and the match could have easily been a disaster instead of one of the defining match concepts to come out of the past 20 years (this and MITB)
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Post by agent817 on Nov 17, 2022 11:08:16 GMT -5
Oh f*** right off, 20 years.... Got me feeling like Doesn't feel like its been around that long. Getting old sucks! And once again, I am aware of how long it had been since the first match. I guess I really do keep track of time.
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Post by Legion on Nov 17, 2022 11:42:55 GMT -5
That first one is still the best one imo.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 17, 2022 12:20:14 GMT -5
That first one is still the best one imo. It is, but for some reason I have that one tied with the third one involving Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit, and Shawn Michaels was the guest referee. It was at New Year's Revolution 2005. That was the only good match on that entire card.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Nov 17, 2022 12:46:12 GMT -5
Fascinating to hear that everybody hated the design of the first chamber and the match could have easily been a disaster instead of one of the defining match concepts to come out of the past 20 years (this and MITB) Yeah it was interesting to hear Jericho describe in his book how the match almost fell apart. All of them hated taking bumps on the steel grating. The ceiling was too low so RVD almost legit kills HHH with a frog splash. Kane was supposed to come out last instead of HBK but his pod accidentally opened first and they had to improvise. They were told not to break the glass but Jericho realizing they had to do something big with HBK now still 5 minutes away and HHH on the ground struggling to breathe tells Kane to throw him through it. For some reason HHH and HBK hadn't worked out the finish yet so they had to call the final 5-10 minutes on the fly. And maybe the biggest disaster of alll..Shawn's gear wasn't ready in time so he had to wear those shitty looking tights for his big comeback world title win in MSG. It's a testament to how good those 6 guys were that they still pulled off a classic match under those conditions and it didn't fall apart like that 2015 chamber match did when things went wrong. Without reading that stuff I wouldn't have known anything went wrong really. It was a great match. Even the HHH injury could have just been great selling and he still got back up and had a great finishing sequence.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Nov 17, 2022 12:46:34 GMT -5
It was Vince’s rebuttal to Triple H asking for War Games and then RVD nearly crushed Triple H’s throat in it. Sort of understandable why Hunter isn’t throwing a big anniversary bash for it.
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Post by chazraps on Nov 17, 2022 12:59:42 GMT -5
SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY SALIVA
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Nov 17, 2022 13:22:59 GMT -5
I love the OG Chamber even tho it absolutely sucked cock and balls for the people working it
Like, remember the New Years Revolution Chamber where Kurt Angle got eliminated super early? That was literally his prize for winning a tournament of rock, paper, scissors between everyone in the match backstage that wasn't Cena. That's not a joke that's real, right from Kurt's mouth lmao.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Nov 17, 2022 14:01:09 GMT -5
Santino winning the Elimination Chamber would have been a legendary moment, the crowd were begging for it.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Nov 17, 2022 14:11:48 GMT -5
Santino winning the Elimination Chamber would have been a legendary moment, the crowd were begging for it. I really wish they'd called the audible and had him win it. Have Bryan murder him for it like a week later and proceed with history as is. But stuff like him winning the Chamber, or him (or anyone TRULY out of left field) winning the Rumble would do wonders for the "anything can happen" aspect
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 17, 2022 14:18:02 GMT -5
Santino winning the Elimination Chamber would have been a legendary moment, the crowd were begging for it. I really wish they'd called the audible and had him win it. Have Bryan murder him for it like a week later and proceed with history as is. But stuff like him winning the Chamber, or him (or anyone TRULY out of left field) winning the Rumble would do wonders for the "anything can happen" aspect I've been shouting this from the rooftops for years. But nah let's have Del Rio win the Rumble.
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Post by Hulk With A Mustache on Nov 17, 2022 15:01:08 GMT -5
I really wish they'd called the audible and had him win it. Have Bryan murder him for it like a week later and proceed with history as is. But stuff like him winning the Chamber, or him (or anyone TRULY out of left field) winning the Rumble would do wonders for the "anything can happen" aspect I've been shouting this from the rooftops for years. But nah let's have Del Rio win the Rumble. And Alberto ended up curtain jerking in a losing effort to Edge. If that was the plan, then they should have just given it to Santino.
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Post by "The Natural" Bustin Loads on Nov 17, 2022 20:58:04 GMT -5
I love the OG Chamber even tho it absolutely sucked cock and balls for the people working it Came in to post the same. Admire that they listened to the talent on that but it looks like a toy now. It looked/sounded/was so much more intimidating before. My favorite is still the original, but the third is super good as is the one where Kofi and Bryan were the final two.
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Nov 17, 2022 21:02:16 GMT -5
The pop for Shawn's win in 2002 was so huge and doesn't get brought up enough in discussions of hugest pops.
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Post by King Devitt and the Woke Mob on Nov 17, 2022 22:21:02 GMT -5
Oh f*** right off, 20 years.... Got me feeling like This was my first reaction as well, like "damn I'm old...."
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Nov 17, 2022 23:12:14 GMT -5
The pop for Shawn's win in 2002 was so huge and doesn't get brought up enough in discussions of hugest pops. Those goddamn brown tights.
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