Although the WrestleMania picture is far from complete it has come into better focus after Elimination Chamber: Perth. Not only do we know who will be challenging Seth Rollins and Rhea Ripley for their respective titles at WrestleMania but we also kind of know who else will be feuding at the Showcase of the Immortals.
52,590 WWE fans in Australia were there to witness Elimination Chamber. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
With him costing LA Knight the Elimination Chamber match it is clear that AJ Styles and LA Knight will be heading to Mania. The same can be said for Logan Paul, Randy Orton and Kevin Owens. Owens and Paul continued to throw gasoline on the fire that is their feud in the Chamber match while United States Champion Logan Paul cost Orton the bout by just clobbering him with his trusty brass knuckles.
Despite Chamber setting the table for Mania it suffered from very predictable outcomes and that took much of the excitement out of the show.
Elimination Chamber: Perth Results
The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs. Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match
Although they tease “hometown” favourite Indi Hartwell possibly scoring the BIG victory it is the Warriors who come out on top. From the floor Kairi Sane pulls LeRae down from the top rope. Kairi bounces Hartwell off a steel post. Kairi hits her flying elbow smash to retain.
Winners: …and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions…The Kabuki Warriors.
Match Rating: 7 / 10
Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Raquel Rodriguez – Women’s Elimination Chamber Match for a Women’s World Championship match at WrestleMania XL
Lynch and Naomi start things off. Lynch knocks down Naomi with a shoulder tackle and flexes muscles she doesn’t have. Naomi does the same thing back to Lynch minutes later but doesn’t pose. Lynch starts doing her thing of awkwardly talking to herself. It never looks genuine. Becky look tentative running the ropes. Not sure why. Becky and Naomi have a back and forth that looks like they are wrestling in slow motion. The sequence is really silted.
Lynch and Naomi battle on the platform, pod area. As Naomi is whipped into the chain link cage she leaps up onto it. Naomi catches Lynch in a head scissors ramming Lynch’s head into the cage. Naomi lands a split-leg drop on Lynch as she hangs from the cage.
The first person to exit their chamber is…Tiffany Stratton.
Stratton has the crowd cheering on as she does her flippy elbow smash thingy on both Lynch and Naomi in opposite corners. Stratton wastes no time trying for the pinfalls. She gets a two after spinebustering Lynch. Naomi body splashes both women. They kick out of the double pin. Stratton picks up both Lynch and Naomi at the same time. Naomi escapes. Stratton slams Lynch down and slaps Naomi in the face and slams Naomi down on Lynch. Lynch halts the Prettiest Moonsault Ever with a Russian Leg Sweep off the second rope. Naomi almost pins both Lynch and Stratton with another split-leg drop.
The second person to exit their chamber is…Liv Morgan.
Lynch looks to end Tiffy Time. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
Morgan goes right after Stratton. She whips Stratton back and forth into Belair’s pod and an empty pod. Morgan flattens Lynch and Naomi with Code Breakers. Naomi scales the cage once again with Stratton in tow. Lynch gives Stratton a Bexsploder into the cage. Lynch puts Stratton’s arm through the cage for a Disarmer. Naomi leaps off the top of the pod to sunset flip powerbomb Liv Morgan off the second rope to the mat below. A great spot that. Stratton takes advantage of the distraction rolling up Naomi for the pin.
Naomi has been eliminated.
Naomi flies. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
Naomi is furious. The crowd is behind Stratton though and has been the entire match.
The third person to exit their chamber is….Raquel Rodriguez.
Raquel picks up Lynch ramming her back into the cage repeatedly. She then catches Stratton swinging her into the cage. Raquel stops Liv’s attempt at a Codebreaker. She holds her up for a suplex, gently bounces her off the cage and over the ropes back into the ring.
The fourth person to exit their chamber is….Bianca Belair.
Belair and Stratton get it on. The announcers play up the bad blood between the two. Belair knocks the stuffing out of Stratton depositing her inside a pod. Belair uses her strength to overpower everyone else…except Raquel. Bianca counters Raquel’s suplex and Tornado DDT her. Liv goes splat on Raquel with a seated senton from the top of a pod. Stratton and Lynch brawl on top of a pod. Stratton shoves Lynch off the pod onto Raquel below. Stratton gets a massive cheer as she jumps off the top of the pod onto everyone below. Unfortunately, Morgan would pin Stratton a few minutes later. The crowd booed and booed.
Tiffany Stratton has been eliminated.
Raquel double Tejana bomb to Lynch and Morgan. Belair pins Raquel with the KOD.
Raquel Rodriguez has been eliminated.
Belair springboard moonsaults both Lynch and Morgan. They kick out. Belair catches Liv swinging her into the cage. Belair gets vicious ramming Lynch’s head into the cage next. Liv superplexes Lynch. Belair tries to follow up with a 450 splash. Lynch puts her knees up. Liv counters the KOD with yet another Code Breaker. Please, someone teach Liv some new moves. The handful she knows are stale. Lynch escapes the KOD so that Liv can roll up Belair.
Bianca Belair has been eliminated.
Lynch pins Live with the Manhandle Slam.
Liv Morgan has been eliminated.
Lynch is your winner. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
Winner: Becky Lynch
Rating: 9 / 10
The Judgment Day (c) vs. The New Catch Republic – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match
New Catch are about to win the belts. Dominic Mysterio pulls Balor’s leg under the ropes. Tyler Bate spots Mysterio. Mysterio leaps onto the apron arguing with the official. She sends Mysterio back to the dressing room. Priest chokeslams Dunn on the ring apron. Bate reverses a Razor’s Edge which sends Priest flying into Balor’s “lower abdomen” as he stands perched in the corner to hit the Coup de Grace. Bate rolls up Priest for a two count. Bate and Dunn give Priest a BurmingHammer for a two count. Priest splatters New Catch with a double South of Heaven from the second rope. Balor pins Dunn with the Coup de Grace.
Winners: …and still WWE Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions…The Judgment Day.
Rating: 8 / 10
‘Elimination Chamber clears the road to WrestleMania’ continues on the next page
The Grayson Waller Show with Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins
Cody says he is a fan of The Rock and then makes fun of his old catchphrases.
Cody: Maybe it is just me but I think to be the People’s Champ you actually have to be around the people.
Cody makes an announcement. He says until WrestleMania he is “wide-open”. He wants to wrestle The Rock one-on-one, anytime, any place.
Rollins says it is time to cut the head off the snake. Rollins tells Cody when that time comes he won’t be fighting that battle against The Bloodline alone.
Austin Theory mocks Cody saying “it doesn’t matter what he thinks”. He mocks Cody “finishing his story”. Rollins eggs him on.
When Theory begins to imitate The Rock, Rollins and Cody give him a Cody Cutter and a Stomp. Waller stays in a corner watching it all go down. He doesn’t move a muscle to defend his buddy and the announcers go out of their way to point that out. Hmmmmm. What could it all mean?
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul – Men’s Elimination Chamber match for a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XL
As Lashley enters the Chamber he throws his jacket at Owens’ pod. Logan Paul kisses his United States Championship before handing it off to an official. Owens scowls at Paul. Paul riles up Owens who cannot lay a finger on him as he is stuck in his pod. Orton climbs on top of Lashley’s pod to pose for the crowd. Orton takes him time getting into his chamber.
Drew McIntyre waits on LA Knight to make his way down to the Chamber. Knight stands on Orton’s Chamber to pose for the crowd. Drew just smiles at it all. Drew chops Knight from corner to corner until Knight gives him a neckbreaker, suplex and a flying elbow smash from the second rope.
The crowd begins cheering for CM Punk. Drew smirks and smiles. Drew makes the “Go to Sleep” sign but Knight blocks the move. Knight shoulder tackles Drew into the cage. Knight smashes Drew’s head into Paul’s pod. Knight does the same thing with Owens’ pod. KO cheers Knight on from inside clapping his hands.
The first person to exit their chamber is…Kevin Owens.
Owens takes on both men with haymakers. Owens chokeslams Knight for a two count. The crowd begins cheering for Randy. Owens gives Drew a frog splash from the top rope for a two count. Owens gives Drew a Code Breaker and Knight a senton at the same time. Owens takes time to go over and mock Randy Orton and pound on Paul’s Chamber.
The second person to exit their chamber is…Bobby Lashley.
Lashley slams Drew into the cage over and over again taking him out for the time being. Drew grabs the cage to stop the Hurt Lock from being applied. Lashley delivers a massive spinebuster to Drew for a two count.
The third person to exit their chamber is…Randy Orton.
Orton gives Owens a draping DDT on the outside platform of the Chamber. Orton hurts his back too by doing so. Not smart on Orton’s part. Orton writhes in pain on the mat holding his back.
Michael Cole: Orton is seriously hurt.
Knight DDTs Drew on the outside platform.
With everyone down Logan Paul demands they open his pod.
Orton suplexes Knight but again is holding his back in pain.
The fourth person to exit their chamber is…Logan Paul.
Well, not exactly. Owens stops Paul from leaving his pod. He slams Paul into the walls of his pod and then crotches him on another.
Owens to Paul: Get in the ring!
Owens throws him over the top rope into the ring.
Logan Paul roughs up Owens in the chamber. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
A nasty clothesline drops Paul hard onto the outside platform. Lashley throws Owens through the wall of a pod. Lashley spears Paul through the wall of another pod. The crowd chants: Holy s–t! and Thank you, Bobby!
Drew nails Lashley with two Claymores. Drew pins Lashley.
Bobby Lashley has been eliminated.
Knight leaps up to the top rope cutting off Drew slamming him to the mat. AJ Styles enters the Chamber as Lashley leaves. He is carrying a steel chair. He beats Knight with the chair and gives him a Styles Clash on the steel chair.
Styles after his steel chair attack on LA Knight. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
Michael Cole: They cannot do anything about it because this is a No Disqualification match.
Drew covers a beaten LA Knight.
LA Knight has been eliminated.
Drew puts his knees up blocking Owen’s swanton bomb. There is a funny bit. Every time the camera goes to Paul the crowd boos. Randy Orton executes a RKO on Owens to pin him.
Owens has been eliminated.
Drew and Orton face-off in the ring as Paul lays against the wall of the cage. The announcers claim that with his injured back Orton can barely stand. Orton and Drew enter into a slugfest. Orton powerslams Drew but cannot follow up because of his back. Orton crotches Paul on the top rope. Drew attacks Orton’s back as Paul climbs on top of a chamber. Paul leaps off the top of a pod. He hits a crossbody on Drew. Everyone is down but not out.
Paul reaches into his trunks. He pulls out his brass knuckles. Cole reminds us again this is a no disqualification match. Before Paul can use them Orton blasts him with an RKO…from out of nowhere.
Logan Paul has been eliminated.
Now, it is just Drew and Randy left. Randy drills Drew with a draping DDT. Randy leans against the ropes nursing his injured back. He prepares for an RKO. Drew counters with a spinebuster. Drew is about to hit Randy with a Claymore but stops in his tracks. He stares down at Randy who continues to hold his back in complete agony. Drew stands over Orton smiling as Orton tries to get back to his feet.
Drew towers over Randy. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
It seems Randy was playing possum as he drops Drew with an RKO. Paul then punches Orton with his brass knuckles. Drew covers Orton for the easy victory.
Randy Orton has been eliminated.
The announcers point out the obvious fact that Logan Paul cost Randy Orton his WrestleMania opportunity.
Winner: Drew McIntyre
Rating: 8 / 10
HHH comes down to the ring. He announces that today’s attendance is 52,590. Fireworks go off. And that’s it from HHH.
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax – Women’s World Championship Match
As you would expect Rhea gets a thunderous welcome. Me, I think she has become overexposed. We see far too much of her and the shine has worn off for me. It is about time she moved onto the next phase of her journey, leave the Judgment Day, or whatever. Perhaps Dom Dom costs her the championship at Mania? She needs a change. She’s just stale to me.
Nia shoves Ripley into the ropes. The crowd boos. Ripley’s head butt and sloppy hurricanrana has Jax reeling. A senton and a splash in a corner from Jax stops all of that though. Jax rubs her butt in Ripley’s face. Jax hits a leg drop on Ripley’s back and stomps her face. Jax wipes away invisible tears for Ripley.
Jax trash talks Ripley’s family who are seated in the front row. Jax puts Ripley into a torture rack. Ripley turns that into a guillotine for about 20 seconds. Ripley attempts that hurricanrana off the ropes again. Jax powerbombs Ripley twice and hits a leg drop for a two count.
Nia misses a running leg drop and drops her hard to the mat with a Samoan Drop from the second rope. Ripley barely kicks out. Nia drags Ripley to a corner. Ripley stops the Annihilator by picking up Nia and dropping her face-first on the turnbuckle. Ripley’s frog splash from the top rope gets her a two count. Nia hip tosses Ripley over the top to the floor. Ripley catches Nia’s kick knocking her off the apron. Nia Samoan Drops Ripley on the announce table that doesn’t break. When Nia drops an elbow on Ripley it does.
Rhea Ripley celebrates her victory with her mom, dad and the rest of her family. Courtesy: WWE Network/Peacock.
Back in the ring, Ripley kicks out of the Annihilator. Nia sets her up for another. Ripley is quick to get back to her feet pushing Jax off the top rope.
Someone has a sign which reads: Nia Injured Me. Funny that.
Ripley superplexes Nia from the second rope. Kick to the face, Rip Tide for the win.
Winner: …and still Women’s World Champion, Rhea Ripley.
Rating: 7 / 10