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The 2021 edition of the Elimination Chamber show was fine for what it was.  The only good thing about this show was the opening match and the rest was filled with mid type of matches.  And of course, I’ve not seen the pre-show match which was a number one contender’s bout for the United States championship.  Images via WWE.com. Kevin Owens vs Jey Uso vs Sami Zayn vs King Corbin vs Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro. An Elimination Chamber Match With The Winner Facing Roman Reigns Later In The Night.   It's really odd that WWE had to air a video about the SmackDown side of the Elimination Chamber AFTER Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, King and Jey Uso showed up.  Nevertheless, the match was fanfreakingtastic.  Cesaro and Daniel Bryan started off the Elimination Chamber Match and to quote Robert Roode's now old theme song, it was GLORIOUS!  Sami Zayn was talking mad sh*t however, Cesaro shit his a** up with his signature uppercut.   King Corbin delivered a chokesla...

via WWE. A PPV that is not needed yet last year's show ended up being the most popular PPV review on this site so……?  This is one of those shows where it isn't bad upon viewing it but didn't miss much if you haven't seen the whole thing if that makes sense?  I've not watched the pre-show matches so I can't give my thoughts on it.  Daniel Bryan vs Drew Gulak.  This match-up in concept is not worthy of PPV time but the execution? It says otherwise because that match was fantastic. I'll go as far as to say that it is one of my favourite matches in 2020 so far.   The first half of this match was nothing but submissions and it took them long enough to nail a punch. As a technical wrestling geek, I certainly don't mind it.  Gulak delivered a quick but brutal suplex to Bryan. Daniel then hits a suplex of his own which was a dragon suplex. Drew Gulak nailed a suplex again that had Bryan land on his neck.  Gulak ...

The episode itself was decent but some of the RAW draft picks (which that's what the superstar shakeup should be called, a DRAFT) were questionable.  Opening segment.  The first night of the superstar shake-up started off with Stephanie McMahon. After that, Steph introduced her brother Shane McMahon and he was just being a douchebag to Mike Rome and the Montreal crowd with chants of “You suck”.  Minutes later, The Miz from behind came out and hits Shane McMahon with series of punches and grabbed a chair for some chair shots which that's exactly what he did. The segment ended with Shane McMahon retreated. Not a fan of The Miz being on RAW, to be honest considering that he still has a LOT to offer on the blue brand but hopefully, The Miz could do that on the red brand.  Aleister Black, Ricochet, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins vs The Revival and War Raiders.  You read the last part of the title right. Not only War Raiders are on RAW but they are a v...

With Fastlane 2019 over and done with ( click here to read my review for Fastlane 2019) and Wrestlemania 35 right around the corner, I wanna talk about my all-time favourite professional wrestling match and that is Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 24.  Before I get to talk about the match itself, I first have to talk about the build for this match. Let’s rewind the clock back to 2007. Ric Flair came back to RAW on November 26th from Smackdown! (remember when he was on Smackdown because I sure didn't) after a 3-month hiatus due to him entering into the political game in his home state of North Carolina, starting his own marketing company and pursued opportunities for investment.  In that segment, Ric Flair announced to the world that he will never retire because he loves this business so much. Out came Vince McMahon and the chairman of the board said that if Flair doesn't win a match then his career is over basically stating that Ric Flair i...

This go home show episode of RAW was decent actually. It made me wanna watch a waste of a PPV called Fastlane with higher expectations.  Opening Segment.  The show kicked off with the Big Dog for the second week in a row. Roman Reigns cut a promo basically saying that this is the fan's yard now and calls out Seth Rollins to the ring. Seth Rollins said that he's gonna take Roman's fight with leukaemia and use it as motivation to beat Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship.  Roman Reigns replied by telling Seth “good luck” and Roman's wants the band to get back together. Seth Rollins was conflicted at first but later accepted it. Dean Ambrose comes out and he was hit by Elias with a guitar. Decent segment and I was expecting for Drew, Lashley and Corbin to come out but I'm glad that didn't happen. Finn Balor, Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle vs Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre.  This match was boring three weeks ago and this ...