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WWE Elimination Chamber 2018

Predictions

The next stop on the road to Wrestlemania 34 is the Elimination Chamber taking place at the T-Mobile arena in the Las Vegas Valley in Paradise, Nevada which is a location that I'm not sure will provide a much needed hot crowd for what I personally feel is going to be a below par PPV.

Looking at the match card going into tonight, I am finding it really hard to find a match that I can genuinely say I am interested in seeing.

The one match on  the card that does have potential intrigue is the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship as we will see just how far the WWE will go with the Women's roster in a brutal environment like the chamber, will we see big bumps in the match to equal the Men's Elimination Chamber?

After a great Women's Royal Rumble match showing at the Royal Rumble PPV, the Women of WWE will now show that they can put on a stellar Elimination Chamber match

The Men's 7 Man Elimination Chamber for the no.1 Contendership for the WWE Universal Championship match at Wrestlemania 34, will no doubt provide some great thrills, bumps and epic action looking at the competitors that we have in there such as Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Elias & Braun Strowman who I feel will all put in star performances in the chamber with Seth Rollins being my pick to put on yet another 5 star performance following on from his stellar showing in the gaunlet match on Raw this past Monday.

 All eyes will be on Seth Rollins (above) who will be expected to carry over his stellar performance in this past Monday's gaunlet match on Raw into the 7 Man Elimination Chamber

Other than that, I have seriously got nothing else to sink my teeth into going into this Sunday's card, and yes I'm aware that we're getting a Ronda Rousey contract signing with a possible appearance from The Rock and face off with Triple H, and "Woken" Matt Hardy making his PPV singles match debut.

A Ronda Rousey Contract signing is expected at the PPV as well as the possibilty of an appearance from The Rock to setup Wrestlemania 34 plans of a tag team bout against Triple H and Stephanie McMahon

So without further ado Let's get into tonight's match card and run down what I think will happen on what is very much looking like a flat PPV with some moments of great.

Pre Show Tag Team Match:

Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs The Miztourage(Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel)

Two Tag Teams that need momentum in the Raw Tag Team Division, Who will be victorious and push forward for a possible WWE Raw Tag Team Championship shot?

I am struggling to find just where this match has come from for the Pre Show, but hey, it's the Pre Show, there doesn't need to be any kind of build or reason for these two to go at it in a tag team match so just put a random face team against a random heel team and see what happens.

And that is pretty much the story of this PPV buffer.

I'm also not sure what exactly a win for either of these teams is going to do in the long run, but I sure do know the team that needs the win here to perhaps put themselves in a much needed position of being in the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship hunt.

What Will Happen: The Miztourage will find a way to defeat Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson

What I Want To Happen: Same as above

WWE RAW Women's Championship Elimination Chamber Match:

Alexa Bliss(c) vs Bayley vs Sasha Banks vs Sonya Deville vs Mandy Rose vs Mickie James

History will be made in the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber match, but who will make the ultimate history of being the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber winner?

So here we have it, the first ever WWE Women's Elimination Chamber match, but the big question is; will it deliver?

I'm scratching my head as to why Nia Jax was not included in this match instead of going against Asuka in a singles match on the card as I feel her destructive presence would of really added to this chamber match.

I'm pretty confident that we will get some good action in the chamber from these women, and the added dynamic of the new faces on the block in Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose, does make this match one to keep your eyes on.

However this match does have a smell of the obvious when it comes to the outcome.

What Will Happen: Alexa Bliss will find a way to retain her WWE Raw Women's Championship

What I Want To Happen: Same as above

Singles Match:

"Woken" Matt Hardy vs Bray Wyatt

Will the "Woken" One walk away with a victory or will 'The Eater Of Worlds' stop Matt Hardy's awakening?

In what should have been a thoroughly entertaining and epic mid card angle between two strange and captivating characters of the wrestling world, we have seen it completely fall flat week after week with nothing but countless and non memorable matches just thrown away on TV.

Yep, it's the signature WWE way!

Back when fans were yearning for Matt Hardy to revert back to his immensely popular "Broken" gimmick from TNA in WWE, I was very reserved as to how the WWE would handle the character as it is very clear that the WWE does not care for anything that is not a creation of their own.

And yet again we have case and point with "Woken" Matt Hardy who has been creatively stifled and has done NOTHING of interest in what feels like months.

As for Bray Wyatt, I just don't know what else to say that hasn't already been said about the total misuse and damage of a character that could of and should of been the WWE's Phenom for the new era, as it's pretty much another year of more shovels of dirt on his character and booking.

And with two hugely mistreated characters you end up with a PPV match that no one is excited for and in my case couldn't care less about.

And it's a huge shame.

What Will Happen: "Woken" Matt Hardy will defeat Bray Wyatt

What I Want To Happen: Bray Wyatt defeats "Woken" Matt Hardy with help from a returning Jeff Hardy "Brother Nero" who betrays his brother.

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship Match:

Cesaro and Sheamus(c) vs Titus Worldwide (Apollo and Titus O'Neil)

Can Titus Worldwide pull off an upset and become the new WWE Raw Tag Team Champions? Or will 'The Bar' be too high a reach?

I can't deny that this is a very fresh match up for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships, which is very much needed due to the division just seeming to fall by the wayside lately.

Cesaro and Sheamus have been a very solid tag team ever since they were first conceived as a team over a year ago and have pretty much been the lifeblood of the division ever since, which WWE have done a very good job with.

The team of Apollo and Titus O'Neill is still a head scratcher for me as I'm not sure what exactly the WWE originally had planned for or where they were going with this collective as it first started out with Titus O'Neil as a scout looking for superstars to form a brand of 'Titus Worldwide' which has suddenly fizzled out to Titus O'Neil now just being a active in ring competitor and tag team partner of Apollo with Dana Brooke as a valet.

But I am willing to give this team a chance to see if they can be entertaining and unexpectedly get over with the crowd.

This match could somewhat prove to be entertaining, and I do smell a whiff of a championship change here.

What Will Happen: Titus Worldwide will defeat Cesaro and Sheamus to become the new WWE Raw Tag Team Champions.

What I Want To Happen: Cesaro and Sheamus retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships

Singles Match:

Asuka vs Nia Jax

Will Nia Jax's (right) Physical prowess cause Asuka (left) her first ever loss in WWE?

I am pretty much expecting this match to be very smash mouthed and entertaining between two explosive and dangerous women in all of WWE.

And there is a interesting stipulation of Nia Jax being entered into the WWE Raw Women's Championship match at Wrestlemania 34 to boot on the line here too.

This match will pretty much be Asuka's hardest test yet in the WWE as she will be physically dominated by Nia Jax for the majority of the match, very much making it look like she will get her first loss in WWE.

This is very much a match where Nia Jax can put in a star monster heel performance.

The ingredients are pretty much here for a thrilling Women's bout.

What Will Happen: Asuka will find a way to defeat Nia Jax after being dominated for majority of the match

What I Want To Happen: Same as above

7 Man WWE Universal Championship No.1 Contender Elimination Chamber Match:

Braun Strowman vs Elias vs Finn Balor vs John Cena vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins vs The Miz

Who will carve their place in the Main Event of Wrestlemania 34 with a win in the Elmination Chamber?

And here we have it, the main attraction of tonight's PPV, the 7 Man Elimination Chamber match.

I feel that there is a very good mix of talent in the chamber this year and we are bound to see big drama, huge bumps and iron man performances from the likes of Finn Balor and Seth Rollins.

Braun Strowman will surely put on a monster performance and wreak havoc all over the place in the chamber.

Elias will surely have a shining performance and I expect him to sneak in a guitar with him in the chamber.

The Miz will also do what he does best and that's being a no nonsense tactical presence and opportunist.

And last but certainly not least we will have the "franchise players" the polarizing figures that are John Cena and Roman Reigns doing what they do best, making the crowd not want them to win.

As good as this match could potentially be tonight, I can't help but be deflated and not care for what is going to be the obvious outcome as whether we like it or not, we are going to get THAT match that has been rumoured for a year as the main event WWE Universal Championship match at Wrestlemania 34.

(sigh)

What Will Happen: Roman Reigns will emerge victorious in the Elimination Chamber and become the no.1 contender for the WWE Universal Championship at Wrestlemania 34.

What I Want To Happen: Seth Rollins emerges victorious as the no.1 contender for the WWE UNiversal Championship at Wrestlemania 34.




And there you have my predictions for what I feel will be a below average PPV with potential for some good moments.

Feel free to leave your comments and opinions on what you feel will go down at the PPV tonight.



-Simeon Barrett