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SHOULD YOU WATCH THIS EVENT? Sure! This event gets a solemn-looking Daniel Bryan nodding on the Unofficial Daniel Bryan Excitement Rating Scale. It's not THE ROYAL RUMBLE, but it's still a really good time. Carlito. Drew McIntyre. Chris Masters. Mike Knox. Vladimir Koslov. These are just some of the immortals who have stepped into the Elimination Chamber over the eleven years that it has been in existence. The Elimination Chamber grew in popularity, and eventually became a full-fledged pay-per-view. Tonight, live from New Orleans, comes the fourth iteration of the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. A strong card looks to be in store tonight. Let's look at what's on tonight's card:  PRESHOW MATCH: 7:30 EST Because the WWE just can't commit to things, the Rhodes Scholars have been broken up for all of two weeks before the WWE decided to make them team up again. They will be taking on the team of Brodus Clay and the Hippu Hoppu Hippo, who became happy again through the power of DANCE (this happened. WRESTLING!!)  Diva's Champion Kaitlyn vs. Tamina Snuka looooooooooool okay  United States Champion Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz  This feud in a nutshell.  Elimination Chamber match for the #1 Contender's spot for the World Heavyweight Championship Let's run down the competitors in this match: Jack Swagger: recently returned from a hiatus that he self-imposed because he was too terrible, came back with a racist vengeance and Dutch Mantel as a manager Randy Orton: Perpetually concussed, perpetually on drugs, perpetually injured, perpetually making Mark Henry look awesome Chris Jericho: Amazingly came back at the Royal Rumble, still wrestles really well Kane: Hates/loves Daniel Bryan, increasingly entertaining Daniel Bryan: Best in the World in a company full of them, wonderful worker, loads of personality, handsome Mark Henry: Wig-splittin' machine, also made a return recently, looks svelte, terrifying, and awesome This match promises to be very good, as Elimination Chambers tend to be, as the six competitors in the match all put on star-making events when they want or need to.  The rivalry between Alberto Del Rio and the Big Show has been an unexpectedly fun one, going through twists and turns throughout the story. Ever since Del Rio shockingly won the title on a SmackDown a month-and-a-half ago, the rivals have had a Last Man Standing match which ended with the ol' duct tape trick, the Big Show has beaten up Ricardo time and time again, and Del Rio has taken the wheels off the bus. This match looks to be a regular match, seemingly a step down from their previous encounters, but who will prevail and go on to WrestleMania as the World Heavyweight Champion? (warning: this won't prevent you from losing the title in a matter of seconds and making an entire subforum sad)  Ever since they burst on the scene four months ago, the Shield has caused a ruckus among the WWE superstars. But they hadn't ran afoul of the one and only, the almighty Royal Rumble winner John Cena. That's right, as soon as they attacked John Cena, he finally started caring about them and not all the other times they attacked his "friends", and as such challenged them to a match tonight. Rumblings were saying that they were going to have it in the Elimination Chamber, which would have been could been really cool but probably impractical. Trios matches can be great when done correctly, and all of the participants in this match are capable of stepping it up when they need to (yes, even The Ryback). The Shield's second match could be huge, as if they could score a pinfall over this team, who on earth could beat them in a fair fight? But it is John Cena and some other dudes, so when the match is over, John Cena may be standing tall on his road to WrestleMania.  Ever since losing his WWE Championship to the Rock at the Royal Rumble, CM Punk has been a man possessed. With Paul Heyman by his side, Punk has refused to take no as an answer, continuing to count his days as WWE Champion (455 days tonight). To take it a step farther, Punk stole the championship belt on the last Raw before the event. The interaction between these two for the most part has been fantastic, as these two men take each other seriously and it comes across in the way they talk when in proximity with one another. After last month's stipulation saying that if the Shield interfered in the title match, Punk would be stripped of the title; tonight the tables have been turned: if the Rock gets disqualified or counted out, he will lose the championship. That's a stipulation just ripe for shenanigans, isn't it? We'll see what happens tonight when these two square off again. All this and more, tonight, at the Elimination Chamber! Bard Maddox fucked around with this message at Feb 17, 2013 around 23:37 |
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Really looking forward to this show, it has a hell of a lot of potential. My predictions are pretty much garbage though, but that's cool, I like it when I have no idea what is going on.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:10 |
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I hope the Smackdown Elimination Chamber is just six dudes killing eachother like it was last year.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:11 |
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Bard Maddox posted:Daniel Bryan: Best in the World in a company full of them, wonderful worker, loads of personality, handsome You forgot dazzling. edit: live footage of Daniel Bryan arriving at the arena: 
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Looking forward to this mainly as its one of the few the uk get without shelling an additional 15 squid to see. I think every non divas match as potential to be awesome but I don't think im going to be happy with who wins a fair few of the matches. (mainly cesaro and the six man tag)
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:15 |
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Has WWE flipflopped on Cena+2/Shield being in a chamber yet?
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:15 |
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So, the only match that uses the Chamber is the Smackdown #1 Contender's thing? That seems strange since there's no way that is going on last.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:16 |
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If I had to guess, I'd say it was going on first. Gimmick PPVs everybody.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:27 |
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Who wants to bet a Barrett/Dallas match will also take place?
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:28 |
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Liar Lyre posted:Who wants to bet a Barrett/Dallas match will also take place? There are no real winners of such a bet. Sure, Barrett gets PPV time. But so does Bo Dallas.
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LanceBurrito posted:There are no real winners of such a bet. Sure, Barrett gets PPV time. But so does Bo Dallas. What if the match is Bell > Bullhammer > Bo Dallas died on the way back to his home planet will that be acceptable?
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:39 |
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Ryback looks incredibly surprised/confused in that picture 
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:43 |
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I have the day off work tomorrow so this is the first PPV I'm watching live in a long time. Not sure entirely when it starts in the UK, but I'm pumped.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:44 |
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Starts at 1am in the UK, I'm going to stay up and watch it too. I have work at 8. 
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 22:50 |
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I'm looking forward to The Shield triple-powerbombing some fools and hopefully Punk losing cleanly so he stays the hell away from Cena at Wrestlemania. 
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:01 |
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Haven't been paying much attention post-rumble, any hint of the Undertaker yet?
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:07 |
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Its all up in the air I would say the result of the rock/cm punk match will go a long way to settling whats happening there.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:12 |
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My dream is (and it isn't going to happen): Jericho wins the Elimination Chamber, backstage Ziggler is horrified Del Rio defeats Big Show but is exhausted after the match Ziggler comes out to cash-in, a furious Show attacks Del Rio and KOs him, and Ziggler gets the win Del Rio and Show continue to feud sans the belt Ziggler and Jericho have an incredible match for Ziggler's title at Wrestlemania It's pretty terrible fantasy booking with all kinds of problems, but I really dig the idea of Jericho and Ziggler getting a big Mania match. I'm also hoping that Rock is DQed due to a ref bump or something when he clearly has Punk beaten, and because there is controversy over how Punk got the belt back they make it a triple threat between Punk/Rock/Cena at Wrestlemania. That DEFINITELY isn't happening though.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:14 |
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I have officially ordered this show because Elimination Chambers usually own.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:22 |
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Is there a youtube pre-show?
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:34 |
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matrocious posted:Is there a youtube pre-show? It's Brodus and Tensai vs. Rhodes Scholars (7:30 EST) http://www.youtube.com/wwefannation
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:36 |
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should be a pretty good pay-per-view, I hope Rock vs. Punk II is a little better than the first one.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:38 |
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I'm watching the 2009 RAW chamber and Kane's reaction to Rey getting thrown at his pod is hilarious.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:41 |
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I think the real dark horse in the Punk/Rock rematch is the Spanish announce table. It almost got the job done last time. Almost. 
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:44 |
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I have a headache the size of John Cena's bank account so I'm curling up on the couch and weeping when Jack Swagger is eliminated. E: Pre-divorce bank account.
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Scruffy the janitor posted:I'm watching the 2009 RAW chamber and Kane's reaction to Rey getting thrown at his pod is hilarious. Obviously the best chamber is 2010, due to Taker no-selling being set on fire.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:47 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Obviously the best chamber is 2010, due to Taker no-selling being set on fire. Yeah, but I miss Edge.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 23:58 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Obviously the best chamber is 2010, due to Taker no-selling being set on fire. That's inaccurate. He walked very slightly faster while he was on fire. 
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 00:01 |
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Go Bryan, Go Punk, Boo Cena. Like always
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 00:03 |
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Jerusalem posted:That's inaccurate. And angrily flung his jacket off. I miss Edge too. 
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:And angrily flung his jacket off. I remember hearing he was pissed off (with good cause!). Imagine being the pyro guy backstage knowing that once that match is over, the loving UNDERTAKER is coming back there looking for YOU!
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Jerusalem posted:I remember hearing he was pissed off (with good cause!). Imagine being the pyro guy backstage knowing that once that match is over, the loving UNDERTAKER is coming back there looking for YOU! That story is seriously all the evidence I will ever need that the Undertaker might be old and have barely functioning knees, but I still would never ever gently caress with him. Ever.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 00:11 |
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Can't wait to see all of my predictions turn out wrong compared to Royal Rumble.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 00:15 |
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Sears Poncho posted:Haven't been paying much attention post-rumble, any hint of the Undertaker yet? He's still healing from shoulder and hip surgery, so he hasn't been able to do much working out. Basically he couldn't do upper or lower body at all. They said he talked with Vince about not wanting to come back at less than his best, and there isn't very much time to build things, hopefully he rests for WM30.
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Supreme Allah posted:hopefully he rests for WM30. Really he should just call it a career, I don't think he's likely to get a more appropriate send off than last years match.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 00:25 |
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Sup wrestling threads, have I missed anything exciting since the Rumble?
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jeffersonlives posted:Sup wrestling threads, have I missed anything exciting since the Rumble? Brodus and Tensai teamed up.
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jeffersonlives posted:Sup wrestling threads, have I missed anything exciting since the Rumble? Jack Swagger came back and now has Dutch Mantell playing his racist Vietnam vet manager named Zeb Coulter. Mark Henry is back too. that's about it.
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jeffersonlives posted:Sup wrestling threads, have I missed anything exciting since the Rumble? Jack Swagger has a racist gimmick and his manager is Dutch Mantel
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 UK Bookmakers are taking bets on wrestling again http://www.paddypower.com/bet/sport..._grp_ids=662689 Not sure if the odds indicate spoilers or are just complete guesses.
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