WWE's Elimination Chamber PPV from Oakland, California.

WWE RAW Elimination Chamber - #1 Contendership for WWE Championship:
John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. Sheamus vs. R-Truth.

WWE SmackDown! Elimination Chamber - WWE World Heavyweight Championship:
Edge (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett vs. Drew McIntyre.

Note: Dolph Ziggler has been removed from the match after the "firing" angle on Smackdown.

WWE Championship:
The Miz (c) vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Non-title Match:
Alberto Del Rio vs. WWE Intercontinental Championship Kofi Kingston.

WWE Tag Team Championships:
Santino and Vladimir Kozlov (c's) vs. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel.
WWE Elimination Chamber PPV Reviewed by David Damage

Booker T, Michael Cole & Josh Matthews welcome us to the Elimination Chamber....

Alberto Del Rio Vs Kofi Kingston start the show

Kofi starts off strong, but Del Rio takes control after pushing Kofi into the ringpost and pushing him back into the ring and wearing him down with a figure-4 body scissors and a well executed back suplex.
Kofi hits a springboard forearm for a 2 count and a cross body from the top rope is blocked by Del Rio's knees. Kofi fights back and hits a cross body from the top rope for a 2 count. Del Rio hits a gut buster for a 2 count.
Kofi counters Del Rio into a rolling DDT for a 2 count, will Ricardo distracts the ref. Kofi hits Trouble in Paradise for a 2 count. Hangman neckbreaker on Kofi before Del Rio slaps on his cross arm breaker and Kofi taps out.
Winner of the match: Alberto Del Rio. Good work from both guys, but match could have been better if they had a bit more time. I think the match went about 10 minutes.

Randy Orton is shown backstage, waiting for the Elimination Chamber match

The Smack Down Elimination Chamber match is up next.... The surprise entry? The Big Show.....
Edge & Mysterio start the match and great action to start... Wade Barrett is the third man in.... all three guys work on one another until Kane comes in as the forth man in the match. Everyone seems to be working hard in the match and it's going pretty well so far. Drew McIntyre is the 5th guy in the match. He immediately rams Rey Mysterio head-first into a pod (Rey looks like he came down badly on one leg) and then McIntyre sends Wade Barrett through one of the weakened plexiglass pods back-first.
Kane avoids the 619 and sends Mysterio head-first into a pod again.... Booker is also concerned about Rey after 2 brutal head-first bumps.... The Big Show is the 6th man into the match... Big Show goes after Wade Barrett and sends him through a chamber pod before Big Show nails him with lots of hard chops and a straight right hand to eliminate Barrett....
Kanes hits a clothesline from the top on Big Show and Edge hits an Elbow from the top rope.... McIntyre hits Big Show with a DDT and Mysterio hits Show with a Senton from on top of a pod.... A 619 and a Spear on Big Show before Kane hits a chokeslam to eliminate the Big Show...
Kane Chokeslams McIntyre for a 3 count....
Mysterio hits the 619 on Kane before Edge hits the Spear through Mysterio to Big Show for a 3 count
Edge & Mysterio are the last guys in the match but before Kane goes to the back, he hits a Chokeslam on both guys...
After some great back & forth action between Edge & Mysterio, Edge eventually hits the Spear on Mysterio for the win....

This was a very good Elimination Chamber match, with a ton of action. Edge and Mysterio were obviously the workhorses of the match and it was great to see the match start and end with those two.
Still the World Champion - Edge.

After the match, Alberto Del Rio comes to the ring and attacks a very tired Edge before he slaps on his arm breaker submission.... CHRISTIAN'S MUSIC PLAYS AND CHRISTIAN RETURNS TO SAVE EDGE!! Christian is back!
Jerry Lawler is getting ready backstage for his WWE Title shot...

Booker T announces Trish Stratus will be joining himself and Stone Cold as trainers on the new Tough Enough! Booker T Interviews Trish in the ring....

The comedy Tag Champs Koslov & Santino take on the The Corre - Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel....
Santino hits the stupid Cobra on Justin Gabriel.... Slater hits a reverse DDT on Koslov and Gabriel hits his 420 Splash and now Slater and Gabriel are the Tag Champs...
Thankfully this was kept short, but it was still pretty boring. I don't mind Slater and Gabriel, they have potential - but the comedy duo of Santino and Koslov is just insulting.

Talking of insulting, Vicky Guerrero comes to the ring - The PPV was going fine until the comedy tag match and now the talentless Vicky squeeling like a rabid pig down the microphone in the middle of the ring....
Damn it, the dizzy and talentless Kelly Kelly is back - the even more talentless Laycool come to the ring and attack Kelly.... Trish comes back to the ring to make the save, but the pathetic ring rats Layla and Michelle manage to put up a fight before Trish clears the ring with the Chick kick and Stratusfaction...
It's great to see Trish back, but it's a shame that the rest of the segment here involved Kelly, Laycool & Vicky - all competely worthless and a pain for me to have to sit through.
WWE Title: The Miz Vs Jerry The King Lawler

The Miz works on Lawler in the early going. Lawler fights back and gets a 2 count after a superplex from the top rope. Lawler hits a couple of great dropkicks and a backdrop for a 2 count.
Riley trips up Lawler in front of the referee and he gets sent to the back. Miz drives himself into the post and Lawler rolls him up for a 2 count. He goes for the Piledriver, but Miz backs out of the move and counters with a big boot.
King lowers the top rope and Miz sails to the outside. Michael Cole gets in King's face and Miz takes control of the match, driving Lawler back first into the side of ring. Lawler fires back on Miz and sends him into Michael Cole.
Booker T comments that Michael Cole may be out cold... Lawler hits a fist from the top rope for a 2 count as Michael Cole starts to get to his feet. Lawler hits a DDT on The Miz before lowering his strap and hitting the fistdrop from the top rope for a two count after Miz puts his foot on the rope. Miz escapes a piledriver attempt and hits the Skull Crushing Finale to retain the WWE Title. Michael Cole gets in the ring to raise the Miz's hand...

Lawler didn't win the Title, but he proved that even at 61 years of age, he could outwork Cena, Orton, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, The Miz and most of the "headliners" in WWE, easily.
Cena eats Fruity Pebbles backstage and cuts another lame comedy promo for kids...

Matt Striker is backstage with CM Punk who says he will be winning the Elimination Chamber match.... I hope so! :)


Cena, Orton & Sheamus are obviously the weakest workers in this match, so I just hope that they allow R-Truth, CM Punk & John Morrison to work most of the match.
What are we going to see from Orton, Cena & Sheamus? Punch - Punch - Kick - Kick... It's just boring and predictable and I have no time for that crap....


John Morrison & Sheamus start the match....
There seems to be a "Lets Go Cena" - "CM Punk" duelling chant even though neither are in the match at the moment... Orton is the 3rd guy in and he does his usual simple offence before sending Morrison through one of the weakended pods...
Orton DDTs Sheamus on the steel.
CM Punk is up next, but they can't open the door fully, so CM Punk is attacked by Orton on his way out...
Randy Orton hits the RKO on CM Punk for a 3 count.... the stupid general manager sends another stupid email which Michael Cole reads.... Due to a malfunctioning pod, CM Punk is being re-entered into the match, but he has to start from inside his pod again...
The fans chant "CM Punk"....
Cena is next out of his pod... Orton & Sheamus exchange lame punches and kicks....
R-Truth is out next... He hits a few impressive moves before Sheamus boots him in the face and gets the 3 count...
Orton & Cena exchange their crappy punches again... I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen them punching and kicking eachother in slow motion, but I can add this match to those countless times....
Sheamus hits a big boot on Orton and CM Punk comes into the match and gets a 2 count on Orton....
CM Punk hits the GTS on Orton for a 3 count, thankfully....
John Morrison climbs the chain link chamber and drops onto Sheamus for a 3 count, thankfully.... more dead weight out of the match, now if only Cena could go next, then we could have a great end sequence between Punk and Morrison...
Morrison goes into one of the pods and seems to have legitimately blown his knee out, or he is doing a great job at selling....
Morrison misses the Starship Pain from the ropes and Punk catches him in the GTS for the 3 count... Credit to Morrison for missing that last move as he took the bump directly on his injured knee...
Cena hits his stupid fireman-carry-flop onto the steel to get the 3 count on CM Punk....
Damn it, Cena won. Crappy way to end the PPV, but what can you expect from WWE?

Overall, this was better than the average WWE PPV.

The Smack Down Elimination Chamber was especially worth watching, I really enjoyed watching it.
The comedy tag match and the Vicky Guerrero segments were a waste of time.
Lawler Vs The Miz was okay, but they didn't have too much time - their ladder match on Raw was a much better match.
The Raw Elimination Chamber match had it's moments - usually involving Morrison, Punk and R-Truth, but in the end Cena won again, staining the match forever with a big brown Cena stain in the history books.