WWE Elimination Chamber 2017

So I suppose the good news is that we’ve averted another John Cena vs. Randy Orton match main eventing a Wrestlemania. Thank heavens for small favors, as the old saying goes.

The bad news, however, is that this was a completely and utterly worthless PPV showing. Unfortunately, you could pretty much say that about any PPV outing from WWE in the months between the Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania. Quite frankly, it’d probably be best if we killed off the February and March PPVs and just settled for a long, seed-planting build on the TV shows. Who knows? Somebody might actually watch the damn things for once.

But in any event, here’re my quick thoughts on this Elimination Chamber PPV event that, sadly, didn’t hold my attention for too long.

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WCW World War 3 (1995)

The following WCW event took place in November of 1995.

So Halloween Havoc 1995 happened. The Giant (a.k.a. Big Show) made a big splash by defeating Hulk Hogan in his very first match and winning the WCW World title in the process thanks to interference. However, the win came under scrutiny and the title was soon held up. How else to settle the matter than to have SIXTY GUYS compete in a three-ring battle royal for the right to lay claim to the greatest prize of them all?

Even some 21 years after the fact, this idea seems way too far-fetched. Even that one Royal Rumble where they had forty guys in it seemed a bit stretchy for my tastes and then I remember that this was thing for a couple years. (2024 Note: Just wait until they go to Saudi Arabia next year.)

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