The Official Elimination Chamber 2013 Discussion Thread

[Konan]

February 17, 2013
New Orleans Arenas in New Orleans, Louisiana

Matches


WWE Championship Match:
The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk (if Rock gets counted out or DQd he drops the belt)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Big Show

No. 1 Contenders Elimination Chamber Match:
Jack Swagger vs. Chris Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton

The Shield (Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns) vs. John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus

DIVAS TITLE MATCH
Kaitlyn (c) vs Tamina

PRE-SHOW CANDIDATES

Miz vs Cesaro
Barrett vs Dallas
Lords of Funk vs 3MB

[Konan]

I'd be ok if Punk gets a rematch at a PPV for the title....... but if its just to get get Rock to go over in a Chamber, then suck a dick....

Still better than him dropping it at EC and losing a lame rematch on Raw so he can't fight for the strap at Mania.

[Konan]

F4Wonline.com reports that word at Sunday's Royal Rumble pay-per-view was that officials were considering a CM Punk vs. The Rock rematch for Elimination Chamber. The original plan was for The Rock to compete in the Chamber match but they may end up changing that.

[Konan]

It was announced at last night's WWE SmackDown tapings that the winner of the Elimination Chamber match will face the World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 29.

No word yet on the Chamber participants but Dolph Ziggler, a returning Jack Swagger, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Sheamus, Randy Orton and The Great Khali were teased at the tapings by Booker T. Ziggler made it clear that he didn't want in the match and teased that he would be cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania.

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[Konan]

Well I'd assume WWE has bigger plans for Cena, Sheamus, Ryback at Wrestlemania than they have for the Shield. I'd be worried about the Shield losing if it was a 3-1 handicap match against Cena. But a 3 vs 3 match does work here on multiple levels. Puts Cena on the card, like it or not. Gets Sheamus and Ryback out of the World Title Chamber match, so they don't have to get eliminated there. Which may be enough to get Orton the strap off of Del Rio. Now I'm not as sure they'd actually book it with typical Chamber rules. It would only work well when its a 2-1, 3-1, 3-2 Shield Advantage really. But maybe they do a straight up 6 man tag, or 6 man elimination tag.

[Konan]

According to a fan in Australia who has already seen tonight's WWE SmackDown broadcast, WWE will announce 5 of the 6 Superstars that will compete in the Elimination Chamber match.

Randy Orton, Kane, Daniel Bryan, Jack Swagger and The Great Khali will compete in the match. A sixth participant will be revealed later. The winner will challenge for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania 29. This was not announced to the live crowd at Tuesday's tapings.

[LG]

Alberto Del Rio defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show has been added to the card for the Elimination Chamber PPV on 2/17.

Names confirmed for the No. 1 contenders Elimination Chamber match so far includes Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan.

Here is how the card looks as of Tuesday morning.

WWE Championship Match:
The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. Big Show

No. 1 Contenders Elimination Chamber Match:
Announced so far: Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio and Daniel Bryan

The Shield (Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns) vs. John Cena, Ryback and Sheamus

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[Konan]

3 vs 3 in a Chamber match, would obviously be something different even if its elimination rules in the Chamber. At the very least starting with 1 member per team start, and then random entry. But then also not needing just a single winner. I like that dynamic for allowing the Shield to dominate 2 vs 1, 3 vs 2 or 3 vs 1. But that probably only accounts for eliminating Sheamus at best.

A 2nd chamber could have been cool to have for the tag titles, or the US belt or something. But very doubtful that ever happens.

[LG]

Are you sure that the 3 vs 3 are in the chamber?

[Konan]

Yeah they can easily make it work in a Chamber, by tweaking the rules, certainly. And I do like the dynamic of having 2 vs 1, 3 vs 1, 3 vs 2, advantages to the Shield. But in the end what does that really get you? Sheamus gets beat, but fends off a double team for 5 minutes and only loses cause a triple team? Even if its just an elimination match, you know the kind of sh*t they'll book. Sheamus gets DQ'd, Ryback involved in a double count out, Cena with the AA to Rollins for the win. And sadly that's looking at it optimistically!

Who knows maybe we can get a big swerve...