PWD WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 - Riding the Soul Train

[GearSolidMetal]

4 out of 4

 

[El Dandy]

This is true.

If they were in Alberta you may have seen garbage.

Walking in and out of the arena, amirite?!

 

[Batjester]

Got a question for the regular WWE viewers.

So Elimation Chamber was 3.5 hours long (no commercials)... with four matches.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when wrestling was on cable they had at least 15 minutes for each hour, so for a 3-hour show they had 2 hours & 15 minutes and they usually had at least seven matches, right?

My point is, although they apparently have no time constraints now so they can give matches the time they deserve, I hope they'd keep in mind the audience's time.
Not every match has to be a 20-30 minute barnburner.
That said, this had two EM matches in it, so its understandable they each were 40 minutes.

And was I the only one that was underwhelmed by the KO/Sammy hardcore match? Wouldn't put this on the list of the best matches they've ever had. That should have been the main event on Raw.

The problem you run into with having more matches on the show is if you want to give them time to cook, you end up having shows that go so long the crowd is dead by the end of it.

Having the two EC matches, or even something like a regular cage match, adds time to the show just because of the time it takes to set the cage up. They definitely could have added another match here, but in hindsight them leaving the extra time to let that last segment breathe was the right call (although the Rock still needs to get to the fucking point faster).

 

[TKing]

When John Cena shared that picture early yesterday that had him, The Rock and Travis Scott on it saying it's can't miss, instant red flags. I liked all the little crumbs being dropped along the way and looks like Cena will probably do the classic heel run and then find his way towards the end to retire with his head held high.

The choice to have Travis Scott out there being overly distracting during a huge moment years in the making was a bad choice. I did see he wasn't supposed to be in the ring as often as he was which is why the camera shots looks odd at times trying to push him out of view.

 

[borntoloseNOT]

When John Cena shared that picture early yesterday that had him, The Rock and Travis Scott on it saying it's can't miss, instant red flags. I liked all the little crumbs being dropped along the way and looks like Cena will probably do the classic heel run and then find his way towards the end to retire with his head held high.

The choice to have Travis Scott out there being overly distracting during a huge moment years in the making was a bad choice. I did see he wasn't supposed to be in the ring as often as he was which is why the camera shots looks odd at times trying to push him out of view.

Props to Cena/Cody and even Rock for handing the behavior of Scott professionally and not letting it ruin their moment. How offputting

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Hard to describe EC. It Was really good even though it sucked? Idk, I really thought the Men’s eliminations were done well. Liv shined, Jades return popped me, and Randy’s was perfect too. The E is on fire, it just needs less of the fluff, but I’m get that’s on me for being exhausted of it all. If the program hadn’t constantly shown gradual growth and restoration towards something better than I initially started with since the day I got back into it all, I’d have dropped the E again a while back. It really is a credit to them I’ve been pulled in and keeping informed for 5-6 years now, fully invested. I’m such a mark.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[GtehMVP]

I feel sorry for anybody that reads through this, missed the PLE, and plans to watch it later. It would be like watching "The Usual Suspects" in reverse. For a wrestling fan anyway.

That was almost me.

I have the worst flu and slept through it, managed to miss spoilers online or come into this thread/see any reference to it.

You know who's going to get the first post EC beatdown from Cena...

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[GtehMVP]

The magic is still there, incredible chemistry. I'm sure we'll get Cena/Punk again.

I never thought that would be likely, let alone with Cena as a heel. Never say never rings true again!

Last year's road to mania was one of the best, and this so far is just as memorable. When WWE is on its as great as anything.

I'm equally excited about what comes afterwards, as there are so many story paths/feuds they can go with heel Cena. He has a ton of scheduled dates, I can see why they made them back heavy.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

The magic is still there, incredible chemistry. I'm sure we'll get Cena/Punk again.

I'm thinking that'll be the match that Cena turns babyface after again.

It'd be downright Shakespearean for Punk's trash talk to remind Cena of who he once was.

 

[GtehMVP]

I'm thinking that'll be the match that Cena turns babyface after again.

It'd be downright Shakespearean for Punk's trash talk to remind Cena of who he once was.

However it goes, there's plenty of time for a decent heel run and redemption angle, who better than with Punk!

 

[bng]

expected heelturn from ccp agent

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Alot of people have seen saying 'OMG that was the GOAT heel turn!'



It was damn good.
Maybe even great.
Definitely the best heel turn of the last few years.
But here is the problem -
John is immediately going back to Africa to continue filming that movie.

He won't be on Raw tonight, or the Raw after that.
Every great heel turn isn't just dependent on the turn itself, but also the next few appearances to really milk the fans with a 'heel promo.'

And apparently John, until further notice, is just scheduled to do the premium events.



So good luck building up John as a heel when he's not even there, or even with Rock not being there.

 

[Batjester]

Alot of people have seen saying 'OMG that was the GOAT heel turn!'



It was damn good.
Maybe even great.
Definitely the best heel turn of the last few years.
But here is the problem -
John is immediately going back to Africa to continue filming that movie.

He won't be on Raw tonight, or the Raw after that.
Every great heel turn isn't just dependent on the turn itself, but also the next few appearances to really milk the fans with a 'heel promo.'

And apparently John, until further notice, is just scheduled to do the premium events.



So good luck building up John as a heel when he's not even there, or even with Rock not being there.

He's scheduled for something like 30-40 dates on his retirement tour. Even if he only shows up once or twice between now and Mania, I think Cody could carry the lead up to it on his own if need be. Hell, Drew carried the whole feud with Punk until Punk was able to be cleared to compete and that was months.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

He's scheduled for something like 30-40 dates on his retirement tour. Even if he only shows up once or twice between now and Mania, I think Cody could carry the lead up to it on his own if need be.

That's going to be tough without even Rock there. Hopefully he'll be making more appearances to fuel that feud.

I'm leaning more toward John willing at Wrestlemania, and then Cody and Rock have a feud that peaks with a match at Summerslam.

 

[Goatenstein]

What a joke. Only a decade and a half late. WWE marks are incapable of being objective.