Special Edition WWE Elimination Chamber 2018

It is 702 on the east coast, it is 402 on the west coast, it is the 25th of February
and the year of our Lord 2018, it is season 8, episode 29, I want to say this is episode
432, let's verify that real quick, dead gum, I didn't want that, the clubhouse podcast
is live on the air, we're happy if you're listening to us no matter where you're doing,
so whether you're live right here on you stream, this is 432, yes, whether you're listening
on our archive, whether you subscribe on your favorite podcast app, we're just glad
that you're here, welcome, my name is Rob, I am the executive producer of the clubhouse
podcast and I really couldn't use a nap, whatever, it is pay-per-view day, so it is time
for us to be WWE intensive because it is the official unofficial pre-show for WWE Elimination
Chamber, so let's introduce the cast of characters as we go around clockwise sitting in the co-host
chair is my co-host, and a man who's still a little long in the tooth, still can't seem
to find that super-cuts near him, he is Chad, welcome sir, now I was talking about your
hair, be this, that's what I refer to it as, if you took it as an age joke that's on
you in your eternal soul, as we continue around is the lady of the house, and someone
who might have her heart broken tonight, she is general, welcome friend, also right
there is the official fact-checker of this show, and a man who's, he's already been dancing,
you may know him as Fondango, his mom and even Don Ford, I'm gonna call him Don Ford,
I saw the most incredible film last night, I did a written review, it may make the website
I don't know, and we're gonna talk about that off-air because you made a bit of an error
on that, that's a little uncomfortable for me, we'll talk about it off-air, there was
a casting decision that maybe, and I don't think it's the one you think it is either,
as we continue on, a man who is wearing, even though his shirt may be talking about fantasy
football, we all know that his shirt signifies laser unicorns, he is Alex, welcome sir, please
tell me this is the only paper you were gonna have with less than seven matches, it's a
dug on good question, also joining us is a man who really is very long in the tooth by Chad's
definition, Doc is back, rounding out the deus is a man who wanted everyone to know on social
media this week about his barber, LA's here, no, those are great pictures sir, I can hear
you, I think you're bleeding through, I don't think it, the cut looks good, the cut looks
good brother, what's tight, I know, it's the shortest month and it's my month, it is your
answer, God bless you for that, alright so a couple of corrections from last week's episode,
let's talk about Kung Fury for a minute, fast bender, we fast bender is not playing the lead
because the entire original cast is coming back, fast bender is playing an unspecified role,
but Schwarzenegger is playing the president, we do know that, also Marty Allen did pass in the
window for in memoriam, so apologizes to apologizes, apologies to Russ for that,
Cobra Kai is going to err on YouTube red, not Amazon, and there were five house party films,
with kid and play not in, with kid and play not in the fourth one, I thought there were only
three, so you had house party, house party to the pajama jammy jam, you had house party three,
which was, was it kids bachelor party, house party four down to the last minute, which was the
immature disaster, and apparently there was a house party five called tenites the night,
oh god, and they actually had a kid and play actually had a cameo in that, playing record
executives, so there's three, I don't count for it, look I've got to go by what the facts tell me,
unlike most of our news channels, but you know, I need to get you, because that last one was
actually pretty recent, that would be Michael B Jordan, and no, house party tonight's
night was 2013 with Taekwondo Richmond and Zach Goodspeed, I'm just reading the news kids,
oh that was LA, I thought it was Don playing Candy Crush again, all right, so let's go into
scoring updates, because this is the thing everybody's been waiting on, because I haven't
told anybody anything, you all right, now with the new scoring system, which I'm probably
going to need to pull that up, so we can remember how this works, Alex what do you know, now with
the new scoring system, let me find, I'm going to find the rules hold on, because I'm going to screw
this up if I don't do it, right, with this new version of the scoring system, it was possible
to get 46 points out of the Royal Rumble, I think you'll be surprised on how this worked itself out,
Doc currently in last place, with the fabulous negative 30, that is a minus 652 win percentage,
he was 5 and 4, that's with a running record at the Rumble, Russ at minus 27 he went 3 and 6, we have a
tie right above that of Alex and Genro at minus 8, that's a minus 174 win percentage, Gen went 7 and
2, Alex went 6 and 3, I am right in the middle of the pack at minus 5, I have a minus 109 winning
percentage, I was 7 and 2 at the Rumble, Andrew is at plus 5, with a plus 109 winning percentage,
she was 6 and 3 for the Rumble, Chad at a plus 23 right now, that's a 500 win percentage,
she was 7 and 2 and we have a tie for first place right now, Don and Steven at plus 26,
I thought I had LA listed in here, no this is February, sorry that was January sir, this is February,
but let me get you, I know you want to know about your numbers, but I've got your numbers right here,
I thought I'd spare you the pain, but it's okay, you're at minus 1, you went 5 and 4, you're above 500,
if it gets you through the night, you know, I'm not going to judge you,
yeah like you're at a plus 1, so you're at about a, you're winning percentage is like an O 58,
yeah that's okay, see my whole thing is I run the show, I don't have to win all the contests,
and plus I know what's coming, and that's good enough for me because you punks don't,
and your VP stuff too, oh we forgot to do that, to introduce you to the assistant,
the assistant executive producer of this show, okay, I still, oh there it is, pay-per-view rules,
I couldn't find the file, there it is, all right because I got to have it right, so we're ready to go,
all right so let's get into the grades from the pay-per-view, I said a B plus,
I'll probably drop it to a B minus, Chad you said B minus, C minus,
Don you said B minus, C minus, Andrew said B, he's not here but I do have his picks,
LA you gave it a B, B minus, all right, Steven said an A, he still enjoyed the pay-per-view,
Doc said you said A minus, lower to a B, all right, general you said C plus,
I'm actually going to take it up to a B because I like some of the things they did with the women's
royal rubble, all right Alex you said A, I'm going to drop it to a B because Becky Lynn
didn't always make it, Greg also said an A, Russ said a B plus, they're not here tonight but
I know they're checking us out, so good shout out to you gentlemen, all right so let's talk
about the reek that was in our sport, and what would that be, we are the Kingdom,
so we're in this group and bring them on our history, thank you my friends, you are checking out
the clubhouse podcast, fight the Confederacy and be one of us, Melvin, we're gonna talk about
here in a minute, I want to get through this stuff, we got to get through first,
congratulations to the network, the network turns four this weekend,
that's beating the over, yeah, so there's that, wow, an interesting little tidbit that came
down today, oh this is okay, let's put the word allegedly on this, allegedly the blu-ray cover
art for WrestleMania has leaked, oh no, there is somebody that is not on it,
because maybe he's resting in peace, just saying, again that's a legend, we don't know if it's
real but I've saw it on the internet, so it's gotta be real, um, you should probably get closer
to the mic if you want to talk in, it moves, there you go, look at that, uh-huh,
really,
J, stop, so I thought that Shane would have just taken it over as obsessed as he is,
go ahead, I mean, you are our sneaker correspondents, so,
Jeff Jarrett is going into the Hall of Fame this year,
let me tell you something, I have got a great note during raw talk about that,
shout out to Misty, that's all I'm saying at this point,
double T, apparently, that really hurt, apparently WWE has dropped Apollo Cruises
last name, it's just Apollo now, and we talked about DDP being backstage at RAW Monday night,
apparently he was filming some stuff for the network, that's why he was there,
there were some images of him with Bailey and a couple of correspondents possibly doing something
on Savage, WWE Hall of Famer, all right, so let's talk about RAW real quick, um, Monday night
Rawlings, why did this take that long? That's a great shirt, I was impressed, um, coach,
he's a nice guy, just give him a, you know, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I want you to hear
this quote from coach, okay, okay, and I quote, oh no, you never know how you're going to take a punch
in the face until you take a punch in the face, that's not the quote, that's not the quote,
you know it's got to be bad that we're wishing Booker was bad,
well when you, when you screw up a quote from one Mike Tyson, that's a problem,
it's ludicrous, I think that, um, we still need to give coach a little bit,
he's not Michael Cole though, okay, just, and he was a nice,
oh, and let's talk about Michael Cole, when seen as music hit, did you hear how we refer to him?
No, bid match, John, oh, yeah, he's been calling him that for a couple of years now,
never know, he's thrown it out every chance, he can't get it, I'm just like,
somewhere Robert Orie's going, hey, that was my gimmick, leave that alone son,
and wasn't Michael Cole not too far removed from this liking scene, or he was teamed,
yep, uh-huh, you heard him, and uh, how was Rowan's beating Cena, quote,
a miracle, the guy was your champion, made of Ed and WrestleMania,
and who's seen his ass on a regular, now respect it,
it's a miracle because they listened to the episode and they got tired of you calling them out
on the other part, and you know what, I get that he set the record for longest continual match,
and godbusting, congratulations, but it wasn't something that made me go, oh wow,
because the guy, all he does is CrossFit, so an hour or five for him, that's Tuesday,
you know what I mean, I'm just glad that they're getting, giving him a chance
to showcase those skills, I mean, because he, I'm gonna say what, he did everything in his
bag of tricks, I don't, I think, I mean, when you say leave it out there in the ring, I really
think he left it all out there in the ring Monday night, and for a match that literally went
who hours, one of the best gauntlet matches I've watched in years.
You know what, that's a fact, because I was, I was really worried about that,
when I found out I was a gauntlet match, oh, I don't know, the night that they showed raw,
all of a sudden it's a gauntlet match. Yeah, well, and my thing was,
when I don't get to watch Raw on Monday, I like to do this to you,
while I'll watch an hour of Raw, and then I'll watch something else, and then I'll watch
hour two to kind of break it up. Yeah. I watched Raw, I want to say it was Wednesday night,
and I was like, you know what, I'm just gonna keep rolling. Yeah.
Like, this match is entertaining me, I don't want to stop this momentum, this is a great match.
I thought the biggest letdown was letting Braun go last.
And is this the first time we've ever heard Elias' theme music?
No, no, no, every time he leaves, they play.
Oh, but this time he's walked out to it. Okay, because that was a little weird for me.
Uh, but I, I feel like for some reason, I need an Elias stromin program.
Like, their work together was really good.
Yeah, but especially for two big men.
But you got to take stromin down just a little bit, though. He's too...
No, I understand, but I'm saying I think this would be a good plan, at least a little bit down
the road to have him feud with Elias, because I thought they worked really well together.
Well, there is the rumor. I don't know if you saw this about the stromin biz at media,
and then it falls up with Elias. Oh, really? Okay.
But I, but I think that they're going to have to have, um,
stromin with something like, you know, arms out of whack, leg hurt, something like that in order to even...
And, but here's my downside to that gauntlet match.
For as long as it went, and it went two full hours.
I don't like stromin, Elias.
That's me. There should have been something on the line here.
Yeah. This is where they should have did the elimination chamber deal.
Right. Who like, who gets, whoever goes in last, yeah.
Right. Or even better if they had the order you were eliminated.
Was, yeah, oh, that would have been neat.
Don, you're up a quiet over there, right?
No, I'm slussing.
Okay, fair enough. I'll make sure you're okay.
I don't like stromin, Elias.
Okay, so I'm trying to pay attention.
I'm going to, I'm going to save this next part.
I'm going to come back to it at the end, because that's what it's like.
I mentioned that on my stromin last.
So did you ever, did anybody notice when they replayed the Ronda Rousey video package?
Did we only pay to use bad reputation once?
Because they changed the music with the video package.
It's Joan Jett. I mean, she'd be okay with whatever you want to cover.
Check.
Yeah, but Jett, the sun's not doing anything.
No, that's true.
Uh, Jett, Jett, okay.
And apparently as, as Adamant, as Corey Graves has been about the Sasha Banks heel turn,
it's gotta be Bailey now.
He's overselling how helish Sasha is.
The, it's like guaranteeing the Bailey heel turn.
Now, let's get to what could be the greatest,
but WWE moment of the year so far.
Will you sell something?
So Tuesday night, I went to a screening and I was out there in the elements.
That review's coming week after next.
With your fans, you know, with the millions and millions.
And I got to see a friend of the show, Misty Varsalone,
whom we all know and we all love because Misty's, we love Misty.
So Misty says to me, she goes, have you watched Raw yet?
And I said, no, she goes, okay.
There's a moment, I, because I know you can read lips.
There's a moment I need you to look for.
That's right.
And she told me and I was like, okay.
So rewind to the Jeff Jarrett Hall of Fame unveiling video package.
Play the video package and you know how after a video package,
they just take two or three audience reaction shots.
The middle, you know, the last audience shot.
It's four people sitting ringside.
The two people on the right as you're looking at the screen are some,
male, female, some kind of a relationship.
She looks at him.
And clear as day, you can rewind the tape and watch it.
She looks at whomever this man is that she knows.
And she says, who the F is that?
And I, I stopped it and I was like, okay, let me rewind it.
And I'm like, she says it, and I, and she says the word.
Like I was crying.
I was laughing so hard.
And I texted Misty right away.
He's like, nope, you saw what you think you saw.
And it was hilarious.
And second year in a row, they get that on tape.
Oh, so great.
All right, so, um,
Taz, he's now got a show on Sirius XM.
With the CBS Sports Radio channel that's launching this week.
Or is it this past week?
I'm going to say it's about your Bailey going back to that real fast.
They've been saying, how many years have they been saying,
Cena heel turn?
Yeah, but you can't put Bailey and Cena in the same counter.
Bailey is not that over.
I'm just saying that may just keep that in mind.
Bailey's not that over.
You're not going to change my mind.
I'm just saying he deadmined.
Um, this couple of impact notes because God, I slogged through that show today.
We have to.
Um, what was the deal with that filming style for this destiny world wrestling?
That looked like it was like, I don't know.
I don't know.
It was weird.
Somebody had not done that.
This may sound horrible, but when, when the lady that's playing a business grandma
walked out, and I realized that she's really a lady.
I was like, okay.
Yeah.
I'm not going to go too deep in it because LAs like a month behind
on events, which is I'm not joking.
He really is.
Good reason.
He, you know, he just, he, yeah, he just watched Genesis.
If that told you anything, we're going to need you to step aside.
So, um, in other weird news, James Ellsworth has unveiled his intergender title.
Because the ghost of Andy Cove is this, uh,
I want to say the, you made a point that kind of watched it on impact.
The, when there was that, don't, don't credit me with you watching.
Well, I'm not going to take that kind of responsibility.
The blind side moment from behind the cheap blind side.
I'm really trying to remember LAs not caught up.
That's what I'm saying.
I don't know which one you're referring to.
But there was somebody that was blindsided from behind.
That's all I'm going to say.
And they poured in that boo chat.
The whole crowd.
Oh, yeah.
They're going, yeah.
And the crowd noise is so horribly piped in during impact.
Like, you like the audience is just standing there and you're hearing,
ah, I'm like, they're not, there's 12 people there.
They're doing the same thing with ring entrance music.
Oh, yeah, yeah, it's terrible.
Oh, and speaking of, why have we not addressed the fact that, uh,
rock star Spud is your general manager?
Drake Maverick, 205 Drake Maverick, sir.
As if 205 Live doesn't already ding to be irrelevant.
Maybe it can help breathe some life into that thing.
I just wanted to, when we're going to get EC3.
We're going to live in a rock star Spud.
Drake Maverick.
You're still a jerk.
Drake Maverick.
That's all right.
A couple of Smackdown notes.
Did everybody notice that they've now put a video board on the side of the ring
that faces the ramp now?
Because when you get to the ankle of them running in the ring,
they want to do that.
So the side of the ring that faces the ramp, that now has a video board on it.
So when, like, I noticed that Monday night when they hit Shane's music,
because they were showing it from the top of the ramp, Shane's name came up on the thing.
I don't like the prescripted words that jump on the screen.
I don't like that either.
We talked about that a couple of weeks ago.
I don't mind it for the Mixed Max challenge, because it's something different.
But for Smackdown, yeah, Smackdown promise, it just doesn't work.
What are you talking about?
No, it's a raw now too.
I haven't seen it on Raw yet.
It's where, like, somebody's cutting a promo,
and the words they say show up on the screen,
and these weirdly weird comic book fonts.
I like the closed caption kind of thing for the video.
No, but it looks like it's written in a comic book.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I have to preface this next bullet point.
I'm probably a horrible person for thinking this.
But just once, I would love,
because why has the suicide dive
or the plancha off the top rope turned into
five people all holding onto each other for dear life?
Just once, I'd like to see somebody do it.
Yeah, I like just once.
I'd like to see somebody do it, and everybody just parks.
Because, you know, logic.
I want to say I've seen them.
Yeah, I want to see years ago.
Wrestling logic.
I like whatever the rock will cause somebody,
you know, it's pocketated to somebody like that.
This is like when Leslie Jones
at that stage and I've been ghost busters.
The last one I saw do that was actually Joe,
when he was still with TNA.
Oh, it was him and somebody outside.
It was styles came over and Joe just went and walked off.
Remember, this is an audio medium.
Yes.
So I'm going back to the walk.
Joe, the Tories for the walk.
And let's just, let's just say it.
Get ready for face Kevin Owens.
No, I'm telling you, because Sammy is doing
too much right now.
I want you to know, man, if it comes out of you and me,
I will lay down and you can win the title.
That's the heel turn for Sammy against Kevin.
Kevin's turning face.
I don't want to look at face Kevin.
Dude, we haven't had a face Kevin Owens.
Since the Indies.
Well, I mean, since he turned on El Generico and ROH,
and that was like seven, eight years ago,
when ROH was still on what was then called HDTV.
Yeah, we'll see a heel the whole time in NXT.
Yeah.
Was he okay?
Absolutely. He came in heel.
Especially because of the whole initials,
KO being the same as Cassius Ono.
And Cassius Ono had just been kicked out of the company,
because he wouldn't do what H told him to do.
Hey, and you know, whenever you go up one on one,
the Kevin Owens, Kevin Reload.
Oh, but I can't wait.
I blame you for this.
Yeah, it's the real life.
Oh, let's see.
And I mean, I don't know if I know this,
but creepy paper view guy was at SmackDown,
and why does it not surprise me that he's in Ascension Mark?
I'm just saying.
It's because he's related to Victor.
That's true.
And so we talked about Coach earlier.
And I don't, there's no way this wasn't done on purpose.
He's on the black, guys.
But on SmackDown, hold on on SmackDown live,
Graves actually got the quote right.
He actually made it a point to say everybody's got a plan
until they get punched in the face.
And I was like, oh, I see what you did there.
That was a shot at coach.
I see what you did there.
You know what, you know what I'm thinking about Cori?
He's not afraid to take shots at his pillow.
Well, what I like about Cori Graves is he's finally learning
that there's really isn't such a thing
about as an effective heel announcer anymore
that he can be heel-ish.
Right.
Because there's only one heel announcer
and God rest his soul, his name is Bobby,
the brain-heated.
Nobody, nobody's before,
and nobody's since could make up excuses
for it to justify heel actions better than Bobby Heated.
He was okay at a certain time.
But Heated consistently over his career.
Also Ventura, I put on that list.
Just eat the body, him and Gorilla.
Oh, Gorilla.
He's third.
I think I think I think King is second.
But Heated's on the top of that balance yet.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, heated's his own mountain.
They're at the bottom.
Yeah.
All right, so let's get into running the card
because we're running a little bit behind on time.
Because you know, when you have six matches on a card.
Wow.
Just the real rumble.
What we got to run.
And it was four.
It was four until two days ago.
Yeah.
Oh, Lord, hey.
What is this?
A shot of the fact that it's February.
It's black history.
Oh, no, no, no.
It's just a left day in the month.
Shortest day in the month.
No, man.
I think this is all racist.
Everything about this is maximum racist.
All right, so, pre-show match,
and tag team action.
Luke Gallows and Carl Anderson,
versus the Miz Tarrage.
Andrew says Gallows and Anderson.
Zimmerman says the club.
Now, those are only one point risks a piece.
Because all they do is pick the winners.
Don't remind them.
But no, they can't fix it now because we've already
gone on there.
So I'm talking about the people here.
No, because we have to be fair and inequitable.
All right, Chad.
Gallows and Anderson's.
And then you just straight pick one point risk
for the club.
All right, general.
Same.
Gallows and Anderson, one point risk.
All right, Don.
They're the same club by pinfall.
All right, Doc.
Gallows and Anderson, one point risk.
All right, L.A.
Baller Club.
OK.
Great name.
Pinfall.
OK.
Anderson.
I'm going to go the other way with it.
I'm going to say Baller Club pinfall gallows.
Now question, if Anderson doesn't pin him,
does he lose all the points then?
That's a minus one.
Because a minus one.
OK.
Because he's still got the pick right.
So.
And I'm even going to say, I'm actually
going to go one deeper.
I'm going to say Gallows gets the pin on Axel.
Oh, that's impossible.
See your Axel and raise you Anderson with the pin.
Oh, you already made your pick.
You always say what you make your pick.
No, no, that's once we start, though.
If he wants to risk more points, I'm going to let him.
OK.
You kidding me?
What's the rules?
Once you say boom, once a cut off, where you can't go like five
minutes.
Well, once we move on to the next match.
OK.
Because sometimes somebody can actually
talk to you and go, and you know what?
I think that's a better pick.
So you're going the opposite way of me, but the same result.
Then I will add, I'm not going to pick who gets the pin,
but on Dallas.
OK.
I'm going to say pin on Dallas, too.
Hey, hey, you guys are going to force me to lock this down.
Seriously, that's why he has a legitimate question.
I was like, when is it end?
OK.
In a grudge match, Woken Matt Hardy versus Braywai, by the LA
Greg says that you will rest in peace.
I just got the text, the text just came through.
From our anonymous general, I don't know.
OK, so Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Andrew says
Matt Hardy, Steven says Matt Hardy.
General.
Matt Hardy.
Don.
Matt Hardy by pin.
OK.
Now, if you get the person wrong, but the finish correct,
it's a break even, because it's two minutes.
I'm going to go out and let me say Bray Wyatt by pin.
All right.
Doc.
Matt Hardy.
All right.
LA.
Matt Hardy by pins fall in.
No, we're not going that far.
Chad, Matt Hardy by pin.
I think I'm also going to say Matt Hardy pin fall just
because this has to stop.
Bonus points for all the island?
No.
No, no, no, no.
Nia Jax versus Asuka.
If Nia wins, the raw women's title match at WrestleMania
will be a triple threat.
Steven says Asuka.
Andrew says Asuka by DQ.
Don, you're up.
Asuka by submission.
OK.
Asuka.
OK.
Asuka.
Nia Jax is getting in that triple threat.
So Nia with an Asuka DQ or count out.
So I'll pick one of the other.
But DQ and count off the same thing.
So a DQ.
Chad.
Asuka.
General.
Asuka by submission.
This is where I declare shenanigans.
Because Nia is getting into that match.
So you can do a deal where there's shenanigans.
It still doesn't ruin the win streak.
But Nia wins it, but it doesn't go against the win streak.
Because she's getting in this match.
Because all directions point to this.
But this is my shenanigans pick.
This match right here.
I love this look like Andrew's pick.
Does the same thing count if let's say what my DQ be the same
as if Asuka can't even do the match like if Nia beats her up
before.
There's no way they're caught in six matches the less than that.
But no, but it's still a DQ.
No, that is still I will make that exact decision.
That is still a DQ.
Yeah, no, yeah, that is still a DQ.
Raw tag team titles on the line.
The bar versus Titus worldwide.
And let's see.
Andrew says the bar Steven says Titus worldwide.
No, Alex, I think we're up to eat the bar by pinball.
All right, doc.
The bar.
All right, L.A.
This is for the titles.
Correct.
And it's February.
Cheek.
All right, they did.
Wow.
Titus high five, Alex and L.A.'s eyes came out of his head.
What the hell?
What the hell?
See, don't be mad because you didn't say it.
Because you know you're mad because you didn't say it.
There's a freaking line.
OK, there is one.
OK?
There might be an apathy in the skyline.
Oh, my God.
I should get him right.
The look on L.A.'s face was nothing sort of hilarious.
It's not pissing off, all right?
I'm not going with the black eyes because they've been doing it all month.
So the bar is going to be a whole month, but that's enough for you.
James is going to get the victory because he's on his way out, I think.
So he'll be pinning.
Oh, that was nothing short of hilarious.
Chad.
Two of the widest white guys in the fit.
Yes, the bar.
All right, Jim Rome.
I am wearing my bar shirt.
Yeah, I noticed it.
I'm rooting for the bar.
Don, in honor of this prestigious month, I'm going to go with Titus.
I, you know what?
I am saying Titus worldwide wins this because it's February.
No.
OK, that's not where I was going for the record.
For the record, that's not where I was going.
I just think with, isn't she Amos that's kind of on his way out?
Yeah.
With she Amos on his way out, I really feel like it's, and combine that with the fact that
this Titus worldwide thing is actually starting to catch heat.
I think giving them a short title run, you could put them in like a fatal five-way tag team
match at WrestleMania after this.
They'll get tomorrow.
I think they do it tonight.
And I'm going to say it's Apollo that gets the pin on she Amos.
Not a Apollo.
Not to be mistaken with Apollo.
No, it's just Apollo now.
It's just Apollo now.
They dropped his last name.
It's like rock up my Viag now that can turn it to the rock.
All right.
Are we going to do it in Memorial for Apollo Crews in May?
No.
No, no, no.
Raw Women's Championship on the line in the elimination chamber first time ever for a women's
elimination chamber match, Alexa Bliss versus Bailey versus Mandy Rose versus Sasha
Banks versus Mickey James versus Sonya DeVille.
Steven says Alexa retains Andrew says Alexa retains LA, I believe we're to you.
Yeah, you got to have two heels in that triple threat that's going to happen there.
WrestleMania can't hit, but I say Alexa don't want to pick who this is going to be a tough
one.
I don't see where this is going.
I'm just going to take her.
Okay.
Doc.
Remember, this risk is like the rumble, but except since there's only six or seven people,
it will be worth.
It's just the reverse.
If they're the one of the first ones in a matter of who, if it's one of the first two,
it's still six points because you can't gauge that.
And so on.
Doc.
Actually, no, if it's LA, we go back to Chad.
No, you got your doctor or LA.
That's okay.
I'm very confused right now.
Chad.
Blitz retains.
Five feet of hearing.
All right.
Don.
Blitz retains.
Yeah.
You better not.
No, I want you to do it.
Please.
Please.
I want to put a point on that cheap that she pins Sasha in the very banks in the very
end.
Okay.
So you're going to put an extra point for Alexa pinning Sasha with Bayley because of Bayley
doing some hero.
Are you calling shenanigans then?
Oh, come on.
Come on, thanks.
Well, how can these shenanigans in this match?
Because if Bayley is eliminated, then she's technically an outsider.
Oh, okay.
Because you always see if they're in the match.
Right.
No, but they're not somebody traditionally in the match.
You can call shenanigans in the chamber because it's not like the sing brothers would be
with him in the chamber.
Yeah.
This is my shenanigans match.
All right.
And so shenanigans saying that Bayley costs Sasha.
Yep.
Okay.
Good.
Bliss retains closing with a pinfall.
Doc.
I'm going with a, I'm going with bliss this time.
I wanted Sasha, but she failed me so I'm going with bliss.
I think it's pretty much unanimous.
I'm going to take Alexa Bliss anyway because we can't put Nia in the triple threat at
WrestleMania without Alexa involved, which is why I gave my shenanigans to that match
because I think Alexa's the one that causes the problem.
All right.
Men's elimination match to determine the number one contender for the Universal Championship
to face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.
First time ever of seven people in the chamber.
Braun Strowman versus Elias versus John Cena versus Roman Reigns versus Seth Rollins versus
the Miz versus Finn Balor.
Andrew says Reigns?
Steven says Reigns.
Now, before we begin, if your pick is one of the first starters, they lose seven on
this one.
At seven because they're seven people.
Okay.
And then after that, if you're the first person out on the final four, then you're number
four.
You lose four.
It's seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Well, seven, seven, seven, four, two, five, two, three, two, three, two, three, two,
seven, seven, seven.
Yes, you're right.
Four, two, three, two, one.
Yes.
All right, Doc.
I'll go on Roman Reigns.
Chad.
Reigns.
All right.
It's a win-room.
Reigns.
Don.
God, cause they have to put in a main event with the last three WrestleMania, so we're going
to have to put Roman Reigns as a winner, again.
I like to pick Brock Lesnar, but he's not defending.
First elimination chamber without a defense, if I'm correct.
I'm having a Brock's not in there defending.
Alex.
Do you remember this was a guy that was humming the Jeopardy theme at LA in the last two
pay-per-view?
Because he took so long to answer.
So I'm going to say Reigns wins.
but I'm going to throw shenanigans into this one
to eliminate Braun to then my hot take
is that the Andre Battle Royale winds up meeting
something where Braun wins and gets put in
as a triple threat at Mania.
Ooh, that's interesting booking,
and it'll ever happen,
because that's why.
That take wasn't that hot.
That's right.
Come on, Ellie.
Because it's ridiculous, you're correct.
I'm gonna take the unfortunate ending of Roman reigns
as usual at the freaking wrestling.
I mean, this is the worst kept secret
and professional wrestling right now.
Roman reigns wins this match
because the plan is him,
Brock Lesnar, and WrestleMania,
followed by him versus Seth Rollins.
Don.
Don.
I want to know that shenanigans for Braun
getting knocked out by, say, a foreign object
getting thrown in by someone.
That does, no, hold on.
I need to make, I'm making the executive decision.
If you want to use that as shenanigans,
I will allow it, because that really is
the literal definition of shenanigans
with the international object.
All right, so that being said,
grade the pay-per-view.
Steven says C.
C.
Andrew did not send me a grade.
Chad, D.
All right, general.
D minus.
Don.
I'm gonna say C plus, and I'd like to see
Braun versus Brock at Mania, but that won't happen.
I think that'd be a great match to see him.
All right, Alex.
C minus.
Doc.
Let me give a C plus, but I hope I'm wrong.
All right, L.A.
You can't say 10.
You can't say 10.
I am finding it hard to do anything,
given the fact that there's so little,
so few matches on this card,
you can't take a seven-person elimination chamber
and make it as long as the rumble
and keep any real interest.
It's gonna run out of gas.
It's gonna be hard for me to rate this higher
than a D plus right now, just because...
Like, I love pay-per-view.
We've always said this on the show
that we love pay-per-view Sundays
if for no other reason
that we all get to get together and hang out.
Because we all have a lot of stuff going on,
and the fact that we get to take that time together
and hang out.
And L.A. will be very disappointed to know
that this could be the last time you get to hear me complain
about two pay-per-views in three weeks,
because as we know, after WrestleMania,
they're combining all the pay-per-views.
And they're all gonna be four hours long.
Now, if this, if Bayley turns, would you rate this higher?
No, because it's what we've been waiting for for six months.
Okay.
Hey, everybody wanna take a bet on the fact
that we get our Kirk lock-in squash somewhere in the middle
that builds up.
He's at 0-1-178 now.
But what I'm saying is they'll throw him out the fence.
Yeah.
They'll put him in like, it's just some random...
What are the odds? Maybe he jobs the EC3.
Or Ronda Rousey.
Yeah, so what are the odds?
They get a Ronda Rousey contract signing during this week.
No, it is.
No, she signs her raw contract tonight.
Okay, that's part of the deal.
Okay.
All right.
You've heard what we've said.
We'll see how well this goes.
And just remember,
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