February 15, 2009 - Seattle, Washington
KeyArena
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| Non-Televised Match - WWE Women's Championship (RAW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Melina Champion |
def. | Beth Phoenix Challenger |
via Pinfall |
| Notes: | |||
| Match #1 - WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Elimination Chamber Match (SMDN) | |||
| Triple H Challenger |
def. | Edge Champion The Undertaker Jeff Hardy The Big Show Vladimir Kozlov Challengers |
via Pinfall (35:58) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- I was surprised at this being the first match. It looked like the best one on the card. Jeff and Edge started things off. And I was shocked when Edge was the first man out. Even before another man had entered the contest. Jeff pinned him at 3:03 by countering Edge's spear attempt with an inside cradle. Kozlov entered at 4:31, then Big Show at 9:44, followed by Triple H 14:29 and The Undertaker at 19:59. Kozlov nearly ruined the match, but everyone else was in great form. Undertaker took out Kozlov via pinfall after the last ride at 22:59, and Trips pinned Big Show at 26:13 after Hardy's swanton from the top of the pod. Show was also superplexed and Pedigreed just before. Undertaker took out Hardy via pinfall after a Tombstone at 28:31 and then Trips pinned Undertaker for the win. This match was really good, but it felt like the main event. I felt nearly spent after watching it. End with HHH and Undertaker was especially good. | |||
| Match #2 (RAW) | |||
| Randy Orton | def. | Shane McMahon | via Pinfall (18:16) |
| Notes: Shane was way more of a threat in this match than he should have been. He did his usual pillar to post maneuver, and fought of Priceless, but Randy hit the RKO out of nowhere to win. Randy bled a bit, which was nice. But like I said, Orton's supposed to be a badass. He won the Rumble. Then the boss' kid comes in and beats him down? Pfft.... | |||
| Match #3 - ECW World Heavyweight Championship (ECW) | |||
| Jack Swagger Champion |
def. | Finlay Challenger w/Hornswoggle |
via Pinfall (7:59) |
| Notes: Why didn't they save Christian's return for the ppv? It got lost on ECW. I was surprised that they wasted it on ECW. An appearance by Christian would have spiced up this match a bit and made me pay attention. Ah, but I guess it'll make me start DVR'ing ECW so maybe it worked for them. Not much to say here, except Finlay used to be cool, pre-Hornswoggle. | |||
| Match #4 (RAW) | |||
| Shawn Michaels | def. | John "Bradshaw" Layfield | via Pinfall (13:19) |
| Notes: Again, no limo entrance. I guess times are tough and all that, even for JBL. I was underwhelmed here. It wasn't anywhere near Shawn's normal quality of matches. It wasn't terrible, just kind of...meh. Probably because the storyline was weird. Shawn was getting beat on until JBL started doing it in front of Rebecca, Shawn's wife. She hit JBL and that fired up HBK for his big comeback. | |||
| Match #5 - World Heavyweight Championship - Elimination Chamber Match (RAW) | |||
| Edge Challenger |
def. | John Cena Champion Rey Mysterio Chris Jericho Kane Mike Knox Challengers |
via Pinfall (29:44) |
| Notes: -TITLE CHANGE- Another great match. And when Kofi was making his entrance, some things were made clear. Edge ran in and took out Kofi, and entered the match himself. The other Raw guys looked ticked off, which I thought was a nice touch. A not so nice touch? Rey Mysterio flying head first and "touching" one of the pods during the match. That looked like it freaking hurt. Jericho and Rey started, and then Kane entered at 5:06. Rey pinned Kane at 9:36, which annoyed me. Knox entered at 10:21, and Jericho pinned Knox at 14:40. Edge and then Cena entered at 15:29 and 20:49 respectively. Edge pinned Cena after he took a Codebreaker, 619 and spear at 22:18. The crowd became even more jacked up as the remaining men looked at each other. Rey pinned Jericho at 23:50 by countering the Walls of Jericho, and then Edge pinned Rey after quite a battle. I was glad Cena was dethroned, but I disliked the way they did it. I know Steph was gone at the hospital with Shane, but if the shows are supposed to be seperate, how can the SMDN GM just run the whole thing? If she's in charge, why didn't she just trade all the top talent to SmackDown? I admit I'm writing this after watching Vickie's explanation on Raw. Bah...Edge seems to win all his titles under dubious circumstances. | |||