5 Great Elimination Chamber Matches That Led To Horrible WrestleMania Matches And Vice Versa

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00:00 When the road to WrestleMania is two months long, the kids ask for a pit stop.

00:04 It doesn't matter how many times you told Austin Theory not to get the extra large Big Gulp,

00:07 he's been asking for a Wii since the Royal Rumble. Thankfully, there's a perfectly good

00:11 elimination chamber here with four very convenient cubicles.

00:15 Okay, I don't like where this bit is going, so we're gonna move on.

00:18 The elimination chamber has become the stopgap between the Royal Rumble and

00:21 WrestleMania, with the show of shows biggest matches being set up in the box of boxes.

00:25 The ideal scenario would see both the chamber match and its Mania counterpart

00:29 reach the highest level of quality possible. But more often than not,

00:33 one component of that equation doesn't fulfill their end of things.

00:36 I'm Tempest Hailing from PartsFunknown, and these are five great elimination

00:39 chamber matches that led to horrible WrestleMania matches, and vice versa.

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02:20 No, no, no! This is so much pain! This is the worst pain I've ever felt in my life!

02:24 Number 5 worst chamber match that led to a good Wrestlemania match,

02:39 CM Punk wins vs Chris Jericho. The first bad chamber match of the night,

02:43 CM Punk vs Chris Jericho. The first bad chamber match that produced a good Wrestlemania match on

02:48 our list came in 2012, and right off the bat, bad might be a bit of a strong word.

02:53 The WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match in 2012 suffered from a particularly weak field

02:58 of main event competitors, not in terms of the quality of their work, but you look me in the

03:02 eyes and tell me that one of Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, or R-Truth was going to win the

03:07 WWE title a month before Wrestlemania. CM Punk and Chris Jericho rounded out the field, but Jericho's

03:12 bizarre elimination, or lack thereof, put the final nail in the coffin of this forgettable

03:17 chamber match. However, we then closed the book on that negative chapter and reopened on

03:21 Wrestlemania 28 and the WWE Championship Singles match between Punk and Jericho.

03:25 If you weren't a fan of the over-the-top drama of The Undertaker vs Triple H,

03:29 then this was probably your favorite match of Wrestlemania. The action is fun and befitting

03:33 of the grandest stage of them all, and even though the stuff about Punk's family takes up a bit more

03:37 focus of the match than it needed to, this is still one of the best nights of CM Punk's 434-day reign

03:43 as champion. #5 Best Chamber Match That Led To A Bad Wrestlemania Match - Austin Theory Wins vs

03:49 John Cena Back when the United States Championship was the default title up for grabs on Raw,

03:54 you got matches like this with top guys and up-and-comers alike trying to grab the gold

03:58 before Wrestlemania. While the stakes feel lower because the US title does indeed mean less than

04:02 the world title despite what WWE tried to tell us, the match itself was brilliant. Unsurprising,

04:07 considering the idea behind this match was to let the likes of Seth Rollins, Chad Gable, Montez Ford,

04:12 Johnny Gargano, and Bronson Reed cook on pay-per-view for a half hour, but the downside

04:16 of the match was that Austin Theory had to win it. Not only because it elongated the dreadful

04:20 title reign of Theory, but also because it set up his Wrestlemania 39 stinker against John Cena.

04:25 I've spoken about my disdain for this match before, but I genuinely don't think you could

04:29 have booked a lamer start to Wrestlemania if you tried. Between the basic heel finish and the sad

04:34 truth that John Cena is several years past his prime, this match did nothing to make Theory's

04:39 character or his title win palatable. - Randy Orton Wins vs Daniel Bryan

04:46 & Batista - What you will notice about many of the worst Elimination Chamber matches on this list

04:51 is that they don't even get that bad half of the time. But rather, with the matches taking

04:55 place so close to Wrestlemania, more often than not the world title scene is pretty crystal clear

05:00 resulting in a particularly unstimulating experience. In the case of the Lone Chamber

05:04 match in 2014, we simply knew that Randy Orton was not about to lose the title, and after six

05:09 months of the Authority trying to keep Daniel Bryan away from their precious cummerbund,

05:12 seeing it again just wasn't interesting enough to warrant this Chamber match.

05:16 The work from the likes of Christian, Cesaro, Sheamus, and Bryan was very good in this match,

05:20 but it lacked any of the urgency that would have gotten fans invested. I feel like this was less

05:25 WWE's fault and they clearly learned from this a bit as the Chamber was removed from the Road

05:29 to Wrestlemania itinerary for three years after this, but the positive side of this forgettable

05:33 match was one of the greatest Wrestlemania main events of all time. WWE may have been dragged

05:39 kicking and screaming to that main event, but that will never change how great it was. Orton's win

05:44 in the Chamber set him up to face off against Rumble winner Batista and ultimately Daniel Bryan

05:49 who would cap off his story in the way he couldn't inside the Elimination Chamber.

05:53 Number 4 Best Chamber that led to a bad Wrestlemania match? John Cena wins vs The Miz

05:58 It may not have been the best Elimination Chamber on that night, but John Cena's win in 2011 was

06:04 still the conclusion to a very good match. The match that came just weeks later at Wrestlemania

06:09 27? Not so much. The 2011 Raw Chamber had the highlights of John Morrison at his very best,

06:14 dropping from the top of the cage to eliminate Sheamus, CM Punk looking like Wolverine stabbed

06:19 him in the ass after taking an AA on the graded floor, or Punk somehow getting half his body

06:24 stuck in his pod. It is a fun little match, but unfortunately John Cena did win it and we all

06:29 know what happened next. We know what happened because 13 years later The Miz will not shut the

06:34 f*ck up about having one of the worst Wrestlemania main events of all time. Even on paper, I don't

06:38 know who thought The Miz vs John Cena would be suitable for the bash in 2009, let alone the main

06:44 event of Wrestlemania. But this match was so much worse than even the lowest of expectations. They

06:49 had lots of time cut, their chemistry was non-existent, there was constant interference

06:54 from Alex Riley, then a double countout finish, an email, a concussion, and the rock-costing

06:59 Cena the match. Honestly, I think this match makes me like that Chamber match a lot less.

07:04 Worst Chamber that leads to a good Wrestlemania match? John Cena wins,

07:08 Wrestlemania 22 ensues. Before the days of the Chamber standing in the way of Wrestlemania,

07:13 the Chamber started WWE's calendar year with Satan Structure main eventing New Year's Revolution

07:18 in 2005 and 2006. I personally loved the 2005 Chamber match, but the 2006 match…

07:25 Again, this one isn't a horrible match, but in a match with Kurt Angle and Shawn Michaels,

07:31 Carlito and Chris Masters were the two featured challengers, and that just wasn't cool. What was

07:36 cool, however, was what followed as this Chamber was merely prelude for the first ever Money in

07:40 the Bank cash-in. Edge wins the title for the first time, boinks, lead on TV, a tale as old as

07:45 time. Perhaps more indirectly than some of these entries, this subpar Chamber set a lot of matches

07:50 in motion for Wrestlemania 22, which is honestly one of the more quietly excellent manias out there.

07:55 Cena's Chamber win set him up to eventually defend his ugly-ass belt against Triple H in a solid main

08:00 event, but more importantly, the Chamber set up Edge to have his mania-stealing match with Mick

08:05 Foley. #3 Best Chamber that led to a bad Wrestlemania match? Edge wins, faces John Cena

08:11 in Big Show. No Way Out 2009 is a fantastic show. It may be a two-match show, but they were two

08:17 fantastic matches. Wrestlemania 25 was a bad show, highlighted by its dreadfully boring World Title

08:23 matches. More on this at 11. The World Title Chamber at No Way Out 2009 was part two of the

08:29 show's Edge double feature, with the Rated-R rat bastard stealing Kofi Kingston's spot in the match

08:34 and ultimately winning the World Heavyweight Championship. The match getting there is one

08:37 of the best Chambers ever, with Edge, Rey Mysterio, and Chris Jericho tearing it up and eliminating

08:42 John Cena in about 90 seconds. The match completely reshuffled the deck right before mania in a way

08:48 that the earlier entries on this list weren't able to do. Unfortunately, the opening hand

08:53 Wrestlemania was dealt was not good, as WWE decided that we had seen the classic John Cena vs. Edge

08:59 matches too many times, and what that match needed at mania was Big Show. Regardless of how good the

09:05 match could have been, there was nothing saving it when it went on directly after Shawn Michaels and

09:09 The Undertaker's legendary mania match. Cena can lift 700 pounds of human flesh all he wants,

09:15 but the match leading up to that feat of Herculean strength put half the audience to sleep.

09:19 Number 2 Worst Chamber Match That Led To A Good Wrestlemania Match - Undertaker Wins, Faces Edge

09:24 The build for the Undertaker's Wrestlemania 24 main event with Edge was superb, and nearly a year

09:30 long, so it's a shame that the final obstacle Taker had to overcome was so underwhelming.

09:34 The positive of the 2008 Smackdown Elimination Chamber match was that Taker and Batista were

09:39 able to continue their year-long rivalry, entering as the first two and lasting until the end, but

09:44 unfortunately the rest of the match was comprised of what happens when the big and tall section of

09:48 a clothing store gains sentience and mid-carters Finlay an MVP. I love Finlay and MVP, but come on

09:53 now, we both know they weren't winning. Once Taker had earned his shot by winning a mostly boring

09:57 chamber match, what stood before him was his chance to finally have a good Wrestlemania main event.

10:03 Because you may not remember now, but back then the Undertaker's Wrestlemania main event resume

10:07 consisted entirely of Sid and his loaded pants. Shockingly, his match with Edge was a massive

10:12 improvement. It may have gotten lost in the shuffle of the ensuing Taker Wrestlemania matches with

10:17 Shawn, Trips, and Punk, but at the time, there was a strong case to be made that this was

10:22 Undertaker's best mania match. Edge countered every one of Taker's most famous maneuvers,

10:26 but ultimately fell victim to Taker's newest and most dangerous weapon, the Hell's Gate Submission.

10:32 Because damn right, the undead zombie wizard watches UFC. It was excellent storytelling and

10:37 a fitting end to an awesome Wrestlemania. Number 2 best chamber to lead to a terrible

10:41 Wrestlemania match? Triple H wins vs Randy Orton. It's 11 o'clock. Do you know how sh*t your

10:46 Wrestlemania main event is going to be? We spoke earlier about No Way Out 2009's awesome

10:51 Elimination Chamber doubleheader and Wrestlemania's snoozefest of a follow-up, but now may I present

10:56 to you the other 50% of the evidence to that point. The WWE Championship Chamber starts with

11:00 a bang with Edge losing in 3 minutes to ensure a new champion, then an epic showdown between Triple

11:05 H and The Undertaker took the match across the finish line, and then some. Some people may not

11:09 have been very happy to see Triple H once again holding the title, especially so soon after a 7

11:14 month reign, but boy were those people ever justified when they saw the Wrestlemania main

11:18 event he had against Randy Orton just 7 weeks later. This brutally, painfully boring and

11:23 unsatisfying match closed Wrestlemania, leaving the fans with the lasting emotion of "That's it?"

11:30 I truly believe that if Taker and Shawn hadn't just had the match of the year,

11:34 the Cena-Edge-Big Show-Triple Threat had a chance to be good. This match had no such chance.

11:39 It doesn't matter what state the crowd was going to be in at the start,

11:43 no one was going to like this match. Number 1 worst chamber that led to a good Wrestlemania match,

11:48 Bianca Belair wins vs Becky Lynch

11:51 Maybe it was simply because everyone wanted to get out of Saudi Arabia as fast as possible,

11:55 but the two Elimination Chamber matches at Elimination Chamber 2022 were by far the shortest

12:00 and most rushed matches in the stipulation's history. Instead of the regularly paced 4 minute

12:05 intervals in chamber matches, 2022's matches had just 90 seconds between entries, leading to Bianca

12:11 Belair's Chamber win taking about 15 minutes. It wasn't the best night for the Chamber, made all

12:15 the worse by such nonsense as Alexa Bliss' swing, but ultimately none of that mattered because we

12:20 finally got the conclusion of Bianca Belair's journey back to Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania 38.

12:25 At the time, this was by far the best women's match in Wrestlemania history. Complete with a

12:30 superstar entrance, Bianca got to steal the show at Wrestlemania in front of a packed house for

12:35 the first time ever, warding off everyone's trepidation following her 20 second loss at

12:39 Summerslam. They played with that idea too, with Becky getting a near fall with a manhandle slam

12:44 less than a minute in, but it didn't matter if it was a manhandle slam or a boot right to the eye,

12:49 nothing was stopping Bianca from walking out of Wrestlemania as the Women's Champion and the

12:53 top women's star in WWE. This match is so f***ing good. Do yourself a favor and go watch it again.

13:00 At number 1, best Chamber match to lead to a terrible Wrestlemania match,

13:04 Bray Wyatt wins vs Randy Orton. There has never, ever been a bigger discrepancy between a fantastic

13:11 elimination chamber match and its horrible Wrestlemania follow up than what Smackdown

13:16 received in 2017. After the Intercontinental Chamber match forced the stipulation into a hiatus,

13:21 we needed something amazing to wash that putrid taste from our mouths. Bray Wyatt,

13:26 winning his only WWE Championship, was special. Even if it was very much telegraphed by Randy

13:32 Orton's Royal Rumble win, Bray winning was still a new face on top and he won it in the best match

13:38 possible. Having AJ Styles at the height of his WWE powers in the match will do that for you.

13:42 But then Wrestlemania came around and Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt had a boring bad match,

13:47 and that was before the bug stuff started. It has been laughed into the Wrestlecraft history books,

13:51 but WWE really did have Bray Wyatt magically project maggots and roaches and worms, oh my,

13:57 onto the ring as fans in attendance stopped making any noise as they witnessed the most

14:02 bewildering moment in Wrestlemania history. It is a shame this is how Bray Wyatt's title run

14:07 had to end because he and that elimination chamber win deserved so, so much better.

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