Wrestling Reviews: Elimination Chamber Review (Feb 17, 2019)

Elimination Chamber 2019 (Feb 17)

Disclaimer: I’ve been writing this review all week (started writing it Monday…….last Monday) and that’s why you’re going to be reading it now (well in a bit) I finished writing everything down yesterday (Feb 23) but I had to look everything over and edit a couple of things.

Elimination Chamber what a show this PPV was!!! So many incredible moments happened especially during both Elimination Chambers which I look forward to talking about to you guys.

Now I know i’m a little late reviewing it, I was trying to figure out a way to write about this, so what I did was, I ended up just going back and rewatching some of the matches just to get a little bit of a refresher so that way when I wrote everything down, it would be my natural reaction of it or at least close to what my natural reaction was when I watched it the first time if that makes any sense, hopefully it does………

Originally, I wanted to do a build up around the Elimination Chamber first before I wrote an actual review, but as I was writing it, I didn’t know if I was building it up alright, so I decided to just review the PPV without the build up, but without further ado let’s talk the Elimination Chamber PPV.

Disclaimer #2: I didn’t watch the kickoff so i’m not gonna talk about it, however I did hear that the cruiserweight match was actually pretty good but on to the main show.

Nia Jax & Tamina Vs Carmella & Naomi Vs The Riot Squad’s (Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) Vs Sasha Banks & Bayley Vs Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose Vs The Iconics (The Women’s Elimination Chamber Match for the first ever Women’s Tag Team Championships)

Alright so we start off with the very first match off the main card, The Women’s Elimination Chamber match for the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships………What can I say about this match except for it surely did not disappoint!! We all know this match could’ve went 2 ways, it was either going to throw the ball out the park oooor it was going to be a lackluster kind of performance……….luckily it wasn’t lackluster and they did throw the ball out of the park, heck out of the park isn’t even the word!!!!

Every single tag team in this match tore the house down, I loved watching this match, when I was trying to write down what was happening I could barely keep up with it, so much was happening all at once, but it was awesome, I would watch it again!! A whole lot of moments went down during this Elimination Chamber match, the two teams that started were Sasha Banks & Bayley along with Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose.

The other teams would be locked inside some chamber pods until it was their turn to come out. Sonya Deville nearly pinned Sasha in the beginning of the match with some kind of brutal move, if she would’ve gotten that pin after the move she did, Bayley & Sasha would’ve been out of the Chamber right then and there, but they stood in it which was good.

There was another moment where the two starting teams were outside the ring going at it and Mandy, I guess went for a move to Bayley, Bayley must’ve dodge it, causing Mandy to get her foot stuck in the Elimination Chamber chains, which then lead to Bayley landing a neckbreaker to her while she was stuck which just look so painful to me.

After a bit the Riot Squad (Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan) entered the chamber, there was a moment where everyone was in the ring, Bayley went for a corner move, Sonya & Mandy followed and tried to go for a tag team suplex, Sarah & Liv soon then followed after and well………everyone came crashing down after what looked like a pretty crazy powerbomb suplex, leaving everyone a little scattered around the ring.

Then we had the IIconics soon enter the chamber hoping to capitalize on what just happened, but everyone kept kicking out when they tried to put someone away which was funny!! Naomi & Carmella soon entered the chamber, getting a few hits in on their opponents and of course when the chance was given, Naomi went after Mandy, who’s been a little bit of a thorn in her side for quite some time………also there was a nice superkick to Sarah Logan by Carmella outside the ring.

Everyone continued to get some real impressive and some brutal moves in to each other Naomi as she was going after Mandy landed her finisher the rear view, although that was nice and a little well deserved to Mandy…………

This was the part that kinda upset me a bit, the IIconics rolled up Naomi into a pin afterward and just to make sure she couldn’t kick out they doubled teamed against her, pinning Naomi, having Carmella and Naomi the first team eliminated from the chamber………I was so upset, because I love both Naomi & Carmella, they were one of my picks to win it, but it is what it is……

To speed up the rest of this part, last team to enter the chamber were non other than Nia Jax & Tamina, once they came out all hell broke loose………they went after the IIconics and eliminated them after they tried to run and hide from everyone………The Riot Squad jumped off the chamber pod landing on Sonya & Mandy as well as Nia Jax & Tamina………..not too long after though, both Nia & Tamina eliminated Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan with a Samoan Drop by Nia and a Superfly Splash by Tamina. 

Now this part is a crazy moment, Nia tossed Bayley out of the ring, she then tried to ram her into the Chamber pod, but Bayley side steps it and Nia ends up going through the pod instead, giving everyone the chance to go after Tamina easier and weeeell, you can probably guess what happened next……..

Nia Jax Crashes Into Chamber Pod At Elimination Chamber
Video Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNkXRL_kLM

Nia & Tamina ended up getting eliminated, which was a little shocking, because i’m sure a lot of people (including myself) thought they would win the chamber because of how dominate they’ve been building up to the elimination chamber, but it seemed as though everyone was happy once they were eliminated, they even sang them a song while they were leaving.

We’ve come down to the last remaining two teams, the two teams that actually started the Elimination Chamber match together Sasha Banks & Bayley Vs Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose…………..it was such a close call during the ending parts of this Elimination Chamber match. Bayley & Sasha were close to putting Mandy & Sonya away with Sasha hitting her backstabber move and Bayley landing her finisher Bayley to Belly, Mandy nearly put Sasha away with her finisher, which I was super nervous about.

In the end though, the match turned around when Sonya accidentally speared Mandy Rose, giving Sasha the chance to lock Sonya in her submission the Bank Statement, although she was having a bit of trouble because she couldn’t use her shoulders, she ended up locking the bank statement, using her legs forcing Sonya Deville to tap out.

Not only did Sasha & Bayley gain victory over Sonya & Mandy, as well as everyone else who was apart of the chamber, but they also made history by becoming the first ever inaugural Women’s tag team Champions!!! I was super happy they won, but I also had a moment where I realized the title went to Raw and not Smackdown……….but overall, I was still very happy for them, they deserved it, I mean they fought very hard out there.

Other Thoughts: I was so happy for this match, I specifically watched Elimination Chamber because of this match to be honest and i’m really glad it didn’t disappoint!! I use to always say how I thought WWE should make a tag team division for the Women’s division and the fact that we now have that, is amazing!! I know I missed a lot of wrestling, but that being said, I think I picked an alright time to get back into it.

I’ll be honest though I got teary eyed after the match, I wanted to cry, but I didn’t cry, yet it still made me feel emotional……..I think it’s because of how big that moment was for the Women’s division, knowing how much they had to fight through just to get to that moment……….it’s like how could you not want to feel and take in something like that with them!? They made history and that’s a very proud moment.

Watching matches like that for the first time from home is one thing, watching it in person is a different story, but actually being apart of a moment like that………that tops both those feelings combined!!!

The atmosphere and reactions to everything were super high, you could just feel it, i’m really glad that match turned out well, Brava to each team in that Chamber match, they all did great out there and they really did put on a great performance Sunday night, also congratulations to both Bayley & Sasha for winning the first ever Women’s tag team championships, again they really did deserve it!!!!

Bayley & Sasha Become The First Ever Women’s Tag Team Champions At Elimination Chamber (Feb 17)
Source: WWE.com

After the match was over Bayley & Sasha were interviewed about their win, they were extremely speechless and emotional after capturing the titles, you know trying to soak everything in, unable to really find much words, which I completely get………..Sasha did end up saying a few words though.

She said she was lost for words and that we have no idea how hard they’ve fought to get the titles (in general) they don’t just do what they do for themselves, they do it for us (The WWE Universe) and for everyone who’s apart of the women’s division. It’s just the beginning with more change to come, that they’re here for a purpose and they will continue to do what they love and what they do best.

Pre Match Segment

Before the next match started there was a small pre match segment with Miz, congratulating that match and Sasha & Bayley for becoming the first ever Women’s Tag Team Champions, we also were brought an announcement by Miz and his wife Mayrse who told us they were pregnant and were expecting their second child.

The minute he said announcement and Maryse came out, I knew what it was going to be about, but congratulation to both Miz & Maryse, I wonder if it’s going to be a another girl or a boy!? It’s crazy because they just had their daughter Monroe last year…………how times flies right!? anyway on to the next match.

Miz & Shane Vs The Usos (Smackdown Live Tag Team Championships)

So i’m going to be honest here, I had to do some recapping with this match, i’m actually going back and forth watching it a bit and writing about it as I go along……….Shane started the match pretty strong, getting a lot of hits in and just going straight after the Usos.

I gotta say when I was watching Elimination Chamber last Sunday, watching Shane fight, you can see that he’s improved a lot in my opinion, not saying he was never good in ring, because he’s always been pretty good in ring, but you can tell that he has improved a lot more in his matches, which is good.

Shane and Miz actually have good in ring chemistry, they really do work well together as team. It’s always nice to see two people working well together, especially when you’re not really sure on the pairing, but with Miz & Shane it works in a weird way which I like.

Shane had a few moments that were really nice during this matchup, he did a twist around DDT to both Jimmy and Jey, he also did a coast to coast to Jimmy, tried to do the same to Jey, but was met with a superkick stopping his momentum and giving Jey the chance to try and close out the match by hitting his finisher and pinning Shane after landing it, but Miz came in with the save last minute. We also get a really impressive jump by the Miz when he was heading in the ring, even Miz was surprise by it, it’s not an important moment, but it is a nice moment to appreciate because of his reaction.

We move on to the ending of the match where Shane goes for his leap of faith move from the top corner ropes, onto the announce table to Jey Uso outside the ring, after Miz set it up for him…………I tell you Shane really loves jumping off of things, he pretty much lives for it.

Now although Miz & Shane went out there and gave the Usos a fight, in the end the winners of the match ended up being The Usos, with Jimmy using Miz’s pin against him, after he hit his finisher to Jimmy, so not only did the Usos win the match, but they also took the titles from Shane & Miz, making them the New SDL Tag Team Champions and I think also becoming 6x tag champs in the process as well…………

Other Thoughts: Although I was happy, the Usos won the tag titles, I actually did feel bad for Miz, he dedicated his match to his wife and kids and for him to then lose after doing that………..I felt bad.

There was even a segment that you’ll read about later, where he was super upset with the way the match went that he just went on a mad one for a bit………..but I mean the Usos we’re the better team that night……….although I get the frustration, Miz and Shane can come back from this, it was just one night off, they can get it back……………..the Usos are the best though!!!

Finn Balor Vs Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush (2 on 1 handicap match for the Intercontinental Championship)

This match……..it was okay, I really don’t have a lot to say with this match, it wasn’t the greatest to me, but it wasn’t bad either, it was alright………..i’m not really sure why it had to be a 2 on 1 kind of match though, it didn’t really need to be a 2 on 1 match, but it was.

A few nice moments happened though, Balor went for a dive to Lashley outside the ring, Rush stopped him, which then lead Finn to chase him around the ring, luring Balor to Lashley who picks him up and rams him towards the barricade and once more off the ring apron hurting Balor before tossing him back into the ring. We now close in towards the ending of the match where Bobby Lashley goes for his finisher I believe, but Rush gets his ego all in a bunch, tagging himself in before Bobby could hit his finisher to Finn.

He then goes for a frog splash and misses big time, giving Finn the chance to recover a bit and gain some momentum back. Rush then tries to get away from Finn, but Finn gives him no leeway, he then attacks Lashley, sending him off the apron to then turn his attention back to Lio.

Lashley tries to help out, but Finn hits him with his sling blade move and then send him out the ring again, Lio Rush then follows, Finn does a dive over the ropes to them, brings Lio back in, hits his signature and finisher, pins Lio and becomes the New Intercontinental Champion for the first time in his career!!!

Finn Balor Becomes The New Intercontinental Champion For The First Time In His Career By Defeating Both Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush In a 2 on 1 Handicap Match at Elimination Chamber

Post match moment: After the match was over Lashley tried to go after Finn, but Finn escaped before he got the chance, with a huge smile on his face. Lashley was not happy with Lio Rush losing him his Intercontinental Championship, Rush tried to apologize and plea with him, at first it looked like Lashley was going to let it slide, but yeah no it didn’t happen like that at all, Lashley grabbed him and body slammed him to the mat and while a frustrating Lashley left the ring…..Lio Rush was left alone, laying in the ring.

Pre Match Segment Interview: This segment left me very upset, we get a recap of I believe Monday Night Raw, where we learn that Becky Lynch won’t be facing Ronda at Mania, thanks to Vince McMahon who suspended Becky for 60 days, which runs out 5 days AFTER WRESTLEMANIA and guess who he chose to replace her………..yep Charlotte Flair……….

Don’t get me wrong, I love Charlotte, she’s one of my favorites, but she should’t be facing Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania, Becky should be facing her………I mean she’s the one that won the Royal Rumble after all which makes it her opportunity, I don’t want Charlotte main eventing Mania, we’ve seen it before, why would they have Charlotte take Becky’s place instead….why!?

As you can tell, i’m still very upset about this, but I may also have some kind of theory on what they could possibly be doing and I hope that Becky ends up in it somehow, but anyway………there was a segment with Charlotte, where she talked about Becky Lynch and how life is good when you’re Charlotte Flair and talks going to WrestleMania, she stated how Becky panders for our attention and that she needs our approval.

Saying how unlike Becky, when she looks in the mirror her reflection give her all the love and approval she needs and that she knows in her heart she’s the best on Raw, on Smackdown & in the WWE and then the match started…….

Ronday Rousey Vs Ruby Riot (WWE Raw Women’s Championship)

Ronda Rousey Vs Ruby Riot at Elimination Chamber (Raw Women’s Championship)
Source: WWE.com

This match……….was not long, but i’ll sum it all up for you, Ronda was in control of the whole match, Ruby kept away from Ronda in the beginning of the match, got a few hits in after a bit, but Ronda took over the rest of the match by hitting Pipers pit and then landing her submission the arm bar afterwards, tapping out Ruby Riot and retaining the Raw Women’s Championship, which means she will go on to face Charlotte at WrestleMania……..again it was just a quick, simple, dominate kind of match.

Post Match Segment

After the match was over, Ronda & Charlotte ended up having a bit of a stare down with each other, not long after we got a surprise appearance, by the Man herself Becky Lynch, who was walking on crutches towards the ring. When she got to the ring she had a small stare off with both Ronda & Charlotte, she then throws one of her crutches to Charlotte, hits her and then attacks her with the other crutch, which was quite brutal…………

Becky went on a mad spree attacking Charlotte with her crutch……….after she finished attacking Charlotte, she look up at Ronda, who grabbed the other crutch that was on the ground to stay on guard against Becky, both Becky and Ronda have a stand down as well as another stare off.

Becky tries to convince Ronda to go after Charlotte and get even with her, Ronda heads towards Charlotte with the other crutch backing her into the corner ropes, She then glances at Becky, then proceeds to turn her attention back to Charlotte, giving Becky the chance to strike and soon attack Ronda, which she definitely did, i’ll tell you that………..after going crazy on Ronda & Charlotte Becky was later escorted out of the arena, proud!!

This was quite a segment……..however I really liked Becky’s gear it was quite badass, really nice!!! I’ll be honest watching Becky attack both Charlotte & Ronda I was kinda enjoying it a bit, until I saw that she actually hurt them, especially Ronda, boy did she have a bad gash on the side of her head, I felt really bad for them afterwards seeing them hurt………..this segment gave me mixed emotions, I both loved and enjoyed it, but I also felt slightly bad too……….although it was pretty brutal, I still enjoyed it.

I love Becky Lynch and I was so excited when she showed up at Elimination Chamber, despite being suspended and all, I just gotta say though any frustration she was feeling then, she sure let it all out that night alright, no security or ref could stop her, I do hope Ronda and Charlotte are doing alright though after the attack Becky unleashed on them last Sunday……….

Prediction Time: I might have a theory on how I think they’re trying or are going to do it………I feel right, that they’re going to wait until Becky Lynch is medically cleared and once they find out whether she is or not, if she is medically cleared, I think they might make the match at WrestleMania a triple threat. Having it be Ronda Vs Charlotte Vs Becky and maybe, just maybe having Becky win at Mania or they’ll try and make sure she doesn’t, but she’ll still ends up winning the title anyway somehow!?

I’m really hoping that they do make this a Triple Threat match because I really want to see Becky main event Mania and win it………..however if this doesn’t happen, Becky could still possibly show up at Mania and cost Charlotte the title, because Charlotte took her spot, but we’ll see……….no spoilers!!

Braun Strowman Vs Baron Corbin (Anything Goes Match)

Braun Strowman Vs Baron Corbin, anything goes………yeah like that’s not going to include people coming out and making a mess of things, of course not, I mean why would that be a thing at all!?………….no, but in all seriousness this match was alright, it wasn’t that bad, I don’t really think i’m going to have a lot to say about it, I thought it was a decent length of a match, not too long, but also not too short either.

There was some moments that stuck out to me, one being when Braun told Corbin he didn’t need a kendo stick to hurt him pretty much, after Baron Corbin kept attacking him with one…………also Corbin threw a chair at Strowman, well more like attempted, Strowman caught the chair, well kinda…………he didn’t let the chair hit him in the face is what i’m trying to say.

After Corbin tried throwing a chair at him, Strowman went after Corbin to try and run through him, but Corbin side stepped him, causing Braun to hit the steel steps, Corbin then grabbed them and repeatedly attacked Braun with it……..moving on to the closing parts of the match though, Braun grabs a table and power slams Corbin through it and as he goes to pin him, surprise surprise……………Drew Macintyre comes down to the ring holding a steel chair.

While Braun was waiting for Macintyre to get into the ring, not too long after Bobby Lashley shows up, ambushes him and attacks him with his own steel chair, Macintyre soon joins him and they both go on an attack spree towards Braun. Strowman tried to fight back against them, but in the end the winner of the match ended up being Baron Corbin with the help of Macintyre & Lashley who helped SHIELD POWERBOMB Braun through two tables, to then pin him………..I know this match was an Anything Goes kind of match, so i’m not really surprised Macintyre showed up,

However I was a little surprised that Lashley joined the party, I mean I know they had that match against, Finn Balor, Kurt Angle & Braun Strowman, but I didn’t think he’d align with them again, but overall the match wasn’t that bad, it was kinda enjoyable.

Backstage Segment: We’ve now reach Miz’s segment with Shane as well who was getting looked at by one of the medical staffs, Miz was slightly pacing back and forth apologizing to Shane for losing the match, Shane tries to assure him that it was fine, but Miz was really outrage about the whole thing, so outrage he started trashing the medical room a bit, saying that he’s better than that and how he made a promise to his father, to Shane, Maryse (his wife), Daughter and unborn child, Shane then tells him to take the night off and relax, which was the right call, because he was livid, Miz.

The New Daniel Bryan VS Kofi Kingston Vs Randy Orton Vs AJ Styles Vs Jeff Hardy Vs Samoa Joe (Men’s Elimination Chamber Match For The WWE Championship)

The main event of the night, 6 men all fighting for the WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber, now before we get to the match, I just wanted to let you know, there was a bit of change with this match card, originally Mustafa Ali was mean’t to be apart of this match, but he ended up suffering a concussion somehow, not sure if it was during his match with Randy or when the build up happened……….due to him getting injured, a gauntlet match took place on Smackdown Live, Kofi who was in that match, lasted about an hour I believe in it and so i’m guessing based off that, he qualified and took Mustafa’s spot at the Elimination Chamber.

Although I was glad to see Kofi in this match, I do feel for Mustafa, to get a chance at the Elimination Chamber and then have to miss out due to an injury it sucks, it would’ve been pretty cool to see him in that match, but I do hope he recovers alright, but with that said let’s get on with the Men’s Elimination Chamber match!!!

Same as the Women’s Elimination Chamber match, it did not disappoint!! I’ll be honest though, I thought it started off a little slow at first, but it didn’t take long for it to pick up so that was good.

Before the match started The New Daniel Bryan came out with Rowan by his side, but was told he had to leave him behind, which he didn’t like, he then made a small speech telling everyone he doesn’t want to be known as a martyr, but that he was suffering for the greater good, saying we need him and the planet needs him and that he’ll still be the WWE Champion.

So many moments happened throughout this match, one i’ll talk about in my highlight post and a little bit here too…….the two competitors to start the match were Daniel Bryan & Samoa Joe. In the beginning Daniel tried avoiding Joe, after a long while though, Samoa Joe hit him with some brutal chops to the chest, then Daniel & Samoa Joe went back and forth with attacks to each other and then later Kofi Kingston entered the Chamber.

Kofi got a few hits towards Daniel & Joe, there’s a moment where Daniel escapes towards the top of the chamber pod, Kofi follows and then attacks Daniel from the top of the pod, then free falls off it landing on Samoa Joe and Daniel. AJ Styles soon enters the chamber and later does a Moonsault from the corner ropes, goes to set up Daniel for a DDT, Kofi tries to go after Styles, but Styles catches him and ends up hitting a double DDT to both Kofi and Daniel, a little bit later in the match Daniel tries to escape again………but Styles catches him with a phenomenal forearm to the back of his spine while climbing the chamber.

The first person to get eliminated was Samoa Joe, after tossing Styles into the ring, he went after Kofi and tried putting him to sleep with his coquina clutch submission, Kofi countered the submission by running on the ropes to flip Joe over, trying to use his submission to pin Joe, I guess the same way he did during the Gauntlet match. Joe kicked out, but continued to hold on to the submission afterwards. Kofi then escapes the Coquina Clutch, giving Styles the chance to catch Joe with his phenomenal forearm finisher, pinning him and eliminating Samoa Joe from the match.

Jeff Hardy then soon enters the chamber, but doesn’t really stick around for long, there were a few nice moments from Jeff that I liked, but the one moment that I really liked was when he hit his Swanton bomb move from off the top of the chamber pod to the back of Styles, who was laying on top of the ropes.

As Jeff was getting back to his feet again after landing his signature move, Daniel giving him no time to recover, takes advantage and catches him with a running knee, pinning Jeff and eliminating him from the match……..it kinda sucks that he wasn’t in the match for that long, but at least we got to see him for a bit.

After eliminating Jeff Hardy, New Daniel Bryan went after both Styles & Kofi, he puts Styles in the tree of woe, then brings Kofi over, tries to go for a Suplex off the top rope with AJ Styles still hanging in the corner, Styles then grabs Daniel, who is holding on to Kofi and delivers a German Suplex to both of them……..everyone down at this point, the clock counts down and the Viper (Randy Orton) is last to enter the chamber, which gives him the advantage as he goes after everyone that’s left in the ring.

Kofi tries to go after Randy, who throws him at Styles, then we had Daniel go after him, but Randy tries to catch Bryan with an early RKO, Daniel avoids it and goes for a pin to Randy who gets out of it.

We then had a moment where Styles catches Kofi with quite a backbreaker, he then throws Kofi in the corner, runs after him, Kofi dodges and throws him over his shoulder. AJ hits him with a forearm to the face, he then goes for his finisher move and as he goes for it, Randy catches him from off the apron and lands his finisher the RKO, pins Styles and eliminates him from the match……..that right there was nicely set up I gotta say, it was really nice!!!

Randy Orton Catching AJ Styles With His RKO As Styles Went For His Finisher The Phenomenal Forearm At Elimination Chamber
Source: WWE

Down to the last 3 competitors, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston and The Champion The New Daniel Bryan………..

Kofi tries to immediately eliminate Randy as he was looking over at Styles leaving the chamber. Randy gets out of the pin, Kofi then tries to hit his trouble in paradise finisher to him, but Randy dodges it, then tries to run after Kofi in the corner, who catches him with a kick and just as Kofi starts building up momentum Randy stops him dead in his tracks, slowing down Kofi for a bit and letting Randy enter his zone where he waits to strike his opponents before hitting his finisher.

Just gotta say, Randy knows his spots and is very ring aware, he aims for Kofi, but Daniel tries to go after him and Randy catches him with a very nicely done power slam……….I say nicely done because Daniel just came out of nowhere and Randy caught him like *snaps* that!!! Randy tries to hit an RKO to Kofi, who avoids it, he then goes after him, but Kofi catches him with his finisher Trouble In Paradise, pins Randy and eliminates him……….now here comes the crazy part!!!

We now come down to our last two competitors, The New Daniel Bryan and Kofi Freaking Kingston (Sorry Seth) if you thought it was serious before……..well you might want to sit tight a bit more, because, it’s just getting started………..Daniel Bryan……..Kofi Kingston, we need another match with these two, because maaaan we’re they killing it in the closing parts of the Elimination Chamber match!!

These two were giving us what we wanted, without actually realizing we wanted it………I could write about all the flipping moments that happened during this part of the match, but i’m only going to share a few because I know this is already long as it is.

Kofi went for his trouble in paradise move, but Daniel dodged it and hit him with a low dropkick, stopping Kofi’s momentum………he then hits him with a few kicks, goes to hit him with his last one, Kofi avoids it and sends out an SOS to Daniel almost pinning him and winning the championship.

Daniel delivered a few running dropkicks to Kofi trying to put him away, but Kofi shows heart and doesn’t stay down no matter how many kicks are thrown at him……..the last running dropkick Daniel goes to do, Kofi launches out of the corner catching Daniel with a chest stomp and you would think just by that move when Kofi goes to pin him that would put him away……….but it doesn’t.

There was a moment where Kofi tried to go for what looked like a bulldog to Daniel, but Daniel pushed him towards the pod where Kofi hit against it instead. Back in the ring Daniel goes for his finisher the running knee, he connects with Kofi, thinking it’d be over at this point, Kofi not wanting to go out like that, gives Daniel a big NOPE and kicks out, surprising everyone, including Daniel himself………..

Daniel gets fired up and repeatedly stomps on Kofi, he then tries to go for his finisher again, but Kofi catches him with his finisher trouble in paradise, almost pinning him, only Daniel reverses the pin, but Kofi kicks out. Daniel then traps him with his Lebell Lock submission, after a bit Kofi breaks from it, forcing Daniel to break from the hold as well.

Now we come to the closing parts of the whole match, Daniel climbs up to one of the chamber pods, Kofi follows, both men go back and fourth on top of the pod, Kofi kicks Daniel until he’s back in the ring, the goes for a splash dive off the pod, Daniel avoids, then sets up his finisher one last time, lands it, pins Kofi and retains the WWE Championship………….

Talk about a crazy ending!! I mean the whole match was good, but that moment alone, between Daniel & Kofi, topped the whole chamber match in my opinion, everything that happened prior to that moment, was forgotten about for a good while, that’s how much they stole the show. Everything about that moment was just amazing, props to both Daniel & Kofi, because they put their hearts out there and fought incredibly hard in that match, like…………WOW!!!

Daniel Retains The WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber (Feb 17)

Post Match Segment: After the match was over, both Big E & Xavior Woods came rushing down the ring, to comfort Kofi and let him know that despite him not winning he still did great out there, okay great out there maybe an understatement, he rocked the house Kofi, the crowd even gave him a stand ovation, that’s how much they enjoyed his performance.

It’s nice that Kofi, Xavior and Big E are so close, you can see that they all really care about each other whether they’re fighting as a team or individually, they always have each other’s backs and that’s great to see!!

Kofi (With The Xavior Woods & Big E) Gets A Standing Ovation and The Crowds Respect After Putting On An Amazing Performance at Elimination Chamber (Feb 17)

Final Thoughts Of The EC: So many great and memorable moments happened throughout this PPV, I mean we had the first ever Women’s tag team match happen inside the Elimination Chamber, which did not disappoint, every tag team apart of that match did well…….yes even the IIconics, even though they eliminated one of my teams……but that aside……

I thought the match was great, really nice starter…….having Bayley and Sasha win the titles that was real good, I thought they deserved it, especially with the way they fought in their match. The Miz & Shane Vs The Usos was pretty good as well, at least I thought so………Shane with his daredevil antics and moves, to quote Miz’s dad, “Shane fears nothing” (I don’t think that’s exactly what he said, but it was along those lines)

The Usos, they are always on top of their game, with everything they do, they always put on great matches no matter who they’re facing and they’re just great Jimmy & Jey……….Miz is another great performer, great on the mic, great in the ring and just all around talented, whether you hate him or love him, when an opportunity strikes him, he uses it very well.

Now I know Shane & Miz didn’t retain their tag team title in their match with the Usos, but that doesn’t mean they don’t work well as a team. Based off the match they had you can clearly see that they are a good team, I hope they don’t separate as a team too soon because I feel they still have what it takes to continue to build as really great tag team!!

Finn is great, becoming the first ever Universal Champion at Summerslam (2016) and then having to relinquish it the next day due to a shoulder injury that he took at Summerslam…………i’m sure that was really hard on him, he was out for a good while because of it……..but with that said, he fought and fought and tried wining the title back, even facing off against Brock Lesnar (who is still the current champion…….) at this past Royal Rumble.

Although he didn’t win it, he sure gave Brock one hell of a fight to try and get it from him, which I would count as impressive!!! After going up against Brock Lesnar, he was put in a feud with Bobby Lashley and his manager/side kick Lio Rush, to then beat both of them in a 2 on 1 handicap match for the Intercontinental Championship at Elimination Chamber, this being his first time to ever hold the IC title………that right there, if anyone deserves the IC title, it’s Finn Balor, so i’m glad he won it in the end.

Then we had the moment of Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch with Becky just brutally attacking both Ronda & Charlotte during the in ring segment, with her crutches at that………yeah that’s a stand out moment for sure, also I love Becky and Charlotte, but Becky will always be my favorite!!!

There was just so many stand out moments throughout this PPV, it was just really good, I enjoyed it, i’m not going to grade it because then i’ll be here for a long time trying to figure out what grade to give it……….i’m just going to say it was an all around great PPV, I didn’t hate anything, however I think certain matches could’ve been better, but because we had two great Chamber matches and a few regular matches that were pretty alright, it makes up for the ones that weren’t the greatest.

So yeah……..that’s the Elimination Chamber for you guys!!! Sorry this review took longer than expected, I was trying to get my natural reaction out on here, I even went back and looked it over to rewatch so I could get the feel of it again, I wrote a whole lot of stuff here, I tried making it shorter but it’s a review which means it’ll be long either way……..I just hope it makes sense.

Disclaimer #3: This part is an update from what I originally wrote in this review just to give you guys a heads up.

I’m still planning on doing my highlight moments for this PPV, only because I really enjoyed it, it will come a little bit later after this is posted, as for Raw & Smackdown………….well gotta catch up again, soooo i’m not going to be  reviewing last weeks show, i’m just going to watch it, when it comes to this  weeks show, i’m going to try to review it, I might recap the show prior when I review both Raw & Smackdown Live of this week, but we’ll see……… 

I think what I might have to do, if i’m going to continue to review wrestling is, I might have to watch them live at least when it comes to the reviewing part so that way I can be on time like I want, but if not I might just do highlights towards the end of the week and review the PPV’s instead, if I can’t do both Raw and Smackdown when it comes to reviews, I might just pick one show to review and then highlight both shows again at the end of the week.

Even though this is late, I hope you still enjoy it and as soon as I catch up, I will see you guys with another one hopefully on time or at least within when the shows happen and not a week after they’ve happen.

Anyway for those who watched Elimination Chamber, let me know what you guys thought of the show, did you enjoy it, did you not!? Let me know your favorite moments and matches in the comments below!!

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

 

Feb 26, 2019

Okay brain listen here, we’re not doing this today, we’re not gonna sit here and dwell or overthink things right now alright!? We gotta stay focus, we neeed to stay focus, we can’t keep thinking or wondering where it is we’re going to be, we need to shape up and just keep going, if we keep thinking this way and worrying we’re just gonna end up standing in the same place.

We know we want to get somewhere right!? We want to be proud of ourselves for not giving up and sticking with what we set our minds to right!? There’s no need to feel sorry for ourselves then, as long as you don’t stop and keep putting the hard work in then we’re going to be fine.

Stop worrying, stop wondering if what you’re doing is good enough, stop looking at everyone else and comparing yourself to them, YOU’RE NOT THEM, YOU’RE YOU and you need to continue to just be you, don’t give up on your ideas and stop being so hard on yourself!!

Look I know that you feel being perfect and doing everything people think you should do is the right thing, but it’s not, you have to do what you feel is right, you have to trust that the decisions that you either make or are going to make, are what’s best for you.

So what if everyone has their own opinion, LET THEM HAVE THEIR OPINION!! IT’S JUST THAT AN OPINION!! STOP TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE, just because people have their judgements and everything doesn’t mean that what you’re doing is wrong, if you’re doing it and you feel satisfied and happy doing it, then keep doing it, don’t talk your way out of it, stick with it, put your whole heart and soul into it.

You know that you have it within you, you know that if you don’t like something or aren’t happy with something you have a say, you have the right to an opinion, DON’T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU OTHERWISE, STOP BEING SCARED TO SAY WHAT YOU THINK OR HOW YOU FEEL, IF PEOPLE GET UPSET THEN LET THEM BE UPSET, BUT DON’T YOU EVER AND I MEAN EVER FEEL YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR OPINION, IF EVERYONE ELSE HAS A RIGHT TO SAY WHAT THEY THINK, SO DO YOU!!!

When it comes to the things you want to do though, just do it, I know that that’s can seem hard, believe me, but you just gotta go for the things that bring a smile to your face to where you wake up looking forward to doing it, even if you’re exhausted, don’t be afraid to create and don’t be afraid to say how you truly feel, we all have that will power to either quit or keep going and I know that you don’t want to quit, I know that you have that strength in you that wants to keep going, give in to that strength, give in to those ideas that bring you joy and just let the creativity and heart flow.

Keep going, don’t give up, please don’t give up, you may not think it, but you need to believe that everything is going to work out fine, you just need to stay focus and don’t give in to the fear or doubt or anything negative that is trying to tell you otherwise, just keep going, don’t apologize unless it’s something you feel you need to be apologetic for, but don’t just apologize because you feel you have to or need to.

You are strong and you are wise, sure we made some mistakes, but we’re human it happens, can we change it no, but we pick ourselves up and learn from it, you have to believe that you know what you’re doing, because believe it or not you do, it’s just gonna take time for you to see it, but just know that you’re fine, even when you don’t know exactly what you’re doing, just go with it and pretend like you do.

Be confident in everything you do and make the most of it while you’re doing it, it’s okay to fall, as long as you dust yourself off and get up, don’t give up, you may not be a fan of John Cena, but listen to him when he says “Never Give Up” because he’s right, today we had a moment and that’s okay, it’s all apart of being human, it’s okay to feel, but just remember to keep going and know that everything is going to be alright in the end, okay!!!

Now sign off from this post and get back to finishing what is already a very late review also keep this post close whenever you need a reminder and a pick me up alright, don’t be so hard on yourself, just keep going!!!

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 20, 2019

Hey everyone hope you’re all doing well, I know it’s been quite a bit since I posted anything new, almost a week actually, it’ll be a week tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know that I have been writing, it’s just taking me some time to post, i’ve been working on reviews, mainly wrestling which is taking me a bit of time to finish, but i’m determined to finish them, but I don’t want to rush through it, so that’s why their taking a bit of time.

Right now i’m still working on my Elimination Chamber review from this past Sunday, i’m also going to do highlights of my favorite moments from that PPV, but it’ll be in a separate post, i’m going to try to get that up before Friday, don’t know if it’ll be on Friday, but i’m going to try…………..

I’m thinking of also do it that way for Raw & Smackdown as well, I don’t watch them live, but I did say I wasn’t sure if i’d be keeping up with it every week…………..PPV’s though I try and watch live, so I could write everything down, but weekly shows, I watch within the same week. I have to catch up with this weeks Raw & Smackdown of course, it’s only Wednesday, I think I can do it, but we’ll see……………anyway writing a review for them together, i’m kinda finding that to be tricky because of 2 reasons:

1. I write a lot when it comes to wrestling and it would take a long time if I combine the two reviewing them because Raw is 3 hours long, while Smackdown Live is 2 hours long………….yeah I know, crazy!!

2. Writing reviews blog post wise, it’s new for me so it’s taking me a bit to adjust it in a way I feel it makes sense………….so what i’m trying to say is i’m used to writing a lot and talking a lot with wrestling so i’m trying to work it out so it’s not a lot, you know what I mean!?

I was thinking about it yesterday while I was still working on my Elimination Chamber review, thinking it make more sense to write the reviews separately and then maybe talk favorite moments off both shows at the end of the week or early weekend like Saturday, instead of trying to work them into one review knowing it might be a very long post.

I know I don’t have to write these reviews, but I like writing them, even though you’ve only read a few, writing these reviews and sharing something that I do enjoy with you guys, it makes me look forward to writing more, deciding to write these reviews after thinking about it for a long time, when i’m writing them I enjoy it, plus I tend to get into it more as i’m writing as well.

Yeah it may take me a long time to write them and some of the reviews that i’ve written already you didn’t get to see and that’s because I either didn’t like them or it’s already been more than a week and i’m still working on the same one, but that’s why i’m trying really hard to get them in within the same week or the weekend within the same week if that makes sense!?

Writing reviews instead of how I normally use to do it, it’s different and it’s a challenge, but I really want to see how this works out……….maybe i’ll start watching live again to have it be easier, with Raw though I might only watch an 1 hour of it or so, unless it’s like a really great show, because it’s just too long, so Raw maybe like an hour or 2 and then i’ll watch the other hour the next day…………..I might be able to watch Smackdown all the way through, only because it’s two hours and I could deal with 2 hours.

I’ll figure the reviews out, it’s better to take your time writing something out especially if you’re enjoying it, instead of trying to rush it and have it not make much sense, you know!? I will get these done though, I want to get these done, if it takes me a bit, then it takes me a bit, but I just wanted to let you know that i’m still writing, no worries………I really should update you guys when it comes to reviews and I haven’t written in a while, because I was given myself a bit of a hard time, knowing I hadn’t written in a while.

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 14, 2019 (Part 2)

Okay so I just finished a Valentines Day themed post and in that post I talked about Valentines Day from a relationship point of view, because that’s mainly what it’s based around, relationships, however for those who aren’t in a relationship, I just wanted to say that you don’t need to be in a relationship to have a Valentine, although for some it’s ideal and it might be something they want, but you don’t need to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend in order to celebrate Valentines Day.

Your best friend could be your Valentine if you really want someone to be your Valentine, you could even be your own Valentine if you really want to!! Don’t think that just because Valentine’s Day is circled around couples, that you can’t celebrate it as well, if you enjoy Valentine’s Day, but you’re not in a relationship don’t let that get you down, you can spend today anyway you want, whether you’re spending it with yourself or a group of friends, as long as your enjoying yourself that’s all that matters, so if you want to buy chocolates, flowers or your favorite food go for it!!!

If you want to sit with friends and watch great or terrible romantic comedies or just a regular non romantic movie, feel free and go all out, eat popcorn, junk food or………..pasta!?……….I don’t really know what people do who aren’t in a relationship that enjoy Valentines Day, but hey if you enjoy it and you want to celebrate it go for it. Just do what makes you happy and enjoy yourself, enjoy the company of your friends or whatever you find enjoyable during this holiday and don’t worry about anything else, just have fun with it!!!

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 14, 2019

Hey everyone hope you’re all doing well, Happy Valentines Day to all you lovebirds out there………..to be completely honest I don’t really celebrate nor really like Valentines Day, my boyfriend doesn’t either, so we just pretty much skip it all together……….I know that it’s considered a holiday of some sort and a lot of people enjoy it, but personally to me, it’s just another day.

I don’t really feel like there’s anything special to it, but if some of you guys out there celebrate and enjoy it then go all out, do what you do with it, no ones stopping you, i’m just saying my opinion with it. Now i’m not saying it’s a bad holiday, I just don’t get why there should be a day to show someone you love them!? especially in a relationship, you should always do your best to show your partner how much you love them and care for them as well as how much they mean to you, it shouldn’t just only be on a specific day.

You might think that you have to go all out and do all these extravagant things for them……….but you really don’t need to do all of that, just spending time together at home or at a favorite place you both enjoy, heck you could just play videos game or watch a movie together (and not just the rom-coms kind, don’t know if I spelled that right, but you know what I mean)

You really don’t need to go above and beyond just to have a nice romantic time with your loved one, you guys can just do things simply, also you don’t need to always get roses and chocolates for your partner, unless that’s something they actually like then go on ahead, but what i’m trying to get at is Valentines Day shouldn’t be the only day you say “I love you and care about you” that should be an everyday thing.

Being there and showing your loved one how much they truly mean to you, even if you don’t say it all the time, as long as you remember to take the time to let them know that you’re thinking of them and that they mean a lot to you………that’s all you really have to do, just do your best.

When you really truly love someone, it doesn’t matter what you do, they’ll always appreciate it because they see you care so much and when they know you care, they’ll always be there for you and they won’t ever give up on you, even if you think they would or should and when you really truly love someone you don’t give up on them either…………..

When it comes to gifts like flowers, chocolates, jewelry ect……..all of that doesn’t matter, what matters is how you treat your partner, if you treat them with love and respect and you always do your best to let them know they’re super important to you, whether it’s saying I love you by getting them their favorite candy or food, watching your favorite movies or something funny or weird together, or just sitting and talking in the middle of the night with each other, you know stuff like that…………..

As long as you’re doing your best to let them know in some way, that’s what’s important, not the fancy shmancy stuff (I know that’s not a word, but it’s staying there) what’s important is just being there and showing them you care, whether that’s on their worst day or best day, even if you’re angry at each other, you should still always let each other know you love one another, no matter the situation.

Work for each other as well, because that’s also very important, never ever take the other for granted and always appreciate one another. Try not to give each other a hard time and always support each other in everything you guys do, but also look out for each other as well, because all of that is where the strongest love lies, so make sure to hold on tightly, because once you have something like that believe me………you don’t ever want to let that go, so always be sure to keep these in mind and I hope you all have a great day and for those celebrating Valentines Day, I hope you enjoy it.

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Disclaimer: I’m gonna get a little cheesy here so if you don’t want to read this part, you may skip it, which i’m sure you will, maybe, I don’t know ha…….

P.S. Just wanted to send a huge I love you to my guy, although we don’t celebrate Valentines Day, I still want him to know that I love him with all of my heart and I know we aren’t able to be together at the moment, but I just want you to know that i’m really grateful and super lucky to have you, you’re my world and i’m just really thankful for you, I love you load my love, forever and always ❤ ❤

Feb 13, 2019

Hey hey everyone hope you’re all doing well, I know that is is probably a random question and all, but have you guys ever had a moment where you randomly thought about something and gave yourself a facepalm, because it was one of those cringy moments or memories!?

I had that kind of moment today, don’t really know why, but yeah, it just randomly popped into my brain, I ended up laughing at myself and doing that weird “why did I do that or i’m so stupid” kind of face, you know the good ole’ cringy face thing, don’t you just hate when that happens……….

You’re just minding your mind and then your brain just randomly goes “Hey remember when you did this, remember when this happened…….that was so bad or weird” you then say to your brain “why did you remind me of that, was that really necessary!?”

Then you end up really thinking about that moment or memory for a good amount of time or sometimes even the whole rest of the day…………….it’s as if our brains like torturing us, you know!?………what can we do though right!? I mean we can try and ignore it, but we all know there’s always going to be days where we remember something we don’t expect to remember and sometimes it’s the memories we could’ve done without…………but hey!!

I mean if you really think about it though, I guess it’s those weird and cringy moments that kinda make the days not so bad if that makes sense!?I’d say 9 out of 10, those are the moments that make use laugh and smile the most………..even if in the moments of those memories, we’re shaking our heads and laughing to ourselves about it, while also facepalming our foreheads because of them.

Although sometimes, I think “why you do this brain!?” I gotta say I do also appreciate it, so thank you brain, you make me laugh, even if the memories you’re wanting me to remember are ones I didn’t need, but again I do really appreciate it…………the only thing I ask though is, could you………just try and keep the negative thoughts away, I don’t really like those too much, the cringy thoughts and moments are alright though, I can deal with those.

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 12, 2019

Hey everyone I hope you’re all having a good night, i’ve had a bit of a weird day today, I was feeling a little stressed for some reason earlier, but i’m alright it’s been snowing today where i’m at, I don’t know if it’s still going on, it might’ve just be raining or it might’ve stopped already I don’t know.

I just finished writing and posting a wrestling review that I’ve been working on for the past week, i’ll be catching up soon with last weeks show that I missed, because I had to catch up with the show prior to last week’s, yeah I know i’m a little behind, i’ll catch up though no worries, anyway there isn’t really anything I wanted to talk about, however I did think about something not too long ago that I wanted to share with you guys……..

So I found two channels that i’m kinda obsessed with…………okay maybe more than kinda haha…………they’re both based around singing, only ones a vocal coach who reacts to videos where artists or people sing pretty much and the other is a channel where they sing covers to songs, a lot of them are songs from Disney movies, but she has more covers based around video games, shows ect……both channels are great though, I really love them!!

The name of them just in case your curious are Rebecca Vocal Athlete and Annapantsu, I randomly came across Anna, which i’m real glad I did, because she’s amazing, i’ll list a few songs that she covered that are my favorites at the moment in a bit.

As for Rebecca I found her when I was watching this other vocal coach channel, it was recommended and so I was curious to see what her channel was about and I ended up becoming obsessed with it after I found out, I stopped watching the other channel once I discovered hers, I still watch it though, just not as much.

I really love Rebecca’s videos!! I know she has songs that are original that she sings, but I haven’t heard nor watched them yet, but she has a pretty great voice. I also find her to be really funny, she just has this really great personality that is easy to catch on to, you’ll know what i’m talking about if you watch her videos. She has some real funny and great moments when she’s reacting, but she also shows emotion as well and that’s because you can see that she’s connecting with the artist and everything it’s great and so is she, that’s why I enjoy her videos so much.

Here’s my favorite videos from Rebecca Vocal Athlete’s channel:

  1. Vocal Coach Reacts To Brandon Urie’s Best Live Vocals-Pop Crush
  2. BRENDON URIE REACTING TO ME!!x
  3. Vocal Coach REACTS to 13 times Harry Styles vocals had me SHOOK
  4. Vocal Coach REACTS to LITTLE MIX – ACAPELLA QUEENS
  5. Vocal Coach Reacts To Demi Lovato Father-live

Lastly, here’s a list of my top favorite covers from Annapantsu’s channel:

  1. Stronger Than You (Undertale Parody Responds)
  2. Hellfire (female version- The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  3. Be Prepared (female version-coverd by Anna demo)
  4. Pokemon Theme-acoustic (Anna)
  5. She Used To Be Mine (Waitress) & Almost There (Princess & The Frog)

So these are the main songs that I have went back and heard the most, there’s two entries in the number 5 spot because I couldn’t decide which one I want there, so listened to both and yeah………I felt they both needed to be in that spot.

The main song I keep listening to though is Stronger Than You, now there’s two versions, there’s the Undertale version which if you didn’t know is a video game, there’s a lot of different versions that go with the Undertale themed one and they’re all great, i’ve listened to them, however, this one is my favorite, there’s just something about it that gets me, it’s beautiful.

The other version is the original and it comes from the show Steven Universe, some people aren’t too fond that the Undertale version is bigger than the original, but I think both versions are great, they’re just different that doesn’t mean that one is better than the other at least not to me, they’re both great in their own way.

If you want to listen to the original i’ll leave it for you and if you want to hear the other Undertale versions i’ll leave that too.

  1. Steven Universe-Stronger Than You (Original) 
  2. Top 5 Undertale Stronger Than You Parodies

I know there’s a lot here, I just wanted to share this with you guys, feel free to check both channel’s out if you want, I would recommend you do, but that’s just me, but seriously check them out!!

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Wrestling Reviews: Raw & Smackdown Live Highlights (Jan 28 & 29)

Hey everyone hope you’re all doing well, now I know this is late and all, but i’m still going to post it, this is the second part to my other wrestling review post, in that I talked about both Raw & Smackdown Live’s opening segments from Jan 28 & 29th and gave a little thought to both of them as well. talking about which one I thought was better.

In this post, i’ll be doing my best to talk about the matches from both shows and giving you my thoughts on them and letting you know whether I enjoyed them much or not, let’s just get straight into it shall we!?

Raw & Smackdown Live Highlights (Jan 28 & 29):

Seth Rollins Vs Dean Ambrose: First match of the night demanded by Dean………I thought this match was pretty alright, during the closing parts of the match, Seth attempted his frog splash move to Dean who ended up moving out of the way when Seth got a little distracted looking at the WrestleMania sign, however he did redeem himself winning the match when he hit Dean with his buckle bomb move to then catch him with his finisher black out.

Seth Rollins Vs Dean Ambrose (Jan 28, 2019) Source: WWE.com

I always enjoy the matches between Dean & Seth, these two always end up coming face to face at some point, their rivalry is like a never ending story, but it’s always great to watch them in a match even if we have watched it a million times, now this wasn’t their best match, but it also wasn’t their worst, they performed well and they gave us a match that was still enjoyable to watch.

Other Thoughts: Now does Dean deserve better than these kind of matches all of the time!? Yes, yes he does and hopefully they give him more than what he’s been given all these years, Dean is one of the most underrated wrestlers in my opinion and i’m not just saying that because he’s one of my favorites, a lot of people may not see it, but Dean is a really great talent.

If WWE gave him the chance to just freestyle his character more the way he wants……..there’s no telling how far Dean could get!! There’s speculations on him leaving and I would hate to see that happen, because again he’s great so i’m really hoping they don’t let a talent like his go to waste, because it would be a real shame if they did………..

Nia Jax & Tamina interrupt Dean during his segment and both Nia & Dean have a bit of a back and fourth. Source: WWE.com

Pre/Post-match segment: After losing his match to Seth, Dean wasn’t too happy and ended up sitting in the ring to say something, but as he was on the verge of announcing what seemed to be very important, he ended up getting interrupted when Nia Jax and Tamina started to head to the ring. Dean and Nia would exchange a few words, Tamina would later step in, which gave Nia the chance to hit him with a cheap shot from behind, making Dean leave the ring, leading us to the next match of the night.

Nia Jax with both Alexa Bliss & Mickie James on her shoulders about to deliver a Double Samoan Drop. Source: WWE.com

Nia Jax & Tamina Vs Alexa Bliss & Mickie James (Raw – Qualification match for the New Women’s Tag Team Championships at Elimination Chamber): Second match of the night off the red brand, we had the team of Nia Jax and Tamina facing off against Alexa Bliss and Mickie James. This match was actually pretty good, both teams did really well, in the end though the winners were Nia Jax & Tamina, with Nia picking up the win finishing the match with a double Samoan drop to Mickie James and Alexa Bliss, which made them the first team I believe to qualify and to get an opportunity at the new women’s tag team championships at Elimination Chamber.

Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder Vs The Revival (Raw): You know normally when it comes to these kind of matches, I wouldn’t really be that much into them……..they would always be jobber matches and would be over less than you can say, “let’s see how this match turns out” but this match surprisingly was pretty enjoyable.

Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder going 2 on 2 against The Revival.
Source: WWE.com

I went back and watched the match again and there was a moment where I believe Scott Dawson went to catch Hawkins in a surprise attack, but Hawkins sensed it and caught him with a real nice enziguri, they were also pretty close to gaining a win over the revival, but Scott Dawson kicked out.

Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder performed pretty well against the Revival, especially Hawkins, we all know him for his undefeated losing streak with his matches and for a good while he was seen as a jobber, but he was pretty impressive during this match, it seems like they’ve been giving him a little more of a chance this time around which is really good to see.

Although they gave it their best, the winners of the match ended up being the Revival when they hit their finisher Shatter Machine to Hawkins. It would’ve been pretty cool to see Hawkins & Ryder win, I mean they were once a tag team so i’m sure a lot of people we’re happy to see them joining forces again just like the old days, that being said though, overall the match was pretty good and both teams performed well.

Other Thoughts: I really hope that they continue to push Zack & Hawkins as a team again, I didn’t get to see them perform when they were a tag team before, so I would really like to see them come back and surprise people. I know that they were once tag team champions, so it would be cool to see them go after the tag team titles again.

The superstar shake-up is coming up soon and I think it would be pretty cool to see them make their way to Smackdown Live and try to go after the Smackdown Live tag team championships, if they don’t get an opportunity to go after the Raw tag titles.

They could be like Heath and Ryno and surprise everyone, by going after the titles and winning them as well, I think that’d be pretty cool.

Bayley Vs Ronda Rousey (Open Challenge Match For The Raw Women’s Championship match): Okay so I had to re watch this match a bit, because I had it as a pretty good match in my notebook and I wanted a bit of a refresher, so this match happened after a segment with Ronda that could’ve been better in my opinion, but we’ll just move on from that………..

Ronda Rousey Vs Bayley (Raw Women’s Championship Open Challenge Match)
Source: WWE.com

During her segment though, Bayley came out and challenged Ronda to a match for the Raw Women’s championship, even though the segment wasn’t all the great, the match however was pretty good. I really enjoyed it, there were a few moments that happened during the match, but one of the moments that I thought was pretty impressive was when Bayley caught Ronda with a jumping leg bar in mid air when Ronda went for an attack, that was pretty awesome in my opinion.

Another nice moment that happened during the match was when Bayley used Sasha Banks submission on Ronda, when I saw that I was actually quite surprised, so was everyone in the crowd, Bayley was actually very impressive during this whole match, which i’m happy about, not that her matches are never good, it’s just in her match with Ronda you kinda saw something different in her when they faced off which I loved.

The winner of the match ended up being Ronda when she caught Bayley with her arm bar finisher from off the top rope, making Bayley tap and letting Ronda retain the Raw Women’s Championship, now even though Bayley didn’t become the new champ, she still did pretty great in their match, Ronda performed well too. After the match Ronda showed respect towards Bayley for giving her a fight back when they faced off which was pretty noble of her, I don’t know about you guys, but I sure wouldn’t mind seeing them face off again, I really enjoyed that match.

The Usos Vs The Bar Vs The New Day Vs Heavy Machinery (SDL-Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match For A Chance At The SDL Tag Team Championships at Elimination Chamber): Okay so this match was probably one of my favorites to be honest. It was super entertaining and everyone performed very well in my opinion, i’m just going to start off by saying that the Usos are one of the best tag teams in the WWE hands down.

Their always giving it everything they got and they always never seem to fail on putting on great performances whenever they have a match, they’re just always on this level that always leaves you wanting to watch them more and more, it’s incredible!! The New Day and The Bar are two other great teams that are also pretty entertaining to watch as well and although I don’t know Heavy Machinery because they’re a new team, they were pretty impressive as well during this match.

The Usos Vs The Bar Vs Heavy Machinery VS The New Day (Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match) Winners of the match get the chance to challenge The Miz & Shane McMahon for the SDL Tag Team Championships at Elimination Chamber.
Source: WWE.com

There were a lot of great moments that happened during the match, Jey Uso delivered a really nice samoan drop to Sheamus, there was also a moment where The Uso’s went to do their tag team move our the top rope and dive on their opponents, but only Jey went flying over the ropes, while Jimmy got tagged out by Cesaro and later thrown into the time keepers area by Cesaro & Sheamus (The Bar)

Another impressive move was from one of the Heavy Machinery members, Otis hitting an interesting move called the Caterpillar to Cesaro, there were a whole lot of different moments that I enjoyed during this match, but moving on to the eliminations…………..

The first team to get eliminated were the New Day, although Kofi tried to keep his team in the match, almost landing a close elimination to The Bar (until Cesaro broke up the pin) he ended up getting pinned afterwards by Heavy Machinery when they landed their tag team finisher to him, which caused the New Day to get eliminated from the match.

The next team to follow the New Day in the elimination department were actually the team who eliminated them Heavy Machinery, they got eliminated by The Bar when Sheamus hit his finisher the Brogue kick to Knight, even though they didn’t move forward to have the opportunity to face Miz & Shane at the Elimination Chamber, I gotta say they performed pretty well in this match against everyone, pretty impressive team!!!

Now we come down to our last two teams, The Bar & The Uso’s…………it was a close one between the two teams, they both wanted that tag team title opportunity and they both gave it everything too, however after The Bar eliminated Heavy Machinery, the Uso’s (best team) didn’t waste any time capitalizing against The Bar, hitting their super kick move, then landing an over the rope dive to The Bar, topping off the match with their finisher and finally eliminating The Bar which means they not only won the match, but they have earned the opportunity to face off against Shane & The Miz at Elimination Chamber for the SDL Tag Team Championships.

Maaaan you gotta love the Uso’s they’re just a really great team, I look forward to watching them face off against Shane & Miz at Elimination Chamber for the tag titles, that’s gonna be some match there.

Last match I want to talk about off Smackdown is a match that I found to be both odd, yet interesting………..R-Truth Vs Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Championship Match): This match was actually the first match on SDL, now this wasn’t a bad match, it was just very odd and confusing, so again we had Shinsuke defending his championship against R-Truth who was given a chance at the title by the McMahon’s, a few interesting moments happened R-truth attempted his lie detector move to Shinsuke, didn’t quite land it fully, but it was still nice to me at least.

Shinsuke Nakamura Vs R-Truth (Jan 29th United States Championship Match)
Source: WWE.com

Moving towards the ending of the match, I think Nakamura was attempting a move to Truth, however that move ended up turning to a roll-up pin and well………..R truth is now the NEW United States Champion!?………..now here’s the weird part to this match, when the roll-up happened it looked like Shinsuke kicked out before the 3 count, however they replayed that part of the match and even though Shinsuke looked as though he kicked out before the ref counted 3, his shoulders were still on the mat…………..!?

So this was a very weird match because although everyone was excited R-Truth won, it was still very confusing the way it ended………….it was so confusing that both Truth and Nakamura continued on fighting each other, even though the ref called the 3 count and determined R-Truth to be the winner of the match, so yeah………..that happened, congratulations though to R-Truth, I mean he performed really well in this match, but again that was just a very weird ending to a match, but hey……….

I still have to watch last weeks Raw & SDL to see what they do, because whenever something weird like that happens, they always talk about it, but maybe they won’t I don’t know, interesting match though……………after the match was over we had Rusev head to the ring and challenge, well demand more like, that R-Truth put his title on the line because he felt that the title deserved better than Shinsuke and R-Truth and so he challenged him and lost, letting R-Truth retain.

Rusev challenges R-Truth to a match for the United States Championship
Source: WWE.com

While Truth was celebrating, Shinsuke came down to the ring and ambushed him and then Shinsuke and Rusev went and teamed up against him, maybe a tag team match happened last Tuesday, maybe even a triple threat, i’ll have to just watch and see won’t I!?…………no spoilers!!

Alright so originally I was going to list the other segments that happened during both brands in this post as well, but I decided not to talk about them. I’ll try and work on reviewing everything properly with the next review I write when I catch up on last weeks Raw & SDL, we’ll see, it might just be highlight moments again.

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 11, 2019

Okay so i’m having a bit of trouble keeping focus and i’m really trying to keep focus, I made coffee hoping it’ll sorta keep me on my toes, not sure if it’s working though, I was going to make it in the morning, along with tea, yeah I know that’s weird, but it’s a thing now where I have to have tea next to me even if i’m drinking something else.

It’s only like that in the morning sometimes and if I don’t end up making it in the morning, I end up making it later anyway, so even if I don’t drink tea right away, i’ll always end up making it eventually, but that’s not what we’re talking about here……………..i’m trying to keep focus, but it’s like part of me just wants to relax and close my eyes, yet at the same time, I want to keep myself productive and I want to write and it’s like my brain is like no………nope, let’s just relax today and i’m like no……….I want to write and it doesn’t want to let me and i’m getting frustrated with it!!

So right now i’m having a little back and forth with myself on that, but i’m going to try and continue to write and not let my brain persuade me otherwise, because 1. I need to finish a post that i’ve been writing since last week because it’s a review, a wrestling review and it’s already late, but I already started it and I want to finish it, even though it’s from two weeks ago.

I already didn’t post my Royal Rumble review that I wrote, it was meant to be two parts, but I ended not posting it, because I wasn’t sure on it, but when it comes to my Raw & SDL review from Jan 28 & 29th i’m going to post it, again I know it’s already late, but I still want to post it and with the next review I do, i’m going to do my best to make sure that it’s posted within the same week of both shows, the weekends being the latest I post them.

Right now I know it’s a bit everywhere, believe me, but i’m trying to get used to it and i’m going to continue to try my best to work around it the best way I can……….i’m calm now and I made another cup of tea so hopefully, it’ll be a lot more helpful than the coffee was.

P.S. I also wanted to share that today marks 8…….wait no I did the counting to myself………..7 months!? since I created this blog site, I don’t know why I automatically thought it was 8!? I guess because it feels like i’ve had this for a longer time than I actually have, but 7 months wow!?………..that’s real nice, also we’ve reached 100 people following the blog site, which is great, that is amazing!!!

I just want to say thank you guys for continuing to read my posts and helping me grow my site, i’m really glad that you all are enjoying them, it truly does mean a lot, i’m really grateful and thankful and I seriously do appreciate you all, so again thank you sooo much and I hope you’re all having a lovely day ^_^

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~

Feb 10, 2019

Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well and you’re having a nice weekend, so………..i’m not really sure what I want to talk about today, I have some stuff on my mind, but I don’t really know how to word any of it and if I did know how to say it, I don’t even know if I want to say it, if any of that makes sense!?

All i’m going to say is, i’m doing a lot of thinking at the moment, however i’m not going to bother talking about it, I don’t want to have it where I feel i’m complaining or putting my emotions or anything like that on to you guys…………..yes there’s things on my mind and yes I might be trying to keep my emotions in and keep myself calm, but I don’t want to bring how my mind is to you guys because it’s a lot and if I were to even try and explain it, it wouldn’t really make much sense………………you ever find it weird how it’s always so hard explaining the way you are when talking to someone else!?

It’s like you know how you are and the way you think and everything, but when it comes to explaining it to someone else, it’s like speaking a whole different language that only you mainly understand and trying to explain it to other people, you find that it’s really difficult you know!?

However, sometimes we also have trouble decoding our own language that is ourselves, it’s a little confusing I know, but hopefully it makes sense in a way though……………….although we feel we should know ourselves inside and out, even we at times have to try and crack the code of the way we are and how we think as well and that can be frustrating, but it doesn’t always have to be, I mean who says we can’t make it fun someway!?

Let’s face it we all love a little mystery, even if it means that mystery is ourselves sometimes……………..

All The Love ❤ ❤

~Lexa~