WWE Elimination Chamber 2017: Best and Worst Moments

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The best and worst moments from WWE Elimination Chamber 2017.

Just two weeks after the Royal Rumble, WWE presented the SmackDown-exclusive PPV, Elimination Chamber. PPVs held in the time between the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania are often short on surprises, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have big moments.

This show had the potential for plenty of big moments, good or bad. John Cena defended his WWE Championship inside the Elimination Chamber against AJ Styles, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, Baron Corbin, The Miz, and Bray Wyatt. Mickie James returned to singles competition against Becky Lynch. The SmackDown Women’s Championship was on the line, with Alexa Bliss defending against the rising Naomi. Plus, American Alpha entered a Tag Team Turmoil Match, which had them defending the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against basically the entire SmackDown Tag Team Division.

As usual with WWE, you have to take the bad with the good, sometimes all at once. We’re going to start out with a negative.

Worst: The Kickoff Show

WWE’s treatment of the Kickoff Show is upsetting because they mostly do a good job with it.

The Kickoff Show gives a big feeling for a PPV, it makes the upcoming show feel like a must-see event. However, that feeling is taken away when a match like Mojo Rawley vs. Curt Hawkins takes place.

If WWE isn’t going to put a match of any consequence on the Kickoff Show (they shouldn’t), then don’t put a match on at all.

They should do it like they do for NXT TakeOvers. Film the show earlier, then do the pre-show match as an arena-exclusive to warm the crowd up.

This way, the crowd is ready for the show to start, and the people watching at home aren’t taken out of it before the show starts.