WWE Elimination Chamber 2017: Best and Worst Moments

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Worst: The Next Hour of the Show

After the first match, the next few matches featured some questionable results.

Dolph Ziggler was placed in a match. His first big match since turning heel, and he lost. He was put in a Handicap Match with Kalisto and Apollo Crews. He was booked properly to take out Kalisto during Kalisto’s entrance, and even things up before the bell. Then, when he should’ve cheated to pick up a cheap victory over Crews, he lost instead. It took all the heat immediately out of Dolph’s character. This was the last thing Dolph needed, because he will have enough trouble getting the crowd to boo him, which is the same problem he’s always had as a heel.

Then, the Tag Team Turmoil Match came, and WWE actually came up with a way to credibly give the title to somebody other than American Alpha or The Usos, and give AA two good heels to feud with, but they didn’t.

With The Ascension left as the only team remaining to enter, AA eliminated The Usos, who then attacked AA. AA were good as done when The Ascension arrived, but Jason Jordan kicked out of a Fall of Man. AA then rallied to make sure that SmackDown’s Tag Team Division stayed obnoxiously top-heavy.

Nikki Bella and Natalya then wrestled a good match in Nikki’s hometown, which got more out of the crowd than most of the early matches on the show. The finish to this match didn’t bury anybody, though, instead, they went for a non-finish: a double-countout.

If rumors for WrestleMania are true, this will be Nikki’s last big singles match as a full-time wrestler, and she should’ve got the win. Natalya could’ve taken the loss and not been hurt that bad by it. Instead, Natalya had to attack Nikki during an interview later in the night, causing her to bump into Maryse, in what will probably be the intro to Nikki’s next feud, without a clear end to her current one.