WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 Results, Highlights & Grades: Undertaker screws AJ Styles

WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 took place on Mar. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and live on the WWE Network with a one-hour kickoff show beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

The following will provide some results, highlights, and analysis for the last roadblock to WWE WrestleMania 36.

Elimination Chamber! This PPV is the last opportunity for superstars to earn a spot on the WrestleMania card. Per WWE’s official website, the following is a preview of the official WWE Elimination Chamber 2020 Match Card:

"Women’s Elimination Chamber Match Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Natalya vs. Ruby Riott vs. Liv Morgan vs. Sarah Logan No Disqualification Match Aleister Black vs. AJ Styles United States Championship Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carillo Intercontinental Championship Handicap Match Braun Strowman (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn Raw Tag Team Championships Street Profits (c) vs. Seth Rollins and Buddy SmackDown Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber Match The Dirt Sheet (c) vs. Usos vs. The New Day vs. RooDolph vs. Heavy Machinery vs. Lucha House Party Grudge Match Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak Kickoff Match Viking Raiders vs. Edge Heads"

It’s time to plunge into a plenitude of surprises for one of WWE’s most dangerous PPVs of 2020. Here are the results, highlights, and analysis for WWE Elimination Chamber 2020, starting with the kickoff match between Viking Raiders and Edge Heads.

Viking Raiders vs. Edge Heads [Tag Match]

Result: Viking Raiders (via pinfall)

Grade: D

Edge Heads attain early control in this bout with back suplexes, neckbreakers, and flying clotheslines of various sorts. Evidently, Viking Raiders facilitate a babyface comeback after the hot tag with a Viking Experience for the three-count and the victory.

Analysis: This match was merely a means to give Viking Raiders enough momentum to possibly get back into the Raw Tag Team Championship picture for Mania, especially after losing to the O.C. at WWE Super ShowDown. Not anything special other than inevitable domination by Raiders with sufficient offense by Edge Heads to warrant a match.

With these two tag teams being booked in the kickoff show, it can be easily forgotten that they are both former Raw Tag Team Champions. Nonetheless, this match was announced at the last minute and had no storyline build up so no harm done necessarily to the Raw Tag Team Division.

Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak

Result: Daniel Bryan (via K.O.)

Grade: B+

After many submission maneuvers going back and forth between Daniel Bryan and Drew Gulak, Daniel Bryan attempts to rally back with strikes while Gulak continually counters with submission holds as much as possible. Gulak steps it up a notch by focusing his attacks on Bryan’s neck with spinning neck-breakers, back suplexes, and thunderous elbows.

Bryan rallies back with a Dragon Suplex but Gulak counters with German Suplexes, one of which Bryan landed right on his head. Despite that nasty bump, Bryan rallies back with a backflip off the top rope and a running clothesline.

Drew Gulak rallies back to deliver an Inverted Suplex from the Top Rope and attempts to transition it into the GuLock. However, Daniel Bryan quickly counters it into a ‘Yes’ Lock to make Gulak pass out for the victory.

Analysis: This match was technically sound, as expected. The in-ring psychology was also on point because Daniel Bryan acted as if he underestimated Gulak throughout the match to sell the point that Gulak actually knows the weaknesses in Bryan’s arsenal.

It took only one match with Bryan to highlight the many dimensions of Gulak’s character. Very nice to see Gulak get the rub from Daniel Bryan here.

Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carillo [United States Championship]

Result: Andrade (via pinfall)

Grade: C+

Andrade gains early control in the match with a swift back elbow but Carillo rallies back with clotheslines, flying crossbodies, and arm drags early on in the match. Andrade attempts to gain back control in the match, but Carillo makes a babyface comeback with a Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker and Enziguiri.

After countering Andrade’s double knees in the corner, Carillo gets Andrade onto the top rope to deliver a Super Hurricanrana. Carillo attempts his picture perfect Moonsault, but Andrade counters it into a Double Knees at the corner turnbuckle.

Zelina Vega gets angry and decides to drape the mat outside the ring so that Andrade can Hammerlock DDT Carillo on the concrete pavement. However, Carillo counters it into a Hip Toss and delivers a Tope Con Hilo to Andrade before sending Andrade back into the ring.

Carillo delivers a flying crossbody to Andrade. However, Andrade counters all of Carillo’s final maneuvers into a roll up pinfall with a grasp of the tights to win the match and retain the United States Championship nefariously.

Analysis: This match ended as it should for a heel champion: a nefarious victory. However, this match did not really add anything the WWE Universe has not seen before. The concrete pavement spot was rightfully teased, but the match could have had more foretelling spots. Nonetheless, the match was decent enough for a mid card championship rivalry. 

The Dirt Sheet (c) vs. Usos vs. The New Day vs. RooDolph vs. Heavy Machinery vs. Lucha House Party [SmackDown Tag Team Championships: Elimination Chamber]

Result: The Dirt Sheet (via pinfall)

Grade: B+

The New Day and The Usos start this Elimination Chamber Match, reigniting their 2017 rivalry. Lucha House Party is the first tag team entrant out of the pod and they deliver picture perfect aerial assaults from the top of the pods.

The SmackDown Tag Team Champions, John Morrison and The Miz, is the second tag team entrant out of the pod and they immediately neutralize all of the tag teams in the chamber with efficient heel work. Lucha House Party is stealing the show as Gran Metalik delivers a Hurricanrana from the top of the pod onto Morrison.

Kofi Kingston rallies back on the champs with knife edge chops and dropkicks but Morrison counters with a Flying Chuck. Meanwhile, Big E delivers Belly to Belly Suplexes to The Miz until Heavy Machinery is the third tag team entrant out of the pod.

Otis delivers the caterpillar and elbow drops Big E. Lince Dorado climbs to the top of the chamber to deliver a Shooting Star Press onto all of the tag teams, except Heavy Machinery. Unfortunately, Heavy Machinery eliminates Lucha House Party with The Compactor for the three count.

RooDolph finally comes out of the pod last, as expected. Heavy Machinery surrounds them and immediately neutralizes Roode and Ziggler. Otis chases Ziggler, but Ziggler climbs up rapidly to top of the pod. Tucker climbs up to the top of the pod to toss Ziggler into Otis’ graps and then delivers a Somersault off the top of the pod to all the other tag teams.

After Otis incidentally runs through the pod and outside the chamber due to Ziggler’s swift dodge, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler deliver a Glorious DDT to Tucker to eliminate Heavy Machinery. Quickly after, The New Day delivers a Trouble in Paradise and Big Ending to RooDolph and Usos delivered Uso Splashes from the top of the pods onto RooDolph to eliminate RooDolph.

Kofi Kingston delivers a miscalculated Frog Splash from the top of the pod onto one of the Usos, but Uso got out of the way while Morrison and The Miz quickly capitalized on pinning Kingston to eliminate The New Day. Usos and Morrison and The Miz are the final two tag teams in the chamber.

The Miz delivers a Skull Crushing Finale to one of the Usos and locks in the Figure 4 Leg Lock while Morrison delivers Starship Pain. Usos break up the pinfall to rally back with Superkicks but it was not enough as Miz and Morrison use leverage from the ropes to pin the Usos, eliminate them, and retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championships.

Analysis: Lucha House Party absolutely stole the show in this match with their aerial maneuvers around the chamber. Otis’ spot through the pod was jaw-dropping. The nefarious victory by Miz and Morrison was beautifully done, leaving a sour taste in everyone’s mouth after a hard fought match. The elimination order was as expected with the lower tier tag teams of LHP, HM, and RooDolph getting eliminated first while the higher tier of Usos, The New Day, and Dirt Sheet being the final three. Very fun elimination chamber match, especially for the third ever tag team elimination chamber match in WWE history.

Aleister Black vs. AJ Styles [No Disqualification Match]

Result: Aleister Black (by pinfall)

Grade: B-

Aleister Black delivers swift knee strikes, moonsaults, and snap German Suplexes to AJ Styles while AJ rallies back with kendo stick strikes as well as a Fireman’s Carry Neckbreaker. AJ Styles teased delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to Black, but Black counters and pushes Styles into the steel chair wedged between the ropes.

Black delivers a Meteora to Styles through the table outside the ring. As soon as Black is ready to deliver a Black Mass, The O.C. run in to deliver a Magic Killer to Black. They then set up Black for Styles to deliver a Phenomenal Forearm, but Undertaker appears.

Undertaker is ready to deliver a Double Chokeslam to the O.C. but Styles flies onto Undertaker. Undertaker catches Styles with a Chokeslam and disappears while Black delivers a Black Mass to Styles for the three count and the victory.

Analysis: Although it was an expected outcome, it was a good booking decision to have Undertaker screw AJ Styles out of this match. Solid No DQ match with many knee strikes and sufficient O.C. involvement to not interfere with the quality of the match too much.

Street Profits (c) vs. Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy [Raw Tag Team Championships]

Result: Street Profits (via pinfall)

Grade: B+

Street Profits gain control early on with fast-paced offense, especially after the hot tag. Seth Rollins continually attempts to cheat and distract the referee while AOP delivers backhanded attacks at ringside. Viking Raiders run out to neutralize AOP and send them to the backstage area.

After many hot tags, Street Profits deliver some fancy double tag team moves to Rollins but Rollins counters with a Sling Blade and tags in Murphy to deliver double tag team knee strikes and super kicks of their own. Montez Ford delivers a Frog Splash onto Rollins but Rollins moves out of the way for the roll up pinfall, allowing Murphy to deliver a Meteroa.

Everyone is on the top rope and Rollins powerbombs everyone into the middle of the ring. Kevin Owens comes out with popcorn to distract Rollins. He tosses popcorn at Rollins’ face, allowing Street Profits to toss Rollins into the barricade and deliver a Frog Splash to Buddy Murphy for the three-count and the victory.

Analysis: We want the smoke! As expected, Street Profits retained the Raw Tag Team Championships, thanks to Kevin Owens’ help. Fun tag team match to watch and Street Profits are definitely deserving of walking into WrestleMania as the Raw Tag Team Champions. It was a good call to have them retain since Rollins must focus on Kevin Owens for WrestleMania.

Braun Strowman (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Cesaro, and Sami Zayn [Intercontinental Championship Handicap Match]

Result: Sami Zayn (via pinfall)

Grade: A+

Braun Strowman gets early offense in, bulldozing everyone in sight. He almost delivers a Running PowerSlam for the victory but the numbers game was too much for him and Sami Zayn delivers a Helluva Kick to Strowman for the pinfall and the victory. Sami Zayn wins his first main roster championship and the crowd popped.

Analysis: Sami Zayn’s first main roster championship is an irreplaceable moment. Although he didn’t do it by himself, he is a heel and it makes sense to win nefariously. Perfect booking and best moment of the show. The match wasn’t that great, but nothing can surpass this moment and it was the biggest swerve of the night. Thank you, Sami Zayn!

Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Natalya vs. Ruby Riott vs. Liv Morgan vs. Sarah Logan [Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: Raw Women’s Championship #1 Contender’s Match]

Result: Shayna Baszler (via Submission)

Grade: B-

Natalya and Ruby Riott start the match. Sarah Logan is the first entrant from the pod. She ruthlessly takes down both Natalya and Ruby Riott.

Shayna Baszler is the second entrant from the pod and eliminates Sarah Logan and Ruby Riott via submission with the Kirifuda Clutch. Baszler then focuses on Natalya by smashing Natalya with the pod door and eliminates Natalya via submission with the Kirifuda Clutch.

Liv Morgan is the third entrant from the pod. Baszler slams Morgan’s head into the pod and eliminates Morgan via submission with the Kirifuda Clutch. Evidently, Asuka is the last entrant from the pod and she and Baszler are the last two contestants in the match.

Asuka locks the Asuka Lock on Baszler but Baszler counters with the Kirifuda Clutch, eliminating Asuka to win the match. Baszler will battle Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 36.

Analysis: Dominant match. All Baszler, as expected. What a way to make Baszler look strong. Although the entire women’s division was buried here, Baszler made it look fun to watch.