The Gauntlet Match to determine the final entrant in Sunday’s Elimination Chamber Match for the WWE Championship kicked off with AJ Styles battling Kofi Kingston, the latter still nursing the knee injury suffered in his match with The Miz.
Kingston shrugged off the ill effects of said match and wiped Styles out at ringside. Omos responded by laying out Xavier Woods with a chokeslam on the floor. Back from the break, Kingston continued to nurse an injury Styles was all-too-quick to exploit.
Too much taken out of him by his match with Miz earlier, Kingston fell prey to a Phenomenal Forearm and Styles advances. (Kingston eliminated)
McIntyre entered the match next, punishing The Phenomenal One with strikes and tossing him around like a ragdoll. The focused WWE champion rolled into the commercial. McIntyre continued his dominance until Styles momentarily turned the tide in his favor.
AJ rocked McIntyre with a forearm attack on the floor, leaving the champion reeling. He shoved the WWE champion into the steel post heading into another commercial. McIntyre fought out of a headlock and sent Styles flying with an overhead suplex. The Phenomenal One answered, catching McIntyre in the Calf Crusher. McIntyre escaped with a headbutt. The champion dodged the Phenomenal Forearm and delivered the Claymore for the win. (AJ Styles eliminated)
Jeff Hardy entered next for a rare babyface vs. babyface showdown between him and McIntyre. The Charismatic Enigma worked over the battered WWE champion, looking to build momentum for himself ahead of Sunday’s PPV.
McIntyre fought back, flooring Hardy with a Future Shock DDT and following with a suplex on the floor. Back in the ring, McIntyre delivered a superplex for a near-fall. Over 30 minutes into the match, McIntyre launched himself across the ring for a Claymore, but Hardy moved. He delivered the Twist of Fate and tried for the Swanton.
McIntyre got the knees up, though, and delivered the Claymore of the win. (Jeff Hardy eliminated)
Randy Orton made his way to the ring to rekindle a rivalry with McIntyre that absolutely no one asked for.
The action resumed following a break but was interrupted when Alexa Bliss’ face appeared in the ThunderDome audience. The distraction led Orton to be counted out. (Randy Orton eliminated)
Sheamus, the final participant, attacked from behind and fought his former best friend around the ringside area. Back in the ring, the bell rang marking the start of the final fall of the match. Sheamus punished McIntyre, digging his knee in the head and neck of the WWE champion.
McIntyre created separation with the Glasgow Kiss and dropped Sheamus with Future Shock. McIntyre added an overhead suplex but Sheamus caught him with the Brogue Kick to earn the win. (Drew McIntyre eliminated)
Result
Sheamus defeated McIntyre, Orton, Hardy, Styles and Kingston and will enter the Elimination Chamber last Sunday on PPV
Grade
C+
Analysis
This was a strong performance from McIntyre but after a year-long push, he was really the last guy in this match that needed the boost of a long run. Outside of the extended portion with Styles, this was mostly uninteresting and only picked up again with the arrival of Sheamus.
Until, you know, they overthought that, too. Sheamus could have easily delivered a Brogue Kick from out of nowhere to really hammer home that he is a despicable heel. Instead, he went 50-50 with McIntyre until the end.
The biggest problem with this match, though, is that WWE officials just gave these six guys away for free for an hour and is now asking fans to pay to watch them again Sunday night. Chamber or not, that is a tough sell, especially with a lack of engaging or interesting stories.
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