Video Review- Elimination Chamber

02/20/11 Elimination Chamber results- Miz retains, Cena/Edge victorious in chambers

World and WWE Title matches set for Wrestlemania after Miz and Edge leave Elimination Chamber as champions

WWE Tag Team Championship match
Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater won the titles from Vladimir Kozlov(c) and Santino Marella(c)

Alberto Del Rio defeated Kofi Kingston

WWE Title match
The Miz(c) retained his title against Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler

Elimination Chamber: World Heavyweight Championship match
Edge defeated Kane, Drew McIntyre, Big Show, Wade Barrett and Rey Mysterio

Elimination Chamber: #1 Contender for the WWE Title match
John Cena defeated Sheamus, John Morrison, The Truth, Randy Orton and CM Punk

02/04/11 Smackdown Full Episode- Booker T returns to Smackdown; Ziggler will not be denied

02/04/11 Smackdown spoilers- Edge retains; Elimination Chamber challengers set

Edge, Dolph Ziggler, Rey Mysterio, Wade Barrett, Kane and Drew McIntyre will compete for the World Title at the Elimination Chamber PPV

credit- Inside Pulse

Vickie Guerrero with Dolph Ziggler in tow announce Smackdown Elimination Chamber qualifying matches and then call out Kelly Kelly. Kelly is sick of Vickie being involved in her personal life and going through her stuff backstage. Ziggler gets in her face, so Kelly smacks him and Vickie. LayCool attack, but Edge makes the save.

Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel defeat Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella in a non-title match.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
Drew McIntyre defeated Kofi Kingston when Alberto Del Rio distracted Kofi.

A 2.21.11 Promo Airs.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
Rey Mysterio defeated Jack Swagger to get into the Elimination Chamber.

Edge is concerned backstage because if Kelly Kelly is pinned tonight, he loses his title. Kelly is mad at Edge not having faith in her, compares him to Drew McIntyre, and storms off.

Alberto Del Rio is in the ring with a piñata, Hornswoggle and Ricardo. Hornwsoggle accidentally hits Del Rio, so Del Rio kicks him, then attacks Kofi Kingston when he tries to save, with an assist to Ricardo.

Well, looks like Kofi vs. Del Rio at EC.

Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
Kane squashed Chavo

Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
Wade Barrett defeats Big Show when Corre beat Show down and Wade is now in the EC. Ezekiel cuts a promo setting up him vs. Show.

Edge and Ziggler are the final two EC members.

Naturally, since one of them will hold the belt going in.

World Heavyweight Championship match
Edge and Kelly Kelly defeated Dolph Ziggler and Lay Cool. After the match, Vickie fires Kelly and states that next week is Edge vs. Ziggler with Vickie as guest referee.

01/28/11 Smackdown Full Episode- Edge/Orton vs Miz/Ziggler

Royal Rumble 2011 preview- matches, rumors, predictions

The Royal Rumble airs this Sunday(01/30/11) live from Boston, MA

Divas Title match/ 2-on-1 Handicap match
Lay-Cool vs. Natalya Hart(c)
Predicted winner- Lay-Cool may bring in recently signed Diva, Awesome Kong to be the muscle for their team

World Heavyweight Title match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Edge(c)
Predicted winner- Theres no way I could see Ziggler winning the title

WWE Title match
Randy Orton vs. The Miz(c)
Predicted winner- I expect Miz to retain his title here but to lose it at No Way Out in the elimination chamber

40-Man Royal Rumble Match
Predicted winner- There are several names rumored for a win at this years rumble, they include Triple H, Alberto Del Rio and John Cena. I would expect John Cena to emerge from the rumble victorious

Named participints by WWE.com-

• Alberto Del Rio
• CM Punk
• “Dashing” Cody Rhodes
• Daniel Bryan
• Darren Young
• David Hart Smith
• David Otunga
• Drew McIntyre
• Ezekiel Jackson
• Heath Slater
• Husky Harris
• Jack Swagger
• John Cena
• John Morrison
• Justin Gabriel
• Mark Henry
• Mason Ryan
• Michael McGillicutty
• Primo
• R-Truth
• Rey Mysterio
• Sheamus
• Ted DiBiase
• Tyson Kidd
• Wade Barrett
• William Regal
• Yoshi Tatsu
• Zack Ryder

01/28/11 Smackdown spoilers- Rated RKO reunites; Kingston strong going into Royal Rumble

With Royal Rumble only days away the Raw and Smackdown brand Superstars try to gain momentum

Vickie Gurrero comes out to start the show, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Randy Orton comes out to thank Vickie for letting him be on the show. Orton then started to talk about how he was going to beat Ziggler tonight and win the title at the rumble. Ziggler came out to demand more respect from Orton but Orton told Ziggler respected is earned, Orton then layed out Ziggler with an RKO.

Drew McIntyre b JTG

Todd Grisham interviewed Cody Rhodes backstage. Cody informed Todd that he suffered a broken nose last week at the hands of Rey Mysterio. Cody demanded to do the whole interview with his back to the camera so his face couldn’t be seen.

Alberto Del Rio and Michael Tarver discussed things backstage.

Kofi Kingston won a mini Rumble throwing out Del Rio and Kane

After the match Del Rio and Kane attacked Kingston, this brought out Rey Mysterio and Vickie signed a tag match for the four men.

Mysterio and Kingston b Kane and Del Rio

Big Show came out to talk about the rumble. Show said he had never won a rumble and was hungry to win this Sunday and go to Wrestlemania. This brought out The Corre and Show challenged them to a match.

Show b Heath Slater

After the match The Corre attacked Show; R-Truth, Chris Masters, Marella, Kozlov and Daniel Bryan made the save.

Rated RKO b The Miz and Dolph Ziggler

Edge won the match for his team with the spear. After the match Vickie informed Edge that the spear was now a banned move and if he used it in a match he would be DQed.

01/24/11 Raw results- Cena refs Barrett vs. Punk: battle of The Corre and Nexus

John Cena has control of the fates of The Corre and Nexus in the rumble; Miz and Edge are both attacked by the challengers for their titles

Four man Battle Royal
Edge vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Jack Swagger vs. Drew McIntyre
This match was signed by the Raw GM as punishment for the last time Edge appeared on the show when he destroyed the computer. Edge threw all three men over the top rope to win the match.

The Corre confronted The New Nexus; Wade Barrett vs. CM Punk arranged

King Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio vs. Mark Henry, John Morrison
Alberto Del Rio and John Morrison start the match off for their respective teams. Del Rio gains control early and Morrison spends alot of the match fighting off the team of Sheamus and Del Rio. The highlights of the match were Sheamus hitting a titltawhirl back breaker on Morrison and Morrison hitting a head scissors, a plancha and a couple of high impact enziguris  on the King of the Ring Sheamus. After Morrison landed a plancha on Sheamus, Del Rio ran into the ring and hit his rolling cross arm breaker for the win on Henry.

Woman’s Title match
Melina vs. Natalya Hart(c)
Natalya managed to retain her title against Melina. After the match it was announced the Lay Cool would be facing Natalya for the title in a handicap match at the rumble

WWE Champion vs World Heavyweight Champion- Non title match
The Miz vs. Edge
Edge won via DQ when Dolph Ziggler interfered in the match, costing Edge a victory. After the match Randy Orton came out to attack The Miz and Alex Riley.

Daniel Bryan and the Bellas vs. Ted DiBiase, Maryse and Alicia FoxN
Nikki Bella was distracted by Daniel Bryan and her sister Brie, the distraction gave Maryse and easy victory over the Bellas and Bryan.

After the match The Bellas where shocked to learn the Bryan had been seeing Gail Kim for several months. The Bellas felt taken advantage of and attacked, the three women had to be seperated.

Non Title match
Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty vs. Vladimir Kozlov(c) and Santino Marella(c)
McGillicutty starts things off for his team against Kozlov. McGillicutty comes out like a house on fire and Kozlov is forced to tag in Santino. McGillicutty continues to look strong and tags in Husky Harris. Harris overwhelms Santino with his offense and Santino is unable to tag in his partner. Santino gains momentum with his quickeness and goes for his cobra strike on McGillicutty but misses. Harris takes advantage of the distraction and lays out Santino with his finisher for the win.

Wade Barrett vs. CM Punk w/ John Cena as the special guest referee
Wade Barrett comes to the ring with The Corre and CM Punk comes out with his Nexus. John Cena comes out to a massive ovation and precedes to ban Nexus and The Corre from ringside. Cena attacks both Barrett and Punk knowing that if either men attack him they will be disqualified and unable to compete in the rumble.

Punk attacks Barrett from behind and throws him out of the ring, then Cena throws Punk out. Punk flies back into the ring and curses Cena out, Barrett attacks Punk from behind and goes for the pin. Cena rolls out to ringside to sign merch for the fans instead of couting the pin for Barrett. Cena gets back in the ring and exchanges words with Barrett, Punk goes for a clothesline but Barrett counters with a clothesline of his own, laying eachother out.

Cena disqualifies both men for offensive language on a PG show. The Raw GM dings in and ammonishes Cena for his abuse of power, the GM forces Cena to go back into the ring and apologize. Cena does, then attacks Punk and Barrett bringing out Nexus and The Corre. As the factions prepare to attack Cena the Raw locker room empties out and we are treated to a preview of the Royal Rumble.

01/24/11 Raw preview- Champions collide days before Royal Rumble

The final Raw before Royal Rumble features a match between Raw and Smackdown Champions- The Miz and Edge

Tonights Raw is an important one as its the last Raw before the road to Wrestlemania officialy begins. There are strong rumors regarding Triple H participating in the Rumble, some expect him to return tonight to promote the show Sunday.

Also for tonights show WWE has signed a match between the World Heavyweight Champion- Edge and WWE Champion- The Miz. Rumors of an RKO reunion broke over the weekend so the match between champs may become a tag team match.

Another storyline heading into tonights show is the addition of a new member to CM Punk’s Nexus. I would expect the new superstar to be featured on tonights show as the heat between Punk and John Cena builds.

01/07/11 Smackdown spoilers- World Title match, New #1 Contender

Dolph Ziggler loses his title but earns a shot at the World Title

World Title Last Man Standing match:
Kane vs Edge(c)
Edge retains the title via countout

Intercontinental Title match:
Kofi Kingston vs Dolph Ziggler(c)
Kingston wins the title, Ziggler is given a rematch right after the match by Smackdown consultant Vickie Guerrero. Ziggler loses the rematch and Kingston remains Intercontinental Champion.

Backstage segment with Drew McIntyre and Kelly Kelly.

#1 Contenders match for the World Title:
Cody Rhodes vs Drew McIntyre vs The Big Show
Vickie Guerrero adds Ziggler to the match who wins and is named the new number one contender. After the match Wade Barrett attacks Big Show

Michelle McCool vs Kelly Kelly
McCool gets the win and continues attacking Kelly Kelly after the match, this brings out Drew McIntyre to make the save.

Two out of Three Falls match:
Rey Mysterio vs Alberto Del Rio
Del Rio wins the first fall, Mysterio ties it up with a win in the second fall. Del Rio gets the third pin to win the match after interferance from Ricardo Rodiguez.