10 Most Overrated (And Overused) WWE Gimmick Matches
7. Elimination Chamber
Despite the hyperbole, the damage done to most performers within the Elimination Chamber usually appears too real to effectively sell to an audience.
Though it's very apparent just how much pain wrestlers are in when they're getting thrown through plexi-glass or slammed on to (or up against) solid steel, the visuals so rarely reflect this, making those bumps and bruises feel awfully wasteful.
Short on noise, the Chamber is weak at portraying the unnecessary roughness that takes place within the cage, and up until the last iteration of the match, was sometimes too tricky to even grasp the full scale of the carnage on television.
This has also lead to more nimble superstars scaling the walls to generate heat, but as evidenced especially in the woeful 2015 Tag Team variant of the brawl, due to spacial restrictions, even sprightly stars are unable to leap from the Chamber with much spring in their step.
Pleasingly, WWE made changes to the structure for the 2017 edition of the show, with a higher dome, safer platforms and pods protecting performers, and aesthetic alterations making for a far more satisfying viewer experience.