10 Things WWE Regrets About Elimination Chamber

7. The Intercontinental Chamber (2015)

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Consider every Elimination Chamber match to ever take place over the stipulation's 15-year lifespan. Chances are you'll have 2015's Intercontinental Title sh*tpile somewhere near the bottom, and justifiably so: this thing is borderline unwatchable, despite the best efforts of talented guys like Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett.

The bout was put together to crown a new champion when Daniel Bryan was forced to vacate it shortly after WrestleMania. For lack of better phrasing, it is a big, clunky piece of trash, and a raging dumpster fire with no redeeming qualities.

A terribly boring first half bled into a second part so shambolic, it led to many fans speculating that something had gone horribly wrong in the layout, forcing the ill-equipped wrestles to improvise. If true, they failed.

Something did go horribly wrong when Barrett struck Mark Henry's pod door, popping it open, and forcing the former 'Sexual Chocolate' into the bout way ahead of schedule. Then there was Sheamus being a heel by using his necklace to deliberately jam his own door shut, thus keeping him safe from harm, and the commentators not even picking up on it at all. Nice work, lads.

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