5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Feb 19)

2. A Lacking Card

Elimination chamber
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It’s clear that Sunday’s PPV is banking on its namesake matches and a contract signing, because there really isn’t much else.

Aside from the two Elimination Chamber matches, there is a women’s match between Asuka and Nia Jax, and a bout pitting Bray Wyatt against Matt Hardy. There could possibly be a Raw Tag Team Championship match involving the Bar and Titus Worldwide, and maybe a cruiserweight tournament bout, but as of six days out, only four matches had been announced.

Oh, and Ronda Rousey will do a little more than point at the WrestleMania sign, showing up to sign her WWE contract. While Rousey is a big name attraction, this is being billed as a major component of the PPV, behind the two chamber matches. That’s the sign of a lackluster PPV card.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.