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 fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.