6 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Elimination Chamber 2019

4. Intros Galore

Jeff Hardy Elimination Chamber 2019
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If you didn’t make it to the TV in time for the start of the Elimination Chamber PPV, don’t worry, you didn’t miss anything, even if you were 15 minutes late. And if you got stuck in the bathroom or putting the kids to bed before the main event, you had another 10-12 minutes of time to kill.

That’s because the introductions of all the competitors just went on and on and on for what seemed like forever. Nearly every wrestler walked slowly to the ring, stared at the chamber to sell how daunting of a structure it was, and then took their sweet time getting into the pod. The women tag teams in particular made sure to walk around the entire ring, visiting each occupied pod before settling into theirs. And the men weren't much better.

It was maddening to look at the clock and realize 15 minutes had passed since the PPV started and nothing had happened. It’s understandable that six separate intros are going to take some time, but it’s just crazy to realize that that much time has elapsed.

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