6 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Elimination Chamber 2015
1. That Was It?
At NXT Takeover: Unstoppable, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch had the match of the night, a show-stealing 15-minute affair that was one of the best womens wrestling matches youll see. Sunday at Elimination Chamber, Nikki Bella retained her Divas Championship in a triple threat match that lasted all of six minutes with a finish that came out of nowhere. *Shakes head* Its hard to not be negative about the WWE Divas division when NXT churns out better womens wrestling on a constant basis. Its also tough to be positive about what WWE does put on television when they throw three women out there and have them fire off a series of moves, pins, break-ups and then a finish. There was no flow, no rhythm, no opportunity to get into the match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA7o9IdyKlw Sure, there was an impressive-looking top rope German suplex/powerbomb combo, and some of the pinfall break-ups were nicely done, but two or three spots does not make for an entertaining match. Its worth repeating what was written in the Unstoppable Ups and Downs column recently: Can we just promote the entire NXT womens division and punt two-thirds of WWEs Divas roster? Everyone is already thinking it.
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.
