7 Minor Changes That Would Make A Big Difference To WWE Elimination Chamber 2018

2. A Six-Man Chamber

Why are there seven men in the Elimination Chamber match? There is no acceptable reason. Giving Michael Cole the chance to wax lyrical about making history absolutely does not count as an acceptable reason. The match is specifically designed for six combatants, and adding a seventh does nothing except muddy the waters further.

How exactly is this going to work? The assumption is that three men will start, and while that does make the most sense in this context it doesn’t do so in any other. Did The Miz not lose a match that meant he had to enter first? Where is the punishment if ‘entering first’ means ‘entering with two other men’?

It is clear that the seventh man came about through little more than indecision. The severity of Jason Jordan’s injury meant a contingency plan was rushed in place for Seth Rollins, and The Kingslayer now finds himself in the Chamber. The double pin was an embarrassingly lame way to get there, with or without it meaning another major defeat for Bray Wyatt.

A seven-man Chamber does absolutely nothing for this show. Even the 40-man Royal Rumble had some logic behind it, as an early draw shortened already minuscule odds. Seven men in the Chamber simply means one extra man in the Chamber, nothing else. This could well end up finding a place in the dictionary under the word ‘unnecessary’.