7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Elimination Chamber 2022

4. Then Roman Choked Him Out

Roman Reigns WWE Elimination Chamber 2022
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Roman's guillotine chokehold is one of WWE's best these days.

Ending the Universal Title match with that was a best-case-scenario for everyone involved, and it's awesome that Goldberg was willing to put the hold over before swanning off into the sunset. Hopefully, WWE's next mission is to make that submission look inescapable on SmackDown pre-WrestleMania.

It's important that Brock Lesnar sells some trepidation about it too. What good is a top heel's finish if his main challenger isn't even slightly concerned about the thing? WWE have to keep that in mind, and Brock is the kind of worker who pays attention to these nuances - he'll surely bring it up if creative don't.

Back to Goldberg. He did a sterling job of making Roman look like the man in Saudi, and that was never set in stone. As ridiculous as it sounds, some fans on Twitter had Bill down as a surprise short-term Universal Champ. WWE has previous with that, y'know.

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