8 Things You Learn Re-Watching The First WWE Elimination Chamber Match

4. Triple H Took A Major Beating

Triple H Rob Van Damn Elimination Chamber 2002
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As mentioned in the previous point, Triple H started the match off alongside RVD. The Game was in the Chamber all the way through to the end as well, lasting almost 40 minutes before falling to a beautiful Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels. If you’ve not seen the match, it is easy to look back and assume that Triple H used his political sway to dominate the bout and come out looking immensely strong in defeat.

The complete opposite is true. Hunter took an absolute beating in this match, from the very start to the very end. At no point was the defending champion in any sort of control of the match. RVD dominated the opening exchanges, and Triple H only found respite from the onslaught when Chris Jericho entered the match third.

Triple H didn’t manage to get an offensive move of any value in until the seventh or eighth minute. Hunter spent the entire match aimlessly wandering around and taking a beating from the other men in the match. At one point he climbs the turnbuckles despite nobody being anywhere near him, simply so Kane can wander over and throw him from the top.

Triple H may have survived until the very end, but ‘survived’ is the operative word here.

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