8 WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 Impulse Reactions
2. Drew McIntyre (c) Vs. AJ Styles Vs. Jeff Hardy Vs. Randy Orton Vs. Sheamus Vs. Kofi Kingston
Employing a bolder approach than the SmackDown clash in order to differenciate the two, WWE started hot with the Raw Elimination Chamber when Randy Orton was eliminated before AJ Styles and Sheamus had even left their pods.
This yet again meant no fire, no black goo and no Fiend and a match not destroyed by nonsense. The wrestlers took advantage of this - Styles found a creative early exit from his pod thanks to Omos, and Sheamus and Drew McIntyre had an awesome sprawling brawl when 'The Celtic Warrior' left his pod.
The rest of the match passed without incident in a manner most satisfying for a B-Show main event. The wrestlers wrestled like they wanted it, the finishes were clean, and the Champion endured the requisite amount of additional punishment for a show-closing angle that felt like a more realistic possibility as the night wore on.
A gripping finale saw McIntyre retain after walloping AJ Styles with one final Claymore, but he wasn't given a window to celebrate for very long...