9 Things WWE Got Right At Elimination Chamber 2017

2. An Elimination Chamber For The PG Era

Much like Hell in a Cell and TLC matches, the Elimination Chamber has suffered somewhat from being continued in an era in which blood and violence have been tempered in WWE. The match is still billed as being one of the most violent in the company, but the visual representations of this have been consigned to the bin of history. You can run as many video packages of Hall of Fame talent talking of the risks in their serious voices, but when a flying elbow from the top of a pod is considered violent some perspective is needed.

With that in mind, the 2017 Elimination Chamber was a fantastic exercise in booking a chamber match in the modern WWE landscape. All six men brought something different to the table. John Cena and AJ Styles started things off in an exciting manner and the decision to begin the match with those two was clearly the right one. Dean Ambrose was an excellent first addition to the match, bringing with him an injection of energy and credibility.

That also meant that the three heels in the bout found themselves in positions of authority based purely on the luck of the draw. There was plenty of scope for shenanigans in the match but WWE made the right decision in largely avoiding these. Aside from Corbin's destruction of Ambrose all eliminations happened as clean as a whistle, giving the match the feeling of being a legitimate battle between six top tier performers.

All six men came out of the chamber with rising stock, none more so than Corbin, AJ Styles, and the man who now holds the WWE Championship.