6. Elimination Chamber Returns...With 20 Days Notice
Ice cream is delicious. Having a pint (not with Sheamus) of it is a great time. But eating four gallons of it in one sitting? Thats too much of a good thing. A bit painful. Not even The Big Show on his best day could put that much down. This dessert analogy brings us over to the world of professional wrestling. Within the span of 49 days, WWE will air four pay-per-views. On top of three hours of Raw and two hours of SmackDown every week, thats asking the loyalists to watch an extra 12 hours of content, which is half a day of their lives. It would be one thing if this was planned out months in advance. But WWE had two house shows scheduled on May 31, and cancelled them both to take us back to the chamber. Its a fun match, but one that is deserving of more hype. There is simply not enough time to properly build this match from post-Payback into Elimination Chamber. WWE struggles to deliver intriguing storylines over the course of 365 days. With only 14 days between pay-per-views, this is only continuing to water down a dangerously water downed product.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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