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I finished that 2018 Men's Elimination Chamber. I've only seen maybe 4-5 elimination chamber matches, but that one was probably my favorite (if you exclude the aftermath from New Year's Revolution 2006's elimination chamber which, iirc, might have been the first elimination chamber). Most of the performances looked credible, you had a few stories going there, Braun was a fucking beast, and while I wasn't on board with the outcome, it works within the context of the match.
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I then watched the 2018 Women's Elimination Chamber match (which they referenced throughout the men's match). It was also great, particularly given the way the announcers built up the idea of three team-ups.

Alexa Bliss was fucking awesome in that. Bliss may be my favorite female wrestler at this point, and it's amazing how far she's come over the years. When she premiered in NXT, they had her with that stupid fairy gimmick that played up her background as a cheerleader. Then they flipped her heel and used her as the boss-valet for... I think Dawson and somebody? I can't remember. It was a forgettable tag team that she helped get onto the main roster. In the process, she earned some heel heat from me. There aren't many wrestlers who get that from me (Edge when he first got the title, Cena when he was doing that white rapper gimmick), and it's a lot harder to get that when you know the whole thing is a work. (Go away heat, on the hand, is VERY easy to get -- Mizz, Roman Reigns, etc.) But NXT had built up the Vaudevillains and Enzo & Cass so I actually cared about them (imagine that, making fans care about wrestlers instead of holding meaningless matches where nobody gives a shit about anybody and you have "Fight forever" chants going), and she was running interference for her team. (And even the addition of Blue Pants -- NXT's absurdly over job girl -- couldn't even the score.)

NXT used Alexa Bliss incredibly well at the end and while the main roster transition was a little rocky, she got over well as a heel. I should probably start following her stuff in the WWE, but I know that she's got a shitty storyline going with Bray and RKO.

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