Women's Elimination Chamber 98/100 A
The Women's Elimination Chamber was incredible. The only mark against it is that Alexa could have been a little more active. However, even that is just minor criticism because this is Alexa's most demanding match since she returned, and she had a good showing and got an elimination. This match made every superstar feel like a superstar. Roxanne Perez, who is fresh out of NXT, was going hard. Even in elimination, she looked like a star, and it took two superstar finishers to eliminate her.
Bayley was eliminated first, but she had her moments. At one point, she ripped through everyone. However, she especially took pleasure in abusing Roxanne. Every Slam, punch, and throw into the chamber was 10 times harder when Bayley was fighting Roxanne. It's clear Roxanne and Bayley are moving towards a Wrestlemania match. Liv and Bianca being in the final two was perfect.
Liv Morgan is the most experienced person in the chamber; she has eliminated two people and is the dominant force. She brutalized Bianca and made fun of Bianca as Bianca was in her pod. However, Bianca got revenge, whipped Liv across the back, and dragged her into the cage and the pod. Liv and Bianca both had their moments where it felt like they had it, but then Bianca got Liv in her clutches and finished her with the KOD.
This match was already the best match of the night. It already set up so many matches in the cell itself, but before it even started, it gave us the first of three big returns. Jade returned and beat Naomi so badly that Naomi had to be carted out on a stretcher, and Bianca could only break down in her pod and watch as her friend tore her other friend apart. This might be the best women's chamber of all time.
Tiffany & Trish vs. NIA & Candice Lerae 84/100 B
This match started out slower, but it soon hit a fever pitch, and everyone started hitting all their best moves. It seemed like Candice and Nia might win, but then Trish hit a bulldog off the top rope with Nia and swung the tide to her team's side for Tiffany to hit the prettiest moonsault ever and win. The right team won this match and did it entertainingly. This was a solid match.
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn 95/100 A
This match started out slow, and some parts at the beginning felt quite unremarkable. However, 80% of the match was remarkable. We have seen Sami and Kevin fight a lot, so it had to be different to make this match interesting. It had to be so deadly that it stood out. Sami and KO completely delivered. This is the most brutal match I've seen in WWE in a long time. Sami Zayn abused Kevin Owens with a chair wrapped with barbed wire, and then he slammed him through it. Sami also hit Kevin with an exploder suplex on a crooked standing chair, and I have no idea how he didn't kill him.
Kevin Owens was just as brutal. Throwing Sami off the top rope to the outside through two tables. He hit with a fisherman suplex through a table off the top. He threw him into the ring pole with a chair around his neck and powerbombed Sami into the corner of the ring apron. People tried to stop Kevin, but he never stopped, not even when he got the win. He even tried to go back and slam Sami into concrete, but Randy returned. Randy's return was perfect. He instantly had fans on his side and instantly had a WrestleMania match. Randy beat the crap out of Kevin Owens and nearly punted him, but the security stopped him. I would watch a match between them to see Randy finish the job with the punt. Once again, like the first chamber match, this match had phenomenal action and an even better story.
Men's Elimination Chamber 90/100 A-
The men's elimination chamber had a great story, but the action was a little behind the story. For example, Drew McIntyre got eliminated first, and he told the story by freaking out and costing Damian Priest. However, there were two big eliminations, and the action was kind of meh. But from there, the action picked up.
Logan Paul had one of the best spots when he jumped off CM Punk's pod. However, CM Punk later comes out and gets his revenge on Logan by eliminating him. Seth Rollins tried to get rid of John Cena and eliminate Punk himself, but he failed and ended up getting eliminated by both Punk and Cena. Then there was an epic clash between Punk and Cena that ended in disaster with Seth stomping on CM Punk's head and John Cena taking advantage of the moment as he yelled I'm sorry as he choked CM Punk with the STF, and Seth Rollins yelled, died. You can tell how much Cena respects CM Punk because he finally listened to Stone Cold and pulled his grip tighter on the STFU submission. Epic Match with tons of story setup.
JOHN CENA GOES HEEL 100/100 A+
Normally, I don't rate segments in a PLE because they usually don't matter. However, John Cena's heel turn is impossible to untangle from this PLE. Cody met Rock in the ring, and he told us what we all expected him to say. However, after he told the Rock to screw himself and John Cena cheered him and shook his hand, Rock told Cena to take Cody down, and he did. John Cena turned heel and beat the crap out of Cody with the Rock and Travis Scott and then stood on his head with the title. John Cena has sold his soul to get that 17th run. Will he, though? I certainly hope so. This moment is a moment some people thought they would never say. This is a page in the book of Wrestling history.
Elimination Chamber Review 2025 94.25 A
Elimination Chamber Review 2025 achieved a 91.75, which is already the highest grade for a PPV in Reverse Hipster's history. However, due to the John Cena moment, I've added 10 points to the lowest-scoring match and taken the average of the matches with that new score, boosting it to a historic 94.25 A Grade. This PPV is in the top ten all-time for me. The matches were excellent, and the stories were right there with the matches, if not bigger, and the moments, at least one of which will be immortal in Wrestling history.
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