RAW Clears Our Heads for Elimination Chamber...

How’s It Going, Enthusiasts?

 

Welcome to Monday. It’s another week another dollar, yes? Well, things are pretty quiet in the Realm of AEW but the WWE Universe has some news to contemplate. It’s nothing too weighty but it does have plenty of WrestleMania implications and may explain why we’re on the path we’re currently on. Shall we break it down? Let’s jump into it.

 

So, it appears that getting a hernia is some sort of coming-of-age process for the new top stars as Bron Breakker has had surgery to correct one recently, putting him out of commission for the foreseeable future. As many of you may remember, Roman Reigns had a similar injury way back when which sidelined him for a few months, putting plans for him on ice at the time. It was kind of a big deal as they still presented him as everyone anxiously awaited his return.

 

Those were different times however, and now that WWE is functioning more like a typical promotion, more or less, it’s unlikely that we’ll get periodic updates. The New Vision now has to figure out how they’re going to fill the void, while Breakker has to prepare to return to a new landscape. I don’t mind this, however. I think the very believable pressure of losing your place should be something our players should face from time to time. This train doesn’t stop so if you’re sidelined, it may be just that much harder to return because everyone has moved on. Are you even still relevant? It will be up to players to prove so. It’s an easy way to foster character development.

 

In the meantime, just looking at the current state of affairs, I would say either Heyman tries to enlist Brock Lesnar and we’ll see if WWE feels like paying him or they jumpstart someone like Royce Keys fka Powerhouse Hobbs. I would say Oba Femi but Femi looks set for his own rise but Keys/Hobbs has to be broken in for most of us so, this may be a good way to give us a look at him if he’s willing to be a “hired thug” for the time being. I don’t see Heyman having “open auditions” though, that could be funny but given his lore, he seems a man who can solve his own problems. We’ll see how they handle it.

 

That pretty much brings us to tonight’s RAW. The Elimination Chamber is the name of the game as we have Qualification Matches for the Men and Women. The Ladies will offer up Ivy Nile, Rhea Ripley and Lyra Valkyria. Sadly, Nile looks to be the extra Star Trek crew member that gets beamed down, never to return but we’ll see if she goes down swinging. The Men offer up LA Knight, Penta (Lucha-Mitsu) and Austin Theory for theirs. It can go any which way in that one but I’m leaning towards Knight. We can also expect Nattie to see what else Maxxine Dupri has to cry about. And The Usos will give Alpha Academy’s Otis and Akira Tozawa a chance to claim Tag Team gold. I don’t think it happens but I think they’ll put on a better show than many would give them credit so, let’s have it.

 

It’s another 6:30pm showing so, get ‘em while they last. This will be the last month, that much I can say. Swing by if you got the time. Let’s see how they pivot in light of these “setbacks”.

 

See You in a Bit,

-Nicole Alexis (^_~)