The Silverdome Match of the Week: Smackdown Elimination Chamber

Coming off the excellent Elimination Chamber PPV, the WWE has entered its last leg on the Road to WrestleMania.  With WWE getting ready for the Show of Shows, TNA is getting ready for their big Lockdown PPV in April and ROH is getting ready for their 9^th Anniversary Show that should be taking place as you read this very article.  This week saw Jerry “The King” Lawler vs. The Miz & the Raw Elimination Chamber from WWE Elimination Chamber, Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase from WWE Superstars and Rey Mysterio vs. Kane from WWE Smackdown all tear down the house.  These were all great matches, but only one match can take home the Silverdome Match of the Week.  An excellent match in its own right, the Smackdown Elimination Chamber match from last Sunday’s Elimination Chamber extravaganza is the Silverdome Match of the Week.

Edge, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Drew McIntyre, the Big Show and Wade Barrett all faced off in this five-star wrestling match for the World Heavyweight Championship.  Edge and Rey Mysterio started the match with Wade Barrett, Kane, Drew McIntyre and the Big Show entering each five minutes respectively.  Edge and Mysterio put together one great pace for the match that did not seem to slow down even with the addition of each of the other competitors.  This match was very hard-hitting and very entertaining from beginning to end with a whole lot of great spots.  The superstars in this match must not have liked the pods they were contained in as they were destroying those lexan glass pods left, right and centre.  One amazing moment was when Drew McIntyre entered the match and proceeded to chuck Mysterio into the lexan glass of his pod.  Then McIntyre took Wade Barrett and rammed him back first into the other side of his pod.  This was not the end of these superstars abuse of the lexan glass pods as Kane would throw Mysterio head first into another one and Big Show forced Barrett back first into another pod.  Barrett was the first superstar eliminated after the Big Show hit his signature Knockout Punch.  Immediately after the first elimination, Show faced a barrage of finishers by his other Chamber opponents which led him to being eliminated after a chokeslam from Kane.  After eliminating the Big Show, Kane turned around and would catch McIntyre in another chokeslam.  With both the Big Show and Drew McIntyre eliminated, Kane turned his attention the likes of Edge and Rey Mysterio.  Kane would man-handle both Mysterio and Edge.  That was until Edge would hit the spear on Mysterio while he was trying to give Kane a hurricarana.  Being a spoiled sport, Kane would hit both Edge and Mysterio with a chokeslam.  With both superstars having endured everything this match has thrown at them from the very beginning, Edge and Mysterio would continue what they started.  Edge and Mysterio went back-and-forth trading move after move, pinfall attempt after pinfall attempt.  Through all the adversity, these two great superstars would not give up.  It did not seem like this match was going to end.  Then Edge caught Mysterio with a stunning mid-air spear to put an end to this classic.  With the win, Edge became the first superstar in five years to retain their title in an Elimination Chamber match.  This match was nothing short of phenomenal as it stole the show at Elimination Chamber and is in contention for Match of the Year.  If you have not seen this match yet, go out of your way to see it.  You will not be disappointed.

Overall, this week was very exciting in the World of Professional Wrestling.  We got a lot of development for the feuds that will most likely be taking centre stage at the Grandest Stage of Them All.  2/21/11 was revealed to be the return of the Undertaker, which was immediately followed by the return of Triple H.  Without saying a word, Undertaker and Triple H built up their evident collision at WrestleMania.  TNA would try to parody 2/21/11 with their own 3/3/11 promo.  The funny thing was that TNA’s surprise has already been revealed to be Sting, who beat Jeff Hardy for the TNA World Title at the taping for the 3/3/11 episode of Impact.  Not a smart idea on TNA’s part, but never mind that.  If you are looking for good quality wrestling to watch this weekend, please check out ROH 9^th Anniversary Show tonight.  So please come back next week for another addition of the Silverdome Match of the Week and the start of new five part Road to WrestleMania 27 series.  Until then continue to support and watch pro wrestling.  Cheers.