{"id":2018,"date":"2017-02-12T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2017-02-13T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:23:10","slug":"elimination-chamber-kickoff-recap-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/elimination-chamber-kickoff-recap-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Elimination Chamber Kickoff Recap &#038; Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>February 12, 2017<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(aired live)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23WWEChamber\" target=\"_blank\">#WWEChamber<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>City: Phoenix, AZ<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: Talking Stick Resort Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel: Renee Young, Sam Roberts, Carmella, Booker T<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Social Media Lounge: Dasha Fuentes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Commentary: Tom Phillips, JBL, Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Greg Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRenee Young introduces the show and the panel.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRoberts is excited to see Naomi. Carmella is distracted by her phone but she appreciates Alexa Bliss&#8217;s dirty tactics. Booker T thinks Naomi has something to prove tonight. Booker and Roberts pick Naomi, Carmella doesn&#8217;t care but picks Alexa.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nHistory for the Orton\/Harper match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBooker and Roberts disagree about Harper wanting to do his own thing away from the Wyatt Family. Carmella and Booker pick Orton, Roberts picks Harper.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Panel<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nBooker T says American Alpha is at an advantage in Tag Team Turmoil because they don&#8217;t know any better. Roberts talks about Twitter and loses his concentration when Carmella (sort of, not really) flirts with him. Carmella interrupts Roberts and asks Renee her prediction. She picks Usos, Booker picks Usos. Roberts picks Ascension. Carmella likes Breezango.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nHistory or the Nikki\/Natalya match.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nCarmella comments on Nikki and Natalya, saying Nikki is always distracted. Booker T talks, but James Ellsworth interrupts the show. He bought tickets or Carmella and himself to watch the Chamber, so Carmella leaves with him. Afterwards, Roberts and Booker pick Natalya, Renee picks Nikki.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBooker T thinks Dolph Ziggler has no chance tonight, Roberts thinks Ziggler&#8217;s new attitude will put him over the top. Booker and Renee pick Kalisto and Apollo, Roberts thinks Ziggler will find a way to win.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Social Media Lounge<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDasha Fuentes asks Becky Lynch some questions from Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBooker T loses it when JBL falls while making his entrance into the arena. Booker and Roberts then debate Mickie James versus Becky Lynch. Booker picks Becky, Roberts picks Mickie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Curt Hawkins vs Mojo Rawley<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Ryan Tran)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e5e65484429','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e5e65484429\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e5e65484429\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Mojo Rawley wins via pinfall after a spinning powerslam<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 6:52<\/strong> (1 break)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nNot a bad match. Not great, but it was a fine Kickoff show match. Hawkins tried to avoid Rawley until he baited Rawley into a cheap shot, then Hawkins retained control until Rawley came back at the end with power and energy. Pretty standard stuff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Panel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRenee, Booker, and Roberts talk about the Chamber match. Booker likes Styles. Roberts thinks Cena is scary-good, but he also thinks Miz is on a roll. Booker Picks Styles, Roberts picks Miz.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBuildup for the Chamber match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis was an okay Kickoff. I like adding storyline into the panel, but Carmella&#8217;s stuff was pretty predictable, to the point where I just wanted her to go ahead and get to it while other people were talking.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Curt Hawkins vs Mojo Rawley<\/strong><br \/>\nAgain, not bad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=2024\">Continue to Elimination Chamber &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an okay way to start the night, complete with a Main Event quality match featuring Mojo Rawley versus Curt Hawkins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1105,625,297,622],"tags":[633,38,537,302,668,858,312,1106,536,896,138,626,737,680,354,451,693,1107,570,7],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elimination-chamber","category-ppv","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-becky-lynch","tag-booker-t","tag-carmella","tag-curt-hawkins","tag-dasha-fuentes","tag-david-otunga","tag-elimination-chamber","tag-elimination-chamber-kickoff","tag-greg-hamilton","tag-james-ellsworth","tag-jbl","tag-kickoff","tag-mauro-ranallo","tag-mojo-rawley","tag-ppv","tag-renee-young","tag-ryan-tran","tag-sam-roberts","tag-tom-phillips","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}