The night we have been waiting for, WWE Elimination Chamber 2025: Toronto, is upon us. Thousands of fans have packed into the Rogers Centre as WWE rears up for its last stop before WrestleMania. There are four intriguing matchups throughout the evening that will have massive implications for WrestleMania.
We have two chamber matches featuring the biggest and brightest of WWE, and they will no doubt be fun to watch. Outside of that, we have a tag match that should provide a pop and an unsanctioned contest that will see two former friends try and end each others’ careers. It’s a card that is built to wow the audience in Toronto.
Will the night live up to the lofty expectations that we have all laid upon it? Let’s take a look at how the night panned out.
Women’s Elimination Chamber Match: Alexa Bliss vs Roxanne Perez vs Bayley vs Bianca Belair vs Liv Morgan vs Naomi (4.25/5)
That was an absolutely fantastic start to this match. Jade Cargill, making her return, shook up the contest, and Naomi took some nasty bumps along the way. We haven’t seen a start like this before, but it was an interesting way to start the Elimination Chamber.
The match slowed for a bit after the hot start, but the second Bayley got in the action ramped up. Some great spots utilized the chamber in various ways.
The Tower of Doom, the Russian leg sweep and cross body through the ropes were particular highlights. Then there was Bianca Belair’s insane dive from the top of the pod. This was a very well-booked chamber match that made sure everyone, except Naomi of course, got their chance to shine.
The finishing trifecta was a great little sprint, and once Bliss was gone Belair and Morgan put on a tight little 5 minutes to keep us guessing who was going to win. It’s a shame that Bliss didn’t win, but Belair will match up nicely against Rhea Ripley.
Trish Stratus & Tiffany Stratton vs Nia Jax & Candice LeRae (3.75/5)
Great pop to start the intros for Trish Stratus. The Toronto crowd needed a little boost to their energy. They are not as boisterous as they have been at previous events.
There was not a ton of expectation for this match, but these four women exceeded everything. Trish, Nia, Candice, and Tiffany worked their butts off to put on a very entertaining tag team match.
It started well with the heels doing their thing, working over both Tiffy and Trish. Candace was great in her wrestling role, while Nia continues to evolve as a performer. Her heelwork was perfect and helped to rile up the crowd for the rest of the contest.
The fact that these women were given ample time to weave a great story is a testament to how good they are. There were some great near-falls, no botches, and it didn’t look like Trish Stratus missed a step.
Tiffy needs the momentum behind her heading into WrestleMania, so giving them the win is logical. Plus, it gave us an impressive top-rope bulldog from Stratus.
Unsanctioned Match: Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn (5/5)
The crowd came alive for the showdown between former best friends. This program has become deeply personal, and with how crazy both men are it was a matter of time before things got out of hand.
They didn’t waste any time turning this into a Pier 6 brawl. There was no wrestling here folks. Zayn and Owens showed tremendous chemistry as they turned the Rogers Centre into a house of horrors.
Their use of weapons was great, and the longer the match went on the more extreme the spots became. It really looked like they were trying to cripple one another.
There were a few spots that we couldn’t be sure either man would come back from.
There was so much drama throughout this match. Everything Owens and Zayn did meant that much more. The addition of the officials pleading for an end was a nice touch to add intensity. It was, as Micheal Cole described, a massacre. That Blue Thunder Bomb spot is the most extreme of them all.
We can call the finish one of the most sickening ones in WWE history. Owens was a savage, and the return from Randy Orton was the icing on this delicious cake.
Men’s Elimination Chamber Match: Logan Paul vs Damian Priest vs CM Punk vs John Cena vs Seth Rollins vs Drew McIntyre (3/5)
Drew McIntyre and Seth Rollins were the perfect pairing to start this match off. There is a ton of built-in history there, and they were up to the task of starting the match off on the right foot. Their preamble, before anyone else entered, was fantastic and set the tone for the match.
This was a showcase of each wrestler’s greatest hits. There was no chain wrestling taking place. Only high-impact move after high-impact move. Some great psychology with Punk egging Rollins on to keep slamming McIntyre’s head into the pod.
The McIntyre/Priest eliminations were telegraphed a bit, and both men were there solely to set up their Wrestlemania match. Which will be good, but there could have been different ways to get there. Logan Paul getting knocked out with much fanfare was a bit disappointing, as he could have turned some heads with a better showing.
There weren’t a ton of huge spots with the chamber during the match, except for an ageing John Cena taking a pretty nasty bump into the pod. There was more looking at the WrestleMania sign than great spots during the match.
Ending this match the way they did was interesting but not great. There wasn’t as much drama as there should have been, and the crowd didn’t pop as much as one would expect. Still, John Cena was the right choice, and he and Cody will make an interesting pairing.
Cody Rhodes/The Rock Segment (4/5)
Usually, one would be against a segment closing out a big show like Elimination Chamber, but wow, what a way to close out the show. It was telegraphed from a mile away that Cody was going to rebuff the offer of The Rock but how and what happened after was amazing.
Rhodes dropping the first F-Bomb on WWE television, well intentionally anyway, was a shock and got a massive pop from the crowd. What got another huge pop was the shock heel turn from John Cena.
Fans have been wanting John Cena to turn heel for years, and it looked like it was never going to happen, especially since this was his last run. Kudos to WWE for pulling this trigger and giving us a very intriguing and once-in-a-lifetime program headed into WrestleMania.
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