WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 Predictions
February 20, 2014

Coming up in just a few days is the WWE’s pay-per-view offering, The Elimination Chamber. It’s the WWE’s last traditional pay-per-view offering before switching things over to the WWE Network. It’s also the last pay-per-view event before we hit that highway to hell and travel to the biggest show of all, Wrestlemania XXX. Yeppers, it’s a biggie to be sure. And of course, I’ve gone digging deep my closet here at Tossing Salt Media, Inc and pulled out the old “Sister Cleo” outfit. “Why?”, you ask. Because it’s prediction time. Let’s do this…

Cody Rhodes and Goldust vs. Curtis Axel and Ryback

The former tag team champions and the products of Dusty Rhodes’s loins taking on the “Better Than Perfect” former IC Champion and the man who eats too much, both former “Paul Heyman Guys”. So does this mean that they came from Paul Heyman’s loins? Uuugggh! I just got a cold chill at the thought. This should be a damn good match though because Ryback and Axe have become a solid team and if they still had that managerial influence, would probably be the tag team champs. And what can we say about Cody and Dustin? Cody has always been damn good and Dustin is working better now than he did in his prime, in the “Attitude Era”. I guess this match is all about will we be seeing the long-awaited Dustin versus Cody match at Wrestlemania XXX? If they win, then probably not. If they lose, I’d say it’s going to happen. And I think, when that final bell tolls, we’ll be seeing the former Heyman guys, Ryback and Axel, celebrating the big win. Yeah, that sounds good to me.

Winners: Curtis Axel and Ryback

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Cesaro vs. Christian

This should be one helluva match. All the guys, except one, would fit right into that main event slot at Wrestlemania XXX very easily. (And all of them are better than the “other guy” in that title match main event.) So let’s play elimination time. Christian, who’s one of my favorites, and who I would love to see in that Wrestlemania main event, isn’t going to win. That’s pretty obvious. And I think Sheamus can also safely be eliminated from the match as one who will NOT win. Cesaro will, based on his momentum from the past few weeks, will be the next to last person in the match and will be the “Iron Man” of the match in my opinion. Of course, he won’t win either.

And that leaves the “Big Three” of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton, John Cena and Daniel Bryan. I don’t think John Cena will be winning. I keep hearing plans about Cena and the Wyatt family and if that’s the case, he can’t be winning this match. And that leaves Bryan and Orton. I want Bryan to win. I’m so damn sick of Orton as the “face of the WWE” and Orton’s face for that matter. But I just have a feeling that if WWE plays this right, Bryan will get his big moment (and the WWE World Championship) at Wrestlemania. And that means that through some sort of shenanigans, we’ll see the “Face Of The WWE” and former Legacy leader keep his title. Yeah, I said it. He’ll cheat to do it and it’ll definitely be a tainted win, but Randy Orton wins and retains.

Winner and STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Randy Orton

The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan) vs. The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns)

The build for this match has been great. I think that this match itself will be great. We’ve got six strong performers in that ring fighting for domination. I guess in the WWE, only one weird super-group is allowed. A loss, so long as it’s not Bray Wyatt being pinned, would not hurt the Wyatt Family in the slightest, especially against The Shield. And a loss by The Shield, so long as it’s not Roman Reigns being pinned, wouldn’t hurt The Shield at all either. This match could go either way and I don’t really think we’re going to get a conclusive finish on Sunday. It doesn’t matter who wins or who loses. This match-up is money on the table and I think the WWE will stretch it out for a few more weeks at least.

Double DQ – No Contest / No Winner

Batista vs. Alberto Del Rio

The golden child turned actor turned HHH’s best friend, aka Drax the Destroyer wins and wins easily. And I hate it cause he doesn’t deserve it. ‘Nuff said!

Winner: Batista

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Big E (c) vs. Jack Swagger

Swagger has been looking really good as of late and really strong in that ring. And Big E? He’s got that great look and he’s not bad in the ring, but he just doesn’t do it for me. He just seems to me like the flavor of the month that someone in power got excited by, but he just doesn’t seem to fit that spot he’s currently holding as the Intercontinental Champion. I’d love to see Swagger win the IC title and I think he’s very deserving, but I don’t think that this is going to be his time.

Winner and STILL Intercontintental Champion: Big E

WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) (c) vs. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)

As much as I like the New Age Outlaws, I have a hard time seeing Road Dogg and Billy Gunn as the tag team champions going into Wrestlemania XXX. It’s been a happy and nostalgic time, but it’s time to get back to 2014. I think that we’re going to see a title change here and probably a multi-team match at Wrestlemania XXX to give everyone a brief time in the big show.

Winners and NEW WWE Tag Team Champions: Jimmy & Jey Uso

Darren Young vs. Titus O’Neil

And here we have the former tag team partners kick each others ass match of the night. So far, it seems as if Titus is the man they’re interested in pushing the most since breaking up the team. And thus, since he (Titus) looks more like a potential big star and main event guy, by WWE logic, that means we’re going to see John Cena’s walking x-ray, the twin brother from a different mother, get the pin. Yep, I’m calling it now. Darren Young on top as Titus goes down.

Winner: Darren Young

And there you go. Those are my predictions for the WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 pay-per-view event. Am I right? Am I wrong? I guess we’ll all find out on Sunday. What do you think? Who’s going to win and who’s going to lose? Let me know. And thank you for reading.

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