Shayna Baszler completely dominated the Women’s Elimination Chamber match. She eliminated all 5 of her competitors, which ties her with Braun Strowman for the most eliminations in a single Elimination Chamber match.
We have a rumor to pass your way about why Shayna was booked so strongly in this match.
According to a report from WrestlingNews.co, the booking of the main event was a call made by Paul Heyman. Despite rumors that Vince McMahon is unsure about Baszler, Heyman is said to be a major fan of hers.
The idea was to book Shayna as a monster heel since everybody already knew that she was going to win the match. Here is an excerpt from the report:
The feeling going into the pay-per-view was that everyone watching at home already knew that Baszler was going to win and challenge Lynch at WrestleMania and it was better to just have her go through everyone to put her over as a monster heel. Heyman is very high on Baszler even though McMahon has had his doubts about her.
Heyman wanted to do this many years ago with CM Punk but the idea was shot down by Vince McMahon. It looks like Heyman got his way this time.
My Take:
- I actually don’t hate that they made Shayna look strong. I think that they could have done a better job though of not making the entire RAW women’s division look bad. There were also too many long pauses in the match, which pissed fans off.
What did you think of the match? Let me know in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out my predictions for the full match card at Wrestlemania 36 here.