WWE DVD Review:
Elimination Chamber 2013
The Elimination Chamber
is one formidable and very unforgiving structure. This mass of metal
was once the special feature in Pay-Per-Views, but it is now the star
of its own. The concept is a good one and used sparingly it works
very well indeed. What happens is six men enter caged environment.
Two of them start off the match, whilst four others stand by in each
corner, locked in a cubicle. Every few minutes a new competitor
enters and things heat up. This is a pin fall/submission style scrap
and it can get very violent indeed.
This year we saw Randy
Orton, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Jack Swagger, Mark Henry and Chris Jericho
all participate and their reward was a World Heavyweight Championship
at WrestleMania 29. The action here was superbly paced, exciting and
innovative.
The other big match on
the EC 2013 card was the re-match between WWE Champion The Rock and
former champ CM Punk. This match was the last chance for Punk to
retain his belt and progress to WrestleMania. Punk and Rock have a
very good rapport in the ring and Rock especially deserves praise for
stepping back in to a semi-fulltime wrestling role so easily.
On surprise bout here
was the one that pitted The Shield against the all-star trio of John
Cena, Ryback and Sheamus. The surprise was not the talent involved or
the effort put in to the encounter. It was the fact that the WWE
really did decide to put so much behind the newest group on the scene
The Shield.
Elsewhere we see World
Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio battle his nemesis Big Show.
Their feud just went from strength to strength, Del Rio has certainly
stepped up to the plate. Kaitlyn defended her Diva's title against
the tough daughter of wrestling legend Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka Tamina.
This was a fair Divas match, that did enough to warrant your
attention throughout.
Elimination Chamber
2013 is a very good DVD release from the WWE. It certainly paved the
way for WrestleMania 29 and offered an above average number of
matches. The main event and chamber scraps are certainly well worth
re-viewing as well.
Elimination Chamber
2013 is available now from www.wwedvd.co.uk
and all good retailers.
RRP £17.99 (DVD),
£19.99 (Blu-ray)
By Phil Allely
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