5 things that could happen on RAW next week

#4 Seven-man Chamber called historic, not a compromise

Finn Balor and Seth Rollins battle for a spot in the Elimination Chamber

WWE is all about “moments”. They love to “create history”. They also purport to loving to tell stories, but that often takes a backseat to the moments and “historic” events. The 7-man Elimination Chamber match was not the original plan, but instead of properly weaving it together as a cohesive story, WWE has chosen to sledgehammer it into a shoe it doesn’t fit.

They ignored the shoehorn and went right for the brute force. Seth Rollins had nothing to do going into Elimination Chamber due to Jason Jordan’s injury. It’s not clear what he was going to do next Sunday (team with Jordan in Tag Team Turmoil maybe?), but being an entrant in the EC match was not in the cards.

So, instead of earning an opportunity, he begged to be given an opportunity, Granted, the other men who were in the qualifying matches didn’t earn their spots in those matches because they were just created by Kurt Angle. It’s still shoddy storytelling, but we’ll move past that.

The issue is that in lieu of actually trying to give us a good story, WWE is going to focus on how an Elimination Chamber match with 7 guys instead of 6 is a big deal. It should be a compromise due to the referee being a moron, or even better, not happening at all, but it is happening. They might not use “history-making” or any term like it because that’s for the women’s match, but it will be billed as the “first-ever” 7-man Elimination Chamber match. It’s frustrating. Use good storytelling to sell your show, not cheap gimmicks.

Please. I’m begging for it. Of course, this is the company that makes gimmick matches a series of set yearly events instead of saving them for important occasions that fit a well-told story, so why should I expect anything else?