Ranking and grading every WWE pay-per-view in 2021 so far

#4 WWE Elimination Chamber

FLY OWENS FLY#WWEChamber @FightOwensFight pic.twitter.com/v6xrSY51py

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) February 22, 2021

WWE produced Elimination Chamber in February, which was a short and sweet show. It only featured five scheduled matches, one of which was a formality. That was a squash victory for Roman Reigns, who defended the Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan.

The latter had just won the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match which stole the show. Bryan enjoyed a stellar performance inside the structure alongside the likes of Cesaro and Jey Uso, among others.

The other Chamber match was also pretty strong, if a bit predictable. Drew McIntyre successfully defended his WWE Championship against five former Champions, before being assaulted by Bobby Lashley.

The All Mighty laid him out, leaving an opening for The Miz to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. It was an exciting end to the show. Earlier on, Lashley had lost the United States Championship without taking the fall. Riddle won the title after pinning John Morrison in a solid triple threat match.

THE MOST MUST-SEE CHAMPION IN WWE HISTORY.@mikethemiz has shocked the world and CASHED IN to become #WWEChampion! #WWEChamber pic.twitter.com/zjmp4EvlO0

— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2021

However, WWE's booking of the women's division may have let Elimination Chamber down a bit. The build to Bianca Belair's big WrestleMania match with Sasha Banks saw the two of them team up in a losing effort against the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.

While Banks could have defended her SmackDown Women's Championship inside the Elimination Chamber, the two titular matches we got were both great. It would have been fine if WWE let this remain the only pay-per-view between Royal Rumble and WrestleMania.

Grade: B+