WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 3/1/2025

WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 3/1/2025

We are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Pat McAfee, Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. Kevin Owens looks through some production equipment and steals some wrenches. Pat mentions the fans booing the US national anthem prior to the show.

Women's Elimination Chamber - Alexa Bliss vs Roxanne Perez vs Bayley vs Bianca Belair vs Liv Morgan vs Naomi

Naomi and Liv are ready to go at it then Jade Cargill comes out and makes her return. Jade walks in the cage and pounds on Naomi. She stomps Naomi and sends her into the buckles. Naomi is then sent into the cage as the crowd goes nuts. Naomi is sent into the side of the pods. Naomi's head is banged off the pods. Jade pump kicks her into the pod. The refs then try to stop Jade. Jade then rams the chamber door into Naomi's face. 

Naomi is out at the entrance of the cage and a stretcher is brought out for her. Liv then talks trash to Bianca, who is in the pod. We are told Naomi is unable to compete in the chamber. Naomi is eliminated.

Bianca is next in. She is upset and bothered. She tries to help out Naomi from the cage but Liv hits her from behind. Liv sends BB (Bianca) into the pod's side. BB hits corner spears on Liv then hits corner punches. BB bangs Liv's head off the cage.

BB misses a handspring moonsault. Liv step up enzugiri's BB for 2. Liv boots BB in the corner. Liv corner forearms her. BB boots her out of the corner. Liv is popped up into the buckles and BB kind of chokeslams her. BB handspring moonsaults Liv for 2.

Roxanne Perez (RP) is next in. RP flying headscissors BB. She then hits running euros on both opponents in the corners. RP diving headscissors BB then gets a 2 count on Liv. RP gets caught by BB off the buckles. RP pulls BB's hair then RP russian legsweeps BB into the cage.

RP ties up BB's hair in the cage. Liv dropkicks RP. Liv backsplashes RP then step up knees her. Liv and RP double clothesline each other. Bayley is next in. She and RP fight and RP is sent into the pod sides. Bay bangs RP's head off the pod. Liv is sent into the cage by Bay.

Bay facekicks Liv against the cage then belly to belly suplexes RP into the cage. Bay has BB by the hair. She lets go and forearms her. BB shoves her into the ropes. Bay knees BB in the face then sunset bombs her into the buckles for 2. Bay top rope elbow drops BB for 2. Bay climbs the buckles and is powerbombed onto the chamber platforms. RP top rope splashes Bay for 2.

Liv codebreakers RP. Alexa Bliss is the final entrant. She stares down Liv. Bliss slaps her and throws her down backwards. She pounds on her. Bliss throws RP down backwards then hits mounted shots on her. Bliss jawbreakers Liv then dropkicks her.

Bay rolls up Bliss for 2 and Bliss forearms her. Bliss double knee drops Bay in the gut. RP bangs Bliss' head off the cage and foot chokes her there. Bliss does a top rope double crossbody but is caught and slammed down. Bay cutters BB over the middle rope. Bay low crossbodies Bliss and BB on the platform.

Liv sends Bay into the pod side. Bay hits a roseplant on Liv on the platform. RP rolls up Bay for 2 then la mistica's her. Bay's face is banged off the cage by RP. RP stunners Bay over the middle rope. Bay gets her knees up on RP's double jump asai moonsault. RP is dumped onto the chamber platform. Liv hits oblivion on Bay and pins her. Bayley is eliminated.

Liv climbs the cage an gets on top of the pod. BB follows. BB's head is banged off the glass. Liv hangs on via BB's hair. BB whips Liv, Liv hangs from the cage and is sent down by BB. BB then dives off the pod onto her opponents.

BB corner spears Bliss. We get a tower of doom spot with Bliss being superplexed. RP superkicks Liv on an oblivion attempt. RP takes a codebreaker from Liv. Bliss hits a 180 splash on RP and pins her. Roxanne Perez is eliminated.

Bliss is about to take a KOD but headscissors Liv off of it. Liv stands on BB's back and neck. Liv suplexes BB three times. Liv step up enzugiri's BB. Bliss goes for sister abigail and is rolled up by Liv. BB backrolls Liv for 2 then Bliss hits sister abigail on BB. Liv then jack knife pins Bliss. Alexis Bliss is eliminated.

Liv yo-yo's BB with her hair, sending her into the cage and back. Liv 2nd rope diving codebreakers BB. BB spears Liv for 2. BB swings Liv's head into the pod and cage. BB powerbombs her. BB does a 450 but Liv gets her knees up. Liv codebreakers her off a KOD attempt. BB KOD's Liv and pins her to win the chamber.

Thoughts: It was a good chamber. Jade's turn on Naomi got things off to a hot start and was a shocking moment. The work was good here with a lot of action. Everyone got sent into the cage or pod at some point or other and Liv bled from the side after taking a hair whip from BB. This went well and I enjoyed this one. I probably wouldn't have had Bianca win this but we will see where it goes. 

BB then runs into Rhea and Iyo in the entrance way.

Tiffany Stratton and Trish Status vs Nia Jax and Candice LeRae

Trish thesz presses CL and pounds on her. Nia comes in and takes a double dropkick. Trish neckbreakers CL for 2.  Tirhs is pulled out then headbutted by Nia. Tiff forearms Nia off the steps. CL baseball slides Tiff then sends her into the steps. Tiff's head is banged off the buckles. Nia then butt presses Tiff down in the corner.

Nia goes on the buckles and is pulled down by Tiff. Trish gets in and hits forearms on Nia. Trish hits chops on her. Trish high kicks her then ddt's her for 2. Trish spinebusters CL. Trish is backdropped off a bulldog attempt on the ropes.

Nia pulls on Trish's hair and chants, "USA". Nia ragdolls Trish around. Nia lifts Trish with a stretch muffler and CL dropkicks Trish as she hangs. CL suplexes Trish for 2. Nia stinkfaces Trish in the corner. CL rams Trish into the corner. They then facebuster each other at the same time.

Tiff gets in and hits lariats on CL. She shoulders her over then handspring backflip back elbows her. Tiff rolls CL into an alabama slam. Tiff spinebusters Nia. Tiff hits a double basement dropkick on her opponents for 2. Tiff goes up top for a double jump moonsault and is tripped up.

Nia legdrops Tiff for 2. Tiff backdrops Nia. Trish hits a handstand hurricanrana on CL off the buckles for 2. Nia lariats Tiff. Nia is up top and Trish top rope bulldogs her for 2. CL moonsaults her own partner and breaks up the count. Tiff double jump moonsaults Nia and wins.

Thoughts: It was fine. I was surprised Trish didn't get the pin. Trish and Tiff won here as expected. There was nothing wrong with this but it wasn't a classic. Trish's top rope bulldog was something I don't think I've ever seen before.

Unsanctioned Match - Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens

Cole brings up Sami's past as El Generico and Owens' past as Kevin Steen.

They hockey fight to start and the bright lights are not on for this one. KO back elbows Sami then Sami lariats him. Sami is dropped gut first on the ropes and KO sentons him. KO is sent into the post.

Sami hits forearms on KO outside then sends him into the post. KO chairs Sami. KO's chairshot bounces off the ropes and goes into his own face. Sami chairs KO. Sami chairs KO outside. Sami grabs a hokcey stick and swings it at a chair that is on KO. Sami brings a table out. KO hits Sami in the gut with the hockey stick then pulls it into Sami's mouth. KO bites Sami.

Sami hits KO with the stick and sends him over the rail. KO chokes Sami with part of a rail in the crowd. They fight there. KO goes up into the stands and Sami hits him with a trash can. KO hits Sami with a bottle then Sami backdrops KO through a table. Sami then sends KO through another table. 

KO is thrown down on the ground. Sami hits KO with a trash can lid. KO hits Sami with a bell and a trash can lid. KO hits Sami with a monitor. Sami hits corner punches on KO then is pushed off the top through a table outside.

KO wrist-clutch fisherman busters Sami through an opened chair for 2. KO hits Kawada kicks. Sami half and half suplexes him then does it through an opened chair. Sami goes for a helluva kick and Ko pulls the ref in the way of it. KO stunners Sami.

Charles Robinson runs down and tries to count a pin. He doesn't count 3 and KO lariats him. A third ref comes out. KO throws a chair at Sami's head. KO goes up top. Sami throws a chair at KO's head. KO twisting fisherman busters Sami through a table off the buckles.

KO tells Sami it's all his fault then Sami helluva kicks KO. Sami pulls out a barbed wire chair. Sami boots KO in the gut and chairs him with the barbed wire. 

Sami and KO trade then KO is tripped face first into an opened barbed wire chair. Sami blue thunders KO onto a barbed wire chair that is bridged on two other chairs. KO pop-up powerbombs Sami and Sami goes out. Sami has a chair put around his neck and is sent into the post. KO powerbombs Sami on the apron. KO does it again. Sami fights back and get another apron powerbomb. KO then picks up the pin.

Thoughts: It was a hardcore match as everything. I didn't think it was great but I liked it and they did what they were supposed to do. As always, some blood really would have helped this thing out.

Security tries to escort KO up the aisle. KO beats them up. KO pulls up a mat outside to do something to Sami then Randy Orton's music hits. Orton comes out. Orton and KO fight in the ring and Orton hits an RKO. Orton goes for the punt and security stops him. Orton hits RKO's on security guards.

Elimination Chamber - John Cena vs CM Punk vs Damien Priest vs Seth Rollins vs Logan Paul vs Drew McIntyre

Drew and Seth go at it. Seth hits some shots then hits shots in the corner. Seth hits corner punches and bites him. Drew catches Seth off the buckles then throws him down on the platform. Seth is sent into the cage then has his face pressed in it. Seth's head is banged off the cage. Drew's head is banged off the pod door and he ends up knocking a piece off the chamber. A light falls down in Punk's pod and he puts it back up. Seth flying knees Drew.

Drew tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Seth. Seth is suplexed on the platform. Drew catapults Seth's neck into the exposed bottom turnbuckle connector. Damian Priest is next in. DP and Drew trade. DP hits chops and spinning forearms him. DP flying back elbows Seth then flatliners Drew. DP rebound lariats Seth. DP razor edge's Seth into Drew outside.

Drew headbutts then neckbreakers DP. Seth superkicks Drew. Seth superkicks DP. Drew spinebusters Seth. Drew powerbombs Seth onto DP's back for 2. Drew is stuck in tree of woe. Seth walks up the buckles and is german'd by Drew as her superplexes DP.

Logan Paul is next in. Logan springboard crossbodies Drew. Logan standing ssp's DP.  Logan hits punches on Seth and fisherman neckbreakers Seth for 2. DP ear claps Logan and bangs his head off the pod. DP pushes Logan's face into the cage. DP walks the top rope and hurricanrana's Drew onto the platform. Logan hits a big punch on DP then gutwrench suplexes DP on the platform.

Seth superkicks Logan for 2. John Cena is next in. He flying shoulders Seth then hits an AA on DP. Cena blue thunders Logan and AA's Seth. Cena five knuckle shuffles Logan. Cena then hits an AA on Logan. Drew claymore kicks Cena. DP crucifixes Drew and pins him which sucks. Drew McIntyre is eliminated.

Drew gets mad and claymore kicks DP. Logan gets on top of Punk's pod and splashes DP. Logan pins DP. Damian Priest is eliminated.

CM Punk is last in. Punk suplexes Logan on the platform. Punk step-up knees Logan then bangs his head off the pod glass. Punk and Cena stare down. They both point at the Wrestlemania sign. Seth facekicks Punk from the side and pounds on him. Seth pushes Cena. Seth tells Cena to go sell more movies and says Punk's @ss is his. He tells him to stay out of it. Cena grabs Seth. Seth and Cena trade punches. Logan then lariats both over.

Logan misses a buckshot on Punk and is slapped. Punk hits a GTS on Logan and pins him. Logan Paul is eliminated.

Seth Rollins, John Cena and CM Punk remain. They all stare down. Seth hits shots on both then takes shots from both. Seth is held in the air for a hart attack from Cena and Punk. Cena offers a handshake to Punk. Punk hugs him and they punch each other. Cena flying shoulders him then Punk takes him over. Punk step up knees him in the corner. Cena backdrops him.

Punk pushes Cena off. Cena avoids a GTS and then puts an STFU on Punk. Punk does an anaconda vice on Cena. Cena tries to pin Punk off of it. Punk neckbreakers Cena. Punk dives off the top onto Seth. Cena rolls through Punk's top rope crossbody. Cena then hits an AA on Punk for 2.

Seth powerbombs Cena into the cage then throws him through the pod glass. Seth pedigrees Punk for 2. Punk back body drops Seth into the ring. Punk gordbusters Seth off the top then top rope elbow drops Seth. Seth buckle bombs Punk then curbstomps him for 2. Seth takes a GTS from Punk and an AA from Cena. Seth Rollins is pinned by Punk. Seth Rollins is eliminated.

John Cena and CM Punk are the final two. Cena offers a handshake, Punk takes his hand and hits a GTS for 2. Cena hits an AA on Punk for 2. Punk is near the ropes and Seth curb stomps Punk into the platform. Cena then STFU's Punk. Seth yells "die" and Punk goes to sleep. John Cena wins!

Thoughts: It was a good match. It wasn't quite a classic or anything but they re-ignited the Seth/Punk feud here, they seemed to have started up a Drew/Priest feud and it now seems like we are headed for a Cody/Cena dream match. I was shocked Roman didn't make an appearance here after Seth curbstomped him at The Rumble. I was sure Roman was going to screw Seth here somehow. It was nice to see the Punk/Cena segments in this one and I was disappointed Drew got kicked out of this one so early.

Cena gets fireworks then Cody Rhodes' music hits after. Cody Rhodes comes out. Cena holds the ropes open for him in the ring. Cena tells him he's glad he made it and says it's them at Mania. Cena says it'll be a throwdown for the championship. They shake hands and The Rock's music hits.

Travis Scott comes out and drinks something then The Rock comes out. Travis and Rock get in the ring. The Rock puts his hand on Cody's neck and cheek. Rock says the moment has arrived. He says he will open his arms, Cody will embrace him as his brother and Rock will embrace him as his champion. Rock says he wants it all - his mind and his soul. Rock says if the answer is yes then The American Nightmare lives forever. Rock says if the answer is no, the dream dies again.

Cena shakes his head in the background. Travis Scott smokes weed. Cody tells Rock he wants it all. He says his soul no longer belongs to him because he gave his soul to the ring and the people a long time ago. Cody tells Rock to "go f*ck yourself".

The Rock stares at Cody. Cody and Cena hug. Cena stares at Rock and Rock gives him the throat slit sign. Cena low blows Cody. Cena then punches Cody with a watch then pounds on him. Cena hits Cody with the mic then hits him in the head with the title. Cena then holds the title up.  Cody bleeds and Cena hits Cody with the title again. Cena rips up Cody's shirt then chokes Cody with a tie. Travis Scott then helps out and hits Cody. The Rock whips Cody with his belt. Cena then poses on the back of Cody's head. Rock wipes Cody's blood on his belt and whips Cody again.

Cena and Travis walk off then Rock follows. The three then stare down at Cody in the aisle as Cody bleeds.

The show goes off air but they keep the feed on.

Michael Cole, Pat McAfee and Wade Barrett come check on Cody. Cody gets up. Cody walks off with the three announcers. We then go to the post-show.

Thoughts: WOW. I didn't see that one coming. This was easily one of the biggest moments in WWE history with them delivering a shocking turn and the first official f-bomb on WWE TV. I don't like them swearing like that, but if you are going to do it, this is when you do it. This was a fantastic angle and we now get the long awaited John Cena heel turn after 20 years. This was great and an absolute must see angle. I can't wait to see the follow up on this as there certainly were some hints (The Rock holding up the 3 fingers and Cena getting into the chamber without qualifying).

Overall thoughts: We got one of the biggest moments ever in WWE history. Nothing else really matters. WWE needed something big for Mania here and they absolutely delivered with an all-time shocking moment. The turn is must see and really capped off a great PPV. Both Chamber matches were good and Jade's turn on Naomi was a nice surprise. Randy Orton returned. Sami/Owens was good and the women's tag was fine. I'd give this one an 9 out of 10 and would recommend it. Be prepared to see that Cena turn again and again for years to come. The Road to Wrestlemania is on!