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This Week in The Universe 2018 #8

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A very action heavy Raw this week with an incredible opening match. The first half the show was dedicated to a Gauntlet match featuring the 7 competitors in the Men's Elimination Chamber. This match would go on to make history as the longest WWE match in 54 years at over 90 minutes. The first hour was a real powerhouse performance from Seth Rollins were he defeated both Roman Reigns & John Cena in two gruelling contests worthy of main eventing any show. He would eventually be eliminated by Elias and received a standing ovation on his way out. Finn Balor would go for about 30 minutes himself first eliminating Elias before The Miz with the help of The Miztourage eliminated him. The final man in the Gauntlet was Braun Strowman who would demolish The Miz and The Miztourage to win the match. Greatest Gauntlet match of all time? Quite Possibly! In other action Titus Worldwide notched another non-title victory over the Tag champions The Bar which has managed to earn them a title m

This Week in the Universe 2018 #7

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The road to Wrestlemania and the Raw exclusive PPV Elimination Chamber took another surprising turn this week. Seth Rollins declared he was done being a tag team competitor and convinced GM Kurt Angle that he wanted in on the final qualifying match for the men's Chamber match. That match would now become a Fatal 5-Way which ended in SHENANIGANS as both Seth & Finn Balor pinned Bray Wyatt (poor Bray!). After the show went off the air Angle announced that both Seth & Finn would be added to the Chamber match which for the first time would be a 7-man match. Gotta appreciate WWE doing something different and to be fair Seth & Finn should both be in the match. Speaking of the men's Chamber match in the most pointless match ever John Cena beat The Miz (for what seems like the hundredth time!) in a match where the loser is the first to start the Chamber. I mean there are 2, possibly ,3 who start this match so no.1 is no worse off than 2 or 3! Angle also announced that R

This Week in The Universe 2018 #6

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I've been feeling terribly under the weather the last few days so this weeks blog is going to a bit briefer than usual. The road to Elimination Chamber is full steam ahead and we got two more qualifying matches for the Men's chamber match. Roman Reigns defeated Bray Wyatt in a match that was better than I was expecting even though the outcome was kinda obvious. Reigns would pull double duty later in the night stepping into the injured Jason Jordan's place of Seth Rollins tag partner to challenge The Bar to the belts. The match was fun and resulted in Jordan accidentally costing Rollins/Reigns the match continuing their story. In the other qualifying match The Miz punched his ticket to the chamber defeating Apollo Crews. Crews had another great performance and will be part of a second chance 4 way match next week against Finn Balor, Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt. The participants for the first ever Women's chamber match were announced as Alexa Bliss will defend

This Week in The Universe 2018 #5

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Following a historic Sunday Night, Raw had a new logo, new intro music and Johnathan Coachman returning to replace Booker T at the announce desk. The show properly kicked off with the winner of the first ever Women's Rumble match Asuka and Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon. She advised Asuka not to choose her Wrestlemania opponent because more history will be made with the first ever Women's Elimination Chamber match for the Raw Women's Title. NOICE!! In the meantime Sasha Banks wanted a piece of Asuka after her marathon performance the previous night which lead to instant classic first time encounter between two of Raw's best performers. Say what you will about WWE giving away first time matches on free TV I'm always happy to see great matches! Asuka managed to get the win and maintain her undefeated streak in what was probably the closest she has come to losing in WWE so far. There will be a second elimination chamber match at the PPV which will determine who