That crowd was electrifying!
It might not have been the best show from a critical standpoint, given the number of filler matches - but these are the first two Elimination Chamber matches that didn't feel like "Oh, that convoluted gimmick cage match again." - granted, I only saw the first few (maybe only 2, as many as there were up to the Benoit death) and then the 2018 and 2019 events; there may have been good ones during the 10 years I didn't watch.
What a moment it would have been had Kofi won the chamber match? It would remind everyone that anything can happen in WWE, and it would have been a great time to do it. Although, I understand that there's a great opportunity to put that match on Wrestlemania 35.
Mustafa Ali is upset. Basically, he had that eye injury that will have him out a few weeks - and Kofi essentially got booked into his place, and seems to have won over the "WWE universe" in a really spectacular way. Considering Ali is so new to the main roster, and Kofi is one of the longest-running guys, I can't see the fire from the fans being as close. Kofi built his cred for over a decade in WWE: who doesn't love this kind of story? In my opinion, Ali will have plenty more opportunities, he's a great wrestler, he's younger than Kofi at age 32, but has actually had a longer career since he's been in the indies since his teen years. At age 37 and an 11-12 year long WWE career, Kofi has a generation's worth of goodwill, and has made it to the top level.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
