WWE Elimination Chamber: John Cena, Sheamus & Ryback VS The Shield

[Papa Pillman]

I still can't shake the feeling that the fact that the match will not take place in the Chamber afterall is a clear sign that creative wants to put The Shield over here.

Look at like this... To win the match in the Elimination Chamber, Shield would have to pin all three babyfaces. That includes not only a clean pin on Cena and Sheamus but also cleanly pinning Ryback as well. I just don't see a way that creative could reconcile that believably. As much as I would've loved to have seen this be a chamber match it would make it nearly impossible to have the Shield go over.

Having a traditional six-man tag match gives The Shield a multitude of different ways to escape with a "clean enough" victory that makes them look strong without the babyfaces coming out looking inferior.

Since the "SuperFaces" seem to have gotten the upperhand in these last couple TV brawls that set up the match, I'm going to say formula holds and the Shield gets their turn to laugh last, for now.

I just really wonder what they have in mind for The Shield at WM if they get this big win on Sunday.

[gk11973]

No way that this ends with a Shield Victory. Cena is going to WM next month, and has to look strong. I would love to see this be moved to a chamber match, and think it may happen, but the outcome is clear.

[BrianBell]

Originally Posted by gk11973

No way that this ends with a Shield Victory. Cena is going to WM next month, and has to look strong. I would love to see this be moved to a chamber match, and think it may happen, but the outcome is clear.

Bingo. No way the WWE makes their next WWE Champion look weak by losing this Sunday. All The Shield is going to get are spots to make them look like they are near the same level as Cena/Sheamus/Ryback. It won't be a squash match, but Team Cena definitely wins.

[WWE4EVA!]

This match could be very entertaining even without a stipulation added on it, Hopefully Wwe wont have Cena do his usual stuff and ruin all of the momentum that The Shield have right now.

[Dagger Dias]

This is another great opportunity for The Shield. Working with three of WWE's top guys when they are still rookies, after having already been in a similar situation at TLC, is one more chance for them to really show off what they can do. I'm looking forward to the match although I may be in the minority here, I will be rooting for the faces. As interesting as The Shield have been so far, all three of the guys they are facing need momentum going into their Wrestlemania angles; especially Cena if he will be having that likely rematch with The Rock. Losing the match will damage the face team far more than it would The Shield if they lost.

The Shield will not be damaged by a loss here and I expect them to be booked strongly despite a probable loss in this match. It goes on toward the end of the night with Cena's team standing victorious. This then can help set up The Shield's angle for Wrestlemania, whatever that will end up being, even though I doubt it will involve any of the three wrestlers they are facing in this match. Should be one of the better matches of the night, probably the best other than the #1 contendership Chamber match and I anticipate the results if this one regardless of who wins.

DAGGER'S PREDICTION
Cena, Sheamus, & Ryback will defeat The Shield.

[El Rev sXe]

Well there is doubt about if this match is going to be inside the chamber or not. Personally I don't care as long as it its a brutal match like The Shield had in TLC. I think it should be a match where the heels look dominant by the fact that they play as a team. Maybe they could knock out cold very quickly Sheamus for example with their triple power bomb...

Anyhow, there's no way that Cena is going to lose the last PPV before Mania, that being said, Ryback, Sheamus and Cena are going to pick up the win after a great battle.

[The Eighties]

Not a fan of the booking here, The Shield still have an air of mystique about them and while eventually they have to be stopped I'd have thought Mania was the place to have it happen, however if they win here how can WWE book them against a bigger name trio at Mania? Answer is they can't, therefore they have to lose.

You can come up with all the creative ways you can think of too book this but in the end the Superfriends will win with Cena getting the pin, most likely on Rollins.

The uniqueness of making it the first ever tag team chamber match would have helped, even making it a street fight would have benefited match quality, as a basic tag I'm not overly interested.