The largest professional wrestling occasion in Australian historical past promised to be a wild one and it actually delivered.
An epic house turf victory, a Logan Paul smackdown, and an ungainly broadcast blackout all performed out in entrance of 52,000 followers at Optus Stadium in Perth on Saturday night time.
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Tensions had been excessive coming into the WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 after pre-events spiralled into chaos.
Nevertheless followers had a lot to cheer about when hometown hero Rhea Ripley efficiently defended her WWE Ladies’s World Championship title and Grayson Waller, the ‘Sydney King,’ expertly stirred the pot forward of WrestleMania 40.
Australia takes revenge on Logan Paul
If Logan Paul hoped Australia had forgotten about his current feedback, he was actually out of luck as he stepped into the Males’s Elimination Chamber.
The YouTuber turned skilled wrestler was booed each time he appeared on display screen and seemed to be the goal of his opponents as properly after he referred to as Aussie followers ‘rats’.
Though warmth was coming from inside and outdoors the cage, no one was extra fired up than Kevin ‘KO’ Owens after the 2 acquired into an unsightly onstage brawl on Friday.
Regardless of strolling out with a koala in his arms, Owens was later seen bashing his head in opposition to his ‘pod’ – the place the wrestlers wait earlier than they’re unleashed at random into the ring – as Paul stood exterior and taunted him from the opposite facet.
It appeared as if Owens, Randy Orton, and Bobby Lashley had been searching for revenge on the behalf of all of Australia as they took down the controversial star with blow after blow.
Even Paul’s last-minute resolution to drag out knuckle dusters ended badly when Orton pulled an epic ‘RKO’ on Paul — and the group liked it.
Hometown hero’s candy household second
The second of the hour lastly arrived when Rhea Ripley entered the ring to defend her WWE Ladies’s World Championship.
The gang firmly backed the Adelaide-born celebrity as she squared off in opposition to opponent Nia Jax in one of many defining moments of her profession.
Though Jax smashed Ripley by an announcement desk — twice — the ‘Irresistible Drive’ was no match for ‘Mami’.
Nevertheless it was the second when Ripley ran over to her household that caught the hearts of followers all over the world, because the Aussie celebrity allowed her feelings to take over finally.
The champion was seen holding again tears as she hugged her mum and pa, siblings, and Riot Metropolis Wrestling crew from her early days on the Australian circuit.
Ripley earlier instructed information.com.au she hoped to keep away from eye contact along with her household as she wanted to “keep robust” and defend her title.
“I’m simply gonna attempt to maintain it collectively as greatest as I can. I don’t wish to get too emotional on the market as a result of I don’t need Nia to capitalise on that,” Ripley stated on Friday.
“So there could be a second in my entrance after I may let it have an effect on me, however on the similar time I’m going to attempt to keep robust and hopefully prevail, put Nia down, and clearly maintain Mami on high.
“Then Mami can cry.”
Ripley seemed emotional for a second throughout her entrance when she stood on stage and took within the first time she has returned to Australia after making it huge within the WWE.
“My household goes to be there tomorrow and they’re excited. I hope I see them on the market there but in addition I hope I don’t as a result of seeing my mum get emotional may break me,” she stated.
“And if I see my dad get emotional that’s positively gonna break me, as a result of I haven’t seen that man cry many occasions however I noticed him cry earlier than WrestleMania and that killed me.
“Though it was blissful tears, proud tears, it impacts me in a sure manner so having them there and understanding they’re there’s going to assist me alongside the way in which.”
“However I simply hope I don’t make eye contact with them an excessive amount of as a result of then I would break,” she added.
Ugly scenes drive broadcast blackout
Though Aussie Rhea Ripley had followers on their toes when she defended her title at Optus Stadium, the largest crowd response got here when Dominik Mysterio grabbed the microphone.
Mysterio was brutally shouted down each time he spoke into the mic and it acquired so ugly WWE producers briefly pulled the plug on the reside telecast.
With followers showing to be flipping the fowl to Mysterio, the telecast was blacked out with out rationalization.
One wrestling commentator stated all the entrance row of seating had proven Mysterio the center finger.
The drama unfolded earlier than Finn Balor and Damian Priest defended their tag crew titles in opposition to British duo Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.
Mysterio, who can be a part of the Judgement Day Uncooked steady, entered the ring with Balor and Priest to introduce his allies — solely to be booed out of the world.
The hatred for Mysterio solely elevated he was ultimately disqualified by the referee for serving to Balor escape from being pinned. It was then that the ringside spectators turned on Mysterio and the telecast blacked out.
Outcomes
Ladies’s World Championship: Rhea Ripley defeated Nia Jax.
Males’s Elimination Chamber: Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight, Logan Paul and Kevin Owens
The Grayson Waller Impact with company Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins: Rhodes and Rollins teamed as much as problem The Rock, who remained a no-show regardless of rumours he could be the shock visitor. Grayson Waller, the Sydney King, brought on the ‘scoop’ to be introduced with loads of typical pot-stirring.
Undisputed WWE Tag Workforce Championship: The Judgement Day [Finn Balor and Damian Priest] defeated Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.
Ladies’s Elimination Chamber: Becky Lynch defeated Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton and Raquel Rodriguez.
Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship: The Kabuki Warriors [Asuka and Kairi Sane] defeated Melbourne star Indi Hartwell and Candice LaRae.
The way forward for WWE in Australia
Though the present could also be over of us, Australian wrestling followers are nonetheless in luck.
BINGE is formally the brand new streaming house for the WWE Community in Australia with Premium Dwell Occasions and WWE content material obtainable throughout all subscription varieties.
Royal Rumble, WrestleMania 39, WWE Uncooked, WWE Smackdown, and the entire WWE Community’s unique programming – together with archived content material – is on provide so followers can benefit from the motion even after WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 is over.
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