WWE Elimination Chamber match wows Jeddah audience

JEDDAH: Saturday night in Jeddah’s SuperDome marked the first WWE Elimination Chamber to be held in the Kingdom, and the first to be held outside the US since the event launched in 2002.

With anticipation and enthusiasm, more than 8,000 wrestling fans watched as WWE star Brock Lesnar was crowned champion of the Elimination Chamber.

It was an evening of fireworks, indoors and outside, and thousands of people shouting and chanting the names of their favorite wrestlers.

“We want Riddle!” “This is awesome!” “We want more!” “You go Queen!”

People stood on their seats, holding up signs to cheer on their champions. Some were supportive, others were mocking.

There were even babies in the front row.

Narmeen Ahmed, came all the way from Bahrain with her sister to enjoy the match. She told Arab News: “The match was great, we loved it, it was really worth it.”

Austin Theory was the last survivor among the other six wrestlers who tried to run away from defeat, but Lesnar caught him with an “F5” hit from the top of the Elimination Chamber to seal his victory.

The “F5” is a face-busting wrestling move where the person’s face is put on the ground followed by their body.  

At the start of the match, Bobby Lashley was injured after Seth Rollins threw Theory into Lashley’s room to cause a violent collision and break the glass on Lashley. Lashley was, as a result, eliminated from the chamber and could not defend his title.

The match had seven different confrontations for the stars, the most prominent of which was the Universal Championship match in which Roman Reigns achieved a landslide over Bill Goldberg.

Drew McIntyre was the champion of the “Falls Count Anywhere” match, after defeating Madcap Moss.

The spectacle also