WWE “Blown Away” By Elimination Chamber 2022 Reaction To Lita

She may have ultimately come up short in her quest to dethrone Becky Lynch as the Raw Women’s Champion at yesterday’s WWE Elimination Chamber show, but Lita made quite an impression on WWE management during her return to in-ring singles action.

As per PWInsider, several people within WWE were said to be “blown away” by the reception Lita received from those in attendance in the Jeddah Super Dome.

Technically, this was the four-time Women’s Champion’s first singles match in ten years, with her last solo outing being a victory over Heath Slater back in 2012. That was part of an ongoing storyline where Slater was calling out WWE legends, only to get laid out each and every week by a different icon of the business.

Prior to that, Lita’s last singles bout was at the 2006 Survivor Series. There, she lost the Women’s Title to Mickie James before announcing her retirement from in-ring competition. The real-life Amy Dumas has since talked about how a part of her decision to retire was due to the intrusions into her private life the prior 18 months had seen following the very real situation with her, Matt Hardy and Edge being made into a part of WWE programming.

There was no big farewell for Lita back in ’06, but the WWE Hall of Famer certainly got a send-off yesterday that was more fitting of her status as a revolutionary talent should this indeed be the end of the road for Dumas’ wrestling career.

One also has to wonder, given the huge fan reaction to Lita and how well the match with Lynch was received, it could well be that WWE will be keen to have the veteran compete in another match or two further down the line…

WWE’s Bobby Lashley To Undergo Shoulder Surgery

With Bobby Lashley last night removed from the titular men’s match at WWE Elimination Chamber due to a kayfabe “concussion”, many presumed that this was done to protect the All Mighty from taking a loss as Brock Lesnar regained the WWE Title. In reality, Bobby may soon be going under the knife.

For those who missed it at Elimination Chamber, Lashley didn’t get the chance to defend his WWE Championship due to Seth Rollins powerbombing Austin Theory through the powerhouse’s Chamber pod while Bobby was still in it. Storyline-wise, the WWE announce team pushed how the impact of having Theory land on him caused Lashley to hit his head on the Chamber structure – and thus, he was taken to the back and kept out of the contest due to “concussion protocol”.

In an update, former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide detailed on The Ringer Wrestling Show how Lashley is actually dealing with a genuine shoulder issue that requires surgery.

“I have it under good authority that Bobby Lashley is shoot hurt and has been hurt since the Rumble match. If you noticed, he hasn’t worked any Raws. He hasn’t really defended his title. He was shoot hurt at the Lesnar [match] at the Rumble. Again, I was wondering how they were going to work him in there while being hurt. I’m assuming this concussion protocol thing is the way to get him out there.”

Famuyide continued:

“From what I’m told, it’s for at least four months. Shoulder surgery. I’m hearing that he might not even make it to ‘Mania. From what I’m told he is shoot hurt and should be out for some time.”

In terms of WrestleMania 38, that takes place on 2 and 3 April this year, meaning that Lashley would for sure be missing the 2022 Showcase of the Immortals if indeed he requires shoulder surgery that’s to put him on the shelf for four months.

As for the WWE Title held by Bobby going into the Elimination Chamber premium live event, that’s now held by Brock Lesnar after the Beast Incarnate pinned Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, Riddle and Austin Theory to become the new WWE Champion and set up a Champion vs. Champion battle against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38.

Brock Lesnar Wins WWE Championship At Elimination Chamber 2022

Brock Lesnar outlasted former WWE Champion Bobby Lashley as well as Austin Theory, AJ Styles, Riddle and Seth Rollins to win the Raw brand’s top strap for the seventh time and tee up a Champion Vs Champion match with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38.

‘The Beast’ decimated the entire field apart from ‘The All-Mighty’, who was taken out of the contest due to an injury sustained while in his pod at the hands of a Seth Rollins buckle bomb on Austin Theory into plexi-glass and onto Lashley’s prone frame.

Lesnar entered last in the absence of the Champion and tore through each man with F5s, concluding with one off the top of a Chamber pod on to a Theory that had previously tried to escape from a small hole in the roof.

Brock’s path of rage represented just about the only element of promised chaos from either Chamber match, and delivered a Title-For-Title encounter with ‘The Tribal Chief’ WWE have been speaking into existence for the last few weeks. A ‘Show Of Shows’ match graphic confirmed the inevitable, with the bout set to be the first time both belts have been up for grabs since the 2016 brand split.