![]() In a little behind the scenes access, while doing some legwork for the Break It Down podcast (available exclusively on the Fight Game Media Patreon network subscribe today!) myself and my esteemed co-host Keila Cash went looking for an older show we could review in the month between our big Royal Rumble 2015 and WrestleMania 31 recaps. It makes sense if you try not to think about the idea of “two concurrent world champions in the same company.” Elimination Chamber was another marquee match that would declare a new champion or challenger for the other world title match that the Royal Rumble winner was not pursuing. In 2010, the Elimination Chamber concept got the full Hell in a Cell treatment, and received its own branded pay-per-view show from 2010-2014. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1999, which is also the final classic installment of the In Your House series the company ran during the mid-to-late 90s, WWE had a run of ten straight No Way Out branded shows from 2000-2009. ![]() February in particular, while having a few historical shows thrown into the mix, is the valley between Mt. However, astute readers will be keen to notice, “But Andy, there’s like a whole month between Royal Rumble and WrestleMania-sometimes two!” Well, you’re darn right there is. WWE was so successful at this, that until the world changed forever thanks to the global pandemic, almost every other successful wrestling promotion in the world has tried to get a slice of that sweet, sweet Mania weekend moolah. From the Royal Rumble in January through WrestleMania typically nestled somewhere in late March or early April this when WWE will do it’s best to pull itself out of whatever creative rut they’ve resigned themselves over the last nine months, but also make boatloads of cash. ![]() Once again, we’ve reached the wrestling industry’s equivalent of the holiday season.
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