Elimination Chamber 2019: 3 things that should not have happened

Elimination Chamber is in the books and all in all, it was a solid pay-per-view. We got two really good Chamber matches, with three title changes to begin the show with a bang. There was certainly more good than bad here.

The length of the show was an important thing, with the show going for a little over three hours. Overall, the show was a success. However, there were some baffling booking decisions made by WWE that prevented the Elimination Chamber from being a truly fantastic pay-per-view.

Some of it may be nitpicky, but there are a couple of resounding ones. This proves that WWE still needs to change a few more things. On the whole, the company is moving in the right creative direction and this WrestleMania is gearing up to be one of the most exciting ones ever. Despite that, a few lingering issues still need to be cleared, especially one that has been going on for months now. It truly is frustrating.

Here are three moments at Elimination Chamber that should not have happened.

#3 Samoa Joe is eliminated early

Samoa Joe started off the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match with Daniel Bryan, doing some of his impressive stuff as the match progressed. After Kofi Kingston and AJ Styles entered the bout, Joe would be pinned after Kofi reversed the Coquina Clutch and a Phenomenal Forearm from Styles.

He was the first man eliminated, which was slightly disappointing considering the amount of damage he could have done later on. He was gone even before Jeff Hardy made it out of his pod.

It is a minor issue, especially since the match was really good, but one would feel that Joe's time in the match was a bit too short. Hardy would have made for a more sensible choice to be the first one out, but that may have been a bit too predictable.

A better way to eliminate the former two-time NXT Champion and keep him relatively string would have been for him to eat multiple finishers, culminating with a Swanton Bomb from the top of the pod.