With all due respect to the rest of the Men’s Elimination Chamber participants, the injury to Bronson Reed robbed the match of any drama it could’ve possible contained. There could’ve been stuff going down with the Vision, maybe that masked man would show up, or multiple masked men. Either way, it would’ve given the match something to do until its inevitable conclusion, where corporate mascot Cody Rhodes wins the match and earns a world title match at WrestleMania.

He and Drew McIntyre have been on a collision course from the jump, and 88% of the Wrestling Inc. staff think that Saturday will be when it’s all finally made official. The rogue votes for LA Knight and Randy Orton came from the subsection of the writers who dare to dream, and bless them for it, but this is going to be Cody’s match, through and through, if only so that he can say that he’s won one when all is said and done.

Again, Bronson Reed could’ve really thrown a wrench in things, and Brock Lesnar announcing an open challenge suggests to us that he won’t be beating someone up to take their spot. So we’re just left with Cody.

Written by Ross Berman