Elimination Chamber 2021 Was UNDERwhelming In Star Rating Betting

From a Wrestling Observer star rating betting perspective, the 2021 edition of WWE Elimination Chamber was UNDERwhelming.

That's because, of all of the eligible matches in Kambi's Over/Under markets fell under their respective lines.

As you can see above, the opening match - which saw Daniel Bryan outlast the field to win the Elimination Chamber match to determine Roman Reigns' next Universal Championship challenger - received the most stars in Dave Meltzer's review of the event.

It received four-and-a-quarter stars in Dave Meltzer's review of the event. The result means that it fell a quarter of a star below Kambi's line.

The next best was the WWE Championship match, which was also contested inside the chamber structure. It received four stars and fell half a star under Kambi's line, which was also set at four-and-a-half.

In a separate market, both of the chamber contests were up against each other in a head-to-head special in which customers could gamble on which of the two bouts would receive the most stars in Meltzer's review of the Pay-Per-View.

The eventual winner started out at 11/10. It rose up slightly to 5/4 after a few days when the bookmakers snipped the odds for the 'WWE Championship' match (19/20 into 17/20) and the option to bet on both matches receiving an equal number of stars (19/10 into 37/20). 

However, by the morning of the show, '#1 Contender for Universal Title' was lowered into 17/20 while 'WWE Championship' was pushed up to 5/4 and 'Same Star Rating' was kept at 37/20.

The only other Over/Under market that will be settled is the one for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match.

Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler's win over Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair was rated two-and-three-quarter stars in the review. This fell under the line of three stars.

Roman Reigns' title match against the Elimination Chamber winner had a line of three-and-a-half stars. However, his victory - over Daniel Bryan - did not score any rating due to the length of the match (Meltzer timed it at 1:33).

The only other match, which had a market headed into Sunday evening, was the one for the US Championship three-way between Bobby Lashley, Matt Riddle and Keith Lee. It had a line of three-and-a-half stars. However, with Lee ruled out on the night of the event, the market was cancelled and bets were refunded.

The replacement match - Lashley .vs. Riddle .vs. John Morrison - did not have a market available for it, but scored three-and-a-quarter stars in the review.

A couple of proposition markets will also be settled now that the results are official.

With one match solely getting the most stars in Meltzer's review, the 'Joint Winners' prop - which allowed customers to gamble on the prospect of two or more bouts receiving the highest number of stars - will be settled with 'No' the winning option. It started out a 4/9 favourite while 'Yes' was 6/4.

In the second prop, the customers gambled on whether there would be a separation of half-a-star between the highest rated match (or matches) and the second-best.

As we now know, the difference between the two contests was a quarter of a star. Therefore, 'No' will be the winning selection in this market.

Going by the odds moving, it appears as though the consensus was on the right side because the price for the eventual winner was lowered from 11/25 into 2/5 by the day of the show. While 'Yes' was increased from its opening 8/5 to 7/4.

The next time I write about Kambi's Observer over/unders might be next week following the Shaquille O'Neal and Jade Cargill versus Cody and Red Velvet mixed tag team match on AEW Dynamite.

As of the time of writing, the market has been closed. However, the line was set at two-and-three-quarter stars.

Before it was removed, the price for the 'Under - which started at 7/10 - had lowered into 4/6 while the '2.75 Stars or More' selection went out from EVS to 27/25.