No Way Out of 2 Chambers

It was surprising to hear the news from Teddy Long that WWE will now use 2 elimination chamber matches at No Way Out. Smackdown needs to find a #1 contender for the World Heavyweight title at Wrestlemania 24, so they will use the same type of match as Raw. It's unprecedented and you'd have to wonder if the novelty will cause fans watching the PPV to stay interested in both matches. The thinking may be if the chamber's already there, why not use it? A ladder match just wouldn't work with Khali and Mark Henry.

The early favorites for the Smackdown chamber are Undertaker and Batista. It's tough to see MVP, Khali, Finlay or Mark Henry winning it. It still will be very interesting to see how some of the guys get eliminated though. Henry and Khali have had pushes as immovable forces who are tough to beat, while MVP is a title holder and continues to carry the US belt. The speculation around WWE blogs and websites continues to be that we will see Undertaker facing Edge at Wrestlemania. This puts Edge's title on the line against Taker's undefeated streak. And as we all know, Undertaker does not lose at Wrestlemania. In the meantime, Edge will defend the World Heavyweight title again versus Rey Mysterio at No Way Out.

We have a fifth match set for No Way Out, with Ric Flair going up against Mr. Kennedy in another "Career Threatening match". Kennedy wants to end Flair's career, which continues despite Flair getting beat up by MVP. This gives Flair a little bit of time to rest with the knee injury before having to make a triumphant arrival to the ring to face Kennedy. Again there's speculation that Flair will go out at Wrestlemania which is the biggest stage there is. The problem many have is "who is going to be known as the guy that ends Flair's career?" While that would be a tough title to have, my belief is Flair may just retire on his own, saying he's now shown he can beat all of the best the WWE has to offer.