4 subtle things you might have missed at the Elimination Chamber 2018

The penultimate stop on the Road to WrestleMania has come and gone. The Elimination Chamber PPV was filled with some exciting moments, many terrific spots and a few hard-to-watch moments (every moment Ronda Rousey had a mic in her hand). Overall it was not a bad show per se, but it seemed a tad underwhelming due to the highly predictable nature of all the matches on the card.

The PPV set the card for WrestleMania with Roman Reigns (vs Brock Lesner) and Alexa Bliss confirmed for the 'show of shows'. While the whole PPV had a lot of noteworthy moments, here are a few you might have missed.

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#4 Not really a Frog Splash

Sasha Banks goes air-borne

With only three women left in the Women's Royal Rumble match, Bayley, Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss fought it out for the Raw Women's Championship. Right after the spot when Banks was hung by her legs in the corner, Bayley starter attacking Sasha. When Bayley climbed the top of the turnbuckle, Alexa Bliss appeared and gave her a superplex off the top rope.

Right after that, Sasha Banks went to the top rope to supposedly execute a frog splash. On commentary, Michael Cole called the move and stated that it was a tribute to Sasha's hero, the late Eddie Guerrero. The only problem was, the aerial manoeuvre that Sasha executed looked more like a Big Splash and nothing like a Frog Splash. Whether it was a botch by Micheal Cole who mistook the move or whether Sasha just couldn't get enough height for a Frog Splash, we'll never know.

#3 Use your heads, Sasha and Seth

Rollins and Reigns turn on each other, after teaming up for a while

It is a common sight in all multi-man matches in WWE, to see temporary alliances being formed to take out strong competitors, and more commonly, friends who are united in the beginning, only to turn on each other at some point, with the commentators reminding us that it's every man for himself and that this was bound to happen.

The same happened today when Sasha turned on Bayley, and Seth Rollins turned on Roman Reigns. If the match happened to be a triple threat match or another match where the first one to get a pinfall is the winner, this is totally understandable. But this was an elimination match! Rollins and Reigns could have easily teamed up till they eliminated Braun Strowman, similarly, Sasha and Bayley could've continued working together till they could eliminate Alexa Bliss, assuring a Championship for one of them.

It made absolutely no sense for Sasha or Seth to turn on their ally when there was one more common enemy across the ring from them!

#2 "Who are you?!"

The Elimination Chamber Kickoff show

Now this one actually happened on the Elimination Chamber Kickoff show, so there's a good chance you might have missed it. The Kickoff show mainly saw the panel of Renee Young, Booker T, David Otunga and ESPN's Peter Rosenberg discussing all the matches of the evening. There was also just one match on the Kickoff, between the Balor Club and The Miztourage.

Towards the fag end of the show, the advocate for The Beast Incarnate, Paul Heyman joined the panel. He went on to announce that the winner of tonight's Chamber match would have to come face to face with Brock Lesnar the following night on Raw. The moment I'm talking about, however, came during the closing moments of the segment.

Just when Renee was about to sign off, Paul Heyman noticed Peter Rosenberg sitting next to him and exclaimed, "Who are you?!". It was a passing moment, easy-to-miss, but at the same time hilarious, especially when you see the bewildered look on Heyman's face, as though he had just noticed Peter sitting next to him! Rosenberg just gave him a thumbs-up before turning away, shrugging. Seek to 1:05:00 to watch the same:

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#1 Lousy Rousey

Bad timing, cameraman!

Now, this incident is sure to have gotten some backstage production personnel as well as security (for allowing the sign to get past them) into trouble with Vince. Somehow, a fan right in the third row, in full view of the hard camera, managed to sneak in a sign that read "Lousy Rousey".

The sign wasn't exactly visible throughout the show though. It could first be seen when Ronda Rousey climbed on to the ring apron and a moment later, the sign was in full view when the broadcast switched to the hard camera position (as can be seen above).

Realising the blunder, the broadcast immediately switched to a different camera view and a few minutes later the sign appeared to have been confiscated, as it could not be seen again when the camera panned back!