Elimination Chamber '25 - Women's Tag Match, Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus vs Nia Jax and Candice LeRae
You can’t have a PLE in Toronto, Ontario, Canada without hometown girlypop and Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. Tonight she teams up with WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton against Stratton’s old foes Nia Jax and Candice LeRae.
Before the match even starts, Cole gleefully informs us that while we were watching Tiffany enter, Nia went to the commentary desk and licked the entire top of Pat’s drink bottle. I cannot find footage of this to add to the recap but it might be the single most meaningful thing Nia has done in her career.
Trish and Candice get us started, and after a good exchange they are close to Stratus and Stratton’s corner. Nia pulls Trish out of the ring and headbutts her, leading to Tiffany launching herself off the ring steps. While this is going on, Candice lines up a baseball slide and hits Tiffany. After Candice and Tiffany go at it in the ring for a minute, Candice tags in Nia who pushes Tiffany around and eventually gets her lined up for an Annihilator, but as she’s climbing the ropes Tiffany manages to get up and pull her legs out from under her, buying her just enough time to get Trish tagged in.
Nia decides to really showcase her strength and she grabs Trish from behind and starts thrashing her from side to side, like a teddy bear she’s decided she doesn’t really like any more.
The ragdoll physics in this version of WWE 2K are very, very good.
Trish is really getting a beat down here, and struggling to get a tag off as Nia and Candice have done a good job cutting the ring in half. While she’s slumped in their corner, Nia hits her with a hip bump and then pays a little tribute to Rikishi.
The level of disrespect? Far too much.
Eventually, Candice is tagged in and knocks Tiffany off the apron in her corner. This momentary reprieve gives Trish enough of a chance to get back on her feet and get Candice on the mat, tagging in Tiffany.
After an exchange with both LeRae and Jax, Tiffany tags Trish back in and she is wailed on by Nia a little more. Nia has Trish on the mat and climbs to the top turnbuckle but Trish meets her there and manages a super Stratusfaction off the top rope.
Watching Trish do this at 49 knowing that I couldn’t do it if I wanted to at like a decade younger than her made me mad in a way I was not expecting.
Trish goes for the pin, but Candice comes over to break it up with a Moonsault. As Candice jumps off the second rope, Trish moves out of the way and Candice hits the move on her own teammate! Trish tags in Tiffany, who throws LeRae out of the ring after she tries to charge at her.
With Nia prone in the ring and Candice out on the outside, Tiffany hits the Prettiest Moonsault Ever on Nia and pins her for the three count. Tiffany and Trish are your winners!
