WWE Elimination Chamber

Elimination Chamber
WWE Elimination Chamber logo
WWE Elimination Chamber logo
Promotion(s) WWE
Brand(s) Raw
(2010–2011, 2018)
SmackDown
(2010–2011, 2017)
First event Elimination Chamber (2010)
Signature match types Elimination Chamber match

Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 2010, with its inaugural event taking place on February 21, 2010, replacing No Way Out. Elimination Chamber is a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that features championship matches and other various matches. The concept of the show was that the two main event matches were contested inside the Elimination Chamber; one of these matches typically featured the WWE Championship being defended, while the other was usually contested for the World Heavyweight Championship (the two titles were unified in December 2013).[1] The first Elimination Chamber event took place on February 21, 2010 and aired live on PPV. The event's name was selected after WWE allowed fans to provide input via a survey on their official website and was chosen over Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict, and the original No Way Out name.[2] Since its origin, each event has been held in an indoor arena, with all five taking place in the United States. In 2015, the event was replaced by Fastlane in the February pay-per-view slot.[3] However, the 2015 event was later announced to be streamed exclusively on the WWE Network in the United States on May 31 and was also available on PPV elsewhere.[4] WWE also confirmed that the newly vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship was being decided inside the Elimination Chamber.[5] The event did not occur in 2016, but returned in 2017 as a SmackDown branded event for the first time.[6] The 2018 edition of the PPV was a Raw-branded event and included the first ever women's Elimination Chamber match, as well as the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match.

Elimination Chamber is known in Germany as No Escape (German: Kein Entkommen), to avoid connotations of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust in World War II.[7]

Concept

The Elimination Chamber match is generally contested by six participants, with two beginning the bout in the ring, while the other four are held within each inner chamber. Every five minutes, one of the four participants within a chamber is released into the ongoing match. This continues until all four have been released, and so an Elimination Chamber match typically lasts over twenty minutes. The objective of the match is to eliminate each opponent from the match by executing a pinfall or a submission, which can occur in the ring or even on the chamber's elevated floor (starting in the 2012 event, however, all pinfalls and submissions must take place in the ring). Disqualifications do not apply in the process of elimination. The winner of the match is the last remaining participant after all others have been eliminated.

The Elimination Chamber set has remained the same since its introduction in 2010, with the titantron at the top featuring a round screen in the shape of the Elimination Chamber with the ring always set up with white ring ropes and the same WWE.com logo and Elimination Chamber logo on the ring aprons. From 2010-2012, the event featured two Elimination Chamber matches, usually one for each brand until August 2011 when the brand extension ended. In 2010, the Raw Chamber was for the WWE Championship and the SmackDown Chamber was for the World Heavyweight Championship. In 2011, the Raw Chamber determined the number one contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXVII (due to Alberto Del Rio, a SmackDown superstar, winning the Royal Rumble) and the SmackDown Chamber was again for the World Heavyweight Championship. In 2012, there was one Chamber match for the WWE Championship and one for the World Heavyweight Championship. In 2013, only one Chamber match took place with the winner receiving a World Heavyweight Championship match (in December 2013, the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship were unified). In 2014, there was only one Chamber match and it was for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. In 2015, the event was moved from February to late May and two Chambers were announced. The first housed the first-ever tag team Elimination Chamber match, which was for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The second Chamber match was for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship. The event was discontinued in 2016, however, it was reinstated in 2017 as a SmackDown-exclusive event (the brand extension returned in July 2016) and moved back to February. The main event was a Chamber match for the WWE Championship. In 2018, Elimination Chamber was a Raw-exclusive event prior to new changes for the 2018 Pay-Per-View schedule.

Dates and venues

Raw-branded event SmackDown-branded event
Event Date City Venue Main Event
Elimination Chamber (2010) February 21, 2010 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center The Undertaker (c) vs. Chris Jericho, vs. R-Truth vs. John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship[8]
Elimination Chamber (2011) February 20, 2011 Oakland, California Oracle Arena John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs Sheamus vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth in an Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII
Elimination Chamber (2012) February 19, 2012 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center John Cena vs. Kane in an Ambulance match
Elimination Chamber (2013) February 17, 2013 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship
Elimination Chamber (2014) February 23, 2014 Minneapolis, Minnesota Target Center Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Cesaro vs. Christian in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Elimination Chamber (2015) May 31, 2015 Corpus Christi, Texas American Bank Center Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Elimination Chamber (2017) February 12, 2017[9][10] Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena[9] John Cena (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship
Elimination Chamber (2018) February 25, 2018[11] Paradise, Nevada T-Mobile Arena[12] Braun Strowman vs. Elias vs. Finn Bálor vs. John Cena vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. The Miz in an Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 34

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elimination Chamber Match rules". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  2. ↑ Martin, Adam (2009-09-24). "WWE to rename No Way Out PPV?". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  3. ↑ Caldwell, James. "WWE NEWS: February PPV gets a new title (w/Poll)". pwtorch.com. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Caldwell, James. "WWE NEWS: WWE adds second Sunday Night PPV to May". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "WWE Elimination Chamber 2015 PPV Announced This Month, Why WWE Bringing it Back?". WWELiveTV. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Talking Stick Resort Arena". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  7. ↑ "WWE Elimination Chamber". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ Burdick, Michael (2010-02-21). "Results: Heartbroken". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  9. 1 2 "WWE Elimination Chamber". Talking Stick Resort Arena. 2016-12-05.
  10. ↑ "UPDATES ON GOLDBERG, THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER, FASTLANE PPVS AND MORE | PWInsider.com". pwinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  11. ↑ Scherer, Dave (November 22, 2017). "WWE ADDS A FIFTH CO-BRANDED PPV, FULL 2018 WWE PPV SCHEDULE WITH DATES AND CITIES FOR THE EVENTS". PWInsider.
  12. ↑ Arena, T-Mobile. "WWE Elimination Chamber | T-Mobile Arena". www.t-mobilearena.com. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
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