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111-502: The 2014 event was notable as it was WWE's final event to air exclusively via traditional PPV outlets due to the launch of the WWE Network the next day, as all PPV events since have aired on both PPV and livestreamed on the WWE Network. The following year, the event's February slot was replaced by Fastlane , with the 2015 Elimination Chamber instead being held in May. That year's event also saw

222-520: A house show , a wrestling show that is not televised, but it was announced during the May 11, 2015, episode of Raw that Elimination Chamber would return on May 31. The event was initially replaced in February by Fastlane because many arenas were not able to physically support the Elimination Chamber structure, thus making it easier to book the February pay-per-view event without the structure. It

333-522: A "Batista Bomb" on him to earn the pinfall victory, making Batista the new WWE Champion. The third match featured Drew McIntyre defending the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Kane . The match began with Kane taking the advantage over McIntyre by clotheslining him over the top rope to the floor. Towards the end of the match, McIntyre attempted to leave the arena and lose via countout, which would have allowed him to retain

444-469: A Big Ending on Swagger to retain the title. Next, The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). The ending saw Jimmy perform a Superkick on Road Dogg, causing him to fall off the apron. Gunn pinned Jimmy with a roll-up to retain the titles. After that, Titus O'Neil faced Darren Young. O'Neil executed a Clash of

555-447: A DDT on the chamber floor, taking him out for majority of the match.) Orton and DiBiase began staring down on Cena, who was still in his pod. When Cena's pod opened, Cena would manage to get the upper hand for a while before eventually getting taken out by Orton. As Orton prepared to eliminate Cena, Cody Rhodes, an ally of both DiBiase and Orton appeared and tried to help Orton by giving him a steel pipe, but Orton refused. Rhodes would throw

666-475: A High Cross. Sheamus tried to plant Cena with a High Cross, but Triple H emerged and hit a low blow on Sheamus, Triple H would then deliver a Pedigree to Sheamus, which would eliminate him. This left Triple H and Cena as the final two, guaranteeing a new WWE Champion. Both men slowly attempted to pick themselves up, with Cena managing to apply his submission hold , the STF . This forced Triple H to tap out, finally ending

777-478: A Spear on Wyatt, but Harper stood in the way and received a Spear from Reigns. Wyatt executed Sister Abigail on Reigns to win the match. Next, AJ Lee defended the WWE Divas Championship against Cameron . Cameron won by disqualification after Tamina Snuka attacked her with a Clothesline, meaning AJ retained the title. In the penultimate match, Batista faced Alberto Del Rio. During the match Batista

888-553: A campaign of surprise attacks on Jericho, spearing him on several occasions in an attempt to play mind games with Jericho. On the March 12 episode of SmackDown , Jericho hosted a special edition of his talk show segment, The Highlight Reel , with Edge as the guest. Edge attempted to spear Jericho again, but Jericho was able to avoid it and hit Edge with the World Heavyweight Championship belt instead. After Batista won

999-549: A complete waste of time", a sentiment echoed by the Pro Wrestling Torch's James Caldwell, who stated that the match was a "throwaway". The non-Elimination Chamber matches on the show were mostly derided as being unimportant, with The Baltimore Sun 's reviewer Kevin Eck stating that they "came off as filler". Caldwell said that Morrison had "some standout moments" throughout the match. Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer praised

1110-439: A match at WrestleMania, which Triple H accepted. On the final episode of Raw before WrestleMania, Sheamus teamed up with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to defeat Triple H and Randy Orton in a two-on-three handicap match. The 2010 event became the first event of what is now one of WWE's yearly pay-per-views. An Elimination Chamber event has occurred every year since except in 2016. It has also mostly occurred in February, except for

1221-640: A match with The Undertaker for WrestleMania, snuck into the chamber, and performed his "Sweet Chin Music" on The Undertaker. This allowed a shocked Jericho to pin The Undertaker to win the match and the World Heavyweight Championship for the third time. Just prior to the commencement of the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match, The Undertaker was involved in a pyrotechnics accident during his ring entrance. He

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1332-425: A mild concussion. This led to Christian making part-time non-wrestling appearances on pre-shows and podcasts without any news regarding his career in wrestling. On October 27, 2015, Christian's profile was moved from the superstar section to the alumni section on WWE.com, noting Christian's retirement from professional wrestling with the company. The following year's Elimination Chamber was originally scheduled to be

1443-405: A no contest due to Morrison suffering a storyline ankle injury, and Jericho defeating The Undertaker. On the February 19 episode of SmackDown , Morrison and R-Truth teamed up to face CM Punk and his 'follower' Luke Gallows in a tag team match , which Morrison and R-Truth lost via referee stoppage. In late December 2009, WWE Divas Champion Melina tore her anterior cruciate ligament , and

1554-517: A non-title match to ensure their spot again for the tag team titles. On the March 3 episode of Raw , The Usos finally defeated them to capture their first WWE Tag Team Championship. Darren Young defeated Titus O'Neil in a rematch on the February 26 episode of Main Event . Cameron got a rematch for the WWE Divas Championship on the following SmackDown against AJ Lee, but she failed to win

1665-457: A promo on his way to the ring, but was interrupted by R-Truth's entrance. Punk was able to eliminate R-Truth in approximately three-and-a-half minutes, before any other competitor had entered the match, and finished his promo afterward. Mysterio entered after the first five minutes had passed, and eliminated Punk before the next competitor entered. The next entrant was revealed to be Jericho, and he and Mysterio wrestled for five minutes until Morrison

1776-404: A singles match and DiBiase and Rhodes in a two-on-one handicap match , until the guest host of Raw , Steve Austin , booked a triple threat match between Orton, Rhodes, and DiBiase for WrestleMania. After being eliminated from the Elimination Chamber match by Triple H, Sheamus attacked him on the March 1 episode of Raw in retaliation. The following week, Sheamus challenged Triple H to

1887-531: A wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Raw and SmackDown . The main event was the Elimination Chamber match, where Randy Orton defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against five wrestlers after retaining it at the Royal Rumble from John Cena . The night after

1998-478: Is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced every February by WWE since 2010. The concept of the show is that one or two main event matches are contested inside the Elimination Chamber , either with championships or future opportunities at championships at stake. The 2014 event was the fifth event under the Elimination Chamber chronology and was scheduled to be held on February 23, 2014, at

2109-501: The 2008 and 2009 No Way Out events, WWE conducted a survey in September 2009 indicating a possible renaming for No Way Out. Voted by fans via the promotion's website, Elimination Chamber became the name of the February 2010 pay-per-view event, winning against Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict, and the original No Way Out name. Despite the poll, it was later announced that Elimination Chamber would not be considered as part of

2220-411: The 2015 event , which was held in May, and the 2020 event held in March. While originally designed for single competitors, the first tag team Elimination Chamber match occurred at the 2015 event. The chamber itself was redesigned for the 2017 event , becoming square in design. A women's version of the match first occurred at the 2018 event , which also featured the first seven-man Chamber match (in

2331-648: The André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX with Cena at first entering himself as the first entrant, only for the Wyatt Family to interrupt, insinuating that Hogan and Cena's heroic persona's are facades and that Bray is the "truth". Cena would then instead challenge Bray to a one-on-one match at WrestleMania with his legacy on the line, which Wyatt accepted. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) in

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2442-661: The Bell Centre in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . This marked the first Elimination Chamber event to be held in Canada, and the second to be held outside of the United States, after the previous year's event. This also marked the first major WWE event to be held in Montreal since Breaking Point in 2009. WWE would continue its run of holding Elimination Chamber outside of the United States, with

2553-413: The Elimination Chamber match on its last two events. Six matches were aired during the pay-per-view while one dark match occurred prior to the live broadcast. The concept of the event was that the two main event matches, one each for Raw's WWE Championship and SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship , respectively, would occur as an Elimination Chamber match. Each match featured six competitors:

2664-543: The Intercontinental Championship , and would wrestle champion Big E for the title at the pay-per-view. On WWE.com, it was announced The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ) would face WWE Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws ( Road Dogg and Billy Gunn ) for the titles at the pay-per-view. This was made when The Usos asked the Outlaws to fight for the championship for the following weeks. Then, they accepted

2775-609: The Jeddah Super Dome in Jeddah . It was in turn the first Elimination Chamber event to take place in Saudi Arabia, the first to take place outside of the United States, the first to be held on a Saturday, and the first Elimination Chamber to air on Peacock. It was also WWE's first previously established annual event to take place in the country. The 2023 Elimination Chamber was scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at

2886-476: The Raw and SmackDown brands . The concept of the show was that each main event match was to be contested inside the Elimination Chamber . The Elimination Chamber match was originally created in 2002 and held at various other pay-per-views, including the preceding No Way Out event. The Chamber itself is a circular steel cage, consisting of chains and girders that surrounds the ring. Four pods are enclosed within

2997-527: The Raw and SmackDown brands. In April 2011, the company ceased using its full name, with "WWE" becoming an orphaned initialism , and in August, the brand extension ended. The 2014 event , which was held on February 23, was WWE's final event to air exclusively via PPV, as the following day, WWE launched their online streaming service, the WWE Network , and events since have aired on both PPV and livestreamed on

3108-654: The SmackDown General Manager , Vickie Guerrero interrupted. Guerrero stated that as a result of the Raw Divas making disparaging remarks about the SmackDown Divas, she was changing the match to an interbrand Divas tag team match , with Raw Divas Kim and Maryse facing LayCool ( Michelle McCool and Layla ) from SmackDown. The story of the match was that Maryse and Kim could not work together, and Maryse attacked Kim, allowing McCool to hit her finishing move for

3219-596: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship , while Raw's was a women's Chamber match for a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 36 . At the 2021 event, the Raw Chamber match was for the WWE Championship, while SmackDown's Chamber match was for an immediate Universal Championship match that same night. The 2022 event had two Chamber matches, but both were Raw-exclusive. One was a men's Chamber match for

3330-773: The Target Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . In 2011 and since 2013, the show has been promoted as "No Escape" in Germany as it was feared that the name "Elimination Chamber" may remind people of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust . The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes , villains , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in

3441-530: The brand extension , the events in 2010 and 2011 featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands before the first brand split ended in August 2011. Following the reintroduction of the brand split in mid-2016, the 2017 event was held exclusively for wrestlers from SmackDown. The 2018 event was then Raw-exclusive and was the final Raw-branded PPV of the second brand split, as following that year's WrestleMania 34 , WWE discontinued brand-exclusive pay-per-views. The 2019 event in turn featured wrestlers from both

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3552-606: The 2024 event, titled as Elimination Chamber: Perth , held on February 24 at the Optus Stadium in Perth , Western Australia , Australia , marking WWE's first event to be held in Australia since Super Show-Down in October 2018. The Elimination Chamber event centers around the Elimination Chamber match, and the event typically includes one or two main event matches that are contested inside

3663-508: The American version of the WWE Network before the launch of Peacock's WWE Network channel. After a brief transitional period, the standalone version of the WWE Network in the U.S. shut down on April 4, with future events only available via Peacock's WWE Network channel and traditional PPV. This did not affect other countries at the time, which had maintained the separate WWE Network service distributed by WWE (a couple of other countries have since had

3774-544: The Elimination Chamber Kickoff pre-show, Cody Rhodes and Goldust faced RybAxel (Ryback and Curtis Axel). Rhodes executed Cross Rhodes on Axel to win the match. The actual pay-per-view opened with Big E defending the Intercontinental Championship against Jack Swagger. In the end, Swagger applied a Patriot Lock on Big E, but Big E performed an Enziguiri on Swagger to break the hold and executed

3885-407: The Elimination Chamber match to prevent The Undertaker from winning, Shawn Michaels cut a promo on the next episode of Raw , stating that he interfered so that The Undertaker would agree to a rematch at WrestleMania XXVI to get revenge. The Undertaker accepted the match on the condition that if Michaels lost, he would have to retire, to which Michaels agreed. Two weeks later, the pair agreed to make

3996-572: The January 20 episode of Raw , following a victory over Rey Mysterio , Del Rio was attacked by Batista and hit with his finishing move the Batista Bomb. Del Rio entered the Rumble at number 27 and lasted just under three minutes before Batista, who was the next entrant, eliminated him. On the February 3 episode of Raw , Batista was interrupted and briefly assaulted by Del Rio, however the latter quickly escaped

4107-543: The Network merged under a different streaming service, such as Binge in Australia in 2023). In early 2018, WWE began a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership with the General Sports Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030 , Saudi Arabia 's social and economic reform program. The seventh event under this partnership was announced as the 2022 Elimination Chamber , scheduled for Saturday, February 19, 2022, at

4218-403: The Network. In 2015, the event was initially replaced in February by Fastlane because many arenas were not able to physically support the Elimination Chamber structure, thus making it easier to book the February pay-per-view event without the structure. However, the 2015 Elimination Chamber event was later announced to be streamed exclusively on the WWE Network in the United States on May 31 and

4329-573: The No Way Out chronology and would instead be a new chronology, which in turn became the annual February PPV. The inaugural Elimination Chamber event was held on February 21, 2010, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri . To coincide with the brand extension where the promotion divided its roster into brands where wrestlers exclusively perform, the 2010 and 2011 events featured wrestlers from both

4440-604: The Raw and SmackDown brands, as well as 205 Live , while the events afterwards have just featured Raw and SmackDown. In Germany, Elimination Chamber is known by a different name to avoid connotations of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust in World War II . In 2010, it retained the "No Way Out" ( German : Kein Ausweg ) name, which was also used for the event in 2012, but in 2011, it

4551-631: The Rumble on Raw , Daniel Bryan confronted The Authority for keeping him out of the Rumble match. Stephanie McMahon claimed they didn't want to overwork him with two matches in a night, but Bryan concluded they disliked him due to his popularity. He demanded Triple H put him in the Elimination Chamber title match. Triple H sent in The Shield ( Roman Reigns , Seth Rollins , and United States Champion Dean Ambrose ) to attack Bryan, but Cena and Sheamus saved him. This set up an Elimination Chamber qualifying match between those three and The Shield. During

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4662-473: The SmackDown Chamber match was again for the World Heavyweight Championship. In 2012, although the brand extension had ended, there were still two Chamber matches with one each for the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship, respectively. In 2013 , only one Chamber match took place with the winner receiving a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 29 . Following the unification of

4773-471: The Titus on Young to win the match. In the fourth match, The Shield (United States Champion Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns) faced The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan). During the match, Ambrose fought with Wyatt into the arena stands, taking Ambrose out of the match. Harper and Rowan executed a double Chokeslam through a broadcast table on Rollins. In the climax, Reigns attempted

4884-515: The United States Championship match between The Miz and Montel Vontavious Porter, stating that it was "good". Eck agreed, stating that it was "the best of the three non-chamber matches". Overall, Plummer and Tylwalk rated the event 5 out of 10, stating that it was "a strangely paced, uneven affair that dragged between its pair of namesake matches", but that it succeeded in building up matches for WrestleMania . Caldwell also criticised

4995-603: The WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in December 2013 , the 2014 event had only one Chamber match, which was for the unified championship. In 2015, there were two Chamber matches. The first featured the first-ever tag team Chamber match, which was for the WWE Tag Team Championship (now Raw Tag Team Championship), while the second Chamber match

5106-494: The WWE Championship from John Cena at Elimination Chamber, Cena requested a rematch. Mr. McMahon agreed, on the condition that Cena must defeat Batista in a non-title match that night on Raw . Batista intentionally low-blowed Cena during the match to get disqualified and set up their match at WrestleMania. To build up their match, Batista interfered in several of Cena's matches in the weeks prior to WrestleMania, both attacking Cena or distracting him so that his opponent could gain

5217-662: The WWE Championship while the other was a women's Chamber match for a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 38 . The 2023 event had two Chamber matches, one each for the men and women. The men's match was Raw-exclusive and was for the United States Championship , which was the first time for the title to be contended in the match. The women's Chamber match was for a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39 , and it featured three wrestlers from each brand (the Raw Women's Championship later moved to SmackDown and

5328-523: The WWE Universe has their own voice. Later on, however, Batista addressed the crowd, telling them he did not return to the company to be liked, only to win the championship, thus turning into a villain in the process. Daniel Bryan confronted Triple H arguing about constantly getting screwed in his title matches ever since SummerSlam and challenged him to a match at WrestleMania XXX , but the latter declined. Later that night, Bryan defeated Kane, and after

5439-469: The WWE Women's Championship and Women's World Championship , respectively. The 2024 event would then also have two Chamber matches with one each for the men and women and both matches featured wrestlers from both Raw and SmackDown. The women's match had three wrestlers from each brand, while the men's had three from SmackDown, two from Raw, and one free agent. Each match determined the respective challengers for

5550-399: The WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. On the March 17 episode of Raw , the stipulation was changed where instead the winner would advance to the main event for the title, thus assuring a triple threat match. John Cena would call out The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan), only to be attacked by Wyatt. On the March 10 episode of Raw , when Hulk Hogan announced

5661-402: The World Heavyweight Championship and Women's World Championship at WrestleMania XL . Elimination Chamber (2014) The 2014 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany ) was the fifth Elimination Chamber professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE . The event took place on February 23, 2014, at the Target Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . It

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5772-559: The World Heavyweight Championship in a similar fashion. John Morrison defeated Drew McIntyre and Kane in a triple threat match . Throughout the rest of the episode, this was followed by R-Truth defeating Mike Knox , CM Punk defeating Batista via countout , Chris Jericho defeating Matt Hardy , and Rey Mysterio defeating Dolph Ziggler . In the following weeks, the six wrestlers faced off in different combinations in singles matches that saw Mysterio pin Punk, Morrison vs. R-Truth end in

5883-545: The advantage. Tension within The Legacy faction had been growing since Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase accidentally cost Randy Orton the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble. After DiBiase eliminated Orton from the Elimination Chamber match, with the help of Rhodes, Orton turned on Rhodes and DiBiase, and attacked them during a six-man tag team match causing The Legacy to lose. In the following weeks, Orton faced DiBiase in

5994-551: The challenge. Former Prime Time Players tag team members Titus O'Neil and Darren Young were scheduled for a match at Elimination Chamber. The feud began on the January 31 episode of SmackDown , when O'Neil attacked Young after a tag team loss by the Prime Time Players, with O'Neil claiming that Young was "dead weight" and "holding him back". The Elimination Chamber Kickoff Show saw Cody Rhodes and Goldust squaring off against RybAxel ( Ryback and Curtis Axel ). During

6105-753: The chamber, one behind each ring post, which are on a steel platform surrounding the outside of the ring. Typically six wrestlers compete in the match; two start the match while the other four are enclosed within the pods and released at random at specific time intervals. Wrestlers can only be eliminated via pinfall or submission , and the last wrestler left is the winner. For the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, both of WWE's world championships , Raw's WWE Championship and SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship , were to be defended in separate Elimination Chamber matches. The professional wrestling matches at Elimination Chamber featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by

6216-529: The championship cleanly this time. Elimination Chamber would mark as the final PPV in-ring competition event for Christian until the 2021 Royal Rumble where he made a surprise return as the number 24 entrant. On the March 24 episode of Raw , Christian won a fatal four-way match which included Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler, and Sheamus to challenge Big E for the WWE Intercontinental Championship but never happened due to Christian suffering

6327-500: The championship, but Kane brought him back inside the ring. When re-entering the ring, McIntyre poked him in the eye and then performed his "Future Shock DDT" to win the match by pinfall and remain the Intercontinental Champion. The next match was scheduled to be the final of a tournament to determine a new Divas Champion after the title was vacated. Maryse and Gail Kim had entered the ring when official consultant to

6438-420: The defending champion and five challengers. In Raw's Elimination Chamber match, Sheamus defended the WWE Championship against Triple H , Ted DiBiase , Randy Orton , John Cena , and Kofi Kingston , which was won by Cena. In SmackDown's Elimination Chamber match, The Undertaker defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Jericho , John Morrison , Rey Mysterio , CM Punk , and R-Truth , which

6549-532: The end, Kane hit Bryan before Orton executed another RKO to eliminate him and retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, leading Michael Cole to argue about the dominance the Authority had endured since its foundation at SummerSlam 2013 . Batista and Alberto Del Rio faced each other in a rematch with Del Rio prevailing due to Randy Orton distracting Batista. Orton then mentioned the boisterous negative reaction since Batista's return. Batista responded by saying that

6660-539: The event featured two Elimination Chamber matches, usually one for each brand until August 2011 when the brand extension ended. In 2010, Raw's Chamber match was for the WWE Championship while SmackDown's Chamber match was for the World Heavyweight Championship (2002–2013 version). In 2011, the Raw Chamber match determined the number one contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXVII , while

6771-535: The figure earned by the 2009 No Way Out pay-per-view. Despite the increased number of buys, the event received generally negative reviews, with reviewers criticizing the undercard of the show as being "weak" and consisting of "filler" material. In late 2009, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) held a poll on their official website to allow fans to choose the name for their February 2010 pay-per-view . The choices included Elimination Chamber, Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict, and No Way Out, which had been

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6882-670: The final WWE pay-per-view to be held in-person with spectators before the COVID-19 pandemic took effect. Beginning March 13, Raw and SmackDown's shows and pay-per-views were moved to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and held behind closed doors . In August, the company relocated Raw and SmackDown's shows to a bio-secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome , which was first hosted at Orlando's Amway Center . The ThunderDome

6993-456: The first tag team Elimination Chamber match. Although the event did not occur in 2016, it returned in 2017 with a revamped Chamber design. The event also returned to the February PPV slot. While the eponymous match was originally only for male wrestlers, the 2018 event featured the first-ever women's version, as well as the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match. The 2019 event determined

7104-511: The group to drop the matter of The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan) disqualifying them from the Chamber match, so a six-man tag team match between the two teams was scheduled for Elimination Chamber. After Batista 's WWE return was announced in December, Alberto Del Rio began saying fans should talk about him instead and vowed to eliminate Batista from the Royal Rumble match. On

7215-459: The hosting promotion , WWE. Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown of the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs. The main event matches for the Elimination Chamber event consisted of two Elimination Chamber matches, with Raw's WWE Championship defended in one and SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship defended in

7326-461: The inaugural holders of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship . The 2020 event was notable as it was WWE's final PPV event held before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , which caused all of WWE's shows to be held behind closed doors until mid-2021. The 2020 event was also moved to March as Super ShowDown was held in February, but the event returned to its February slot for the 2021 event , which

7437-497: The match a no countout , no disqualification match . Edge returned from injury at the Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble match , which he won, earning a guaranteed match for any WWE world championship . Following Jericho's victory in the Elimination Chamber, in which he won the World Heavyweight Championship, Edge speared him the following night on Raw and announced that he had elected to face Jericho at WrestleMania. Following this announcement, Edge began

7548-432: The match and leading to Cena winning the title, his eighth world championship overall. Immediately after the conclusion of the match, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon interrupted to cut a promo . He told Cena that he would be going to WrestleMania XXVI , only if he could beat Batista , and then ordered Cena to face Batista in a previously unannounced match for the WWE Championship. Batista speared Cena, and then performed

7659-421: The match instead of two. Every five minutes, one of the four participants (or teams) within an inner chamber is released into the ongoing match. This continues until all four have been released, with the match typically lasting over twenty minutes. The objective of the match is to eliminate all opponents via pinfall or submission , which originally could occur in the ring or on the chamber's elevated floor outside

7770-401: The match to douse himself with to alleviate the discomfort. Chris Jericho , who also competed in the match, has told on multiple occasions how the pyrotechnician responsible was relieved of his employment with WWE and escorted from the arena following a threat of violence from The Undertaker. The Undertaker himself explained that he had previously expressed concerns to the technician regarding

7881-566: The match, The Wyatt Family ( Bray Wyatt , Luke Harper , and Erick Rowan ) attacked Cena, giving his team a disqualification win, meaning Cena, Sheamus, and Bryan all qualified for the Chamber match. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown , Cesaro defeated Dolph Ziggler to qualify, and his partner Jack Swagger lost his qualifier to a returning Christian . On the February 3 episode of Raw , Stephanie McMahon would mandate Randy Orton to compete in an Elimination Chamber Gauntlet where he must face each of his Chamber opponents in single matches. He

7992-486: The match, Bryan voiced his opinion to Triple H by stating he should give what the fans want. Bryan challenged Triple H on the March 3 episode of Raw , but Triple H still declined. Frustrated, Bryan conjured up the Yes! Movement on the March 10 episode of Raw , involving WWE fans which gathered around the ring, and forced Triple H to accepting his match with the stipulation that if Bryan defeated Triple H, he would get inserted into

8103-536: The match. Sheamus attempted to finish Kingston off early by executing a Brogue Kick, but Kingston avoided it and immediately began attacking him. Sheamus would eventually get the advantage. After around five minutes, Triple H's pod opened first and immediately set his sights on Sheamus. After a back and forth between the three men. Orton's pod opened and he quickly attacked the three men, five minutes would pass and DiBiase's pod opened. Orton and DiBiase worked together to take out Kingston and Triple H (The latter would receive

8214-417: The name of the preceding Elimination Chamber-based event . The name Elimination Chamber won, but the event was still promoted as "No Way Out" in Germany as it was feared that the name "Elimination Chamber" may remind people of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust . The event was scheduled to be held on February 21, 2010, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri . It featured wrestlers from

8325-486: The other. Qualifying matches were held on the February 1 episode of Raw to determine the five challengers who would face the WWE Champion Sheamus in Raw's Elimination Chamber match. In qualifiers, John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes , Triple H defeated Jack Swagger , Randy Orton defeated Shawn Michaels , Ted DiBiase defeated Mark Henry , and Kofi Kingston defeated The Big Show by disqualification . In

8436-414: The pay-per-view heavily, stating that it was an "underwhelming overall PPV with a weak, weak mid-card". 17,000 people attended Elimination Chamber at the Scottrade Center , drawing a gate of US$ 850,000. The event received 285,000 buys on pay-per-view, an increase of 13,000 compared to No Way Out 2009's 272,000 buys. The DVD of the event was released on March 23, 2010. Following his interference in

8547-528: The pay-per-view, Christian defeated Ezekiel Jackson in a singles match by pinfall . The first match that aired on the pay-per-view was the Raw Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship , which involved Randy Orton , Triple H , Ted DiBiase , Kofi Kingston , John Cena , and defending champion Sheamus . Cena, DiBiase, Orton and Triple H all made their entrances and entered their pods individually, leaving Kingston and Sheamus to start

8658-467: The pipe in anyway, leading to DiBiase to take it instead. DiBiase tried to hit Cena with the pipe but struck Orton instead. Cena performed an Attitude Adjustment on Orton. DiBiase struck Cena with the pipe, and then covered Orton to eliminate him, leaving Rhodes stunned. Kingston performed his finishing move "Trouble in Paradise" to eliminate DiBiase. Immediately afterwards, Sheamus eliminated Kingston after

8769-487: The pyro arrangement, but was ignored. He feels he was saved from severe injury by applying water to his hair, and altering his attire from a sleeveless to a sleeved jacket, just minutes before the accident. The event received generally negative reviews. Writing for Canadian Online Explorer 's wrestling section, Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk also slammed the Divas match, rating it 0.5 out of 10, and stating that it "was pretty much

8880-406: The ring, although in 2012, this was changed so that 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 (or team) after all others have been eliminated (for tag team Chamber matches, only one person of a team must be eliminated to eliminate the team itself). From 2010 to 2012,

8991-480: The ring, but an accident occurred during his entrance when his pyrotechnics were mistimed, resulting in him being momentarily engulfed in flames. He was cleared by a ringside doctor to wrestle, however, and was able to compete in the match. The final two, who were to start the match, were CM Punk, who was accompanied by his stable , the Straight Edge Society of Serena and Luke Gallows, and R-Truth. Punk cut

9102-405: The ring. On the next Raw , after Del Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler , Batista came out and delivered a Batista Bomb to Del Rio through the announce table. Triple H then announced the two would wrestle at Elimination Chamber. On the February 14 episode of SmackDown , Jack Swagger defeated Mark Henry , Rey Mysterio , and Kofi Kingston in a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender for

9213-505: The semi-finals, Maryse defeated Eve and Kim defeated Fox. It was then announced on the February 8 episode of Raw that Maryse and Kim would face one another in the final at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. On the February 12 episode of SmackDown , the WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre faced Kane in a non-title match. After the match went to a double-countout, Kane chokeslammed McIntyre. It

9324-404: The structure, either with championships or future opportunities at championships at stake. The match is generally contested by six participants (or six tag teams for a tag team Chamber match), with two beginning the bout in the ring, while the other four are held within a smaller chamber within the structure. In the case of a seven-person match, which occurred at the 2018 event, three wrestlers begin

9435-417: The top rope and jumped Kane (DoO, wrestler) who came and assisted with removing The Wyatt Family and Cena from the chamber. Orton took advantage of Bryan being distracted to try and eliminate him. Bryan got Orton with a running knee, only for Kane to pull the referee out of the ring in the middle of the 3 count. Bryan kicked Kane in the head, and Orton executed an RKO to eliminate Bryan but he kicked out at 2. In

9546-399: The victory. Following the match, Maryse performed her "French Kiss DDT" on Kim. Following the match, The Miz was interviewed backstage by Josh Mathews about NXT , on which he was a mentor. He was interrupted by Montel Vontavious Porter , who informed The Miz that the two had a match next. This was followed by William Regal cutting an in-ring promo about NXT . He was interrupted by

9657-440: The weeks prior to Elimination Chamber the participants faced off in several matches, which included DiBiase vs. Cena ending in a no contest , Sheamus defeating Orton by disqualification, DiBiase defeating Kingston via pinfall , and Cena vs. Triple H ending in a no contest due to Sheamus interfering and attacking both participants. The February 5 episode of SmackDown saw the five wrestlers qualify to challenge The Undertaker for

9768-429: The winner of the 2010 Royal Rumble match , Edge , who stated that he would be deciding which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania on the next episode of Raw . Edge then speared Regal. The fifth match was a previously unannounced contest which saw The Miz defend his WWE United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter. The Miz was accompanied by his tag team partner, The Big Show , while Porter

9879-580: Was WWE's final PPV held before the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock that March. The 2022 event was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia , thus making it the first Elimination Chamber event to take place outside of the United States and on a Saturday. Subsequent events would continue to be held outside of the US, with the 2023 event in Canada and the 2024 event in Perth, Australia . To coincide with

9990-598: Was WWE's final PPV to air before the launch of their online streaming service, the WWE Network , on February 24; following its launch, the events began to be simultaneously broadcast on PPV and livestreamed on the WWE Network. Eight matches took place at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Randy Orton retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match, defeating John Cena , Daniel Bryan , Christian , Cesaro , and Sheamus . The event had 183,000 buys, down from previous year's 213,000 buys. Elimination Chamber

10101-488: Was a women's tag team Chamber match to determine the inaugural holders of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship and featured three teams from each brand, while the other was a SmackDown-exclusive Chamber match for the WWE Championship. Later that year, the Universal Championship and WWE Championship switched brands. The 2020 event featured one Chamber match for each brand. SmackDown's was a tag team Chamber match for

10212-479: Was able to pin him to retain his championship. The main event of the pay-per-view was the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship , featuring The Undertaker , CM Punk , Rey Mysterio , Chris Jericho , John Morrison , and R-Truth . Mysterio, Morrison, and Jericho entered first and were locked into pods. The Undertaker was the fourth to make his way down to

10323-493: Was accompanied by Mark Henry , with whom he had regularly teamed. Porter took the advantage at the beginning of the match, before The Miz was able to fight back with a swinging DDT . When he climbed to the top rope, however, Porter knocked him off to regain the advantage. The Big Show pulled The Miz out of the ring to safety, and then threw Henry into the security barricade at ringside. With the referee distracted by this, The Big Show used his "Knockout Punch" on Porter, and The Miz

10434-450: Was also the first Elimination Chamber to stream on WWE's online streaming service, the WWE Network , which launched the day after the 2014 event. In turn, this was the last pay-per-view before the launch of the WWE Network, as following its launch, the events began to be simultaneously broadcast on PPV and livestreamed on the Network. Elimination Chamber (2010) The 2010 Elimination Chamber (known as No Way Out in Germany )

10545-405: Was announced the following day on WWE's official website that Kane and McIntyre would meet at Elimination Chamber for the Intercontinental Championship. The following week, on the February 19 episode of SmackDown , Kane defeated Dolph Ziggler in a singles match. Following the match, he was attacked by McIntyre, but Kane was able to fight back and fend off the attack. Prior to the live broadcast of

10656-481: Was available on PPV internationally. Although the event did not occur in 2016, it returned in 2017 and featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown brand, following the reintroduction of the brand split in mid-2016. The 2017 event also moved Elimination Chamber back to its regular February slot with Fastlane instead being held in March, and it also introduced a redesign to the Chamber structure itself. The 2018 event

10767-529: Was called No Escape ( German : Kein Entkommen ), which became its permanent German name in 2013. The Elimination Chamber match was established by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002 with Triple H and Eric Bischoff noted as the creators of the match. It was first held at that year's Survivor Series pay-per-view (PPV). Over the years, the match was held at other PPV events, including No Way Out . After Elimination Chamber matches were featured at

10878-522: Was defeated by Daniel Bryan that same night, but secured a win by defeating Christian on the February 7 episode of SmackDown . He then was defeated by Cena on the February 10 episode of Raw and by Cesaro on the February 14 episode of SmackDown . His last opponent, Sheamus, won by disqualification, as The Shield and The Wyatt Family got involved on the February 17 episode of Raw . On the January 31 episode of SmackDown , The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose) refused Triple H's request for

10989-505: Was eliminated by Christian after a Frog Splash off the top of a pod. Christian was eliminated by Bryan after a Running Knee. Cesaro was eliminated by Cena after submitting to the STF. Moments after the three eliminations, the Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan) interfered in the match, attacking Cena after Orton pummels Cena from behind. After Wyatt performed Sister Abigail on Cena, Orton pinned Cena to eliminate him. Bryan climbed to

11100-428: Was for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship . After the brand extension was reinstated in mid-2016, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship reverted to being called the WWE Championship and became exclusive to SmackDown. The 2017 event was in turn SmackDown-exclusive and the main event was a Chamber match for the brand's WWE Championship. The 2018 event was then Raw-exclusive and featured two Chamber matches. One

11211-460: Was forced to vacate the championship. As a result, it was announced in January 2010 that a single-elimination tournament would be held to determine a new champion. The tournament began on the January 4 episode of Raw , when Maryse advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Brie Bella . She was followed into the semi-finals by Gail Kim , Alicia Fox , and Eve , who defeated Jillian Hall , Kelly Kelly , and Katie Lea Burchill respectively. In

11322-459: Was heavily booed, with "Bootista" chants breaking out. In the closing moments, Del Rio attempted to apply the Cross Armbreaker on Batista, but Batista pushed Del Rio into an exposed turnbuckle and executed a Batista Bomb on Del Rio to win the match. The main event was the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Sheamus and Cesaro started the match and Daniel Bryan

11433-725: Was released. Morrison utilised his "Starship Pain" finisher to pin Mysterio and eliminate him from the match. The final entrant into the match was the defending champion The Undertaker, who was able to eliminate Morrison following a chokeslam onto the chamber floor after approximately 28 minutes, leaving The Undertaker and Jericho as the final two. Both men managed to land most of their signature moves on each other, with Jericho getting numerous near-falls on The Undertaker. The Undertaker Managed to fight back and perform his signature Last Ride maneuver on Jericho. As The Undertaker began to pick Jericho up, Shawn Michaels , who had requested and been denied

11544-706: Was renamed as the WWE Women's Championship). As the WWE Championship and Universal Championship had been held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship since April 2022, a new World Heavyweight Championship was created in April 2023 and subsequently designated to Raw after the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship became exclusive to SmackDown as a result of the 2023 WWE Draft . The Raw and SmackDown women's championships also switched brands and were renamed as

11655-403: Was temporarily engulfed in flames on three occasions when the pyrotechnics were mistimed, and his jacket briefly caught on fire. He suffered first- and second-degree burns to his neck and chest, and according to a WWE spokesperson the injury "looked like a bad sunburn". He was only allowed to participate in the match after being cleared by a ringside doctor and was given bottles of water throughout

11766-438: Was the first to be released from his pod. Christian was next to be released from his pod. Next to be released was John Cena. Orton was the last to be released and making all 6 men still in the match. After making a few moves on the other 5 men, they all got up and backed Orton into a corner. Orton then locked himself in his pod, but Sheamus executed a Brogue Kick into the pod breaking open the plexi-glass and attacking Orton. Sheamus

11877-525: Was the first-ever women's Chamber match and it was for the Raw Women's Championship . The other was a men's Chamber match which was the first-ever seven-man Chamber match to determine the number one contender for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34. After brand-exclusive PPVs were discontinued following WrestleMania 34, the 2019 event featured both brands. There were two Chamber matches. One

11988-530: Was the inaugural Elimination Chamber professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions . It was the first WWE PPV to air following the discontinuation of WWE's ECW brand the week prior. The event took place on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri . Elimination Chamber replaced WWE's previously annual February event, No Way Out , which had featured

12099-526: Was then a Raw-branded show. It was also WWE's final Raw-exclusive PPV of the second brand split, as following that year's WrestleMania 34 , WWE discontinued brand-exclusive pay-per-views, thus the 2019 event featured wrestlers from both the Raw and SmackDown brands, as well as 205 Live , although it was the only to include 205 Live. The 2020 event was moved to March as Super ShowDown was held in February, but Elimination Chamber returned to its February slot in 2021 . The 2020 event, held on March 8, would be

12210-411: Was then relocated to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in December, which was also the location of the 2021 Elimination Chamber. In mid-July 2021, WWE resumed a live touring schedule. In March 2021, the American version of the WWE Network became a premium channel under NBCUniversal 's streaming service, Peacock . As a result, the 2021 Elimination Chamber was the final pay-per-view to air on

12321-479: Was won by Jericho. On the undercard , Drew McIntyre retained the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Kane , The Miz retained the WWE United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter , and Maryse and Gail Kim competed against LayCool ( Layla and Michelle McCool ) in an interbrand Divas tag team match . The event received 285,000 pay-per-view buys, an increase on

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