Elimination Chamber

Elimination Chamber
Elimination Chamber
	The current Elimination Chamber structure used since 2017
Information
Created by	Triple H; Eric Bischoff
Promotion(s)	WWE
Brand(s)	Raw (2010–2011, 2018–present); SmackDown (2010–2011, 2017, 2019–present); 205 Live (2019)
First event	2010
Signature match types	Elimination Chamber match

Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling match held by WWE. It takes place in a large steel cage that surrounds the entire ring. The chamber contains four clear, plexiglass pods.

The match was created by Triple H, and introduced by Eric Bischoff at Survivor Series in November 2002.^[1] It usually features six competitors with two starting the match. One or two matches have taken place each year (except in 2004 and 2016). A pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event series, also called Elimination Chamber (or No Escape in Germany), replaced No Way Out in 2010. A women's variation was introduced at the 2018 event.^[2]

Match rules

After the entrances, the match starts with two wrestlers (or teams of wrestlers) in the ring, while the other four are locked inside each pod.^[a] After a certain amount of time (usually five minutes), one of the wrestlers from the pods enters the match. This continues until all four have been released.^[3]

Wrestlers are eliminated by pinfall or submission, which originally was allowed to happen in the ring or on the chamber's elevated floor, but since 2010 event all pinfalls and submissions must take place within the ring. Disqualifications and count-outs do not apply. The winner of the match is the last remaining wrestler (or team of wrestlers) after all others have been eliminated.^[3]^[4]

Dates and venues

History
#	Brand	Winner	Stipulation	Match	Date	Event	Location
1	Raw	Shawn Michaels	World Heavyweight Championship	Triple H (c) vs. Booker T vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Rob Van Dam	November 17, 2002	Survivor Series (2002)	New York City, New York
2		Triple H	World Heavyweight Championship	Triple H (c) vs. Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton	August 24, 2003	SummerSlam (2003)	Phoenix, Arizona
3		Triple H	World Heavyweight Championship (The championship was vacant for this match.)	Batista vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton vs. Triple H (with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee)	January 9, 2005	New Year's Revolution (2005)	San Juan, Puerto Rico
4		John Cena	WWE Championship	John Cena (c) vs. Kurt Angle vs. Carlito vs. Chris Masters vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kane	January 8, 2006	New Year's Revolution (2006)	Albany, New York
5	ECW	Bobby Lashley	ECW World Heavyweight Championship	The Big Show (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Hardcore Holly vs. CM Punk vs. Test vs. Rob Van Dam	December 3, 2006	December to Dismember (2006)	Augusta, Georgia
6	SmackDown/ECW	The Undertaker	World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV	Batista vs. Big Daddy V vs. Finlay vs. The Great Khali vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. The Undertaker	February 17, 2008	No Way Out (2008)	Las Vegas, Nevada
7	Raw	Triple H	WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV	Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. Umaga	February 17, 2008	No Way Out (2008)	Las Vegas, Nevada
8	SmackDown	Triple H	WWE Championship	Edge (c) vs. The Big Show vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Undertaker vs. Triple H	February 15, 2009	No Way Out (2009)	Seattle, Washington
9	Raw	Edge^[b]	World Heavyweight Championship	John Cena (c) vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Mike Knox vs. Rey Mysterio	February 15, 2009	No Way Out (2009)	Seattle, Washington
10	Raw	John Cena	WWE Championship	Sheamus (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Kofi Kingston	February 21, 2010	Elimination Chamber (2010)	St. Louis, Missouri
11	SmackDown	Chris Jericho	World Heavyweight Championship	The Undertaker (c) vs. R-Truth vs. John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk	February 21, 2010	Elimination Chamber (2010)	St. Louis, Missouri
12	Raw	John Cena	WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII	John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. CM Punk vs. Randy Orton vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth	February 20, 2011	Elimination Chamber (2011)	Oakland, California
13	SmackDown	Edge	World Heavyweight Championship	Edge (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett	February 20, 2011	Elimination Chamber (2011)	Oakland, California
14	N/A^[c]	CM Punk	WWE Championship	CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth	February 19, 2012	Elimination Chamber (2012)	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
15		Daniel Bryan	World Heavyweight Championship	Daniel Bryan (c) vs. The Big Show vs. Cody Rhodes vs. The Great Khali vs. Santino Marella vs. Wade Barrett	February 19, 2012	Elimination Chamber (2012)	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
16		Jack Swagger	World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 29	Jack Swagger vs. Chris Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton	February 17, 2013	Elimination Chamber (2013)	New Orleans, Louisiana
17		Randy Orton	WWE World Heavyweight Championship	Randy Orton (c) vs. Cesaro vs. Christian vs. Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena vs. Sheamus	February 23, 2014	Elimination Chamber (2014)	Minneapolis, Minnesota
18		The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)	WWE Tag Team Championship	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) vs. Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) vs. Los Matadores (Diego and Fernando) vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro	May 31, 2015	Elimination Chamber (2015)	Corpus Christi, Texas
19		Ryback	Vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship	Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. King Barrett vs. Mark Henry vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus	May 31, 2015	Elimination Chamber (2015)	Corpus Christi, Texas
20	SmackDown	Bray Wyatt	WWE Championship	John Cena (c) vs. Bray Wyatt vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose	February 12, 2017	Elimination Chamber (2017)	Phoenix, Arizona
21	Raw	Alexa Bliss	WWE Raw Women's Championship	Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Mickie James vs. Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose	February 25, 2018	Elimination Chamber (2018)	Paradise, Nevada
22	Raw	Roman Reigns	WWE Universal Championship match at WrestleMania 34	Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. John Cena vs. Elias vs. The Miz	February 25, 2018	Elimination Chamber (2018)	Paradise, Nevada
23	Raw/SmackDown	The Boss N Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks)	First WWE Women's Tag Team Championship	The Boss N Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) vs. Carmella and Naomi vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville vs. Nia Jax and Tamina vs. The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) vs. The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan)	February 17, 2019	Elimination Chamber (2019)	Houston, Texas
24	SmackDown	Daniel Bryan	WWE Championship	Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston^[d] vs. Randy Orton vs. Samoa Joe	February 17, 2019	Elimination Chamber (2019)	Houston, Texas
25	SmackDown	The Miz and John Morrison	WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship	The Miz and John Morrison (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode vs. Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) vs. The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) vs. The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)	March 8, 2020	Elimination Chamber (2020)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26	Raw	Shayna Baszler	WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 36	Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Natalya vs. Ruby Riott vs. Sarah Logan	March 8, 2020	Elimination Chamber (2020)	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
27	SmackDown	Daniel Bryan	WWE Universal Championship match^[e]	Daniel Bryan vs. Cesaro vs. Jey Usovs. Kevin Owens vs. King Corbin vs. Sami Zayn	February 21, 2021	Elimination Chamber (2021)	St. Petersburg, Florida
28	Raw	Drew McIntyre	WWE Championship	Drew McIntyre (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus	February 21, 2021	Elimination Chamber (2021)	St. Petersburg, Florida
29		Bianca Belair	WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 38	Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Doudrop vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki A.S.H. vs. Rhea Ripley	February 19, 2022	Elimination Chamber (2022)	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
30		Brock Lesnar	WWE Championship	Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles vs. Austin Theory vs. Riddle vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins	February 19, 2022	Elimination Chamber (2022)	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
31		Austin Theory	WWE United States Championship	Austin Theory (c) vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano vsMontez Ford vs Seth "Freakin" Rollins	February 18, 2023	Elimination Chamber (2023)	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
32	Raw/SmackDown^[f]	Asuka	WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39	Asuka vs. Carmella vs. Liv Morgan vs. Natalya vs. Nikki Cross vs.Raquel Rodriguez	February 18, 2023	Elimination Chamber (2023)	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
33		Becky Lynch	Women's World Championship match at WrestleMania XL	Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Naomi vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Tiffany Stratton	February 24, 2024	Elimination Chamber: Perth	Perth, Australia
34		Drew McIntyre	World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XL	Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Kevin Owens vs. LA Knight vs. Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton	February 24, 2024	Elimination Chamber: Perth	Perth, Australia

DVD box set

WWE released a DVD with the title Satan's Prison: The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber (Iron Will in Europe), which included every Elimination Chamber match up until Elimination Chamber 2010, in July of 2010. The DVD is very edited mostly because of Chris Benoit.^[5]

Footnotes

↑ The men's Elimination Chamber match in February 2018 featured seven competitors, with three beginning the match.
↑ Kofi Kingston was originally scheduled to be a part of the match, but due to a scripted attack by Edge during his entrance he was unable to compete. Edge was allowed to take his place.
↑ There was no brand split in WWE at this time.
↑ Mustafa Ali was originally scheduled to be part of the match, but after he suffered an injury, he was replaced by Kingston.
↑ The championship match happened directly after the Elimination Chamber match. Champion Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) defeated Bryan by technical submission.
↑ Although the prize was a match for a Raw-exclusive championship, the Elimination Chamber match featured wrestlers from both main roster brands.

References

↑ Giri, Raj (2014-02-19). "Eric Bischoff On Who Created Elimination Chamber, Shane Helms Announces Jeff Hardy Match At OMEGA". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
↑ Benigno, Anthony. "Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss won the first-ever Women's Elimination Chamber Match". WWE. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 McAvennie, Mike (21 May 2007). "The painful process of Elimination". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
↑ "Specialty Matches: Elimination Chamber". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
↑ Satan's Prison- The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber DVD (DVD). WWE Home Video. 2010.

Other websites

Elimination Chamber description at WWE.com Archived 2008-02-24 at the Wayback Machine

[3] The men's Elimination Chamber match in February 2018 featured seven competitors, with three beginning the match.

[6] Kofi Kingston was originally scheduled to be a part of the match, but due to a scripted attack by Edge during his entrance he was unable to compete. Edge was allowed to take his place.

[7] There was no brand split in WWE at this time.

[8] Mustafa Ali was originally scheduled to be part of the match, but after he suffered an injury, he was replaced by Kingston.

[9] The championship match happened directly after the Elimination Chamber match. Champion Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) defeated Bryan by technical submission.

[10] Although the prize was a match for a Raw-exclusive championship, the Elimination Chamber match featured wrestlers from both main roster brands.

[1] Giri, Raj (2014-02-19). "Eric Bischoff On Who Created Elimination Chamber, Shane Helms Announces Jeff Hardy Match At OMEGA". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

[2] Benigno, Anthony. "Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss won the first-ever Women's Elimination Chamber Match". WWE. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[ECMatch-4] 3.0 ^3.1 McAvennie, Mike (21 May 2007). "The painful process of Elimination". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2008.

[5] "Specialty Matches: Elimination Chamber". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

[11] Satan's Prison- The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber DVD (DVD). WWE Home Video. 2010.

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