Elimination Chamber

**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. 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.

## 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. 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.

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.

## Dates and venues

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|1|rowspan="4"|Raw|Shawn Michaels|rowspan="2"|World Heavyweight Championship|Triple H (c) vs. Booker T vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Rob Van Dam||Survivor Series (2002)|New York City, New York|||||||
|2|rowspan="2"|Triple H|Triple H (c) vs. Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton||SummerSlam (2003)|Phoenix, Arizona||||||||||
|3|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||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||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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|No Way Out (2008)|rowspan="2"|Las Vegas, Nevada||||||
|7|Raw|rowspan="2"|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|||||||||||
|8|SmackDown|WWE Championship|Edge (c) vs. The Big Show vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Undertaker vs. Triple H|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|No Way Out (2009)|rowspan="2"|Seattle, Washington|||||||
|9|rowspan="2"|Raw|Edge|World Heavyweight Championship|John Cena (c) vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Mike Knox vs. Rey Mysterio|||||||||||
|10|John Cena|WWE Championship|Sheamus (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Kofi Kingston|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2010)|rowspan="2"|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||||||||||||
|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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2011)|rowspan="2"|Oakland, California||||||
|13|SmackDown|Edge|World Heavyweight Championship|Edge (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett||||||||||||
|14|rowspan="6"|N/A|CM Punk|WWE Championship|CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth|rowspan="2"|February 19, 2012|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2012)|rowspan="2"|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|||||||||||||
|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|rowspan="2"|May 31, 2015|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2015)|rowspan="2"|Corpus Christi, Texas|||||||
|19|Ryback|Vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship|Ryback vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. King Barrett vs. Mark Henry vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus|||||||||||||
|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|rowspan="2"|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|rowspan="2"|February 25, 2018|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2018)|rowspan="2"|Paradise, Nevada|||||
|22|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|||||||||||||
|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)|rowspan="2"|February 17, 2019|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2019)|rowspan="2"|Houston, Texas||||||
|24|rowspan="2"|SmackDown|Daniel Bryan|WWE Championship|Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton vs. Samoa Joe|||||||||||
|25|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)|rowspan="2"|March 8, 2020|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2020)|rowspan="2"|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||||||||||||
|27|SmackDown|Daniel Bryan|WWE Universal Championship match|Daniel Bryan vs. Cesaro vs. Jey Uso<nowiki/>vs. Kevin Owens vs. King Corbin vs. Sami Zayn|rowspan="2"|February 21, 2021|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2021)|rowspan="2"|St. Petersburg, Florida||||||
|28|rowspan="4"|Raw|Drew McIntyre|WWE Championship|Drew McIntyre (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton vs. Sheamus|||||||||||
|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|rowspan="2"|February 19, 2022|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2022)|rowspan="2"|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|||||||||||||
|31|Austin Theory|WWE United States Championship|Austin Theory (c) vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Montez Ford vs Seth "Freakin" Rollins|rowspan="2"|February 18, 2023|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber (2023)|rowspan="2"|Montreal, Quebec, Canada|||||||
|32|rowspan="3"|Raw/SmackDown|Asuka|WWE Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 39|Asuka vs. Carmella vs. Liv Morgan vs. Natalya vs. Nikki Cross vs.Raquel Rodriguez|||||||||||
|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|rowspan="2"|February 24, 2024|rowspan="2"|Elimination Chamber: Perth|rowspan="2"|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|||||||||||||

## 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.

## Other websites

- Elimination Chamber description at WWE.com

## Infobox (wrestling ppv series)

- **image**: WWE_Elimination_Chamber_2017.jpg
- **caption**: The current Elimination Chamber structure used since Elimination Chamber (2017), 2017
- **promotions**: WWE
- **brands**: WWE Raw, Raw (2010–2011, 2018–present)
SmackDown (2010–2011, 2017, 2019–present)
205 Live (2019)
- **createdby**: Triple H
Eric Bischoff
- **featuredmatches**: Elimination Chamber match
- **name**: Elimination Chamber
- **firstevent**: Elimination Chamber (2010), 2010