page_title: Elimination Chamber (2012)
section_title: Preliminary matches
hierarchical_section_title: Elimination Chamber (2012) / Event / Preliminary matches
caption_attribution_description: English: CM Punk, the WWE Champion, has a stare-down with Daniel Bryan, the World Heavyweight Champion during the January 30, 2012 episode of WWE Raw.
context_page_description: Elimination Chamber was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on February 19, 2012 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the third event under the Elimination Chamber chronology.
  Six matches were contested at the event, five of which was broadcast on the pay-per-view. In the main event, John Cena defeated Kane in an Ambulance Match.
  The event garnered 178,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 199,000 buys the previous year's event received.
context_section_description: The first match to air on pay-per-view was the Elimination Chamber match between reigning champion CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, Chris Jericho, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and The Miz for the WWE Championship. Punk started off the match with Kingston. Punk sent Kingston into a pod and performed a Suplex on Kingston onto the chamber floor. Ziggler entered at #3, targeting Punk. R-Truth entered at #4, being eliminated by Punk after a diving elbow drop. Next was Miz followed by Jericho, who won the right to enter last after winning a Six-Pack Challenge on Raw. Jericho eliminated Ziggler after a Codebreaker and eliminated Kingston after forcing Kingston to submit to the Liontamer. Jericho was then knocked out after a roundhouse kick by Punk, leading to him falling out of the chamber (which had been opened to let Kingston out after he was eliminated) and accidentally landed on a camera man, thus being deemed unable to continue by the ringside trainers. Punk and Miz were the final two, after Punk kicked out of the Skull Crushing Finale, Punk performed a G.T.S. on Miz to score the final fall and retain his championship.
  Next was the Divas Championship match between reigning champion Beth Phoenix and Tamina Snuka.  After a back-and forth-contest, Snuka would performed a Samoan drop to set up the Superfly Splash. Phoenix countered by superplexing Snuka from the top rope.  Snuka then scored a superkick-Superfly Splash combination to Phoenix, leading to a close near-fall.  Phoenix performed a Glam Slam on Snuka to score the pinfall and retain her title.
  Next was the Elimination Chamber match between reigning champion Daniel Bryan, Big Show, The Great Khali, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett and Santino Marella for the World Heavyweight Championship. Barrett and Big Show were the first two in the ring, attacking one another. Rhodes entered at #3, who worked with Barrett for much of the match, attempting to slow down Big Show. Marella entered at #4, who immediately got attacked by Big Show. Khali entered at #5, who got speared by Show straight away and pinned. Show climbed Bryan's pod, ripping off the chains and attacking him. When Bryan got out, Rhodes and Barrett immediately attacked Show. After a DDT by Rhodes and a driving elbow drop from Barrett, Rhodes pinned and eliminated Big Show. Rhodes was eliminated by Marella after a roll-up. Barrett was eliminated by Marella, following a diving headbutt by Bryan. The final two were Bryan and Marella, who scored a close near-fall after performing The Cobra. Santino was shocked that Bryan had kicked out and while he was in shock, Bryan forced Marella to submit to the LeBell Lock, retaining his championship. After the match, Sheamus ran in and attacked Bryan in retaliation for Bryan spitting on him on the previous episode of SmackDown. This indicated that Sheamus had selected to challenge Bryan for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania XXVIII, which Sheamus won the right to do after his victory in the Royal Rumble match.
  Next was an impromptu United States Championship match between Justin Gabriel (with Hornswoggle) and champion Jack Swagger (with Vickie Guerrero). Gabriel gave Swagger an intense challenge but Swagger eventually applied the Ankle lock and made Gabriel submit to retain the championship.
caption: CM Punk and Daniel Bryan  defended their respective titles of WWE Champion and World Heavyweight Champion in Elimination Chamber matches.
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