Elimination Chamber The Elimination Chamber is a match type in professional wrestling ( seen in World Wrestling Entertainment ) . It is a variation of the steel cage and Hell in a Cell matches , in that the ring is surrounded by a steel structure of chain and girders , but instead of a standard steel cage , the Elimination Chamber is circular , allowing for four inner chambers ( or ' pods ' ) to be placed on the apron with platforms keeping the wrestlers from the floor . The metal is black and the chambers are made of ' bulletproof ' glass . The chamber is 36 feet in diameter and is composed of 10 tons of steel and 2 miles of chain . Rules . The match is contested by six wrestlers , two beginning the match in the ring and the other four in the glass chambers . After a predetermined amount of time ( three , four or five minutes ) a chamber opens at random and a wrestler is added to the two already competing , and this continues until all men are released . Wrestlers are eliminated by pinfall or submission , often leading to some being eliminated before every wrestler is released into the match . The winner is the final man left after all others have been eliminated . So far , there is no provision as to what may happen if a competitor escapes the Chamber without being eliminated , although noncompetitors and recently eliminated competitors have interfered on behalf of one of the remaining competitors . Because of the logistics of the Chamber ' s design , no other enclosure - based match is typically scheduled on the same card as the Elimination Chamber , and the Elimination Chamber itself has not been used for any match other than the one prescribed above . Former " RAW " general manager Eric Bischoff was given on - screen credit for creating the match in the fall of 2002 , stating it combines elements of WWE ' s Royal Rumble , Survivor Series and WCW ' s War Games matches , in that the countdown timer comes from the Rumble and War Games , the enclosed cage format from War Games , and the elimination process from the Rumble and Series . To date , 19 Chamber matches have been held , the first two having moments where the bulletproof chamber glass was shattered during an attack , and the order of entry to the ring matches the random release of the wrestlers into the match in those first two as well . Triple H entered both of the first two Elimination Chamber matches as reigning World Heavyweight Champion and was involved in the final pinfall of the first three , losing the first and winning the second and third . The fourth match on January 8 , 2006 was the first to be held with the WWE Championship on the line . The fifth match on December 3 , 2006 was the first to be held with the ECW World Championship on the line . The fifth match , held at the ECW pay - per - view December to Dismember , was a slight variation called the ' Extreme Elimination Chamber ' . In this variation of the match , each ' pod ' in the Chamber would have one of four weapons for the competitors locked inside to hold on to . When each competitor ' s chamber opened , their weapon entered the match along with them . The four weapons used in the match were a crowbar , a table , a steel chair , and a barbed wire baseball bat . Match history . Elimination Chamber I . The first Elimination Chamber match took place on November 17 , 2002 at the " Survivor Series 2002 " event in New York City . The match was Triple H ( champion ) vs . Shawn Michaels vs . Chris Jericho vs . Rob Van Dam vs . Booker T vs . Kane for the World Heavyweight Championship . Michaels last pinned Triple H to win the championship . Elimination Chamber II . The second Elimination Chamber match took place on August 24 , 2003 at the " SummerSlam 2003 " event in Phoenix , Arizona . The match was Triple H ( champion ) vs . Shawn Michaels vs . Chris Jericho vs . Kevin Nash vs . Randy Orton vs . Goldberg for the World Heavyweight Championship . Triple H last pinned Goldberg to retain the championship . This was also the shortest Elimination Chamber in WWE history thus far . Elimination Chamber III . The third Elimination Chamber match took place on January 9 , 2005 at the " New Year ' s Revolution 2005 " event in San Juan , Puerto Rico . The match was Triple H vs . Randy Orton vs . Batista vs . Chris Jericho vs . Chris Benoit vs . Edge for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship . Shawn Michaels was the special guest referee ( making it the first match of its kind to feature a Special Referee ) . Triple H last pinned Orton to win the championship . Elimination Chamber IV . The fourth Elimination Chamber match took place on January 8 , 2006 at the " New Year ' s Revolution 2006 " event in Albany , New York . The match was John Cena ( champion ) vs . Shawn Michaels vs . Kane vs . Chris Masters vs . Carlito vs . Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship . John Cena last pinned Carlito to retain the championship , but would lose the title to Edge mere minutes later . Elimination Chamber V . The fifth Elimination Chamber match , dubbed the first - ever " Extreme Elimination Chamber " match , took place on December 3 , 2006 at " December to Dismember 2006 " in Augusta , Georgia . This is the first Elimination Chamber match not hosted by the " RAW " brand ( the first two Elimination Chamber matches were held at joint production pay - per - view events , Survivor Series 2002 and SummerSlam 2003 respectively , but were held only for " RAW " wrestlers to compete in ; the other two Elimination Chamber matches were both held at WWE New Year ' s Revolution , a " RAW " - exclusive pay - per - view ) . The match was The Big Show ( c ) vs . Rob Van Dam vs . Hardcore Holly vs . CM Punk vs . Test vs . Bobby Lashley for the ECW World Championship . Sabu was promoted as a participant prior to the match , but was found unconscious in the back ( kayfabe ) during the event and replaced by Holly . Each wrestler ( excluding the starting two ) wielded a weapon that was locked inside the Chamber ' s " pod " with them . Lashley last pinned Big Show to win the championship . Elimination Chamber IX . Edge walked in as champion in the Smackdown Elimination Chamber Match above , but was eliminated first within 3 minutes by Jeff Hardy . But because of his wife , Vickie Guerrero being the General Manager of Raw , he entered the match in place of Kofi Kingston by hitting him with a steel chair on his head , injuring him and entering his chamber .