Elimination Chamber 2010 Elimination Chamber 2010 ( also known as No Way Out in Germany ) was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , which took place on February 21 , 2010 at the Scottrade Center in St . Louis , Missouri . It replaced No Way Out as WWE ' s February pay - per - view . Six matches were aired on the broadcast and one dark match occurred prior to the live broadcast . The concept of the event was that the two main event matches , one each for the World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Championship , would occur in an Elimination Chamber . Each match featured six competitors : the defending champion and five challengers . Sheamus defended the WWE Championship against Triple H , Ted DiBiase , Randy Orton , John Cena , and Kofi Kingston in the Raw Elimination Chamber . In the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match , The Undertaker defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Jericho , John Morrison , Rey Mysterio , CM Punk and R - Truth . On the undercard , Drew McIntyre defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Kane , The Miz defended the WWE United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter , and Maryse and Gail Kim competed against Team Lay - Cool ( Layla and Michelle McCool ) in an interbrand Divas tag team match . The event received 285 , 000 pay - per - view buys , an increase on 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 criticising the undercard of the show as being " weak " and consisting of " filler " material . The second and third Elimination Chamber events took place on February 21 , 2011 and February 19 , 2012 with a fourth event planned to take place on February 17 , 2013 Production and concept . In late 2009 , World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) held a poll on their official website to allow fans to choose a name for their February pay - per - view . The choices included Elimination Chamber , Heavy Metal , Battle Chamber , Chamber of Conflict and No Way Out , which had been the original name . Despite this , the event was still promoted as No Way Out in Germany . The concept of the show was that each main event match was to be contested as an Elimination Chamber match . The Elimination Chamber is a circular steel cage , consisting of chains and girders , that surrounds the ring . Four ' pods ' are enclosed within the chamber , one behind each ring post , which are on a steel platform surrounding the outside of the ring . Six wrestlers compete in the match ; four are enclosed within the pods and released at random at specific time intervals , and two start the match . Wrestlers can only be eliminated via pinfall and submission , and the last wrestler left is the winner . For the Elimination Chamber pay - per - view , both of WWE world championships , the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship , were to be defended in separate Elimination Chamber matches . 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 was temporarily engulfed in flames when the pyrotechnics were mistimed , and his jacket caught on fire . It was later reported that he ' d 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 the match to douse himself with to attempt to alleviate the discomfort . Background . Elimination Chamber will feature matches involving different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots , and storylines that will be played out on RAW , SmackDown , ECW and WWE Superstars World Wrestling Entertainment ' s television programs . Wrestlers will portray a villain or a hero as they follow a series of events that build tension , and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches . Currently , wrestlers confirmed for the event will be from WWE ' s Raw and SmackDown brands a storyline division in which WWE employees are assigned to a television program of the same name . The main event matches for the Elimination Chamber event will consist of two Elimination Chamber matches , with WWE Championship defended in one and World Heavyweight Championship defended in the other . Qualifying matches were held on the February 1 edition of Raw to determine the five challengers who will face the WWE Champion Sheamus . 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 . The February 5 edition of SmackDown saw the five wrestlers qualify to challenge The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship in similar fashion . John Morrison defeated Drew McIntyre and Kane in a Triple Threat match . 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 December 2009 , Divas Champion Melina tore her anterior cruciate ligament , and was forced to vacate her title . At the start of the year , there has been a single - elimination tournament held to determine a new champion . In the opening round , Maryse , Eve Torres , Gail Kim , and Alicia Fox all advanced to face each other in the semifinals , which saw Marysedefeat Torres and Kim defeat Fox . It was then announced on the February 8 edition of Raw that Maryse and Kim would face one another at Elimination Chamber . On the February 12 edition of Smackdown ! , the Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre faced Kane in a non - title match . After the match went to a double - countout , Kane chokeslammed McIntyre . It was announced the following day on WWE . com that Kane and McIntyre would meet at Elimination Chamber for the Intercontinental Championship .