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 #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Rob Van Dam 	1 	by Booker T 	Missile dropkick 	13:36
2 	Booker T 	4 	by Chris Jericho 	Chokeslam and Lionsault 	17:39
3 	Kane 	5 	by Chris Jericho 	Sweet Chin Music, Pedigree and Lionsault	22:51
4 	Chris Jericho 	3 	by Shawn Michaels	Sweet Chin Music 	30:40
5 	Triple H 	2 	by Shawn Michaels	Sweet Chin Music 	39:17
WINNER 	Shawn Michaels	6 	NA 	NA 	NA
===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 #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Kevin Nash 	4 	by Chris Jericho	Sweet Chin Music and Roll-up	8:05
2 	Randy Orton 	3 	by Goldberg 	Spear 	13:01
3 	Shawn Michaels	2 	by Goldberg 	Spear and Jackhammer 	15:19
4 	Chris Jericho 	1 	by Goldberg 	Spear and Jackhammer 	16:03
5 	Goldberg 	6 	by Triple H 	Sledgehammer (weapon) 	19:12
WINNER 	Triple H 	5 	NA 	NA 	NA
===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 #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Edge 	4 	by Chris Jericho	Sweet Chin Music and Lionsault 	19:20
2 	Chris Benoit 	1 	by Batista 	Spinebuster followed by Jericho being spinebustered onto Benoit	26:15
3 	Chris Jericho	2 	by Batista 	Falling slam and Batista Bomb 	27:37
4 	Batista 	6 	by Randy Orton 	Low Blow and RKO 	32:30
5 	Randy Orton 	5 	by Triple H 	Clothesline from Batista and then a Pedigree 	34:54
WINNER 	Triple H 	3 	NA 	NA 	NA
===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 #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Kurt Angle 	4 	by Shawn Michaels 	Sweet Chin Music 	13:58
2 	Kane 	6 	by Carlito and Chris Masters	Double Cover 	19:24
3 	Shawn Michaels	1 	by Carlito 	Modified swinging neckbreaker	23:35
4 	Chris Masters 	5 	by Carlito 	Low Blow and Roll-up 	28:15
5 	Carlito 	3 	by John Cena 	Roll-up 	28:22
WINNER 	John Cena 	2 	NA 	NA 	NA
===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 #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Weapon 	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time 	
1 	CM Punk 	3 	Steel Chair 	by Rob Van Dam 	Five-Star Frog splash 	12:24	
2 	Hardcore Holly	2 	N/A 	by Test 	Big Boot 	13:43	
3 	Rob Van Dam 	1 	N/A 	by Test 	Diving elbow drop with a steel chair from Big Show's pod	14:00	
4 	Test 	4 	Crowbar 	by Bobby Lashley	Spear 	18:39	
5 	Big Show 	6 	Baseball Bat	by Bobby Lashley	Spear 	23:42	
WINNER 	Bobby Lashley 	5 	Table 	. 	NA 	NA 	NA
===Elimination Chamber VI===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Big Daddy V	3 	by Batista 	DDT 	09:07
2 	Great Khali	4 	by Undertaker	Gogoplata 	12:38
3 	MVP 	6 	by Finlay 	Chokeslam 	22:31
4 	Finlay 	5 	by Undertaker	Chokeslam 	24:11
5 	Batista 	2 	by Undertaker	Tombstone Piledriver	29:28
WINNER 	Undertaker 	1 	NA 	NA 	NA
===Elimination Chamber VII===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	JBL 	4 	by Chris Jericho	Codebreaker 	13:44
2 	Umaga 	3 	by Chris Jericho	Sweet Chin Music, Codebreaker, Pedigree, Swanton Bomb	19:45
3 	Chris Jericho 	1 	by Jeff Hardy 	Sweet Chin Music 	19:57
4 	Shawn Michaels	2 	by Triple H 	Twist of Fate, Pedigree 	20:25
5 	Jeff Hardy 	6 	by Triple H 	Pedigree onto a steel chair 	23:54
WINNER 	Triple H 	5 	NA 	NA 	NA
===Elimination Chamber VIII===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Edge 	1 	by Jeff Hardy	Cradle 	02:59
2 	Vladimir Kozlov	3 	by Undertaker	The Last Ride 	22:57
3 	Big Show 	4 	by Triple H 	Superplex, Pedigree, Swanton Bomb	26:09
4 	Jeff Hardy 	2 	by Undertaker	Tombstone Piledriver 	28:28
5 	Undertaker 	6 	by Triple H 	Pedigree 	35:55
WINNER 	Triple H 	5 	NA 	NA 	NA
===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.
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Kane 	3 	by Rey Mysterio 	Seated Senton 	09:37
2 	Mike Knox 	4 	by Chris Jericho	Codebreaker 	14:42
3 	John Cena 	6 	by Edge 	Spear 	22:22
4 	Chris Jericho	2 	by Rey Mysterio 	Reversal of The Walls of Jericho.	23:54
5 	Rey Mysterio 	1 	by Edge 	Spear. 	29:46
WINNER 	Edge 	5 	NA 	NA 	NA
===Elimination Chamber X===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Randy Orton 	4 	by Ted DiBiase Jr.	lead pipe shot (weapon), then an Attitude Adjustment by John Cena	24:02
2 	Ted DiBiase Jr.	5 	by Kofi Kingston 	Trouble in Paradise 	25:39
3 	Kofi Kingston 	1 	by Sheamus 	Bicycle kick and a High Cross 	26:13
4 	Sheamus 	2 	by Triple H 	Pedigree 	28:38
5 	Triple H 	3 	by John Cena 	STF 	30:22
WINNER 	John Cena 	6 	NA 	NA 	NA
===Elimination Chamber XI===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	R-Truth 	2 	by CM Punk 	GTS (Go 2 Sleep) 	03:34
2 	CM Punk 	1 	Rey Mysterio 	619 followed by a Body Splash 	09:58
3 	Rey Mysterio 	3 	by John Morrison	Starship Pain 	20:00
4 	John Morrison	5 	by Undertaker 	Chokeslam 	28:24
5 	Undertaker 	6 	Chris Jericho 	Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels	35:36
WINNER 	Chris Jericho	4 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XII===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Wade Barrett 	3 	by Big Show	KO Punch 	18:28
2 	The Big Show 	6 	by Kane 	Chokeslam from Hell	20:35
3 	Drew McIntyre	5 	by Kane 	Chokeslam from Hell	20:45
4 	Kane 	4 	by Edge 	Spear 	22:35
5 	Rey Mysterio 	1 	by Edge 	Spear 	31:10
WINNER 	Edge 	2 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XIII===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	R-Truth 	5 	by Sheamus 	Brogue Kick 	17:35
2 	Randy Orton 	3 	by CM Punk 	GTS (Go 2 Sleep) 	21:35
3 	Sheamus 	2 	by John Morrison	Crossbody from top of the Chamber	25:30
4 	John Morrison	1 	by CM Punk 	GTS (Go 2 Sleep) 	28:15
5 	CM Punk 	6 	John Cena 	Attitude Adjustment 	33:15
WINNER 	John Cena 	4 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XIV===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	R-Truth 	4 	by CM Punk 	Diving Elbow Drop 	11:38
2 	Dolph Ziggler	3 	by Chris Jericho	Codebreaker 	21:15
3 	Kofi Kingston	2 	by Chris Jericho	Walls of Jericho 	25:28
4 	Chris Jericho	6 	N/A 	Could not continue.	26:51
5 	The Miz 	5 	CM Punk 	GTS (Go 2 Sleep) 	33:15
WINNER 	CM Punk 	1 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XV===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Great Khali 	5 	by Big Show 	Spear 	16:31
2 	Big Show 	1 	by Cody Rhodes 	Pinned after two Disaster Kicks and a DDT followed by a diving elbow drop	22:37
3 	Cody Rhodes 	3 	by Santino Marella	Roll-up 	23:04
4 	Wade Barrett 	2 	by Santino Marella	Pinned after a diving headbutt from Daniel Bryan 	30:37
5 	Santino Marella	5 	by Daniel Bryan 	Submitted to the LeBell Lock 	34:04
WINNER 	Daniel Bryan 	6 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XVI===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Daniel Bryan 	2 	by Mark Henry 	World's Strongest Slam 	16:35
2 	Kane 	4 	by Mark Henry 	World's Strongest Slam 	18:22
3 	Mark Henry 	6 	by Randy Orton 	Big Boot by Swagger, a Code Breaker by Jericho and an RKO by Orton	23:18
4 	Chris Jericho	1 	by Randy Orton 	RKO 	31:11
5 	Randy Orton 	5 	by Jack Swagger	Schoolboy roll up 	31:18
WINNER 	Jack Swagger 	3 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
===Elimination Chamber XVII===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Sheamus 	2 	by Christian 	Frog Splash 	26:00
2 	Christian 	4 	by Daniel Bryan	Running Single Leg High Knee 	27:12
3 	Cesaro 	1 	by John Cena 	STF 	30:10
4 	John Cena 	5 	by Randy Orton 	Sister Abigail from Bray Wyatt	32:38
5 	Daniel Bryan	3 	by Randy Orton 	RKO 	37:33
WINNER 	Randy Orton 	6 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
=== Elimination Chamber XVIII ===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated 	Elimination Move 	Time
1 	Los Matadores / Diego 	4 	by The Ascension 	Fall of Man 	10:22
2 	The Lucha Dragons / Kalisto 	2 	by The Ascension / Konnor 	Fall of Man 	11:20
3 	The Ascension / Viktor 	1 	The Prime Time Players / Darren Young	Gut Check 	13:30
4 	Tyson Kidd and Cesaro / Cesaro 	3 	The Prime Time Players / Darren Young	Roll-Up 	18:28
5 	The Prime Time Players / Titus O'Neil	5 	The New Day 	Trouble in Paradise	23:40
WINNER 	The New Day 	6 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
=== Elimination Chamber XIX ===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated	Elimination Move	Time
1 	King Barrett 	1 	by R-Truth	Lie Detector 	11:05
2 	R-Truth 	3 	by Ryback 	Shell Shocked 	14:00
3 	Mark Henry 	4 	by Sheamus	Brogue Kick 	17:20
4 	Dolph Ziggler	2 	by Sheamus	Brogue Kick 	20:25
5 	Sheamus 	6 	by Ryback 	Shell Shocked 	23:40
WINNER 	Ryback 	5 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
=== Elimination Chamber XX ===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated by	Method of elimination 	Time
1 	Baron Corbin	5 	Dean Ambrose 	Schoolboy 	18:36
2 	Dean Ambrose	3 	The Miz 	End of Days from Corbin	20:42
3 	The Miz 	6 	John Cena 	Attitude Adjustment 	22:29
4 	John Cena 	1 	Bray Wyatt 	Sister Abigail 	29:07
5 	AJ Styles 	2 	Bray Wyatt 	Sister Abigail 	34:26
WINNER 	Bray Wyatt 	4 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A
=== Elimination Chamber XXI ===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated by	Method of elimination 	Time
1 	Mandy Rose 	3 	Sasha Banks 	Bank Statement 	13:50
2 	Sonya Deville	1 	Mickie James 	Lou Thesz Press off the top of a pod	17:35
3 	Mickie James 	5 	Bayley 	Bayley to Belly 	18:00
4 	Bayley 	2 	Alexa Bliss 	Roll-up 	25:30
5 	Sasha Banks 	4 	Alexa Bliss 	Hanging DDT 	29:35
Winner 	Alexa Bliss 	6 	colspan="3" 	 	
=== Elimination Chamber XXII ===
Elimination #	Wrestler 	Entrance	Eliminated by 	Method of elimination	Time
1 	The Miz 	1 	Braun Strowman	Running Powerslam 	20:20
2 	Elias 	7 	Braun Strowman	Powerslam 	25:55
3 	John Cena 	4 	Braun Strowman	Powerslam 	26:25
4 	Finn Bálor 	3 	Braun Strowman	Powerslam 	30:45
5 	Seth Rollins 	2 	Braun Strowman	Powerslam 	36:40
6 	Braun Strowman	6 	Roman Reigns 	Spear 	40:15
Winner 	Roman Reigns 	5 	colspan="3" 	 	
==Trivia==
*Shawn Michaels' title win in the first Elimination Chamber match made him the first man in WWE history to win a World title in a Steel Cage match of any kind.
*Chris Jericho (8) has appeared in the most Elimination Chamber matches with Randy Orton (7), Triple H (6), Kane/John Cena (5) having also made numerous appearances.
*Triple H (4) has won more Elimination Chamber matches than any single wrestler, with John Cena (3) and Edge (2) being the only other men with multiple victories.
*Chris Jericho (10) has the most all around eliminations of any single wrestler with Triple H (7), Undertaker (6), and CM Punk/Randy Orton (5) trailing not far behind.
*Braun Strowman holds the record for the most eliminations in a single match (5). 
*The Undertaker and CM Punk are the only participants to enter the Elimination Chamber first and go on to win the entire match.
==External links==
*WWE.com - Elimination Chamber match description
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