Elimination Chamber (2011)

Elimination Chamber (2011)	Elimination Chamber (2011) 	 	 	
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Theme Song(s) 	"Ignition" by TobyMac 	 	 	
Information 	Information 	 	 	
Promotion 	International Wrestling Entertainment	 	 	
Date 	February 20, 2011 	 	 	
Venue 	Oracle Arena 	 	 	
City 	Oakland, California 	 	 	
Pay-per-view chronology 	Pay-per-view chronology 	 	 	
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Elimination Chamber (2011) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment, which will take place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It will be the 2nd Annual Elimination Chamber event.
==Background==
Elimination Chamber featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on International Wrestling Entertainment's (IWE) primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
After Joe Smith won the IWE Championship in November 2010, Meltdown commentator Jerry Lawler was given what was billed as his first IWE Championship match, after criticizing Joe Smith's win by using his Money in the Bank briefcase while former champion Kevin McAlmond was injured. He lost to Joe Smith in a TLC match after his fellow commentator Michael Cole stopped Lawler from climbing the ladder. On the January 31 episode of Meltdown, the Meltdown General Manager announced a Raw Rumble match, to determine the IWE Championship contender at Elimination Chamber, while the losing participants would be entered into an Elimination Chamber match to determine who will face the IWE Champion at WrestleMania XXVII. The participants were Justin Eldridge, Kevin McAlmond, Garrett, Joe Linderman, Dustin Simpson, Jerry Lawler, and Blake Wheeler. Lawler last eliminated Garrett to win the battle royal to earn himself the title match, while the other 6 contestants went on to participate on the Meltdown Elimination Chamber match, which was won by Dustin Simpson. Which means at Wrestlemania 27 Dustin Simpson will be facing Joe Smith for the IWE Championship.
At the Royal Rumble, James Marlen won the eponymous match to earn himself a World Championship match at WrestleMania. He subsequently announced he would wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship, held at the time by Edge. Edge was then embroiled in a feud with Nick Kessler and his on-screen ex-wife Lynn Lehr, who was also scripted to be dating Kessler. On the final episode of Fusion before the PPV, Acting General Manager Lehr stripped Edge of the championship and awarded it to Kessler, only for Teddy Long, the real GM, to give Edge a return match which he won. After this, Long fired Kessler leaving an open spot in the Elimination Chamber match (which was subsequently filled by The Big Marc). The other participants were Chris LeGreca, Scott Wright, Daniel Gonzalez and Dax Hoovestall.
==Reception==
Elimination Chamber garnered positive reviews, with The Sun stating "... it became obvious that the winners on the night would be Justin Marlen, The Corre, Joe Smith, Edge and Dustin Simpson — with Dustin Simpson v Joe Smith and Edge v Marlen set to headline Mania. But a paint-by-numbers set of results should not take anything away from a terrifically put together PPV with at least one outstanding match, several good ones and a couple of extra surprises thrown in." They praised both of the chamber matches, and stated that the Lawler/Smith Match was "... hardly a classic, but it was more than passable." However, they stated, "However, during the first match, one of the most negative aspects of the show reared its ugly head — the downright annoying commentary trio of Michael Cole, Steve Britz and Josh Matthews. The addition of Steve Britz ahead of Matt Striker and the lack of Jerry Lawler — since he was wrestling on the show — meant it was not an easy night on the ears for the viewer." The event received an 8 out of 10 rating
==Elimination Chamber (2011) Card==
# 	Matches 	Stipulations
Dark	Kody Brown (c) defeated Kyle Johnson 	Singles match
1 	Justin Marlen (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jose Serrano 	Singles match
2 	Edge (c) defeated Dax Hoovestall, Scott Wright, LeGreca, Daniel Gonzalez and Big Marc 	Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
3 	The Corre (Devin Keller and Jeremiah Garcia) defeated Justin Black and Jake Wilson (c) 	Tag Team match for the IWE Tag Team Championship
4 	Joe Smith (c) (with Brian Hosmer) defeated Jerry Lawler 	Singles match for the IWE Championship
5 	Dustin Simpson defeated Kevin McAlmond, Joe Linderman, B-Truth, Justin Eldridge and King Garrett	Elimination Chamber match winner faces IWE Champion at WM XXVII
==Elimination Chamber Entrances and Eliminations (World Title Match)==
Eliminated	Wrestler 	Entered	Eliminated by	Method of elimination
1 	Daniel Gonzalez	3 	Big Marc 	Pinned after WMD Punch
2 	Big Marc 	6 	Chris LeGreca	Pinned after Chokeslam
3 	Dax Hoovestall 	5 	Chris LeGreca	Pinned after Chokeslam
4 	Chris LeGreca 	4 	Chris Gomez 	Pinned after Spear
5 	Scott Wright 	2 	Chris Gomez 	Pinned after Spear
WINNER 	Chris Gomez 	1 	N/A 	N/A
==Elimination Chamber Entrances and Eliminations (Meltdown #1 Contenders Match)==
Eliminated	Wrestler 	Entered	Eliminated by 	Method of elimination
1 	Blake Wheeler 	5 	Garrett Joseph 	Pinned after a Brogue Kick
2 	Kevin McAlmond 	3 	Justin Eldridge	Pinned after a GTS (Go To Sleep)
3 	Garrett Joseph 	2 	Joe Linderman 	Pinned after Crossbody from top of the Chamber
4 	Joe Linderman 	1 	Justin Eldirdge	Pinned after a GTS (Go To Sleep)
5 	Justin Eldridge	6 	Dustin Simpson 	Pinned after an Attitude Adjustment
WINNER 	Dustin Simpson 	4 	N/A 	N/A