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The Elimination Chamber is a match type in professional wrestling (seen in World Wrestling Entertainment), which 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 is circular allowing for four inner chambers 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 match is contested by six wrestlers, two beginning the match 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, and 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 cage 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 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 only four 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 the first two 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.
Match history
Survivor Series 2002
- November 17, 2002 (World Heavyweight Championship) - Triple H (champion) vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Rob Van Dam vs Booker T vs Kane; Michaels last pinned Triple H to win the championship. - Survivor Series 2002 - New York, NY
| Elimination #: | Wrestler: | Entrance: | Eliminated: | Elimination Move: | Time: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Van Dam | 1 | by Booker T | Missile dropkick | 13:37 |
| 2 | Booker T | 4 | by Chris Jericho | Chokeslam and Lionsault | 17:40 |
| 3 | Kane | 5 | by Chris Jericho | Lionsault, Pedigree and Sweet Chin Music | 22:53 |
| 4 | Chris Jericho | 3 | by Shawn Michaels | Sweet Chin Music | 30:41 |
| 5 | Triple H | 2 | by Shawn Michaels | Sweet Chin Music | 39:18 |
| WINNER | Shawn Michaels | 6 | |||
Note: Triple H suffered a legitimate crushed trachea during this match when Rob Van Dam botched a frog splash and landed on Triple H's throat with his knee.
SummerSlam 2003
- August 24, 2003 (World Heavyweight Championship) - Triple H (champion) vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Kevin Nash vs Randy Orton vs Goldberg; Triple H last pinned Goldberg to retain the championship. - SummerSlam 2003 - Phoenix, AZ
| Elimination #: | Wrestler: | Entrance: | Eliminated: | Elimination Move: | Time: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Nash | 4 | by Chris Jericho | Sweet Chin Music followed by Roll up | 8:09 |
| 2 | Randy Orton | 3 | by Goldberg | Spear | 13:01 |
| 3 | Shawn Michaels | 2 | by Goldberg | Spear/Jackhammer | 15:21 |
| 4 | Chris Jericho | 1 | by Goldberg | Spear/Jackhammer | 16:05 |
| 5 | Goldberg | 6 | by Triple H | Sledgehammer (weapon) | 19:15 |
| WINNER | Triple H | 5 | |||
New Year's Revolution 2005
- January 9, 2005 (Vacant World Heavyweight Championship) - Triple H vs Randy Orton vs Batista vs Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit vs Edge; Triple H last pinned Orton to win the championship. Shawn Michaels was the Special Guest Referee. - New Year's Revolution 2005 - San Juan, PR
| Elimination #: | Wrestler: | Entrance: | Eliminated: | Elimination Move: | Time: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edge | 4 | by Chris Jericho | Sweet Chin Music and a Lionsault | 19:20 |
| 2 | Chris Benoit | 1 | by Batista | Spinebuster followed by Chris Jericho being spinebustered onto Benoit | 26:15 |
| 3 | Chris Jericho | 2 | by Batista | Falling Slam then Batista bomb | 27:30 |
| 4 | Batista | 6 | by Randy Orton | Low Blow then RKO | 32:30 |
| 5 | Randy Orton | 5 | by Triple H | Pedigree | 34:58 |
| WINNER | Triple H | 3 | |||
New Year's Revolution 2006
- January 8, 2006 (WWE Championship) - John Cena (champion) vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kane vs. Chris Masters vs. Carlito vs. Kurt Angle; John Cena last pinned Carlito to retain the championship. - New Year's Revolution 2006 - Albany, NY
| Elimination #: | Wrestler: | Entrance: | Eliminated: | Elimination Move: | Time: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Angle | 4 | by Shawn Michaels | Sweet Chin Music | 13:58 |
| 2 | Kane | 6 | by Carlito | Double DDT followed by Carlito being slammed onto Kane | 19:00 |
| 3 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | by Carlito | Modified Swinging Neckbreaker | 23:30 |
| 4 | Chris Masters | 5 | by Carlito | Low Blow then Roll-up | 28:15 |
| 5 | Carlito | 3 | by John Cena | Roll-up | 28:24 |
| WINNER | John Cena | 2 | |||
- Following the match, Edge cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase that he had won in a Ladder Match at WrestleMania 21. Edge easily beat a tired and bloodied Cena with 2 spears and became the new WWE Champion.
Records and facts
- Shawn Michaels has participated in some way or another in all of the Elimination Chamber matches by competing in 3 and refereeing in 1.
- Shawn Michaels has also been involved in at least one elimination in each Elimination Chamber match held so far (when refereeing in the third match he hit Edge with Sweet Chin Music when he got too aggresive).
- Shawn Michaels' title win in the first Elimination Chamber match made him the first man in WWE history to win a heavyweight title in a steel cage of some type.
- Triple H to date has won the most Elimination Chamber matches with 2.
- Chris Jericho has the most eliminations of any single wrestler with 4
- The World Heavyweight Championship had been fought for in all of the first three Elimination Chamber matches. The fourth was for the WWE Championship.
- While it appears that being one of the first two entrants would be a major disadvantage, John Cena has gone wire-to-wire to win the Elimination Chamber match to retain his title.
- Goldberg holds the record for the most elimination without assistance in a single match with three.
- Carlito ties with Goldberg's record of three Eliminations in a single match, due to assistances with Chris Masters.
- Survivor Series 2002 was the only Elimination Chamber match where the fourth entrance wasn't eliminated first.
- The first participant eliminated has always been an Elimination Chamber rookie (Rob Van Dam, Kevin Nash, Edge, and Kurt Angle).
- No person has been an active competitor in all four Elimination Chamber matchers. However, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Chris Jericho have each competed in three of the four.
Nickname and Other Facts
- The Elimination Chamber is also known as 'The Devil's Playground' because of the demonic structure of the Chamber, in the eyes of the former RAW General Manager, Eric Bischoff.
- The chamber is also composed of 10 tons of steel and 2 miles of chain.
- It is 36 feet in diameter
- In all of the matches but, 2005 one of the final 2 competitors was the champion (In 2005 the title was vacated.)
- The WWE championship was on the line once in an Elimination chamber.
- The Elimination Chamber Match has only featured Raw superstars, and most recently it has only been featured at the Raw exclusive Pay-Per-View, New Year's Revolution.
External link
"Elimination Chamber"