Elimination Chamber

This article is about the professional wrestling match. For the pay-per-view event named after this match, see WWE Elimination Chamber. For the song by Domo Genesis & Alchemist, see Elimination Chamber (song).
Elimination Chamber
AcronymWWE (2002; 2010–present)
Founded2002
Style6-person or more Elimination Chamber Cage Match
HeadquartersStamford, Connecticut
Founder(s)Eric Bischoff
ParentWWE
Websitewwe.com

The Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling elimination-based match held in the WWE. The match was created by Triple H, and introduced by Eric Bischoff in November 2002.[1] It features a large chain-linked circular steel structure which encloses the ring.[2] The chamber's floor is platformed over the ringside area which elevates it to ring level. Within the chamber are four inner enclosures outside each ring corner.[3]

While similar in profile and nature to WWE's original large scale steel-structured match Hell in a Cell, the Elimination Chamber match is a multiple participant match wherein two participants begin the match in the ring as the remaining four are held within each inner enclosure and are released into the match at five-minute intervals (in the event of a seven-person Chamber match, three participants begin, and in the event of a tag team Chamber match, two teams begin for a total of four participants starting). The objective is to eliminate each opponent from the match via pinfall or submission. The winner is the last remaining participant (or team) after all others have been eliminated. As in the Hell in a Cell match, disqualifications do not apply. The original structure was 16 ft (4.9 m) high, 36 ft (11 m) in diameter, weighed over 10 short tons (9,100 kg) and comprised 2 mi (3.2 km) and 6 short tons (5,400 kg) of chain.[3][4]

Before the establishment of the yearly Elimination Chamber pay-per-view (PPV) in 2010, the match was contested at other PPV events. There have been 34 Elimination Chamber matches in WWE since the concept's inception in November 2002. Every Elimination chamber match has had a stipulation that the winner would win a championship or a future match for a championship (usually at WrestleMania, though one time the championship match occurred immediately after the elimination chamber match).

  1. ^ Giri, Raj (2014-02-19). "Eric Bischoff On Who Created Elimination Chamber, Shane Helms Announces Jeff Hardy Match At OMEGA". Wrestling Inc. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ^ "Elimination Chamber Description". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 24 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WWEMag-Design was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ McAvennie, Mike (21 May 2007). "The painful process of Elimination". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2008.