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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 five minutes (in the match at Survivor Series 2002) or three minutes (in subsequent matches) a chamber opens at random and 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.

RAW general manager Eric Bischoff was given on-screen credit for creating the match in the fall of 2002, stating it combines elements of the 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 three 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 all three, losing the first and winning the second and third. All three so far have been held with that Championship on the line. Unfortunately the Elimination Chamber has begun to lose its popularity among the fans. The first elimination chamber was the greatest Elimination Chamber Match with very good moves from Rob Van Dam. The second Elimination Chamber was a big dissappointment to some people as Goldberg and Triple H barely did anything and both received tremendous heat from the fans. The only people who actually did any work were Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, and Chris Jericho. The third Elimination Chamber was by far the worst of all three. The rumored separation between Batista and Evolution didn't come true, and Batista was dominating and taken down by a single RKO by Randy Orton, who was losing. Chris Benoit was the only one in the chamber actually doing something. If this decline continues then the fourth Elimination Chamber will not have any entertainment value what so ever.

  • November 2002 - Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Rob Van Dam vs Booker T vs Kane for the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series, Michaels last pinned Triple H to win the Championship. Order of elimination and entries: Rob Van Dam and Triple H start out the match. Chris Jerich is released from his plexiglass chamber at minute five and goes for Rob Van Dam. Booker T enters the match at minute 10. Booker T does a Scissors Kick on RVD and eliminates him. Kane enters the ring at minute fifteen dominating the ring by chokeslamming every superstar. Chris Jericho does a Lionsault on Booker T and eliminates him. Finally Shawn Michaels enters the match at minute twenty going after Triple H. Chris Jericho eliminates Kane with a Lionsault but later gets eliminated himself. After about forty minutes of the match, Shawn Michaels wins the match with a Sweet Chin Music to Triple H winning the World Heavyweight Title. - Survivor Series 2002 - New York, NY

With this third match, Triple H and Jericho have both competed in all three Chamber matches, the record, followed by two matches each by Michaels (in the first two) and Orton (in the latter two). Though he was not competing, Michaels was still involved in the third Chamber match as a Special Guest Referee, technically making him participate in all three of the Elimination Chamber matches as well.

The next Elimination chamber match will take place at New Years Revolution 2006 with John Cena defending the WWE Championship. Other participants are unknown at this time.

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