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Elimination Chamber is a match type in professional wrestlings WWE that 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 4 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 5 minutes 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, and the winner is the final man left after all others have been eliminated.

RAW general manager Eric Bischoff created the match in the fall of 2002 stating it combines elements of the Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and 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 two Chamber matches have been held, both of which having moments where 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.

• 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

August 2003 - Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Kevin Nash vs Randy Orton vs Goldberg for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam, Triple H last pinned Goldberg to retain the Championship