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'''Elimination Chamber (2011)''' (also known as '''No Way Out (2011)''' in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) [[List of IWE pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment]] (IWE), which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It was the second annual [[IWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]] event.
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'''Elimination Chamber (2011)''' (also known as '''No Way Out (2011)''' in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) [[List of IWE pay-per-view events|event]] produced by [[IWE|International Wrestling Entertainment]] (IWE), which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It was the second annual [[IWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]] event. The event received 199,000 buys, lower than the 285,000 buys that [[IWE Elimination Chamber (2010)|last year's event received]].
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The event received 199,000 buys, lower than the 285,000 buys that [[IWE Elimination Chamber (2010)|last year's event received]].
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==Production and concept==
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*''[[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]]''
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[[File:Elimination chamber nyr06.jpg|thumb|The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view featured two [[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] matches.]]
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In late 2009, [[International Wrestling Entertainment]] (IWE) held a poll on their official website to allow fans to choose a name for their February pay-per-view. The choices included Elimination Chamber, Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict and No Way Out, which had been the name of the [[IWE No Way Out|preceding Elimination Chamber-based event]]. The name Elimination Chamber won, and the event was renamed. Despite this, the event was still promoted as No Way Out in Germany.
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The concept of the show was that each main event match was to be contested as an [[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] match. The Elimination Chamber is a circular steel cage, consisting of chains and girders, that surrounds the ring. Four 'pods' are enclosed within the chamber, one behind each ring post, which are on a steel platform surrounding the outside of the ring. Six wrestlers compete in the match; four are enclosed within the pods and released at random at specific time intervals, and two start the match. Wrestlers can only be eliminated via pinfall and [[Submission|submission]], and the last wrestler left is the winner. For the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, both IWE [[World Heavyweight Championship|world championships]], the [[IWE Championship]] and the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], were to be defended in separate Elimination Chamber matches.
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Just prior to the commencement of the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] Elimination Chamber match, [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] was involved in a pyrotechnics accident during his ring entrance. He was temporarily engulfed in flames when the pyrotechnics were mistimed, and his jacket caught on fire. It was later reported that he'd suffered first- and second-degree burns to his neck and chest, and according to a IWE spokesperson the injury "looked like a bad sunburn". He was only allowed to participate in the match after being cleared by a ringside doctor and was given bottles of water throughout the match to douse himself with to attempt to alleviate the discomfort.
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==Background==
==Background==
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*''See also: Professional wrestling''
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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 [[Heel|villains]] or [[Face|heroes]] as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
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Elimination Chamber featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from scripted feuds and storylines that had been seen on [[International Wrestling Entertainment]]'s television programs – ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. Wrestlers were portrayed as [[Heel|villains]] or [[Heroes|heroes]], or more [[Tweener|ambiguous characters]] in scripted contests that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match on the pay-per-view. All wrestlers were from IWE's Raw and SmackDown brands—a [[IWE Brand Extension|storyline division]] in which IWE employees are assigned to a television program of the same name.
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[[File:Undertaker with Fire.jpg|thumb|[[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] who defended his [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in an [[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] match.]]
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The main event matches for the Elimination Chamber event consisted of two [[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] matches, with Raw's [[IWE Championship]] defended in one and SmackDown's [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] defended in the other. Qualifying matches were held on the February 1 episode of ''Raw'' to determine the five challengers who would face the IWE Champion [[Kevin Farrelly|Sheamus]] in Raw's Elimination Chamber match. In qualifiers, [[Dustin Simpson]] defeated [[Mark Semmler]], [[Triple K]] defeated [[Charlie Wilson]], [[Kevin McAlmond]] defeated [[Ryan Barnhart]], [[Kyle Johnson, Jr.|Kyle Johnson]] defeated [[Steven Larson]], and [[Jose Serrano]] defeated [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] by [[Disqualification|disqualification]]. In the weeks prior to Elimination Chamber the participants faced off in several matches, which included Johnson vs. Simpson ending in a [[No Contest|no contest]], Sheamus defeating McAlmond by disqualification, Johnson defeated Serrano via pinfall, and Simpson vs. Triple K ending in a no contest due to Sheamus interfering and attacking both participants. The February 5 episode of ''SmackDown'' saw the five wrestlers qualify to challenge [[Martin McAlmond|The Undertaker]] for the World Heavyweight Championship in a similar fashion. [[Joe Linderman]] defeated [[Dax Hoovestall]] and [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]] in a [[Basic Non-Elimination Matches|triple threat match]]. Throughout the rest of the episode, this was followed by [[Blake Wheeler|B-Truth]] defeating [[Alex Knox]], [[Justin Eldridge]] defeating [[Jesse Dern|Batista]] via [[Countout|countout]], [[Khris Jericho]] defeating [[Matt Hooper]], and [[Scott Wright, Jr.|Scott Wright]] defeating [[Nick Kessler]]. In the following weeks, the six wrestlers faced off in different combinations in singles matches that saw Wright pin Eldridge, Linderman vs. B-Truth end in a no contest due to Linderman suffering a storyline ankle injury, and Jericho defeating The Undertaker. On the February 19 episode of ''SmackDown'', Linderman and B-Truth teamed up to face Justin Eldridge and his 'follower' [[Justin Feight|Luke Gallows]] in a [[Tag Team Match|tag team match]], which Linderman and B-truth lost via referee stoppage.
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In late December 2009, [[IWE Divas Championship|IWE Divas Champion]] [[Denise Lynn|Denise]] tore her anterior cruciate ligament, and was forced to vacate the championship. As a result, it was announced in January 2010, that a single-elimination tournament would be held to determine a new champion. The tournament began on the January 4 episode of ''Raw'', when [[Riley Austin|Riley]] advanced to the semi-finals by defeating [[The Gozelanski Twins|Crystal Gozelasnki]]. She was followed into the semi-finals by [[Lauren Ireland]], [[Kassi Austin]], and [[Nicole Bergman]], who defeated [[Dixie Hooper]], [[Kelly Kelly]], and [[Winter|Katie Lea Burchill]] respectively. In the semi-finals, Riley defeated Nicole and Ireland defeated Austin. It was then announced on the February 8 episode of ''Raw'' that Riley and Ireland would face one another in the final at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
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On the February 12 episode of ''Smackdown'', the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWE Intercontinental Champion]] [[Dax Hoovestall]] faced [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]] in a non-title match. After the match went to a double-countout, Kane chokeslammed Hoovestall. It was announced the following day on IWE's official website that Kane and Hoovestall would meet at Elimination Chamber for the Intercontinental Championship. The following week, on the February 19 episode of ''SmackDown'', Kane defeated Nick Kessler in a singles match. Following the match, he was attacked by Hoovestall, but Kane was able to fight back and fend off the attack.
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After [[Joe Smith|The Miz]] won the [[IWE Championship]] in November 2010, ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' commentator [[Jerry Lawler]] was given what was billed as his first IWE Championship match, after criticizing Miz's win by using his [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank]] briefcase while former champion [[Kevin McAlmond]] was injured. He lost to Miz in a TLC match after his fellow commentator Michael Cole stopped Lawler from climbing the ladder. On the January 31 episode of ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'', the Raw General Manager announced a [[Royal Rumble#Match|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 [[IWE WrestleMania 27|WrestleMania XXVII]]. The participants were [[Justin Eldridge]], [[Kevin McAlmond]], [[Kevin Farrelly|King Sheamus]], [[Joe Linderman]], [[Dustin Simpson]], [[Jerry Lawler]], and [[Blake Wheeler|B-Truth]]. Lawler last eliminated Sheamus to win the battle royal to earn himself the title match, while the other 6 contestants went on to participate on the Raw Elimination Chamber match.
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Prior to the live broadcast of the pay-per-view, [[Khristian]] defeated [[Russell Dalton]] in a [[Singles Match|singles match]] by pinfall.
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===Preliminary matches===
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At the [[IWE Royal Rumble (2011)|Royal Rumble]], [[Justin Marlen|Alberto Del Rio]] won the eponymous match to earn himself a World Championship match at WrestleMania. He subsequently announced he would wrestle for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]], held at the time by [[Kevin Adams Copeland|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 ''SmackDown'' before the PPV, Acting General Manager LEhr stripped Edge of the championship and awarded it to Kessler, only for [[Theodore Long|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 [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]]). The other participants were [[Glenn McAlmond|Kane]], [[Scott Wright, Jr.|Scott Wright]], [[Daniel Gonzalez]] and [[Dax Hoovestall]].
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[[File:LoLA.jpg|thumb|[[Kevin Farrelly|Sheamus]] lost the [[IWE Championship]] to [[Dustin Simpson]] in an [[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] match.]]
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The first match that aired on the pay-per-view was the Raw Elimination Chamber match, which involved Kevin McAlmond, Triple K, Kyle Johnson, Jose Serrano, Dustin Simpson and the defending IWE Champion Champion Sheamus. Sheamus and Serrano started the match, while the other four competitors were locked inside [[Elimination Chamber Match#Match rules|'pods']]. One pod at a time opened during the match at intervals of five minutes, releasing a wrestler into the match. Triple K was the first wrestler released, followed by Randy Orton, Kyle Johnson, and finally Simpson. After Simpson entered the match, Mark Semmler, an ally of both Johnson and McAlmond went to ringside, and threw a steel pipe into the cage. Johnson used the pipe to hit both McAlmond and Simpson, and then covered McAlmond to eliminate him from the match after approximately 24 minutes. Serrano used his finishing move, "Trouble in Paradise" (a 540 kick) to eliminate Johnson after 25-and-a-half minutes. Immediately afterward, Sheamus eliminated Serrano by pinfall, before being eliminated himself by Triple K at approximately 29 minutes, leaving only Simpson and Triple K in the match. Simpson used a submission hold, the STF on Triple K to eliminate him from the match via [[Submission|submission]]. As a result, Simpson won the IWE Championship for the sixth time, his eight [[World Heavyweight Championship|world championship]] overall.
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==Reception==
==Reception==
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Elimination Chamber garnered positive reviews, with ''The Sun'' stating "... it became obvious that the winners on the night would be Alberto Del Rio, The Corre, The Miz, Edge and Dustin Simspon — with Simpson v Miz and Edge v Del Rio 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, giving the smackdown chamber a 9.5 out of 10 and the raw chamber a 8.5 out of 10 and stated that the Lawler/Miz Match was "... hardly a classic, but it was more than passable, and gave it a 7.5 out of 10. 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, Booker T and Josh Matthews. The addition of Booker 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 8.5 out of 10 rating.
===Raw / Smackdown before Elimination Chamber===
===Raw / Smackdown before Elimination Chamber===
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Note: Nick Kessler was actually supposed to compete but wasn't able to after he was fired from SmackDown by SmackDown GM Theodore Long on the February 15 tapings of SmackDown, so Big Show rightfully took Nick Kessler's place in the chamber match.
===Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)===
===Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)===
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*[[List of IWE pay-per-view events]]
*[[IWE Elimination Chamber]]
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Current revision as of 22:31, 31 January 2012

Elimination Chamber (2011)
Elimination_Chamber_%282011%29.jpg
Promotional poster featuring Edge at No Way Out 2009
Theme
song(s) 		"Ignition" by TobyMac
Imformation
Promotion International Wrestling Entertainment
Date February 20, 2011
Attendance 11,500
Venue Oracle Arena
City Oakland, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble
(2011) 		Elimination
Chamber (2011) 		WrestleMania
XXVII
Elimination Chamber chronology
Elimination
Chamber (2010) 		Elimination
Chamber (2011) 		Elimination
Chamber (2012)

Elimination Chamber (2011) (also known as No Way Out (2011) in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE), which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. It was the second annual Elimination Chamber event. The event received 199,000 buys, lower than the 285,000 buys that last year's event received.

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[edit] 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 The Miz won the IWE Championship in November 2010, Raw commentator Jerry Lawler was given what was billed as his first IWE Championship match, after criticizing Miz's win by using his Money in the Bank briefcase while former champion Kevin McAlmond was injured. He lost to Miz in a TLC match after his fellow commentator Michael Cole stopped Lawler from climbing the ladder. On the January 31 episode of Raw, the Raw 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, King Sheamus, Joe Linderman, Dustin Simpson, Jerry Lawler, and B-Truth. Lawler last eliminated Sheamus to win the battle royal to earn himself the title match, while the other 6 contestants went on to participate on the Raw Elimination Chamber match.

At the Royal Rumble, Alberto Del Rio 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 SmackDown 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 Show). The other participants were Kane, Scott Wright, Daniel Gonzalez and Dax Hoovestall.

[edit] Reception

Elimination Chamber garnered positive reviews, with The Sun stating "... it became obvious that the winners on the night would be Alberto Del Rio, The Corre, The Miz, Edge and Dustin Simspon — with Simpson v Miz and Edge v Del Rio 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, giving the smackdown chamber a 9.5 out of 10 and the raw chamber a 8.5 out of 10 and stated that the Lawler/Miz Match was "... hardly a classic, but it was more than passable, and gave it a 7.5 out of 10. 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, Booker T and Josh Matthews. The addition of Booker 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 8.5 out of 10 rating.

[edit] Raw / Smackdown before Elimination Chamber

Monday Night Raw

[edit] Results

# Results Stipulations
Dark Kody Brown (c) defeated Kyle Johnson Singles match for the IWE United States Championship
1 Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Jose Serrano Singles match
2 Edge (c) defeated Scott Wright, Kane, Dax Hoovestall, The Big Show, and Daniel Gonzalez Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
3 The Corre (Devin Keller and Jeremiah Garcia) (with Russell Dalton) defeated Justin Black and Jake Wilson (c) (with Tamina) Tag Team match for the IWE Tag Team Championship
4 The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated Jerry Lawler Singles match for the IWE Championship
5 Dustin Simpson defeated Justin Eldridge, Joe Linderman, King Garrett, Kevin McAlmond, and B-Truth Elimination Chamber match for a IWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII

[edit] Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination
1 Daniel Gonzalez 3 Big Marc Pinned after KO Punch
2 Big Show 6 Kane Pinned after Chokeslam
3 Dax Hoovestall 5 Kane Pinned after Chokeslam
4 Kane 4 Edge Pinned after Spear
5 Scott Wright 2 Edge Pinned after Spear
Winner Edge 1 N/A N/A

Note: Nick Kessler was actually supposed to compete but wasn't able to after he was fired from SmackDown by SmackDown GM Theodore Long on the February 15 tapings of SmackDown, so Big Show rightfully took Nick Kessler's place in the chamber match.

[edit] Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination
1 B-Truth 5 King Garrett Pinned after a Brogue Kick
2 Kevin McAlmond 3 Justin Eldridge Pinned after a G.T.S.
3 King Garrett 2 Joe Linderman Pinned after Crossbody from the ceiling of the Chamber
4 Joe Linderman 1 Justin Eldridge Pinned after a G.T.S.
5 Justin Eldridge 6 Dustin Simpson Pinned after an Attitude Adjustment
Winner Dustin Simpson 4 N/A N/A

Note: Justin Eldridge was actually first to be eliminated after an RKO from Kevin McAlmond, but was reinstated due a fault with chamber door which hindered Eldridge's entrance.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  • Official Elimination Chamber website
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