Elimination Chamber Match
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The Elimination Chamber is a professional wrestling elimination-based match held in the IWE promotion. It features a large chain-linked circular steel structure or "chamber" which encloses the ring. The chamber's floor is platformed over the ringside area which elevates it to ring level and within the chamber are four inner enclosures outside each ring corner. While similar in profile and nature to IWE's original large scale steel-structured match, Hell in a Cell, the Elimination Chamber match is strictly a six participant match wherein two participants begin the bout in the ring as the remaining four are held within each inner enclosure and are released into the match at five minute intervals. The objective is to eliminate each opponent from the match via pinfall or submission. The winner is the last remaining participant after all others have been eliminated. As in the Hell in a Cell match, disqualifications do not apply. The structure itself is 16 ft (4.9 m) high, 36 ft (11 m) in diameter, weighs over 10 tons, and comprises 2 mi (3.2 km) and 6 tons of chain. 13 Elimination Chamber matches have taken place in IWE since its inception in November 2002.
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History
Origin
Before the introduction of the Elimination Chamber match, IWE only promoted two matches in a caged environment, the steel cage and Hell in a Cell matches. The steel cage was the first type of cage-based match in professional wrestling and consisted of four fenced walls of steel surrounding the ring apron, while the Hell in a Cell was a taller roofed version that surrounded the ring and ringside area on the ground rather than the apron. In 2002, IWE announced the creation of the Elimination Chamber, a match that combined elements of IWE's Royal Rumble match, Survivor Series matches and World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) WarGames matches, such as the countdown timer and time intervals from the Royal Rumble and War Games matches, the enclosed cage format of War Games, and the elimination process from the Survivor Series contest.
Brand and pay-per-view designation
In 2002, to exploit additional on-screen talent after buying World Championship Wrestling (WCW), IWE began a brand extension that divided the roster between the two primary television programs of IWE, Raw and SmackDown!. Former WCW President and then Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff formally announced the creation of the chamber during the October 21 edition of Raw and scheduled the match to feature participants from the Raw brand roster at the 2002 Survivor Series. The match was exclusive to the Raw brand for the first four matches and at joint-branded pay-per-view events, but upon the creation of the XCW brand in 2006, the match was instead promoted for the newly created brand at the 2006 December to Dismember. Beginning in 2008, the match became exclusive to the No Way Out pay-per-view, and two Elimination Chamber matches were featured annually for two years among the three brands. In 2010, IWE replaced their No Way Out event with the self-titled IWE Elimination Chamber, a new pay-per-view event which continued the tradition of its predecessor.
Injuries
Triple K suffered a legitimate injury during the 2002 Survivor Series match with swelling on the inside of his throat which put pressure on his esophagus and trachea. This was caused after Kyle Van Dam performed the maneuver the Five Star Frog Splash off the top of one of the chambers. Triple K also expressed concern that he might have broken his wrist and noted anything could have caused it. Garrett reportedly suffered a concussion during the Raw Elimination Chamber match in 2010.
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Match history
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| # | The overall match number |
| Brand | The IWE brand which was featured in the match |
| Stipulation | What each match was contested for |
| Match | The officially promoted match with all the participants |
| Event | The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title changed hands |
| # | Brand | Winner | Stipulation | Match | Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Raw | Ryan Barnhart | World Heavyweight Championship | Triple K (c) vs. Booker T vs. Kris McGowan vs. Chris LeGreca vs. Ryan Barnhart vs. Kyle Van Dam | November 17, 2002 | Survivor Series (2002) | New York City, New York |
| II | Raw | Triple K | World Heavyweight Championship | Triple K (c) vs. Coldberg vs. Kris McGowan vs. Ryan Barnhart vs. Kevin Nash vs. Kevin McAlmond | August 24, 2003 | SummerSlam (2003) | Phoenix, Arizona |
| III | Raw | Triple K | World Heavyweight Championship | Jesse Dern vs. Kevin Hunter vs. Edge vs. Kris McGowan vs. Kevin McAlmond vs. Triple K (with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee) | January 9, 2005 | New Year's Revolution (2005) | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| IV | Raw | Dustin Simpson | IWE Championship | Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Matt Borske vs. Michael vs. James Masters vs. Ryan Barnhart vs. Chris LeGreca | January 8, 2006 | New Year's Revolution (2006) | Albany, New York |
| V | XCW | Bobby Ashley | XCW World Championship | The Big Marc (c) vs. Bobby Ashley vs. Hardcore Murnion vs. Justin Eldridge vs. Test vs. Kyle Van Dam | December 3, 2006 | December to Dismember (2006) | Augusta, Georgia |
| VI | SmackDown-XCW | Martin McAlmond | World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV | Jesse Dern vs. Big Daddy K vs. Danlay vs. Reg Hageman vs. Mikhail Vontavious Porter vs. Martin McAlmond | February 17, 2008 | No Way Out (2008) | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| VII | Raw | Triple K | IWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV | Josh Hooper vs. Kris McGowan vs. John "Bradshaw" Goff vs. Ryan Barnhart vs. Triple K vs. Keith | |||
| VIII | SmackDown | Triple K | IWE Championship | Edge (c) vs. The Big Marc vs. Josh Hooper vs. Jake Wilson vs. Martin McAlmond vs. Triple K | February 15, 2009 | No Way Out (2009) | Seattle, Washington |
| IX | Raw | Edge | World Heavyweight Championship | Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Edge vs. Kris McGowan vs. Chris LeGreca vs. Alex Knox vs. Wright | |||
| X | Raw | Dustin Simpson | IWE Championship | Garrett (c) vs. Dustin Simpson vs. Triple K vs. Kevin McAlmond vs. Kyle Johnson vs. Jose Serrano | February 21, 2010 | Elimination Chamber (2010) | St. Louis, Missouri |
| XI | SmackDown | Kris McGowan | World Heavyweight Championship | Martin McAlmond (c) vs. B-Truth vs. Joe Linderman vs. Scott Wright vs. Kris McGowan vs. Justin Eldridge | |||
| XII | SmackDown | Edge | World Heavyweight Championship | Edge (c) vs. Dax Hoovestall vs. Scott Wright vs. Chris LeGreca vs. Daniel Gonzalez vs. Big Marc | February 20, 2011 | Elimination Chamber (2011) | Oakland, California |
| XIII | Raw | Dustin Simpson | IWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII | Dustin Simpson vs. Garrett vs. Justin Eldridge vs. Kevin McAlmond vs. Joe Linderman vs. B-Truth |
