IWE Elimination Chamber (2012)
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| Elimination Chamber (2012) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring Sheamus | ||
| Theme song(s) | "This Means War" by Nickleback | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Date | February 19, 2012 | |
| Venue | Bradley Center | |
| City | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Royal Rumble (2012) | Elimination Chamber (2012) | WrestleMania XXVIII |
| Elimination Chamber chronology | ||
| Elimination Chamber (2011) | Elimination Chamber (2012) | TBD |
Elimination Chamber (2012) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE, which will take place on February 19, 2012 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The pay-per-view will be the third annual Elimination Chamber event.
The event garnered 178,000 pay-per-view buys, down from 199,000 buys the previous year's event received.
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[edit] Background
Elimination Chamber features professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on IWE's 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. All wrestlers are from IWE's Raw and SmackDown brands—a storyline division in which IWE employees are assigned to a television program of the same name.
The first match was announced on January 30, 2012 on IWE.com. The announcement stated the there will be a Raw Elimination Chamber match for the IWE Championship. In the match, Justin Eldridge will defend his championship against Nick Kessler, Khris Jericho, The Miz, B-Truth, and Jose Serrano. The second match was announced on February 2nd, 2012 that there will be a Smackdown Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. In the match, Kody Brown will defend his championship against Kevin McAlmond, Mark Semmler, Daniel Gonzalez, Big Show, and The Great Khali. Originally, Steven Larson was a participant in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber, but he is removed from the contest and suspended indefinitely by SmackDown GM Theodore Long for threatening him. The Great Khali replaced him in the Chamber match. Kevin McAlmond was also originally a participant in the match, but suffered a concussion after World Heavyweight Champion Kody Brown hit him over the head with the title belt on the February 13, 2012 episode of Raw. His replacement would be Justin Black, who won a battle royal on the February 17, 2012 episode of SmackDown.
Dustin Simpson and Kane began feuding in December 2011, with Kane targeting Cena due to his T-shirt slogan, "Rise Above Hate." To play psychological games with Simpson, Kane began targeting Zack Nuss and his on-screen girlfriend, Nicole Bergman, attacking Nuss and cornering Eve in a variety of situations, all in an effort to make Simpson "embrace the hate." On February 6, an Ambulance Match stipulation was announced for the match between Kane and Simpson.
[edit] Event
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match took place between Alex Riley and Hunico. Riley dominated the majority of the match, but was caught by the Falling Star, which led to Hunico getting the clean pinfall win.
The first match to air on pay-per-view was the Raw Elimination Chamber match between reigning champion Justin Eldridge, Nick Kessler, Khris Jericho, Jose Serrano, B-Truth and The Miz for the IWE Championship. Eldridge started off the match with Serrano. Eldridge dished out some punishing blows, sending Serrano into one of the pods headfirst and suplexing him on the metal floor of the chamber. Kessler was next in and went after Eldridge. Next was Truth, who quickly got eliminated by Eldridge. Next was Miz followed by Jericho, who won the right to enter last after winning a Six-Pack match on Raw. Jericho eliminated Kessler after a Codebreaker and made Serrano tap out to Walls of Jericho. Jericho was then knocked out after a roundhouse kick by Eldridge, leading to him falling out of the chamber (which had been opened to let Serrano out after he was eliminated) and being deemed unable to continue by the ringside trainers. Eldridge and Miz were the final two, after Eldridge kicked out of a skull crushing finale, Eldridge hit Miz with a G.T.S. to score the final fall and retain his championship.
Next was the Divas Championship match between reigning champion Chandra Denney and Tamina Snuka. After a back-and forth-contest, Snuka would hit Denney with a samoan drop to set up the Superfly Splash. Phoenix countered by superplexing Snuka from the top rope. Snuka then scored a superkick-Superfly Splash combination to Denney, leading to a close near-fall. Denney kicked out and hit Snuka with a Glam Slam to score the pinfall and retain her title.
Next was the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match between reigning champion Kody Brown, Big Show, The Great Khali, Mark Semmler, Daniel Gonzalez and Justin Black for the World Heavyweight Championship. Gonzalez and Show were the first two in the ring exchanging punches. Next out was Semmler who worked with Barrett for much of the match, attempting to slow down the Big Show. Next was Black who immediately got attacked by Show. Next was Khali, who got speared by Show straight away and pinned. Show climbed Brown's pod, ripping off the chains and attacking him. When Brown got out, Semmler and Gonzalez immediately attacked Show. After a DDT by Semmler and a driving elbow drop from Gonzalez, Semmler pinned and eliminated Show. After Semmler was eliminated by Black after a roll-up, Gonzalez was eliminated by Black, following a diving headbutt by Brown. The final two were Brown and Black, who scored a close near-fall after hitting Brown with The Cobra. Brown eventually recovered and made Black tap out to the LeBell Lock, retaining his championship. After the match Sheamus ran in and attacked Brown, in retaliation for Brown spitting on him on the previous episode of SmackDown. This indicated that Sheamus had selected to challenge Brown for the World Title at WrestleMania XXVIII, which Sheamus won the right to do after his 2012 Royal Rumble victory.
Next was an impromptu United States Championship match between Jeremiah Garcia (with Hornswoggle) and champion Charlie Wilson (with Lynn Lehr). Garcia gave Wilson an intense challenge but Wilson eventually applied the Ankle lock and made Garcia tap out.
The main event was the Ambulance Match between Dustin Simpson and Kane. They fought out of the ring for most of the match where Simpson attacked Kane repeatedly with the steel ring steps. As he attempted to give Kane an Attitude Adjustment off the ring steps through the announce table, Kane countered and chokeslammed Simpson through the table instead. With Simpson down, Kane placed him onto a gurney and loaded him into the ambulance. Before Kane could shut the door, though, Simpson fought his way out of the ambulance and took the fight to the top of the vehicle, where he finally finished off Kane with an Attitude Adjustment off the ambulance, through the stage. Simpson then loaded Kane into the ambulance to score the victory.
[edit] Matches
| Number | Matches | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Hunico defeated Alex Riley | Singles match | |
| 1 | Justin Eldridge (c) defeated Nick Kessler, Khris Jericho, B-Truth, The Miz and Jose Serrano | Raw Elimination Chamber match for the IWE Championship Note: Khris Jericho (as a result of winning a Six-Pack Challenge on Raw) will be the 6th (and last) entry in the match. | |
| 2 | Chandra Denney (c) defeated Tamina Snuka | Singles match for the IWE Divas Championship | |
| 3 | Kody Brown (c) defeated Mark Semmler, Daniel Gonzalez, The Big Show, The Great Khali and Justin Black | Smackdown Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 4 | Charlie Wilson (c) (with Lynn Lehr) defeatd Jeremiah Garcia (with Hornswoggle) | Singles match for the IWE United States Championship | |
| Dustin Simpson defeated Kane | Ambulance Match | ||
| (c) – refers to the champion heading into the match | |||
[edit] Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Entered | Eliminated by | Method of elimination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-Truth | 4 | Justin Eldridge | Pinned after a diving elbow drop |
| 2 | Nick Kessler | 3 | Khris Jericho | Pinned after a Codebreaker |
| 3 | Jose Serrano | 2 | Khris Jericho | Submitted to the Walls of Jericho |
| 4 | Khris Jericho | 6 | Justin ELdridge | Could not continue after getting knocked out from a Round house kick to the head by Justin Eldridge |
| 5 | The Miz | 5 | Justin Eldridge | Pinned after a G.T.S |
| Winner | Justin Eldridge | 1 | N/A | N/A |
[edit] Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Entered | Eliminated by | Method of elimination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Khali | 5 | Big Show | Pinned after a spear |
| 2 | Big Show | 1 | Mark Semmler | Pinned after an elbow drop from Gonzalez |
| 3 | Mark Semmler | 3 | Justin Black | Pinned after a roll-up |
| 4 | Daniel Gonzalez | 2 | Justin Black | Pinned after a diving headbutt from Brown |
| 5 | Justin Black | 4 | Kody Brown | Submitted to the LeBell Lock |
| Winner | Kody Brown | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Note: Steven Larson was supposed to be in this match, but was replaced by Great Khali, due to a suspension by Teddy Long & Kevin McAlmond suffered a concussion on the February 13th edition on Raw thus making a battle royal on SmackDown which was won by Justin.
[edit] Reception
The Canadian Online Explorer gave the event a mixed review with an overall rating of 5 out of 10. The Elimination Chamber matches were particularly praised, with the IWE Championship match given a 8 out of 10 rating and the World Heavyweight Championship match a 9 out of 10. In contrast, the United States Championship match was criticized as "seemed to be shoehorned into the card" and was given a 2 out of 10. The Divas Championship match and the Ambulance Match were given a 4 out of 10.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Official Elimination Chamber website
