WIW Steel Roulette (2023)
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| Steel Roulette (2023) | ||
| Official event logo | ||
| Promotion | WIW | |
| Brand(s) | Rage ShowDown | |
| Date | February 18, 2023 | |
| City | Bozeman, Montana | |
| Venue | Van Winkle Centre | |
| City | ||
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| ← Previous World War | Next → Rise & Extricate | |
| Steel Roulette chronology | ||
| ← Previous 2022 | Next → — | |
The 2023 Steel Roulette (known as No Escape in Germany) is the upcoming 13th Steel Roulette professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WIW. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Rage and ShowDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at the |Van Winkle Centre in Bozeman, Montana.
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Production
Background
Steel Roulette is a gimmick event first produced by the American promotion WIW in 2010. It has been held every year since, except in 2016, generally in February. The concept of the event is that one or two main event matches are contested inside the Elimination Chamber, either with championships or future opportunities at championships at stake. The event will air on pay-per-view worldwide and will feature wrestlers from the Rage and ShowDown brands. It was also announced that the February 17 episode of Friday Night ShowDown (originally live on Saturday) would air live from the same venue. Premium hospitality packages went on sale on October 28 before general public tickets became available on November 18.
In 2011 and since 2013, the show has been promoted as "No Escape" in Germany as it was feared that the name "Elimination Chamber" may remind people of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust.
Storylines
Steel Roulette will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WIW's writers on the Rage and ShowDown brands, while storylines are produced on WIW's weekly television shows, Wednesday Night Rage and Friday Night ShowDown (originally live on Saturday).
Months before World War, it was revealed that there would be at least 3 (possibly 4) Elimination Chamber matches taking place at Steele Roulette. On February 1, it was announced that Justin Eldridge would defend the United Nations Championship inside the first Elimination Chamber, marking the first time for the title to be contended in the match. Qualifying triple threat matches began on that night's episode of Rage, with Kooper McAlmond, Pat Morgan and James Alexander earning their spots in the match by defeating Keith Coleman and Matt Borske, Daniel Gonzalez and Eli Eason, and Charlie Lynch and Michael Fonger, respectively. The last two qualifying matches will take place on the following week's episode of Rage with David Ramsey vs. Jeremiah Lawrence vs. Daniel Gonzalez in the first triple threat match, and Aaron Kelly vs. Stephen Amell vs. Josh Erickson in the second triple threat match.
On the February 1 episode of Rage, WIW official Rex Martin announced that due to the women's World War Rumble match winner choosing to challenge for the WIW Heavyweight Women's Championship at SuperBrawl XV, Willa Holland's challenger for the WIW World Women's Championship at SuperBrawl would be determined by an Elimination Chamber match, consisting of wrestlers from both Rage and ShowDown. The first qualifiers were confirmed as the four runner ups in the women's Royal Rumble match: Jenna Lilley and Brooke Wright from Rage, and Sarah Grobel and Lacie Brenton from ShowDown. The fifth and sixth spots were decided in two fatal four-way match. The first match took place on the February 4 episode of ShowDown between Beatrice, Michelle Skuletich, Chantia Hilger and Taryn Schultz. The final spot will be decided on the February 8 episode of Rage between Kim Hazlitt, Jess Andriolo, Tessa Smith, and the returning Kadee Jones.
On February 2 via WIW website, WIW official Rex Martin revealed that the third Elimination Chamber match would be a tag team match, no teams nor a title or contendership was announced at the time of the announcement. On February 4 via WIW's website, The Wolf Pack was the first team to be added to the match due to their win at World War.
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Eldridge (c) vs. Kooper McAlmond vs. Pat Morgan vs. James Alexander vs. two wrestlers TBD[a] | Elimination Chamber match for the WIW United Nations Championship | |
| 2 | Jenna Lilley vs. Sarah Grobel vs. Brooke Wright vs. Lacie Brenton vs. Beatrice vs. one wrestlers TBD[b] | Elimination Chamber match for a WIW World Women's Championship match at SuperBrawl XV | |
| 3 | The Wolf Pack (Tyler Posey and Tyler Hoechlin) vs. five teams TBD | Elimination Chamber Tag team match for a Undisputed WIW World Tag Team Championship match at SuperBrawl XV | |
| 4 | Kevin McAlmond (Undisputed) vs. Martin McAlmond (Heavyweight) vs. Jared Hunt vs. four wrestlers TBD | 7-Man Elimination Chamber match for the Undisputed WIW World Heavyweight Championship and the WIW Heavyweight Championship If Kevin McAlmond is pinned, he will loss the Undisputed Championship If Martin McAlmond is pinned, he'll loss the Heavyweight Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change | |||
- a. ^ The last two spots in the Men's Chamber match will be decided in qualifying matches on the February 8 episode of Rage, featuring David Ramsey vs. Jeremiah Lawrence vs. Daniel Gonzalez, and Aaron Kelly vs. Stephen Amell vs. Josh Erickson.
- b. ^ The last spot in the Women's Chamber match will be decided in a fatal four way match between Kim Hazlitt or Jess Andriolo or Tessa Smith or Kadee Jones on Rage.
References
External links
| ← 2022 • 2023 WIW pay-per-view events • 2024 → | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| WIW | World War • Steel Roulette • SuperBrawl XV • Retaliation • Night of Champions • Money in the Bank • SummerBash • Chaos Theory • Final Destination • All Hail • Soul Survivor: WarGames | ||
| NGW | Rise & Extricate • Battle Scars • The Big American Bash | ||
