IWE Elimination Chamber (2021)

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Elimination Chamber (2021)
Promotion IWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Date February 21, 2021
City St. Petersburg, Florida
Venue Tropicana Field
Attendance 0 (behind closed doors)[note 1]
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Elimination Chamber (also known as No Escape in Germany) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It is scheduled to take place on February 21, 2021 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the 11th event under the Elimination Chamber chronology and feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called ThunderDome.

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Production

Background

Elimination Chamber is a gimmick pay-per-view first produced by IWE in 2010. It has been produced every year since except in 2016, and is generally held in February. The concept of the show 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 2021 event will be the eleventh event under the Elimination Chamber chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.

Since 2011, 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.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IWE had to present the majority of its programming for Raw and SmackDown from a behind closed doors set at the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida beginning mid-March 2020, although in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. On August 17, IWE announced that all future shows and pay-per-views would be held at Orlando's Amway Center for the "foreseeable future," beginning with the August 21 episode of SmackDown. Furthermore, the shows now feature a new fan viewing experience called the "ThunderDome," which utilizes drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections. Approximately 1,000 LED boards were installed to allow fans to virtually attend the events for free and be seen on the rows and rows of LED boards. Arena audio is also mixed with that of the virtual fans so that chants from the fans can be heard. After their contract with the Amway Center expired, IWE relocated the ThunderDome to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, which began with the December 11 episode of SmackDown.

Storylines

The show will comprise 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 IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

Canceled match

Results

No. Matches* Stipulation
1P John Morrison defeated Mustafa Ali, Ricochet and Elias Fatal four way match
Winner will join the IWE United States Championship match later that night
2 Daniel Bryan defeated Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, King Corbin, Sami Zayn, and Cesaro Elimination Chamber match for a IWE Universal Championship opportunity on the same night
3 Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Daniel Bryan by submission Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship
4 Riddle defeated Bobby Lashley (c) (with MVP) and John Morrison Triple threat match for the IWE United States Championship
5 Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler (c) defeated Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair Tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship
6 Drew McIntyre (c) defeated KJ Styles (with Omos), Josh Hooper, Kevin Orton, Sheamus, and Kofi Kingston Elimination Chamber match for the IWE Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show
*Card subject to change

SmackDown Elimination Chamber match

Eliminated Team Entered Eliminated by Method Time
1 King Corbin 3 Cesaro Submission 17:45
2 Sami Zayn 4 Kevin Owens Pinfall 25:30
3 Kevin Owens 5 Jey Uso Pinfall 26:50
4 Cesaro 1 Jey Uso Pinfall 32:50
5 Jey Uso 6 Daniel Bryan Pinfall 34:20
Winner Daniel Bryan 2

Raw Elimination Chamber match

Eliminated Team Entered Eliminated by Method Time
1
2
3
4
5
Winner

Notes

  1. ^ The event was held without a paying audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, though it featured a live crowd of virtual fans via IWE's ThunderDome viewing experience.

References

External links

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