IWE Elimination Chamber (2017)

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Elimination Chamber (2017) (known as No Escape (2017) in Germany) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event produced by IWE for the SmackDown brand. It will take place on February 12, 2017, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It will be the seventh event under the Elimination Chamber chronology, the first to be held since 2015, and the first to have three women's matches.

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The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by IWE on the SmackDown brand, one of IWE's brand divisions. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows SmackDown Live.

On the January 17, 2017 episode of SmackDown Live, commissioner Shane Matteson announced that the main event of Elimination Chamber would be an Elimination Chamber match for the IWE Championship as the main event of Elimination Chamber. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2017, Dustin Simpson defeated KJ Styles for a record thirteenth time, as well as tying Ric Flair's record of sixteen recognized world titles. The following day, Styles was added to the Elimination Chamber match. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan told Styles that he will eventually get a one-on-one rematch for the title, before revealing the other participants in the Elimination Chamber match: Bray Wyatt, Baron Corbin, The Miz and Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose. Royal Rumble winner Kevin Orton warned Simpson that if he is still champion after Elimination Chamber, he will take the title from him at WrestleMania 33. Orton and Wyatt then faced Simpson and Luke Harper, who has been at odds with Orton ever since they lost the tag team titles; Orton and Wyatt won the match when Orton pinned Simpson. Later that night, Styles faced Ambrose with The Miz on commentary. Corbin came out during the match and joined on commentary, but eventually attacked Miz. Ambrose attacked both Corbin and Miz before re-entering the ring allowing Styles to defeat him. The following week, Ambrose, Corbin, Miz, and Styles had a fatal four-way match that Corbin won by pinning Styles. Later, Orton faced Simpson. During the match, Harper came out and attacked Wyatt. Orton attempted an RKO on Harper but got surprised by Simpson with an Attitude Adjustment and a win for Simpson; Orton was scheduled to face Harper at Elimination Chamber.

At Survivor Series, Nikki Bella was originally the captain of Team SmackDown's women's team, but before the match, she was attacked backstage and was unable to compete; Natalya, who was the team's coach, replaced Nikki in the match. On the following SmackDown, Nikki accused Carmella of being the attacker, since the two had been feuding for the few months prior, and the two faced each other at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in a no disqualification match that Nikki won. After the match, Carmella revealed that Natalya was the attacker. For the next couple of weeks, Natalya denied the accusation until the December 20 episode, where she admitted to being the attacker due to pent up jealousy of the Bella Twins, believing they had everything handed to them. The two went back and forth at each other over the next few weeks and were involved in the six-woman tag team match at the Royal Rumble, where Nikki's team defeated Natalya's. On the January 31 episode of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan scheduled a match between Nikki and Natalya at Elimination Chamber.

On the January 24 episode of SmackDown Live, Naomi was set to face Natalya, but the match was canceled after Nikki Bella attacked Natalya backstage. Naomi then challenged SmackDown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, but was denied the match by Bliss, who belittled Naomi. All four women then competed in the six-woman tag team match at the Royal Rumble, where Lynch and Naomi's team defeated Bliss and James' team after Naomi pinned Bliss. The four were then involved in a regular tag team match on the following episode of SmackDown, where Naomi again pinned Bliss. Afterwards on Talking Smack, Bliss was scheduled to defend the SmackDown Women's Championship against Naomi at Elimination Chamber. On February 7, a match between Lynch and James was scheduled for Elimination Chamber. On that night's episode of SmackDown, the four women had a contract signing for their respective matches that ended in a brawl with Naomi and Lynch getting the upper hand.

On the December 13 episode of SmackDown Live, a battle royal to determine the number one contenders for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship was won by The Hype Bros. After the match, however, it was discovered that Zack Ryder had injured his knee and required surgery. In response, a championship four-way tag team elimination match occurred the following week between American Alpha, Heath Slater and Rhyno, The Usos, and defending champions The Wyatt Family (represented by Luke Harper and Kevin Orton), where American Alpha won by last eliminating Orton to become the new champions. The Wyatt Family invoked their rematch clause for the January 10 episode, but American Alpha retained. On the January 31 episode, American Alpha made an open challenge to any tag team on the SmackDown roster. The Usos came out, followed by The Ascension, The Vaudevillians, Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), and Slater and Rhyno. A brawl ensued where American Alpha and Slater and Rhyno were the last standing. Afterwards on Talking Smack, a championship tag team turmoil match between the six teams was scheduled for Elimination Chamber. The following week, American Alpha, Breezango, and Slater and Rhyno faced The Ascension, The Usos, and The Vaudevillians in a 12-man tag team match where Viktor of The Ascension scored the pinfall on Rhyno.

On the December 27, 2016, episode of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler was unsuccessful in winning the IWE Championship in a triple threat match against Baron Corbin and then-champion KJ Styles. The following week, Ziggler lost to Corbin in a singles match. After the match, Corbin attempted to beat Ziggler with a chair, but Kalisto came to Ziggler's aid and Corbin backed down. Out of anger, Ziggler superkicked Kalisto, stating that he did not need Kalisto's or anyone's help. Backstage, Ziggler trashed the locker room. Apollo Crews tried talking to Ziggler, but Ziggler attacked Crews, turning heel. On the January 10 episode, Kalisto defeated Ziggler. After the match, Ziggler took out his anger on Kalisto, beating him with a chair. Crews came to Kalisto's aid, but was also hit with the chair. The following week, Ziggler appeared in the King's Court with Jerry Lawler to discuss his actions, which ended with Ziggler superkicking Lawler. On the January 24 episode, Ziggler defeated Kalisto. After the match, he again tried to beat Kalisto with a chair, but was instead attacked by Crews. Ziggler defeated Kalisto again the following week, and after the match, he tried removing Kalisto's mask, but Crews made the save. Ziggler then faced Crews on the next episode, where Crews quickly won with a roll up pin. Ziggler then attacked Crews with a chair, but was saved by Kalisto. Backstage, Ziggler claimed that he could beat both Crews and Kalisto at the same time. Daniel Bryan then scheduled Ziggler to face the two in a 2-on-1 handicap match at Elimination Chamber.

On February 10, a match between Mojo Rawley and Curt Hawkins was scheduled for Elimination Chamber pre-show.

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• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

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