Elimination Chamber (2010)

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Elimination Chamber
Scottrade Center
Attendance17,000[1]
Buy rate285,000[2]
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2011

The 2010 Elimination Chamber (known as No Way Out in

St. Louis, Missouri. Elimination Chamber replaced WWE's previously annual February event, No Way Out, which had featured the Elimination Chamber match on its last two events. Six matches were aired during the pay-per-view while one dark match
occurred prior to the live broadcast.

The concept of the event was that the two

Divas tag team match
.

The event received 285,000 pay-per-view buys, an increase on the figure earned by the 2009 No Way Out pay-per-view. Despite the increased number of buys, the event received generally negative reviews, with reviewers criticizing the undercard of the show as being "weak" and consisting of "filler" material.

Production

Background

St. Louis, Missouri
.
The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view featured two Elimination Chamber matches.

In late 2009,

St. Louis, Missouri. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.[6][7]

The concept of the show was that each

world championships, Raw's WWE Championship and SmackDown's World Heavyweight Championship, were to be defended in separate Elimination Chamber matches.[8]

Storylines

The

promotion, WWE.[9][10] Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Raw and SmackDown of the Raw and SmackDown brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs.[11]

The Undertaker defended his World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match.

The main event matches for the Elimination Chamber event consisted of two Elimination Chamber matches, with Raw's

Luke Gallows in a tag team match, which Morrison and R-Truth lost via referee stoppage.[17]

In late December 2009,

Maryse advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Brie Bella.[19] She was followed into the semi-finals by Gail Kim, Alicia Fox, and Eve, who defeated Jillian Hall, Kelly Kelly, and Katie Lea Burchill respectively.[20][21] In the semi-finals, Maryse defeated Eve and Kim defeated Fox.[22]
It was then announced on the February 8 episode of Raw that Maryse and Kim would face one another in the final at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

On the February 12 episode of SmackDown, the WWE Intercontinental Champion Drew McIntyre faced Kane in a non-title match. After the match went to a double-countout, Kane chokeslammed McIntyre.[16] It was announced the following day on WWE's official website that Kane and McIntyre would meet at Elimination Chamber for the Intercontinental Championship. The following week, on the February 19 episode of SmackDown, Kane defeated Dolph Ziggler in a singles match. Following the match, he was attacked by McIntyre, but Kane was able to fight back and fend off the attack.[17]

Event

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
English
commentators
 Michael Cole
Jerry Lawler
Matt Striker
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Ring announcers Tony Chimel (SmackDown)
Justin Roberts (Raw)
Backstage
interviewer
 Josh Mathews
Referees Charles Robinson
John Cone
Jack Doan

Prior to the live broadcast of the pay-per-view,

pinfall.[23]

Preliminary matches

Sheamus lost the WWE Championship to John Cena in an Elimination Chamber match.

The first match that aired on the pay-per-view was the Raw Elimination Chamber match for the

world championship overall.[26]

Immediately after the conclusion of the match, WWE Chairman

speared Cena, and then performed a "Batista Bomb" on him to earn the pinfall victory, making Batista the new WWE Champion.[24][25][27]

The third match featured

clotheslining him over the top rope to the floor. Towards the end of the match, McIntyre attempted to leave the arena and lose via countout, which would have allowed him to retain the championship, but Kane brought him back inside the ring. When re-entering the ring, McIntyre poked him in the eye and then performed his "Future Shock DDT" to win the match by pinfall and remain the Intercontinental Champion.[24][25]

Main event matches

Maryse (left) and Gail Kim (right) who teamed up to face LayCool (Michelle McCool and Layla
).

The next match was scheduled to be the final of a tournament to determine a new Divas Champion after the title was vacated.

NXT, on which he was a mentor. He was interrupted by Montel Vontavious Porter, who informed The Miz that the two had a match next.[24][25] This was followed by William Regal cutting an in-ring promo about NXT. He was interrupted by the winner of the 2010 Royal Rumble match, Edge, who stated that he would be deciding which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania on the next episode of Raw. Edge then speared Regal.[24][25]

The fifth match was a previously unannounced contest which saw The Miz defend his

The Big Show, while Porter was accompanied by Mark Henry, with whom he had regularly teamed. Porter took the advantage at the beginning of the match, before The Miz was able to fight back with a swinging DDT. When he climbed to the top rope, however, Porter knocked him off to regain the advantage. The Big Show pulled The Miz out of the ring to safety, and then threw Henry into the security barricade at ringside. With the referee distracted by this, The Big Show used his "Knockout Punch" on Porter, and The Miz was able to pin him to retain his championship.[24][25]

The main event of the pay-per-view was the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship, featuring The Undertaker, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, John Morrison, and R-Truth. Mysterio, Morrison, and Jericho entered first and were locked into pods.[24][25] The Undertaker was the fourth to make his way down to the ring, but an accident occurred during his entrance when his pyrotechnics were mistimed, resulting in him being momentarily engulfed in flames. He was cleared by a ringside doctor to wrestle, however, and was able to compete in the match.[28] The final two, who were to start the match, were CM Punk, who was accompanied by his stable, the Straight Edge Society of Serena and Luke Gallows, and R-Truth. Punk cut a promo on his way to the ring, but was interrupted by R-Truth's entrance. Punk was able to eliminate R-Truth in approximately three-and-a-half minutes, before any other competitor had entered the match, and finished his promo afterward. Mysterio entered after the first five minutes had passed, and eliminated Punk before the next competitor entered. The next entrant was revealed to be Jericho, and he and Mysterio wrestled for five minutes until Morrison was released. Morrison utilised his "Starship Pain" finisher to pin Mysterio and eliminate him from the match. The final entrant into the match was the defending champion The Undertaker, who was able to eliminate Morrison following a chokeslam onto the chamber floor after approximately 28 minutes. Shawn Michaels, who had requested and been denied a match with The Undertaker for WrestleMania, snuck into the chamber, and performed his "Sweet Chin Music" on The Undertaker. This allowed Jericho to pin The Undertaker to win the match and the World Heavyweight Championship for the third time.[24][25][29]

Pyrotechnics accident

Just prior to the commencement of the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match, The Undertaker was involved in a pyrotechnics accident during his ring entrance. He was temporarily engulfed in flames on three occasions when the pyrotechnics were mistimed, and his jacket briefly caught on fire. He suffered first- and second-degree burns to his neck and chest, and according to a WWE spokesperson the injury "looked like a bad sunburn".[28] He was only allowed to participate in the match after being cleared by a ringside doctor and was given bottles of water throughout the match to douse himself with to alleviate the discomfort.[28] Chris Jericho, who also competed in the match, has told on multiple occasions how the pyrotechnician responsible was relieved of his employment with WWE and escorted from the arena following a threat of violence from The Undertaker.[30][31] The Undertaker himself explained that he had previously expressed concerns to the technician regarding the pyro arrangement, but was ignored. He feels he was saved from severe injury by applying water to his hair, and altering his attire from a sleeveless to a sleeved jacket, just minutes before the accident.[32]

Reception

John Morrison was praised for his performance in the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match.

The event received generally negative reviews. Writing for

Canadian Online Explorer's wrestling section, Dale Plummer and Nick Tylwalk also slammed the Divas match, rating it 0.5 out of 10, and stating that it "was pretty much a complete waste of time", a sentiment echoed by the Pro Wrestling Torch's James Caldwell, who stated that the match was a "throwaway".[24][25] The non-Elimination Chamber matches on the show were mostly derided as being unimportant, with The Baltimore Sun's reviewer Kevin Eck stating that they "came off as filler".[33]

Caldwell said that Morrison had "some standout moments" throughout the match.[25] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer praised the United States Championship match between The Miz and Montel Vontavious Porter, stating that it was "good".[34] Eck agreed, stating that it was "the best of the three non-chamber matches".[33]

Overall, Plummer and Tylwalk rated the event 5 out of 10, stating that it was "a strangely paced, uneven affair that dragged between its pair of namesake matches", but that it succeeded in building up matches for WrestleMania.[24] Caldwell also criticised the pay-per-view heavily, stating that it was an "underwhelming overall PPV with a weak, weak mid-card".[25]

17,000 people attended Elimination Chamber at the

Scottrade Center, drawing a gate of US$850,000.[1] The event received 285,000 buys on pay-per-view, an increase of 13,000 compared to No Way Out 2009's 272,000 buys.[2] The DVD of the event was released on March 23, 2010.[35]

Aftermath

See also: WrestleMania XXVI

Following his interference in the Elimination Chamber match to prevent The Undertaker from winning, Shawn Michaels cut a promo on the next episode of Raw, stating that he interfered so that The Undertaker would agree to a rematch at WrestleMania XXVI to get revenge. The Undertaker accepted the match on the condition that if Michaels lost, he would have to retire, to which Michaels agreed.[36] Two weeks later, the pair agreed to make the match a no countout, no disqualification match.[37]

Chris Jericho defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Edge at WrestleMania XXVI.

Edge returned from injury at the

speared him the following night on Raw and announced that he had elected to face Jericho at WrestleMania.[36] Following this announcement, Edge began a campaign of surprise attacks on Jericho, spearing him on several occasions in an attempt to play mind games with Jericho.[39][40] On the March 12 episode of SmackDown, Jericho hosted a special edition of his talk show segment, The Highlight Reel, with Edge as the guest. Edge attempted to spear Jericho again, but Jericho was able to avoid it and hit Edge with the World Heavyweight Championship belt instead.[41]

After Batista won the WWE Championship from John Cena at Elimination Chamber, Cena requested a rematch. Mr. McMahon agreed, on the condition that Cena must defeat Batista in a non-title match that night on Raw. Batista intentionally

low-blowed Cena during the match to get disqualified and set up their match at WrestleMania.[36] To build up their match, Batista interfered in several of Cena's matches in the weeks prior to WrestleMania, both attacking Cena or distracting him so that his opponent could gain the advantage.[42][43]

Tension within

guest host of Raw, Steve Austin, booked a triple threat match between Orton, Rhodes, and DiBiase for WrestleMania.[42][43][44]

After being eliminated from the Elimination Chamber match by Triple H, Sheamus attacked him on the March 1 episode of Raw in retaliation.[44] The following week, Sheamus challenged Triple H to a match at WrestleMania, which Triple H accepted.[42] On the final episode of Raw before WrestleMania, Sheamus teamed up with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to defeat Triple H and Randy Orton in a two-on-three handicap match.[45]

The 2010 event became the first event of what is now one of WWE's yearly pay-per-views. An Elimination Chamber event has occurred every year since except in 2016. It has also mostly occurred in February, except for the 2015 event, which was held in May,[46] and the 2020 event held in March.[47] While originally designed for single competitors, the first tag team Elimination Chamber match occurred at the 2015 event.[46] The chamber itself was redesigned for the 2017 event, becoming square in design.[48] A women's version of the match first occurred at the 2018 event, which also featured the first seven-man Chamber match (in a seven-person version, three wrestlers begin the match instead of two).[49] Additionally, while Elimination Chamber had replaced No Way Out, one further No Way Out event was held in June 2012.[50]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
dark match

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method[25] Times[1]
1 Randy Orton 4 Ted DiBiase
Pinfall
 23:56
2 Ted DiBiase 5 Kofi Kingston 25:24
3 Kofi Kingston 2 Sheamus 26:02
4 Sheamus (c) 1 Triple H 28:38
5 Triple H 3 John Cena
Submission
 30:30
Winner John Cena 6

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method[25] Times[1]
1 R-Truth 1 CM Punk
Pinfall
 03:34
2 CM Punk 2 Rey Mysterio 09:58
3 Rey Mysterio 3 John Morrison 20:00
4 John Morrison 5 The Undertaker 28:24
5 The Undertaker (c) 6 Chris Jericho 35:40
Winner Chris Jericho 4

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