On the road to Wrestlemania, there was a pitstop at the February PPV Elimination Chamber. The WWE event saw two matches in the titular steel structure, and all of the results for the show are below.
Elimination Chamber closed out with The Miz casing in his Money in the Bank contract and winning the WWE Championship from Drew McIntyre. The final match of the evening was the Elimination Chamber bout for the WWE Championship. Drew McIntyre had to go through a gauntlet of former champs in order to retain his title. And while he came out as a winner, Hurt Business member Bobby Lashley came to the ring and attacked McIntyre. And afterward, The Miz ran to the ring, cashed in his Money in the Bank contract for a match against McIntyre for the title. And The Miz won. The show closed out with Miz holding his newly-acquired championship.
WWE's Elimination Chamber PPV aired on the WWE Network, taking place at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida inside the Thunderdome. Below, you'll find the match card for the show, and there were a few changes leading up to the Kickoff Show in the early evening of February 21.
What a bizarre match. This seems like something really building towards a long-overdue Mustafa Ali push--as the other members of Retribution were alongside him during the match. However, that wasn't the outcome. It went to Morrison, who is enjoying a real singles run since his return to the company. Morrison won with a rollup on Ali, so there's a chance we could see Retribution get some retribution (sorry) during the triple threat later in the evening.
John Morrison wins by pinning Mustafa Ali.
We'll be keeping notes of when people enter and who is eliminated.
Cesaro and Daniel Bryan will kick off the matchKing Corbin is third to enter the chamberSami Zayn is fourth to enter the chamberCesaro submits King CorbinKevin Owens is the fifth to enter the chamberJey Uso is the last to enter the chamberOwens pins ZaynUso pins OwensUso pins CesaroBryan pins Uso.Daniel Bryan wins
That felt like a main event. How is anything going to follow this?
Oh.... here's the transitional match/palate cleanser.
This was a short one, but Bryan didn't go down without a fight. during the chamber match, Bryan's leg took a huge beating, and in general, the match was grueling for him--as he was one of the first competitors. It looked like Bryan was going to submit Reigns right away, but after a couple minutes, Reigns made Bryan pass out.
Reigns submits Bryan
Edge came out after the match and speared Reigns, then pointed to the Wrestlemania sign--it's pointin' season. So we'll see Reigns vs. Edge at mania, most likely.
Wait... then why have Bryan put on such an amazing performance in the chamber match? It's not like a loss to Reigns right after that match does anything for him. This is all very confusing.
Imagine Keith Lee is actually John Morrison
Riddle pins John Morrison
Jax pins Banks
That was a weird finish. Reginald handed Banks a champagne bottle while she was in the ring. Banks was confused and the ref grabbed the bottle from her. Jax hit Banks from behind, then did a samoan drop and got the win.
The deal is the same as the last chamber match. You'll get updates below for entrants and eliminations.
Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton will begin the mathDrew McIntyre enters thirdKofi Kingston enters fourthAJ Styles escapes his pod earlyKingston eliminates OrtonSheamus enters sixthSheamus pins KofiMcIntyre pins HardyStyles pins SheamusMcIntyre pins StylesMcIntyre retains the WWE Championship
The match itself was a bit lackluster, especially compared to the first chamber bout. It went pretty much as planned, with McIntyre winning. However while McIntyre was celebrating, Bobby Lashley showed up and beat up the champion. The Miz then comes down and cashes in his Money in the Bank contract.
The Miz wins by pin
This was a quick one.
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