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|match2 =[[The New Day]] ([[Big E Langston|Big E]] and [[Kofi Kingston]]) (with [[Xavier Woods]]) (c) vs. [[The Wyatt Family (professional wrestling)|Luke Harper and Erick Rowen]] vs. [[The Prime Time Players]] vs. [[Mega Powers]] (Axelmania and Macho Mandow) vs. [[Tyson Kidd and Cesaro]] vs [[The Shield (professional wrestling)|Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns]]
|stip2 = [[Professional wrestling match types#Team matches|Tag team]] Elimination Chamber match for the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clapp|first1=John|title=WWE Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber Match|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/eliminationchamber/2015/wwe-tag-team-championship-elimination-chamber-match-27403650|publisher=WWE|accessdate=17 May 2015}}</ref>
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Elimination Chamber (2015)
PromotionWWE
DateMay 31, 2015
CityCorpus Christi, Texas
VenueAmerican Bank Center
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Elimination Chamber (also known as No Escape (2015) in Germany) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event exclusively on WWE Network produced by WWE. It will take place on May 31, 2015, at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.[1] It will be the sixth annual Elimination Chamber event, and the first to take place in May. This is the first Elimination Chamber event not to be broadcast on traditional pay-per-view outlets.[2]

Background

Elimination Chamber will feature professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]

On May 17, it was announced that an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant Intercontinental Championship would be held at the event.[5]

At Payback, The New Day defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to retain the Tag Team Championshipin a 2-out-of-3 falls Tag team match. Later in the event, it was announced that The New Day would defend the titles in the first-ever Tag team Elimination Chamber match at the event.[5]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Big Show vs. King Barrett vs. Neville vs. R-Truth vs. Sheamus vs. StardustElimination Chamber match for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship[6]
2The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) (c) vs. Luke Harper and Erick Rowen vs. The Prime Time Players vs. Mega Powers (Axelmania and Macho Mandow) vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro vs Dean Ambrose and Roman ReignsTag team Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[7]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

See also

References

  1. ^ Martin, Adam. "Elimination Chamber special announced for WWE Network". wrestleview.com. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Elimination Chamber returns, exclusively on WWE Network". WWE. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ^ a b Caldwell, James. "CALDWELL'S PAYBACK PPV REPORT 5/17: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of four-way WWE Title match, I Quit War, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ^ Clapp, John. "Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber Match". WWE. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. ^ Clapp, John. "WWE Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber Match". WWE. Retrieved 17 May 2015.