Elimination Chamber (2011)

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Elimination Chamber (2011)
Promotional poster featuring Edge
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateFebruary 20, 2011
CityOakland, California
VenueOracle Arena
Attendance11,500[1][2]
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Elimination Chamber (2011) (also known as No Way Out (2011) in Germany)[4] was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by the National Guard,[5] which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.[6][7]

It was the second annual Elimination Chamber event. The event received 199,000 buys, lower than the 285,000 buys that last year's event received.

Background

Elimination Chamber featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed villains or heroes as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After The Miz won the WWE Championship in November 2010, Raw commentator Jerry Lawler was given what was billed as his first WWE Championship match,[8] after criticizing Miz's win by using his Money in the Bank briefcase while former champion Randy Orton was injured. He lost to Miz in a TLC match after his fellow commentator Michael Cole stopped Lawler from climbing the ladder.[9] On the January 31 episode of Raw, the Raw General Manager announced a Raw Rumble match, to determine the WWE Championship contender at Elimination Chamber, while the losing participants would be entered into an Elimination Chamber match to determine who will face the WWE Champion at WrestleMania XXVII. The participants were CM Punk, Randy Orton, King Sheamus, John Morrison, John Cena, Jerry Lawler, and R-Truth. Lawler last eliminated Sheamus to win the battle royal to earn himself the title match, while the other 6 contestants went on to participate on the Raw Elimination Chamber match.

At the Royal Rumble, Alberto Del Rio won the eponymous match to earn himself a World Championship match at WrestleMania. He subsequently announced he would wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship, held at the time by Edge. Edge was then embroiled in a feud with Dolph Ziggler and his on-screen ex-wife Vickie Guerrero, who was also scripted to be dating Ziggler. The week before the Elimination Chamber Edge and Kelly Kelly defeated Ziggler and Laycool, causing Guerrero to fire Kelly Kelly.[10] Kelly Kelly was rehired by Teddy Long, Vickie was attacked by Kelly, who was only to be stopped by Laycool, in turn was stopped by Trish Stratus. On the final episode of SmackDown before the PPV, Acting General Manager Guerrero stripped Edge of the championship and awarded it to Ziggler, only for Teddy Long, the real GM, to give Edge a return match which he won. After this, Long fired Ziggler leaving an open spot in the Elimination Chamber match (which was subsequently filled by The Big Show).[11] The other participants were Kane, Rey Mysterio, Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre. After that event, Edge and Kelly Kelly defeated Drew McIntyre and Vickie Guerrero thus making Theodore Long fire Vickie Guerrero as the official consultant of smackdown.[8]

Reception

Elimination Chamber garnered positive reviews, with The Sun stating "... it became obvious that the winners on the night would be Alberto Del Rio, The Corre, The Miz, Edge and John Cena — with Cena versus Miz and Edge versus Del Rio set to headline Mania. But a paint-by-numbers set of results should not take anything away from a terrifically put together PPV with at least one outstanding match, several good ones and a couple of extra surprises thrown in." They praised both of the chamber matches, giving the SmackDown chamber a 9.5 out of 10 and the Raw chamber a 8.5 out of 10 and stated that the Lawler/Miz Match was "... hardly a classic, but it was more than passable, and gave it a 7.5 out of 10. However, they stated, "However, during the first match, one of the most negative aspects of the show reared its ugly head — the downright annoying commentary trio of Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews. The addition of Booker ahead of Matt Striker and the lack of Jerry Lawler — since he was wrestling on the show — meant it was not an easy night on the ears for the viewer." The event received an 8.5 out of 10 rating.[12]

Results

# Matches Stipulations Times[13]
Dark Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Ted DiBiase (with Maryse) by submission Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[14] Unknown
1 Alberto Del Rio defeated Kofi Kingston Singles match[15] 10:28
2 Edge (c) defeated Rey Mysterio, Kane, Drew McIntyre, Big Show, and Wade Barrett Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship[16] 31:30
3 The Corre (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) (with Ezekiel Jackson) defeated Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov (c) (with Tamina) Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[17] 05:08
4 The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated Jerry Lawler Singles match for the WWE Championship[18] 12:09
5 John Cena defeated CM Punk, John Morrison, Sheamus, Randy Orton, and R-Truth Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII[19] 33:12
(c) – refers to the champion heading into the match

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination[13] Time[13]
1 Wade Barrett 3 Big Show Pinned after a KO Punch 18:48
2 Big Show 6 Kane Pinned after a 619 from Mysterio, a Spear from Edge and a Chokeslam from Kane 20:54
3 Drew McIntyre 5 Kane Pinned after a Chokeslam 21:09
4 Kane 4 Edge Pinned after a Spear 22:50
5 Rey Mysterio 2 Edge Pinned after a Spear 31:30
Winner Edge 1 N/A N/A N/A

Note: Dolph Ziggler was actually supposed to compete but was not able to after he was fired from SmackDown by GM Theodore Long on the February 15 taping of SmackDown, so Big Show substituted in for him.

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination[13] Time[13]
1 R-Truth 5 Sheamus Pinned after a Brogue Kick 17:31
2 Randy Orton 3 CM Punk Pinned after a G.T.S. 21:33
3 Sheamus 2 John Morrison Pinned after a Crossbody from the top of the chamber 25:16
4 John Morrison 1 CM Punk Pinned after a G.T.S. 32:50
5 CM Punk 6 John Cena Pinned after an Attitude Adjustment 33:12
Winner John Cena 4 N/A N/A N/A

Note: CM Punk was actually first to be eliminated after an RKO from Randy Orton, but was reinstated due a fault with chamber door which hindered Punk's entrance.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Recent WWE attendance figures (2/20 and 2/21)". Wrestleview.com. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
  2. ^ "Elimination Chamber 2010 results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  3. ^ "Elimination Chamber: "Ignition" by TobyMac is the official theme song for WWE Elimination Chamber". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  4. ^ "WWE Germany". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  5. ^ Elimination Chamber opening
  6. ^ "Elimination Chamber". Oracle Arena. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  7. ^ "WWE World Wrestling Entertainment". Ticketmaster. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  8. ^ a b Caldwell, James (2011-02-20). "WWE News: Detailed Elimination Chamber PPV preview - match line-up, back-story on top matches, perspective on 2010 title changes". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  9. ^ Plummer, Dale (2010-11-29). "RAW: King of the Ring crowned". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  10. ^ Hillhouse, Dave (February 26, 2011). "Smackdown: Some water is thicker than blood". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  11. ^ Hillhouse, Dave (2011-02-19). "Smackdown: 600 birthday smacks". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  12. ^ McNichol, Rob (2011-02-21). "By process of Elimination". The Sun. London.
  13. ^ a b c d e Caldwell, James (2011-02-20). "Caldwell's WWE Elimination Chamber PPV Results 2/20: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live PPV - Miz vs. Lawler, two Chamber matches". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
  14. ^ "WWE News: Chamber PPV dark match result - U.S. champion vs. DiBiase, three announcers revealed for live PPV". Pro Wrestling Torch. February 20, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  15. ^ "Results:Destined for greatness". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  16. ^ "Results:Steel survivor". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  17. ^ "Results:The Corre of Victory". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  18. ^ "Results:Kingbreaker". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  19. ^ "Results:Oakland raider". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-02-20.

External links

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