Elimination Chamber (2011)

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Elimination Chamber (2011)
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Promotional poster featuring Edge
Theme
song
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"Ignition" by TobyMac[1]
Information
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Sponsor(s) National Guard of the United States
Date February 20, 2011
Attendance 11,500[2][3]
Venue Oracle Arena
City Oakland, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble (2011) Elimination Chamber (2011) WrestleMania XXVII
Elimination Chamber chronology
Elimination Chamber (2010) Elimination Chamber (2011) Elimination Chamber (2012)

Elimination Chamber (2011) (also known as No Escape (2011) in Germany)[4] was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE and presented by the National Guard,[5] which took place on February 20, 2011 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.[6] It was the second annual Elimination Chamber event. The event received 212,000 buys, lower than the 287,000 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 WWE's 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,[7] 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.[8] 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 six contestants went on to participate in 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.[9] 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 pay-per-view, acting general manager Guerrero stripped Edge of the championship and awarded it to Ziggler, only for Theodore Long, the real general manager, 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 Big Show).[10] 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.[7]

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 an 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.[11]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[12]
1D Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Ted DiBiase by submission Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[13] N/A
2 Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Kofi Kingston by submission Singles match[14] 10:30
3 Edge (c) defeated Rey Mysterio, Kane, Drew McIntyre, Big Show and Wade Barrett Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship[15] 31:30
4 The Corre (Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel) (with Ezekiel Jackson) defeated Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov (c) (with Tamina Snuka) Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[16] 5:08
5 The Miz (c) (with Alex Riley) defeated Jerry Lawler Singles match for the WWE Championship[17] 12:10
6 John Cena defeated CM Punk, John Morrison, Sheamus, Randy Orton and R-Truth Elimination Chamber match for a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXVII[18] 33:12
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  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination[12] Time[12]
1 Wade Barrett 3 Big Show Pinned after a KO Punch 18:48
2 Big Show 6 Kane Pinned after a chokeslam 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 1 Edge Pinned after a spear in midair 31:30
Winner Edge 2 N/A N/A N/A

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)

Eliminated Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination[12] Time[12]
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 1 John Morrison Pinned after a Crossbody from the top of the chamber 25:16
4 John Morrison 2 CM Punk Pinned after a G.T.S. 32:50
5 CM Punk 6 John Cena Pinned after an Attitude Adjustment onto the chamber floor. 33:12
Winner John Cena 4 N/A N/A N/A

See also

References

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External links

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