Top 5 moments in Elimination Chamber history
In 2002, WWE came up with a giant new match. One that would end up wowing the world with its brutality and innovation. The Elimination Chamber, debuting at Survivor Series 2002, was a hybrid of the Royal Rumble, Hell in a Cell and a bit of Survivor Series. It became the ultimate slaughterhouse for superstars aplenty. It slowly became a staple on some of the biggest pay-per-views WWE has to offer before it morphed into its own conceptual pay-per-view.
Since 2008, the Elimination Chamber has been the primary roadblock on the long pathway to WrestleMania. That means we have seen many memorable moments involving the Chamber, either before, during or after the match. The emotions ran high from time to time, as destruction prevailed at the expense of broken bodies and crushed dreams. The look of the menacing structure may have been altered, but the memories remain. Here are the five most memorable moments in Elimination Chamber history. But first, here are a few honourable mentions.
- Goldberg destroys everyone (2003)
- John Morrison jumps from the ceiling (2011)
- Bray Wyatt wins the WWE title (2017)
#5 Undertaker and Batista go the distance (2008)
When the Elimination Chamber match became a regular February thing, No Way Out played host to them. The two Chamber matches were for the number one contendership for the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships heading into WrestleMania 24. The Smackdown match also included a couple of ECW talent, like Big Daddy V and Finlay. It wasn't exactly the strongest cast for a match of it's kind. The Undertaker and Batista started the match and quite predictably, ended it as well.
The Great Khali and MVP made up the rest of the field, with the latter taking a giant bump from the top of a pod all the way to the mat. 'Taker and Batista both wrestled a blinder, as they had been doing over their incredible feud in the past year. In the end, it was the Deadman who outlasted the Animal, after an unbelievable counter from the outside into the ring. That was one of the coolest sequences in Elimination Chamber history and led to the incredible WrestleMania main event between the Undertaker and Edge.