Tag: Elimination Chamber

WWE Bringing Back The Elimination Chamber PPV?

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WrestleMania kicks into full gear at the Royal Rumble but the road to WrestleMania will include a returning pay-per-view. The Elimination Chamber is scheduled to return in February. There’s no word yet on if this will be a Raw or Smackdown-branded show but if you follow the list of alternating Raw/Smackdown pay-per-views, it would seem that the Chamber show will be a Smackdown-branded show. The last Raw-branded show before the Royal Rumble is the Roadblock PPV in December so Elimination Chamber will probably be a Smackdown show and Fastlane will probably be a Raw-branded show. The last Elimination Chamber show took place on May 31, 2015, in Corpus Christi, TX. It was actually a show that was put together at the last minute for the WWE Network. That date was originally scheduled to be a regular live event.

The show was dropped at one point because of logistical issues with some arenas because it’s tough to hang a 10-ton structure with large scoreboards above the ring area. WWE had always been open to bringing back the concept if they could book the show in an arena that could accommodate them.

WWE announced on Sunday that WWE Fastlane will be taking place on March 2, 2017, in Milwaukee’s BMOP Harris Bradley Center.
As of now, these are the pay-per-views scheduled through September 2017:

Royal Rumble (January)
Elimination Chamber (February)
Fastlane (March)
WrestleMania (April)
Payback (April or May)
Extreme Rules (May)
Money In The Bank (June)
Battleground (July)
SummerSlam (August)
Clash Of Champions (September)

More shows will be added since they need 2 shows on most months.

Source: WrestlingNews.Co

WWE Elimination Chamber Results: 5/31/15

(Kickoff) Stardust def. Zack Ryder

(Kickoff) MIZ TV – With Daniel Bryan: Bryan said he thinks Miz TV is boring and brought out Macho Mandow and AxelMania. The Meta Powers beat Miz down then Bryan celebrated with them.

 

WWE Tag Team Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: (C) The New Day (all 3 was allowed to compete) def. Prime Time Player, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd, The Ascension, Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores w/ El Torito

Divas Championship – Triple Threat: (C) Nikki Bella def. Naomi and Paige

Kevin Owens def. John Cena: This was the match of the night, with Owens getting a clean win.

Neville def. Bo Dallas

Intercontinental Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: Ryback def. Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, R-Truth and King Barrett: Ryback is the new IC Champ: Daniel Bryan presented the title to Ryback

John Cena VS Kevin Owens rematch was announced for Money In The Bank pay-per-view

Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Neville and Kofi Kingston was announced as competitors for the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at MITB pay-per-view

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose def. (C) Seth Rollins w/J & J Security & Kane: Rollins pulled the ref in the way and Ambrose hit the ref knocking the ref out. Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds and covers Rollins, another ref came down and made the 3 count. Ambrose celebrated his win. The original ref conversed the the other ref and says Ambrose wins by DQ. The Authority attacks Ambrose and takes back the title belt. Roman Reigns came down for the save taking out The Authority. Ambrose & Reigns left with the title belt.

 

Elimination Chamber Card – 5/31/15

WWE World Heavyweight Championship: (C) Seth Rollins w/J & J Security VS Dean Ambrose

WWE Intercontinental Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: Sheamus VS Ryback VS King Barrett VS *Rusev VS R-Truth VS Dolph Ziggler: * Rusev may be pulled from the match due to injury.

John Cena VS Kevin Owens

WWE Tag Team Championship – Elimination Chamber Match: (C) The New Day VS Cesaro & Tyson Kidd VS Lucha Dragons VS The Ascension VS Prime Time Players VS Los Matadores

Divas Championship – Triple Threat Match: (C) Nikki Bella w/Brie Bella VS Paige VS Naomi w/Tamina

Neville VS Bo Dallas

(Kickoff) Miz TV with guest Daniel Bryan

In the U.S., the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view is only available on the WWE Network.

WWE Confirms Rusev’s Injury

WWE confirmed that Rusev suffered an injury at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping. WWE says he is being evaluated for a lower leg injury.

Rusev has been pulled from this weekend’s WWE live events in North Carolina. There is talk about Bray Wyatt replacing Rusev this Sunday in the Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber Match if Rusev is unable to compete.

NXT Champ Kevin Owens Made RAW Debut & Gets Big Match At Elimination Chamber

NXT Champ Kevin Owens made his RAW debut last night coming to the ring during John Cena’s US Open Challenge. Owens said he didn’t want the US title because he has the NXT Title. Owens then attacked Cena, laying him out with the Pop-Up Powerbomb.

 

Later it was announced that Owens will face Cena at Elimination Chamber on Sunday, May 31 exclusively on the WWE Network.

WWE Bringing Back Elimination Chamber PPV This Month, Title Matches Confirmed For Elimination Chamber

Last night on RAW, WWE announced they are bringing back the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. It will be available exclusively on the WWE Network. It will take place on May 31st at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

PWInsider reports that the decision to bring back the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view was made within the last few days. Talents backstage at RAW were surprised to hear the announcement.

One of the reasons WWE did away with the Elimination Chamber was due to the lack of arenas that would allow the setup of the Chamber when renovations to older arenas made it impossible for them to handle the structure.

WWE is running a live event that same night May 31st in Greenville, SC. John Cena, King Barrett and Rusev are advertised for that event but the card is subject to change. The event starts at 1pm EST so technically they could get some of the top Superstars to Texas for the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event.

WWE has confirmed that the newly vacated Intercontinental Title and the WWE Tag Team Titles will be decided inside the Elimination Chamber.

WWE also has confirmed that the WWE World Heavyweight Title and the United States Title will be defended at Elimination Chamber but not inside the Chamber.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Stephanie McMahon Explains Why WWE Dropped Elimination Chamber PPV

 

Stephanie McMahon and Booker T appeared on The Wrestling Compadres Slamcast and Stephanie explained why WWE decided to drop the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view and replace it with Fast Lane.

Stephanie said Elimination Chamber was dropped mostly due to the logistics of hanging the Chamber, which weighs more than 10 tons. Many arenas now feature large scoreboards above where the ring would be and they were facing issues with being able to hang the Chamber in some buildings.

Stephanie said WWE will still deliver with Fast Lane.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Elimination Chamber Update

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It now appears that WWE is not dropping the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view as noted before but is moving it to June replacing Payback. The pay-per-view in February when Elimination Chamber has always taken place before will now be replaced with WWE Fast Lane.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

WWE Dropping Elimination Chamber PPV

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Reddit user MetsFan4Ever, a former WWE employee who has broken several WWE stories in the past is reporting that WWE is planning to drop the Elimination chamber pay-per-view. He wrote the following:

“Word going around backstage this past Tuesday at the SmackDown tapings are that the WWE Elimination Chamber pay-per-view will be no more. The early lead names going around to replace the Elimination Chamber name will be either WWE Fast Lane or WWE Fast Track.”

The reason is because there is only one WWE / World Champion right now. So they want to stay with the Rumble winner receiving the shot and have no Chamber even with the title holder in the match.”

He noted that he expects WWE to keep the Elimination Chamber Match around as a match for certain pay-per-views that call for it.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Elimination Chamber Results 2014

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Kickoff Match – Cody Rhodes & Goldust def. Ryback & Curtis Axel:

Batista def. Alberto Del Rio:

The Wyatt Family def. The Shield:

WWE Tag Team Champions New Age Outlaws def. The Usos:

Titus O’Neil def. Darren Young:

Divas Champion AJ Lee def. Cameron:

Intercontinental Champion Big E def. Jack Swagger:

Elimination Chamber Match – WWE World Heavyweight Champion def. Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Sheamus, Cesaro & Christian: