411’s WWE Greatest Moments Report: Elimination Chamber

-Written: 6.21.26
-Source: A&E
-Run Time: 30 minutes (w/ commercials)

-Michael Cole is our host and narrator!

10. Inagural Chamber
-Survivor Series 2002

-I mean, you knew the first one would be in this spot as that is a theme for this show. The match type debuted at MSG and featured HHH defending the World Title against Shawn, Booker, Kane, RVD, and Jericho. Go watch the behind-the-scenes footage and check out the ESPN article on this match. Everyone in the match knew they were screwed just looking at the structure. Shawn says it was brutal and Booker says they were the crash test dummies. They have certainly made the structure much safer. We get everyone in the match (outside of Jericho) as a talking head offering a soundbite. Shawn wins and gets his final World Championship.

9. Chamber of Destruction
-SummerSlam 2003

-HHH defending once again and this time it’s against Nash, Goldberg, Orton, Shawn, and Jericho. HHH says the first one was great, and they had to follow it. This Chamber was all about Goldberg as he DESTROYED everyone in the match and the crowd was losing their minds. He SPEARS Jericho through the chamber but HHH thinks the money is in the chase, so even though he was hurt and couldn’t work the match, he uses a sledgehammer to get the win. I know Goldberg won the next month is a one-on-one match, but the crowd was losing it for him that night and he should have been crowned her.

8. The Birth of Kofi-Mania
-Elimination Chamber 2019

-This was supposed to be Mustafa Ali’s spot, but he got hurt and Kofi was put in his spot. Daniel Bryan was the WWE Champion and the match came down to him and Kofi. It was a tease of what was to come at Mania, but we don’t get there if that crowd wasn’t begging to see Kofi win that night. Daniel gets the win and Kofi gets a standing ovation and Vince actually listened and gave the fans the happy ending at Mania. Kofi then had his run and I am sure he lost it in a hard-fought match to cement his run as Champion.

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7. The Chamber Intruder
-Elimination Chamber 2010

-Rosenberg screws up the stakes in this match as he says Taker was looking to win to get a World Title Match at Mania. Taker was already The World Champion and loses to Jericho because Shawn comes up through the Chamber and hits a superkick. This was Shawn’s way to get Taker pissed off enough to accept a WrestleMania rematch. I was there for that Mania XXVI match.

6. The First Women’s Elimination Chamber
-Elimination Chamber 2018

-The women get to be in The Chamber for the first time and they hi-light Mickie James here. We see her dive off the top of the Chamber with a Thesz Press on Deville for the pin. Rosenberg calls it one of the most iconic things we have ever seen in a Chamber Match. No mention on who won the match as I guess the moment was Mickie’s dive. Alex Bliss won the match for those wondering.

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5. A Debut to Remember
-Elimination Chamber 2015

-Our first moment to not happen inside The Chamber. Kevin Owens makes his main roster debut and gets a win over John Cena. KO was a made man that night. Cena says KO had a great debut and doesn’t think it could be any better. Great moment and a great match.

4. Tag Team Eliminations
-Elimination Chamber 2019

-History is made as WWE crowns Women’s Tag Team Champions by having six teams face off inside The Chamber. Good way to crown and debut a new Championship. Sasha Banks and Bayley win and become the first ever WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

3. Punk Gets Rocked
-Elimination Chamber 2013

-The Rock beat Punk the previous month at The Rumble for The WWE Title and this was the rematch. Rock wins again and sets up Twice in a Lifetime. That’s pretty much all there is to this one.

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2. Caged Beast
-Elimination Chamber 2022

-They finally throw enough money (Saudi money I believe) to get Brock to work an Elimination Chamber match. He chases Theory all over the structure and delivers an F5 off the top of the Chamber Pod. Brutal and credit to Theory for taking that move. Brock wins and is WWE Champion.

1. The Unbelievable Turn
-Elimination Chamber 2025

-Yeah, this is easily number one. The follow up may not have been what we wanted, but John Cena finally turned heel as he punted Cody Rhodes in the balls with The Rock and Travis Scott in the ring. It’s still no Hogan at Bash at the Beach, but the crowd reaction and the online reactions were something else. Makes me wish we had video record of how people reacted to Hogan’s turn.

-This was okay, but on the bottom end of episodes in this series. It was fine and they got the top moment in my opinion, but some of the choices were kind of BLAH. Kind of weird too as in some cases we got moments and in others it was just about the match and result. As always, an easy watch, but this one is low on the nostalgia and had a few moments that had me wondering how they screwed up the ending or the follow-up. Thanks for reading!