Every WWE Elimination Chamber Match Ranked

WWE have created a number of stipulation matches over the years, but few have been better than the Elimination Chamber.

The structure consists of miles of black chain and originally had an unforgiving steel floor, which was ultimately swapped out for some light padding when the cage was redesigned in 2017.

The match has produced some of WWE's biggest-ever moments, and the vast majority of the matches are at least good, with there only being a few stinkers in WWE history. This is important to note, as everything from #27 onwards is at least watchable, and the upper reaches of the list are fantastic matches.

With all of this in mind, this is Every WWE Elimination Chamber Match Ranked.

36. Elimination Chamber 2015 - Intercontinental Championship

Ryback vs. Sheamus vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Mark Henry vs. R-Truth vs. King Barrett.

The 2015 WWE Elimination Chamber event was strange enough, as the show took place in May 2015 instead of ahead of WrestleMania, as had become common, and the show was simply a WWE Network special as opposed to a fully fledged pay-per-view. 

WWE majorly downgraded the Chamber matches for 2015 too as one of the matches was for the vacant Intercontinental Championship that had been relinquished by Daniel Bryan due to injury. The match itself was pretty dreadful too and went downhill the moment King Barrett shoved Dolph Ziggler into Mark Henry’s pod, accidentally knocking out the Plexiglas panel, which allowed Henry to enter the match much earlier than originally planned. 

Henry was clearly unprepared for the moment and tentatively exited the cage, and he was absolutely bewildered for the next several minutes, literally just standing in the ring at one point and watching Barrett and Ziggler go at it while JBL on commentary tried to compliment the World’s Strongest Man on his strategy. Any thought then clearly went out of Henry’s head, however, as he broke up a pin after Barrett hit Ziggler with a Wasteland. 

The match then only got worse once Ryback entered the match, and there was a very awkward exchange as Dolph Ziggler, R-Truth, Ryback, and Mark Henry all stood around not wrestling while Ziggler shouted out spots to them to try and get the match back on track. Everything then stopped again soon after as Ziggler tried to be the ring general in the match, continuing to loudly call out spots, including for Ryback to Clothesline and then Suplex him.

One cool spot saw Sheamus use his Celtic Cross necklace to lock the pod door, meaning he could be protected for as long as possible. This would have been clever, and he had a fun reveal when he removed the cross to enter the match while the rest of the competitors were down, but JBL and Jerry Lawler failed to realise it was a storyline and they just assumed Sheamus’ pod had legitimately broken and then fixed itself. 

About the only coherent storyline in the whole match was Ryback being made to look strong as the winner, as he last eliminated Sheamus, who dispatched of Mark Henry and Dolph Ziggler. 

35. December To Dismember 2006 - ECW World Heavyweight Championship

Bobby Lashley vs. The Big Show vs. Test vs. Hardcore Holly vs. CM Punk vs. Rob Van Dam. 

The centrepiece of one of WWE’s most infamous pay-per-views was an ‘Extreme’ Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship where each pod had a weapon. 

The match is primarily remembered for the backstage conflicts over the direction of WWE ECW between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman, with Heyman wanting to crown CM Punk while Vince McMahon wanted to establish pet project Bobby Lashley as the new champion. It was ultimately Vince who came out on top, with Lashley winning in the final moments, and Paul Heyman was sent home after a heated confrontation with McMahon following the pay-per-view, and the two sides parted ways just two weeks after the show. 

The match initially had potential too. Sabu was advertised to feature, but he was taken out in an unseen backstage attack which led to Hardcore Holly being announced as his replacement while the pay-per-view was on the air. Holly and Rob Van Dam opened the Chamber match and they had a spirited battle, with the match only improving after CM Punk entered the match. 

Even Test didn’t get in the way too much, but the match quickly began to go downhill from here as CM Punk, the man who the crowd thought was going to win, was eliminated first following a Five-Star Frog Splash from Rob Van Dam.

The crowd was instantly furious and they were only further angered after Test dispatched of Hardcore Holly and then Rob Van Dam with a very fun Flying Elbow from the top of a pod onto a chair over Van Dam’s face. 

With an angry crowd only becoming more frustrated, Test and Lashley clashed soon after, and Super Bobby Lashley came out on top. A crowd now becoming more rebellious by the minute were then presented with two minutes of dead time as the clock ticked down to Big Show’s entry in the match.

While WWE intended for the night to be a crowning moment for Lashley, the crowd cheered for The Big Show during the slow, heatless in-ring action which mercifully came to an end after Lashley speared Paul Wight to become the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. 

Vince McMahon reportedly believed the fans would be happy with the pay-per-view due to witnessing Lashley’s crowning moment. How wrong he was. 

34. Elimination Chamber 2015 - WWE Tag Team Championships

The New Day (all three members) vs. The Prime Time Players vs. Los Matadores vs. The Ascension vs. Tyson Kidd & Cesaro vs. The Lucha Dragons.

This match was nothing short of a cluttered mess that proved the Elimination Chamber wasn’t designed for tag teams, at least in 2015 anyway.

The contest wasn’t helped by giving the New Day an advantage with all three members in the match, and fans were given little reason to care beyond the increasing popularity of The New Day, who had turned heel earlier in the year, due to many of the teams in the match receiving little push. 

At least the right team won. The New Day's initial heel run was one of the most entertaining things about WWE in 2015, and it would have been a grave error had they lost the titles here. The intention of making teams look strong was certainly present too, even if it failed in execution.

33. Elimination Chamber 2020 - Raw Women's Title Match At WrestleMania 36

Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Natalya vs. Ruby Riott vs. Liv Morgan vs. Sarah Logan.

The second 2020 Elimination Chamber match was a unique one, as it finally saw a dominant wrestler eliminate the whole field and win the match, unlike in 2003 and 2018 when Goldberg and Braun Strowman fell at the final hurdle. 

The match was severely hampered, though, by WWE’s presentation of Shayna Baszler on the main roster to that point, complete with the awful blood angle with Becky Lynch, and the lack of prospective winners outside of Baszler. Everyone knew the three former members of The Riott Squad and Natalya were little more than fodder, which only made Natalya and Ruby Riott beginning the match and then Sarah Logan entering third incredibly boring. The match picked up when Baszler entered and made quick work of the early competitors, but even then drama wasn’t high. 

Even when the match came down to Asuka and Baszler, the fans knew who was going to win, and the confrontation between the former NXT Women’s champions was lacklustre, especially when there were such high expectations for what they could do together inside the squared circle. 

Baszler ultimately won, ending the entire Chamber match after just 21 minutes in dominant fashion. That she went on to lose to Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 36 and never won a singles title on the main roster makes this Chamber match all the more of an anomaly in being a dominant win that meant absolutely nothing.

32. Elimination Chamber 2022 - Raw Women's Title Match At WrestleMania 38

Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki ASH vs. Doudrop vs. Liv Morgan. 

Early 2022 was one of the many doldrums of Vince McMahon’s time as the head of WWE creative, but this was close to the worst, and there wasn’t much to get excited about here.

You had Piper Niven under her Eva Marie-given name of Doudrop, Alexa Bliss still with her doll and supervillain powers wrestling for the first time in several months after undergoing therapy, and Nikki ASH in the awful Almost a Superhero gimmick, although as a heel by this point. 

Rhea Ripley was also in need of a refresh by 2022, and Liv Morgan was at the beginning of a push which meant it was plainly obvious heading into the contest that Bianca Belair would be winning, especially as Belair had been in a progamme with Becky Lynch since Big Time Becks defeated Belair in seconds upon her return at SummerSlam 2021. 

For an Elimination Chamber match, the in-ring action was inoffensive but did little to get fans excited, with one of the few truly exciting sequences in the match being when Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley came to blows. 

The match was also very short, lasting just over 15 minutes as Belair defeated creepy Alexa Bliss after countering Sister Abigail into a KOD for the win. Very much a Chamber match that just went through the motions. 

31. Elimination Chamber 2022 - WWE Championship

Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Austin Theory vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins vs. Riddle.

WWE creative wasn’t particularly inspired in early 2022 and it was obvious before the bell rang where this match was going as Brock Lesnar pinned everybody except Bobby Lashley, who was removed from the match, to become WWE Champion and set up a Winner Takes All Unification Match with Roman Reigns at the Most Stupendous WrestleMania of all time. 

Lesnar at this point was in his Cowboy Brock phase, which was a very fun gimmick but didn’t exactly suggest the in-ring action would be anything amazing. Any drama over who was going to win was removed quickly and the fans were also robbed of a meat battle after Seth Rollins hit a buckle bomb to Austin Theory, putting him through Bobby Lashley’s pod in the process. This ultimately took Lashley out of the match, with Bobby being written out due to dealing with a legitimate injury.

The match just sort of existed until Brock Lesnar entered, and he entered in a great spot, booting his way out of the pod to enter the match earlier than kayfabe planned. Lesnar then proceeded to decimate the field, eliminating Rollins and Riddle within 40 seconds. One minute later and AJ Styles was gone, bringing the match down to Brock Lesnar and Austin Theory, who was in his selfie phase as Vince McMahon’s protégé. 

Lesnar decimating Theory was entertaining and somewhat unique for a Chamber and it did give fans the great spot of Brock Lesnar hitting an F5 to Theory from the top of the pod to the chamber floor, before he rolled Theory into the ring for the win. 

The match all together went under 15 minutes and probably could have been shorter, weirdly.

30. Elimination Chamber 2012 - WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Miz vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston. 

The first Elimination Chamber match of Elimination Chamber 2012 was basically CM Punk and Chris Jericho as the only viable winners, which meant there wasn’t a whole lot for the crowd to get invested in for the opening contest for the WWE Championship. 

Punk had a strong showing in the match as he opened the contest and survived the entire thing, eliminating two wrestlers and nullifying a third in Chris Jericho. The Jericho angle was the most memorable moment from the match as he wasn’t eliminated by pinfall or submission.

Instead, after eliminating Kofi Kingston, Jericho continued to attack Kofi and threw him out of the chamber door, with it being open to get Kofi out of the match. While this was happening, Punk snuck up behind Jericho and kicked him in the back of the head, sending Jericho crashing into the chamber door and then into the camera filming the action. WWE’s medical team then immediately checked on Jericho and ruled that he was unable to continue, eliminating him from the match in the process due to being “knocked out.” 

This ultimately made the final five minutes a foregone conclusion as the final two came down to CM Punk and The Miz, who had hardly been pushed strongly since he lost the WWE Championship in 2011. CM Punk, of course, won. 

The only positive from the Jericho angle was it only added to their eventual WrestleMania XXVIII clash, but it really didn’t help this match. 

29. Elimination Chamber 2019 - WWE Women's Tag Team Championships

The Boss ’n’ Hug Connection vs. Fire and Desire vs. Tamina & Nia Jax vs. The Riott Squad vs. The IIconics vs. Carmella & Naomi.

This was a match to become the inaugural WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions and it had multiple things hampering it, notably that WWE had seldom pushed any of the competitors in some time outside of Bayley and Sasha Banks, who were the obvious winners, and the match being a tag team Elimination Chamber to begin with. A tag team chamber is Marmite; you either love it or you hate it.

Despite the obvious winners, WWE did attempt to put some doubt into fans' minds by having Sasha Banks carry a storyline shoulder injury, but no one was too surprised when Bayley & Banks ran the gauntlet, especially when the team opposite them in the final two was Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose.

Special shout-out to The IIconics, though, who were hugely entertaining in the match.

28. Elimination Chamber 2023 - Raw Women's Title Match At WrestleMania 39

Asuka vs. Carmella vs. Liv Morgan vs. Nikki Cross vs. Natalya vs. Raquel Rodriguez.

Another Elimination Chamber on the shorter side, this one had an obvious winner and featured some entertaining spots, but it did little that would make the match last long in the memory once the pay-per-view went off the air.

Fun spots included Nikki Cross laying out the field with a crossbody from the top of the pod, with Cross then being driven through a pod soon after, before Liv Morgan hit a Sunset Flip Powerbomb to Rodriguez from the top of the pod.

Carmella’s role in the match was also fun as she played the chicken-sh*t heel and spent much of the match trying to hide and capitalising on what everyone else had done in the match before the bout came down to Asuka and Carmella.

The sudden spurt of eliminations weakened the match overall, but the contest, taking place first on the card, was very much designed to be a sprint as Asuka last eliminated Carmella to advance to WrestleMania 39.

27. Elimination Chamber 2012 - World Heavyweight Championship

Daniel Bryan vs. Santino Marella vs. The Big Show vs. The Great Khali vs. Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes.

The Elimination Chamber match was arguably the high point of Daniel Bryan’s World Heavyweight Title reign, and the match was really helped by the final two being the American Dragon and the popular Santino Marella, with the final moments building and building as the fans in attendance began to believe the Milan Miracle might pull off the impossible and win the big gold belt.

The match featured an incredible near fall after Marella struck Bryan with the Cobra as the crowd became unglued ahead of Bryan’s kick-out. Bryan ultimately went on to win the match by applying the LeBell Lock to a stunned Santino seconds after D-Bry got his shoulder up.

Elsewhere in the match, though, WWE continued to largely book Bryan as a cowardly heel, particularly when one of the major spots inside the Chamber saw The Big Show climb into the champion’s pod before it opened and crush him against the glass.

Outside of those two moments, the match really struggled due to a lack of credible winners. Khali was well past his prime (and he didn’t have much of one in terms of in-ring skill to begin with), Cody Rhodes was a fun Intercontinental Champion but he was still at least a year away from fans seeing him as a possible world champion, while Barrett was still struggling to regain any semblance of momentum following the botched Nexus angle.

26. Elimination Chamber 2018 - Universal Championship Match At WrestleMania 34

Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins vs. The Miz vs. John Cena vs. Elias.

This match has the unique distinction of having seven competitors, with the match opening with three competitors in Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, and The Miz. As expected, especially if you have seen their WrestleMania 34 Triple Threat, the opening section of the match was excellent as all three men displayed their very good chemistry, with the in-ring action only improving once Cena and Reigns entered the fray.

The match then changed entirely and became somewhat unique for an Elimination Chamber as it descended into everybody vs. Braun Strowman, who at this point was in his pomp as The Monster Among Men. He was booked incredibly strongly, surviving finisher after finisher, even kicking out of an Attitude Adjustment at one, on Strowman’s way to eliminating every competitor to set up a final two of Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman.

That is what ultimately brings the match down, though, as Reigns, still a very bland babyface, was the obvious winner heading into the match despite all of his deficiencies at the time due to being Vince McMahon’s pet project as the perceived #1 babyface in the company. This made for an incredibly awkward final two as the organically over Strowman received huge cheers every time he looked set to put Reigns away, while Roman received massive boos every time he gave out a Superman Punch, and the boos only became louder once he pinned Strowman to punch his ticket to WrestleMania.

An enjoyable, unique Elimination Chamber match but one that had an obvious winner going in despite all of WWE’s booking, and it wasn’t exactly someone the fans were interested in seeing win either.

25. Elimination Chamber 2024 - Women's World Title Match At WrestleMania XL

Becky Lynch vs. Naomi vs. Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Tiffany Stratton.

Another Elimination Chamber match where the favourite walked away with the victory, but the match was entertaining enough and the crowd were into all of the wrestlers in the match as the competitors used the structure throughout.

This included a Disarm-Her between the chain links, Raquel Rodriguez just swinging different opponents into the chamber, and Tiffany Stratton hitting a Swanton from the top of the pod to the rest of the wrestlers in the match. Rodriguez as the powerhouse particularly carried the middle portion of the match, and she deserved extra credit for wrestling following a flare-up of mast cell activation syndrome.

The finish was also unique as there was no big final two battle, with Lynch pinning Liv Morgan with a Manhandle Slam only seconds after Bianca Belair was eliminated with a roll-up from Liv.

24. Elimination Chamber 2011 - WWE Championship Match At WrestleMania XXVII

John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Randy Orton vs. King Sheamus vs. R-Truth vs. John Morrison.

Six competitors vied to face The Miz in the main event of WrestleMania XVII at the 2011 Elimination Chamber, and the winner was very obvious heading into the contest, as John Cena last eliminated CM Punk to punch his ticket to WrestleMania.

The match is largely forgettable, but one memorable moment featured one of the best-ever Chamber eliminations as John Morrison scaled the side of the structure and found himself dangling from the ceiling, whereupon he dropped himself into a thunderous crossbody on Sheamus to dispatch of The Celtic Warrior.

One particular moment really hampered the match, though, in the CM Punk angle which saw The New Nexus leader’s pod door not fully open when he was supposed to enter the match, which resulted in him becoming stuck. He was then easily beaten down and eliminated following an RKO by Randy Orton, only for the Anonymous Raw General Manager to announce that Punk would re-enter the match. This, at least, set up the CM Punk vs. Randy Orton WrestleMania match, as Punk would go on to get rid of Orton following a GTS.

Unfortunately for Punk, he would be pinned by Cena soon after following an Attitude Adjustment on the chamber floor.

23. Elimination Chamber 2018 - Raw Women's Championship

Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks vs. Mickie James vs. Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville.

The first-ever women’s Elimination Chamber match took place in 2018, and the match did have a decent enough story for the final three as the match came down to Bayley, Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss before Bliss could even exit her pod. Banks and Bayley were having issues at the time, though, and their inability to work together proved to be their downfall when Banks drew a gasp from the crowd when she initially helped Bayley climb a pod in their pursuit of Bliss, only to kick her best friend to the floor.

This meant a two vs. one became a free-for-all, and Bliss used it to her advantage, first eliminating Bayley with a roll-up just seconds after an avalanche Bayley to Belly to Sasha Banks, before she had an entertaining final sequence with Banks that featured a Twisted Bliss from the top of the pod to the chamber floor, only for Banks to roll through into the Bank Statement.

One of the main things hampering the final minutes, though, was it appeared inevitable that Bliss was going to retain as soon as Banks attacked Bayley, removing much of the drama on Bliss’ way to eventually pinning Banks following a Twisted DDT. The fact the issues between Banks and Bayley ultimately went nowhere also brings the match down, as the two friends would reunite in July 2018. It would take another two years for them to have a full-blown feud.

The opening 15 minutes were also quite boring too as it was a still-green Absolution vs. Bayley & Sasha Banks, with it being a strange choice to have the first-ever women’s chamber open with Sonya Deville.

22. Elimination Chamber 2025 - Women's World Championship Match At WrestleMania 41

Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Bayley vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Naomi vs. Alexa Bliss.

This match got off to a fantastic start as before the referee could even ring the bell, Jade Cargill made her return from injury and charged to the ring to reveal who her mystery attacker was by laying out Naomi to stun the fans in attendance. Cargill’s beatdown was particularly brutal too as she used the chamber door as a weapon and slid it into Naomi’s head, which all led to Naomi being stretchered out and removed from the match in the process.

The match couldn’t maintain the momentum of a hot start, but it did at least showcase Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan, who advanced to the final two. They were part of the second most memorable moment of the match too when Belair whipped Morgan with her hair while on top of the pod and the crack of the whip reverberated around the arena. Morgan would then later use Belair’s hair as a weapon in another unique spot.

Morgan and Belair squaring off in the final two was also fun before Belair put Liv away with a KOD following an Oblivion counter to advance to WrestleMania.

21. Elimination Chamber 2010 - WWE Championship

John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase Jr. vs. Kofi Kingston.

Sheamus entered as WWE Champion, having won the belt at TLC 2009 in a Tables Match against John Cena, and this was the first time they had clashed properly since that pay-per-view. Triple H was also feuding with Sheamus at the time, and there was some excitement injected into the match in the final minutes as Triple H, John Cena, and Sheamus reached the final three, with Sheamus then being eliminated following a Triple H low blow and Pedigree to guarantee there would be a new WWE Champion.

That new champion proved to be John Cena after he forced Triple H to tap out to an STF.

There was also the subplot of Legacy's implosion as Ted DiBiase Jr. accidentally blasted Randy Orton with a lead pipe, paused to think through his options, and pinned his faction leader anyway.

The match is best remembered for what happened afterwards, though, as Vince McMahon gifted Batista an immediate shot at the WWE Championship as a reward for attacking Bret Hart on Raw.

Batista’s post-match involvement reeked of Edge's 2006 cash-in, but without the quality storyline explanation behind it, and while fans cheered Cena’s loss when he was defeated by Batista in seconds, it did make fans question why they had been made to sit through a 30-minute chamber match.

20. Elimination Chamber 2020 - SmackDown Tag Team Championships

Miz & Morrison vs. The New Day vs. The Usos vs. The Dirty Dawgs vs. Heavy Machinery vs. Lucha House Party.

This match was better than it had any right to be as the SmackDown tag team division was particularly strong at the time with the ever-present duos of The New Day (this time just Kofi Kingston & Big E and not all three members) and The Usos, along with popular teams like The Miz & John Morrison, Lucha House Party, The Dirty Dawgs, and Heavy Machinery.

The drama around Otis’ love for Mandy Rose and Dolph Ziggler’s repeated interference in it really carried the match in the middle portion, particularly as the fans absolutely loved Heavy Machinery and were particularly devastated when Robert Roode eliminated Heavy Machinery with a Glorious DDT to Tucker, especially as Ziggler had dedicated the match to Mandy Rose earlier in the night.

The wrestlers also produced some crazy spots, most notably Lince Dorado hitting a shooting star press from the top of the Elimination Chamber to all of the other competitors below. Then Heavy Machinery carried the load, including Otis crashing through a pod.

There were only a couple of negatives. The match became a little clustered when there were 10 competitors in action, but that didn’t last long. The Miz and John Morrison winning was also predictable as they had only beaten The New Day for the belts a couple of weeks earlier and the company was very much pushing the champions at the time due to it coming just a few months after Morrison made his return to WWE.

19. SummerSlam 2003 - World Heavyweight Championship

Triple H vs. Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash vs. Randy Orton.

The second ever Elimination Chamber, the outing at SummerSlam 2003 would have been ranked higher if Goldberg had won, but the whole match is brought down by Triple H’s victory after months of The Game being on top and stinking up Monday Night Raw at the pomp of his reign of terror.

Up until the finish, though, the match was fantastic. Goldberg had only been a part of WWE since the Raw after WrestleMania XIX, and he went absolutely berserk inside the Chamber, eliminating everyone but short-haired Kevin Nash, who was dispatched of by Chris Jericho, on his way to a final two against World Heavyweight Champion Triple H.

Just as Goldberg looked to have the match won, though, Ric Flair slipped a sledgehammer to his Evolution stablemate, and HHH used the weapon to good effect, drilling Goldberg on the top of the head as he went for a Spear. The result was academic after that and the post-match beatdown left a sour taste in the mouth of anyone who bought SummerSlam 2003 on pay-per-view. 

18. No Way Out 2008 - World Heavyweight Championship Match At WrestleMania XXIV

The Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Big Daddy V vs. The Great Khali vs. MVP vs. Finlay.

The first Elimination Chamber match on a card which featured two of the stipulation matches for the first time at No Way Out 2008, the contest featured a great final two of The Undertaker and Batista.

The final sequence saw Batista hold The Undertaker in a Tombstone position on the outside, only for the pair to topple over the top rope and into the ring, leaving Undertaker on his feet and primed for a Tombstone of his own to Batista. A 1-2-3 later and The Phenom punched his ticket to a match with Edge at WrestleMania XXIV for a thrilling conclusion.

Everything else in the match was hit and miss. One of the main issues was no one believed Big Daddy V, The Great Khali, MVP or Finlay were going to win, but at least MVP got a cool elimination when he received a Chokeslam from the top of a pod by The Undertaker.

17. Elimination Chamber 2021 - WWE Championship

Drew McIntyre vs. AJ Styles vs. Sheamus vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton.

The story heading into the match was Drew McIntyre had become more and more worn down over the past 11 months through his involvement in the WWE Title picture, and the story was told well as McIntyre entered the match third, following Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton opening the match.

The action in the contest was, once again, good due to the calibre of the wrestlers in the Elimination Chamber, and the brief tease of another Kofi Kingston rise was fun when he eliminated Orton first, before Kingston was felled by a Brogue Kick from Sheamus.

Sheamus, AJ Styles, and McIntyre ended up being the final three and they were great in the match, especially with the tease that Irn Dru would be eliminated after he ate a Brogue Kick from Sheamus, but AJ Styles caught Sheamus with a Phenomenal Forearm before he could make the cover, resulting in Sheamus’ elimination.

Styles then looked set to capitalise in a frenetic finish with another Phenomenal Forearm but he jumped straight into a mid-air Claymore from McIntyre in a great spot, as the WWE Champion just about survived…for all of two minutes.

This match, like the one it followed earlier in the night, is primarily remembered for what happened afterwards. This time, Bobby Lashley, who lost the United States Title earlier in the night, decimated McIntyre in a post-match attack. This opened the door for The Miz to cash in his Money in the Bank contract and end the night as the new WWE Champion.

Regardless, though, the story of McIntyre surviving the odds, only to have the WWE Title stolen from him courtesy of a post-match attack, proved to be an exciting story on the night.

16. Elimination Chamber 2013 - World Heavyweight Championship Match At WrestleMania 29

Jack Swagger vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry. 

In a field with such talent, this Elimination Chamber match looks truly bizarre due to Jack Swagger, the worst option in the match, walking away with the win to earn a World Heavyweight Title shot at WrestleMania 29. To make matters worse, Swagger’s win went nowhere, and he was back to serving as a jobber to the stars by the end of the year. 

Despite the winner, the pacing of this match was excellent. Mark Henry dominated the early stages, taking out Kane and Daniel Bryan with World's Strongest Slams, before being RKO’d out of contention by Randy Orton. Henry then snapped in entertaining fashion, dishing out more slams before finally leaving the Chamber. Orton then looked be on course for victory, before Swagger stole an unlikely win with a climactic roll-up.

Although a perfectly solid Elimination Chamber, it never threatened to step up into that higher gear, and Jack Swagger won.

15. Elimination Chamber 2014 - WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena vs. Christian vs. Sheamus vs. Cesaro. 

Elimination Chamber 2014 very much served as the starter to the WrestleMania XXX main course, but fans at least left the show hopeful that WWE might pull the trigger on Daniel Bryan winning the big one on the Grandest Stage of Them All, even if it meant they had to witness an incredibly screwy finish to the pay-per-view. 

With the level of the competitors in the ring, the action, as expected, was very good, and there were no eliminations for the first 20 minutes of the match, with the other five competitors even briefly working together to attack Orton after he escaped back into a pod, with Orton being brought out following a Brogue Kick from Sheamus through the pod.

The closing minutes, though, were marred by an awful lot of interference following the eliminations of Christian, Sheamus, and Cesaro. As John Cena had an STF applied to Randy Orton, the lights in the arena suddenly went out, and The Wyatt Family were inside the Chamber when the lights came back on. After initially taking down Daniel Bryan, the faction turned to John Cena as they laid out the future Peacemaker, which allowed Orton to steal a pin on his longtime rival. 

The screwiness then only continued as Corporate Kane arrived to help Cena to the back, which led to him costing Daniel Bryan the win by stopping the referee’s count after a Busaiku Knee to The Viper, before Orton followed up with an RKO out of nowhere for the unsatisfying win.

14. Elimination Chamber 2024 - World Heavyweight Championship Match At WrestleMania XL

Drew McIntyre vs. LA Knight vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul vs. Bobby Lashley.

While not the greatest Elimination Chamber of all time, it was a strong outing, and 2024’s second effort told a good story of Drew McIntyre constantly taking advantage of what was happening around him as he punched his ticket to WrestleMania XL, while also setting up multiple matches for Mania in the process.

McIntyre taking advantage allowed him to score three eliminations on his way to victory, dispatching of Bobby Lashley, who aggravated a storyline elbow injury after spearing Logan Paul through a pod, and LA Knight, who was about to eliminate McIntyre when he was attacked with a steel chair from AJ Styles, who flew all the way to Australia just to attack Knight and set up their WrestleMania match.

McIntyre being an opportunist played into the finish too as Randy Orton played up his surgically repaired back throughout, with it only worsening every time Orton hit an RKO, which he did from out of nowhere to eliminate Logan Paul in a very fun moment.

After Orton managed to hit McIntyre with another RKO, however, Logan Paul, who never left the Chamber, suddenly decked Orton with the brass knuckles which allowed Irn Dru to pin Orton seconds later for the win.

McIntyre, despite being a heel, was a popular winner too, as fans wanted to see the Scottish Warrior back in the world title picture after years of failure since he lost the WWE Title to The Miz in 2021.

The most fun moment in the match, meanwhile, saw Kevin Owens take revenge on Logan Paul for drawing a fat man on the pod glass and saying it was KO, as Owens hammered away at Logan inside the pod, during which he briefly locked them both back in the pod by mistake.

13. Elimination Chamber 2021 - Immediate Universal Championship Match Against Roman Reigns

Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. King Corbin.

This was a great Elimination Chamber match, with WWE booking the correct two wrestlers to begin the contest as future Blackpool Combat Club stablemates Daniel Bryan and Cesaro collided. Cesaro was on the receiving end of a push at the time and many believed he would win, but it would be the American Dragon who would go the distance as he last eliminated Jey Uso.

The Chamber match once again hosted its fair share of Mania setup, this time with Kevin Owens eliminating cowardly Sami Zayn, who was at his best in the match when he tried to pick up the scraps, while Owens would also continue his issues with the Bloodline as Jey Uso trapped his arm in the Chamber door and hit him with a splash to earn the elimination.

Uso then surprisingly eliminated Cesaro as Jey was pushed strong, but he failed against Bryan, who won in similar fashion to two years earlier when he got his knees up on an Uso Splash from the top of the pod and capitalised with the Busaiku Knee for the victory.

There was great in-ring action throughout, but the stakes really hampered the contest as fans knew the winner would lose to Roman Reigns in quick fashion, which is exactly what happened as Bryan passed out to a Reigns’ guillotine after 90 seconds. The American Dragon was then only made an afterthought after Edge speared Reigns post-match to set up a Universal Title match at WrestleMania 37, which would ultimately come to include the American Dragon.

Another issue was the match taking place in the ThunderDome, which couldn’t be helped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it does make these matches strange without a crowd.

12. No Way Out 2009 - WWE Championship

Edge vs. Triple H vs. The Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy vs. The Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov.

Five good to great wrestlers and Vladimir Kozlov, No Way Out 2009 is remembered as the site of one of WWE's most daring one-night storylines and this was part one of that, although this match is often overshadowed by the World Heavyweight Title contest later in the night. 

Edge being rolled up inside of a couple of minutes and guaranteeing a new champion by the end of the match was a genius piece of booking that invigorated the excitement in the match.

Unfortunately, this explosive start also gave the match an impossibly high level of excitement to maintain, although The Undertaker and Triple H did their best as they destroyed everybody en route to being the final two. 

Then, somewhat surprisingly, the Triple H vs. Undertaker portion of the match fell slightly flat due to Triple H’s ultimate triumph being somewhat telegraphed by his ongoing feud with Randy Orton, while The Phenom’s WrestleMania plans were less clear at this point. HHH getting his foot to the rope on a Tombstone was a great near fall, though, which would lead to The Game hitting two Pedigrees to become a then-record eight-time WWE Champion and 13-time world champion altogether.

11. Elimination Chamber 2010 - World Heavyweight Championship

Chris Jericho vs. The Undertaker vs. CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth.

The second Elimination Chamber match of the 2010 pay-per-view featured a fantastic finish as Shawn Michaels popped out from under the Chamber floor and delivered a Sweet Chin Music to The Undertaker in one final desperate attempt to get The Phenom to face him at WrestleMania XXVI, ultimately provoking ‘Taker into what would become their Streak vs. Career match on the Grandest Stage of Them All.

That Michaels did it to help Jericho win the belt only added another layer, considering they spent large portions of the previous 18 months feuding with one another in a bitter rivalry. 

Beyond the finish, there were some great moments, notably CM Punk eliminating R-Truth early on, which led to him cutting a promo on the other wrestlers locked in the pods as he proclaimed the virtues of his Straight Edge Society. That Punk would be made to shut up just a few minutes later when Rey Mysterio eliminated him before another entrant could enter the match made it all the better and more entertaining for the fans in the arena. 

The rest of the in-ring action was a standard Chamber affair, but this match is elevated so high due to the incredible finish. Kudos to The Undertaker too for doing it after the pyro went off in his face during his entrance and he was legitimately left with first and second-degree burns.

10. Elimination Chamber 2011 - World Heavyweight Championship

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre vs. The Big Show vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett.

This was an Elimination Chamber match that featured exciting in-ring action, but meant little in the grand scheme of WWE. The final showdown between Edge and Rey Mysterio - a repeat of their performance in 2009 - was given almost 10 minutes in a wise decision, given the excellent chemistry shared between both men, as they both opened and ended the match.

Aside from this being the Edge and Mysterio show, there wasn’t too much here to write home about. Barrett, Big Show, McIntyre, and Kane all had basic roles to fulfil - and fulfil them they did - but nothing of particular note occurred.

9. Elimination Chamber 2023 - United States Championship

Austin Theory vs. Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Montez Ford.

Elimination Chamber 2023 marked the first time ever that the United States Championship had been defended inside the Elimination Chamber and it made for a fun match as wrestlers you may not typically see in an Elimination Chamber match competed inside the structure. 

Each wrestler added a different mix to the match, from Seth Rollins as the workhorse to Bronson Reed as the monster to Austin Theory as the heel champion who did everything in his power to escape to Montez Ford as the high flier who ran wild, which gave the match a great balance and kept fans locked into the action. 

All six talents worked together for fun moments, particularly Montez Ford, who had the fans on their feet when he climbed to the top of the chamber and dropped himself onto the rest of the field below. Other memorable moments included Seth Rollins looking to Powerbomb Johnny Gargano from the top of the pod, only for Johnny Wrestling to counter into a Hurricanrana which sent Rollins flying from the pod into Austin Theory and Montez Ford below, and Ford hitting a trio of Tope con Giros to Theory and Rollins. 

The finish also helped complete the rivalry between Austin Theory and Seth Rollins after months of feuding over the United States Championship, while setting up Rollins’ WrestleMania match, as Montez Ford required medical assistance to leave the chamber, which ultimately left the door open and allowed Logan Paul to sneak in and take out Rollins with a buckshot lariat and a stomp to huge boos. This, of course, allowed Theory to connect with A-Town-Down for the win.

Theory is ultimately the biggest weakness of this matc, however.. He failed to do much of anything outside of being beaten up by the rest of the field, and him winning looks like a poor booking decision years later, particularly as the young star failed to capitalise on such a heavy push, which included being Vince McMahon’s protege, an Elimination Chamber win, a Money in the Bank Ladder Match win, and a victory over John Cena at WrestleMania 39. 

8. No Way Out 2008 - WWE Championship Match At WrestleMania XXIV

Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Umaga vs. JBL.

No Way Out 2008 featured two very good Elimination Chamber matches on the first pay-per-view that featured two of the stipulation matches, and the match for a WWE Title shot at WrestleMania XXIV had a great lineup. 

The match had a strong story, although the winner in Triple H, who had already won two Chamber matches, was a little underwhelming, especially when the crowd desperately wanted Jeff Hardy to punch his ticket to WrestleMania as his push to the main event scene continued. 

One memorable moment, although uncomfortable today with our knowledge of brain trauma, was JBL’s post-elimination chair shot party as he went wild with unprotected chair shots. Umaga was also booked to look like a beast as he ran roughshod over the other competitors before being felled by a flurry of finishers beginning with a Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels that was followed by a Codebreaker from Chris Jericho, a Pedigree from Triple H, and then a Swanton Bomb from the top of a pod by Jeff Hardy. 

Shawn Michaels and Triple H, meanwhile, came to blows for one of the first times since they reunited as on-screen best friends in 2006, and there was legitimate shock in the audience when The Game hit HBK with a Pedigree to eliminate him. 

This brought the match down to a great final sequence as Triple H and Jeff Hardy battled back and forth. The assumption was HHH was going to win but there was great drama after Hardy kicked out of a Pedigree, giving the fans hope that he might win that was only enhanced after he hit Triple H with a low blow, but The Game quickly blocked a Twist of Fate, throwing Hardy onto a chair, before he followed up with another Pedigree on the chair for the win.

7. New Year's Revolution 2006 - WWE Championship

John Cena vs. Chris Masters vs. Carlito vs. Kurt Angle vs. Kane vs. Shawn Michaels. 

On paper, New Year’s Revolution looks like a weak Chamber match of a bloodied John Cena overcoming the odds deep into his first WWE Title reign with Carlito and Chris Masters in the final three, but this match was actually great, and only made historic by Edge’s appearance after the match to cash in the Money in the Bank contract for the first time. 

Carlito and Masters seemed like the least thrilling element of the bout beforehand, but they teamed up to outlast everyone except Cena. Their downfall, appropriately, was each other, with Carlito prematurely turning on Masters and paying the price. Kurt Angle also ran wild early on, only to run straight into a Sweet Chin Music out of nowhere for a great elimination. 

Were it not for the post-match cash-in, this match would probably be looked back upon very differently, but Edge did cash in, and this match proved to be the prelude to one of WWE’s best-ever angles.

6. Elimination Chamber 2019 - WWE Championship

Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe.

The 2019 Elimination Chamber match could have been a distinctly average affair, but an injury ahead of the pay-per-view, which resulted in Kofi Kingston replacing Mustafa Ali inside the demonic structure, elevated this contest to one of the best Elimination Chamber matches in WWE history.

Kofi had already pinned Daniel Bryan on the SmackDown before the Chamber, and the fans were right behind Kingston as soon as his pod was opened as they wanted a miracle to happen and Kingston to walk away with the WWE Championship. 

The match was perfectly structured too, beginning with Daniel Bryan and Samoa Joe, two competitors who always had good chemistry, and the energy levels only picked up once Kofi entered at number three. 

The contest moved along nicely with Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, and Randy Orton entering the match, with Orton and Styles setting up their WrestleMania match when Randy eliminated the Phenomenal One. The arena was then rocking after Kofi eliminated Randy Orton to bring the match down to himself and Daniel Bryan, as the detestable Planet’s Champion proved to be the perfect foil for Kofi. 

The howls of anguish from the crowd every single time Daniel Bryan kicked out almost shook the building, but the best near fall was saved for Kofi’s kickout of the first Busaiku Knee.

The finish was great too, with Kofi going high risk and missing on a splash from the top of the pod, which only allowed Bryan to capitalise with a second Busaiku Knee for the win and left WWE fans wanting more from Kingston in the WWE Title picture, something they demonstrated with a post-match standing ovation for the New Day member.

That this match was followed by Kofi Kingston winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35 elevates it further.

5. Elimination Chamber 2025 - Undisputed WWE Championship Match At WrestleMania 41

John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest vs. Logan Paul. 

This match was very much the John Cena and CM Punk show as fans waited to see the long-time rivals lock up inside the squared circle, and they were also the two obvious winners. 

The match spent much of the time building towards CM Punk vs. John Cena, with the contest going through the motions until they came to blows outside of Damian Priest eliminating Drew McIntyre with a Crucifix Pin to set up their WrestleMania 41 match. 

Once Cena and Punk did come to blows, though, it was fantastic stuff as the veterans revealed their chemistry was still intact after over a decade apart. Seth Rollins and his hatred of Punk only added to the drama too as he hit Punk with move after move, but he was unable to put his nemesis away, with Punk and Cena then working together to eliminate Rollins with a GTS-AA combo. 

A little inkling of what was set to happen minutes later then emerged during the finish as, instead of exiting the chamber, Rollins hung around as Punk and Cena exchanged finishers and near falls, before Seth flattened Punk with a stomp out of nowhere after The Second City Saviour spilt into the ropes. In a very un-babyface move, Cena watched the whole thing but capitalised anyway, dragging Punk to the centre of the ring and locking in the STF to win the match as Punk passed out. 

This little tease then turned into a full-on attitude change after the match as John Cena did the unthinkable and turned heel, kicking Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes squared in the nether regions in an iconic heel turn, even if the heel run itself would prove to be a bit of a dud. 

4. New Year's Revolution 2005 - World Heavyweight Championship

Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho. 

New Year’s Revolution featured an Elimination Chamber match better than it had any right to be after what had been an injury-riddled pay-per-view and a mess of a build, all so WWE could have the Elimination Chamber be for the vacant Big Gold Belt.

Unlike other Chamber matches guilty of focusing too heavily on one or two competitors, pretty much everybody here had a specific purpose. Jericho and Benoit started things off with some typically excellent wrestling, while Edge got into it (semi-unintentionally) with special guest referee Shawn Michaels. Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista all factored heavily into the finish.

The finish served a purpose too, laying the groundwork for Batista’s face turn and feud with Triple H, leading to the main event of WrestleMania 21. This all took place as Orton hit Batista with an RKO and Triple H, who could have made the save for his stablemate, just allowed Batista to be pinned, with WWE making sure to show that The Game just stood there. 

This brought the match down to Orton and Triple H, with Batista helping post-elimination to allow Triple H to retain, with the only issue being that Randy Orton was an abysmal babyface at the time and failed to garner much sympathy.

It was a cheap ending and made the whole vacant World Heavyweight Title situation redundant since Triple H just went ahead and won anyway, but the in-ring action elevated this match to a higher level and was a great tease of things to come.

3. Elimination Chamber 2017 - WWE Championship

Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Baron Corbin vs. The Miz.

After there was no Chamber match in 2016 due to the disastrous matches from 2015, WWE brought back the stipulation match with a new Elimination Chamber for a back-to-basics affair at Elimination Chamber 2017, and it was fantastic.

The match was full of quality talent and featured stories throughout, including the early elimination of Baron Corbin by Dean Ambrose, with Corbin retaliating by taking down Ambrose with the End of Days which resulted in his elimination by The Miz, all to set up Ambrose vs. Corbin for the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania 33. 

The match opened with AJ Styles and John Cena, who had been feuding since the previous summer, and the match told a great story of Styles and Cena being too invested in their own issues during the final three with Bray Wyatt, which ultimately allowed The Eater of Worlds to eliminate first Cena and then AJ on his way to becoming WWE Champion for the first time. 

Wyatt’s win was also a great feel-good moment after years of stop-start pushes for Windham Rotunda. This would ultimately prove to be another such push, though, as he lost the WWE Championship to Randy Orton at WrestleMania, but we didn’t know that in the exact moment of the Chamber. 

2. Survivor Series 2002 - World Heavyweight Championship

Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T vs. Kane.

The first-ever Elimination Chamber match took place at Survivor Series 2002, and it remains one of the best feel-good matches in WWE history as Shawn Michaels, just months on from returning to the ring after a four-year layoff, defeated his storyline former best friend and real-life best friend Triple H to capture the Big Gold Belt, even while wearing those horrible brown pants.

This came after a great final sequence too before Michaels planted The Game with a picture-perfect Sweet Chin Music into a cover for the 1-2-3 as Madison Square Garden erupted. 

This match has an advantage by being the first Chamber match, but it featured plenty of entertaining moments, from RVD’s Five Star Frog Splash from the top of the pod, in which he legitimately crushed Triple H’s oesophagus, to Chris Jericho going flying through the pod. 

The only negative was that some of the action was somewhat sloppy as the competitors tested their surroundings, but them landing on the chamber floor and all of the destruction they provided cemented it as a stipulation match that WWE have revisited ever since.

1. No Way Out 2009 - World Heavyweight Championship

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kane vs. Mike Knox.

This remains the pinnacle of Elimination Chamber action, both in terms of sheer in-ring action and shocking storyline developments. Having lost the WWE Championship in around three minutes earlier in the night, Edge crashed the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match, locking himself in a pod and setting his sights on the World Heavyweight Title.

The booking alone was inventive and enthralling enough to propel this bout to the upper reaches of this list, even if the wrestling itself had been stale. As it happened, though, we were treated to perhaps the best final showdown of any Chamber match in history as Edge and Mysterio went all out to impress, creating a legitimately special moment in the process.

The only negative about the match is that Mike Knox is in it, but Edge and Mysterio more than made up for his dud of an involvement, and Cena being eliminated third only made the final minutes all that more exciting knowing a new champion was on the way.