Elimination Chamber 2013

Elimination Chamber is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every February by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 2010, with its inaugural event taking place on February 21, 2010, replacing No Way Out. Elimination Chamber is a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that features championship matches and other various matches. The concept of the show is that the two main event matches (usually one from the Raw brand and one from the SmackDown brand) are contested inside the Elimination Chamber; one of these matches typically features the WWE Championship being defended, while the other is usually contested for the World Heavyweight Championship.

The first Elimination Chamber event took place on February 21, 2010 and aired live on PPV. The event's name was selected after WWE allowed fans to provide input via a survey on their official website and was chosen over Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict, and the original No Way Out name. Since its origin, each event has been held in an indoor arena, with all three taking place in the United States.

Background
Elimination Chamber featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's television programs. Wrestlers portrayed heels or faces as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

CM Punk began a feud with The Rock on the January 7th, 2013 edition of RAW after Punk defeated Ryback for the WWE Championship in a Tables, Ladders, and Chair match with the aid of The Shield. The Rock would then defeat Punk at Royal Rumble, ending Punk's lengthy title reign at 434 days, dating back to Survivor Series of 2011, after the lights went out and Rock being laid out on the announce table when the lights turned back on, prompting Mr. McMahon to officially restart the match with the urging of The Rock. The next night on RAW, an irate Punk would invoke his rematch clause for the championship at the PPV.

On the February 1st 2013 edition of Smackdown, Booker T announced that there would be an Elimination Chamber Match for the #1 contendership for the World Heavyweight Championship.

Matches

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.


 * The Rock (c) vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship


 * Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. The Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship


 * Randy Orton vs. Kane vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Jack Swagger vs. The Great Khali vs. TBD in a Elimination Chamber Match to determine the #1 Contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIX


 * John Cena, Ryback & Sheamus vs. The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose)

Also See

 * List of WWE pay-per-view events
 * WWE Event History
 * Elimination Chamber
 * WWE No Way Out

DVD release

 * Vison.jpg [ Elimination Chamber 2013 on DVD]