11 Most Surreal Facts Of The WWE Elimination Chamber

5. There Was An ‘Extreme’ Elimination Chamber

4. 2018 Saw the First And Only Seven-Man Elimination Chamber

At the 2018 Elimination Chamber, we saw the first ever seven-man Chamber match.

Usually, the format sees four wrestlers enter the pods and the last two to enter will begin a singles match. After some time has passed, a wrestler will be released from a pod into the match, and this continues until all participants have entered.

Former Raw General Manager Kurt Angle held qualification matches to determine the six hopefuls, one of which would face Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 34 for the Universal Title.

For the final spot, a four-way between Bray Wyatt, Apollo Crews, Matt Hardy and Finn Bálor was announced. Seth Rollins was later added to make it a five-way.

When Bálor and Rollins both pinned Wyatt at the same time, Angle decided to have both men enter the Chamber – thus making it the first-ever and only seven-man Elimination Chamber match.

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3. Germany calls the show ‘No Escape’

When WWE decided to rename its annual ‘No Way Out’ pay-per-view in 2010, the show kept its name in Germany.

After ‘No Way Out’ returned in June 2012, WWE decided to give the Chamber show a new name in Germany: ‘No Escape’. A name that has been kept ever since.

But why the special treatment in Germany? WWE feared the ‘Elimination Chamber’ name could be linked to the holocaust.

Why WWE hasn’t just decided on a name that works globally, rather than spending money by marketing two different names for the same show, is anyone’s guess.

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