Our commentary team of Michael Cole and Jerry The “King” Lawler from Raw, and Matt Striker from Smackdown welcome us to the event. The chamber starts to lower and John Cena is the first man to make his entrance to a split reaction from the crowd. He is the first man to enter a pod and the order for this match is random. Ted DiBiase Jr follows and enters his pod, his mentor Randy Orton and Triple H follow suit, leaving Sheamus and Kofi Kingston start the match.
SHEAMUS © VS. JOHN CENA VS. TRIPLE H VS.
RANDY ORTON VS. TED DIBIASE Jr. VS. KOFI KINGSTON
WWE Championship (Elimination Chamber match)
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 (21st February 2010)
Kofi Kingston avoids the Brogue Kick, then chops at Sheamus' hamstrings with leg kicks, he ducks a clothesline attempt, more kicks before he tries to send Sheamus across the ring, but the irish whip is reversed. Kingston ducks another clothesline and knocks down Sheamus with a jumping forearm and covers but Sheamus quickly kicks out. Kingston hits a dropkick and covers but only gets 1. Another kicking combination gets another 1 count. Sheamus cuts off the attack with a kick to the midsection and a clubbing blow, he knocks Kingston down with a knee strike and forces Kofi into the corner. Kofi blocks a right hand and hits a couple of his own, a European uppercut knocks Sheamus back into the corner, Sheamus reverses an irish whip but ducks early, Kofi kicks him but runs into a back elbow. Sheamus runs through Kingston with a running shoulder tackle, Kofi goes prone to avoid another attack, they fight for a hip toss until Sheamus knees Kofi in the midsection and sends him over the top rope, Kofi lands on his feet! Sheamus runs into a kick over the top rope from Kofi Kingston, who springboards back into the ring with a crossbody for a nearfall.
Kofi hits Sheamus with a clubbing blow and knocks him back into the corner but the irish whip is reversed. Kofi Kingston gets his foot up as Sheamus runs into the corner, he tries to roll Sheamus up but Sheamus has hold of the top rope. Sheamus rains down right hands and covers for a nearfall. Sheamus puts Kofi in a camel clutch around the bottom rope and Kofi tries to crawl out of the ring. Sheamus steps outside to meet him but Kingston fights to his feet and kicks Sheamus in the ribs but is pushed back-first into the pod. Sheamus helps Kofi back into the ring and hits the backbreaker (not yet the Irish Curse) for a nearfall. He hits a kneedrop as the countdown begins for the next entrant. Sheamus stomps and chokes at Kofi as Triple H's pod is the one to open. He tries to get a sinister look using the spotlight but something wasn't lined up right, it looked closer to laughable. Triple H enters the match, having a staredown with Sheamus, who throws the first punch. Triple H blocks it and fires off some of his own. Sheamus cuts him off with a knee to the gut, more right hands before trying to send Triple H off the ropes, it's reversed and Sheamus ducks the clothesline but not the high knee. Triple H hits a kneedrop for a nearfall.
Triple H squashes Sheamus with a clothesline in the corner, then beats Sheamus down with right hands and stomps. A short-arm clothesline gets Triple H another nearfall as Kofi is still taking a nap at ringside. Triple H sends Sheamus over to the steel floor, they both block attempts at being sent into the Chamber, then Triple H sends Sheamus back into the ring with a clothesline. Triple H sends Sheamus into the corner but runs into his boot. Sheamus sets up a crucifix bomb but Triple H counters into a DDT for a nearfall. Kofi Kingston enters himself back into the match with a crossbody from the top rope, Triple H moves but Kofi gets another nearfall on Sheamus. Kingston knocks Triple H down, then chops at both men. He knocks Sheamus down with a dropkick then sends him into the corner. Triple H is sent into Sheamus and goes over to the floor. Kingston hits the jumping mounted punches in the corner, the jumping right hand is the exclamation point, as Cole puts it. Kofi Kingston hits a slingshot Boomdrop on Triple H on the chamber floor but is knocked down by a Sheamus clothesline. Sheamus brings Kofi into the ring and covers but only gets 2.
Sheamus keeps both of his opponents on the mat as Randy Orton enters, going after Sheamus with right hands before the camera can get back on the action. He beats Sheamus down in the corner before turning his attention to Triple H, knocking him down with a clothesline and stomping the midsection. Kofi Kingston gets his turn, eating right hands and a european uppercut. He stomps at Sheamus' midsection and legs before hitting a kneedrop on Triple H, he hits another one on Sheamus and covers but only gets 2. Randy Orton sends Sheamus out of the ring, he kicks Triple H in the ribs before following. Sheamus is sent into the chamber wall, using the ring ropes for momentum. Triple H leaves the ring and meets the same fate. Cena and Orton have a tense staredown through the plexiglass as Randy Orton chokes Sheamus against the chains on the chamber. Kofi Kingston hits a crossbody onto the crowd in the first time that has looked natural!
Randy Orton slides back into the ring, Kofi Kingston springboards into a dropkick from Orton for a nearfall and we see replays for the crossbody and springboard. Orton stomps at Kofi, but Triple H is back, hitting Orton with right hands, Randy Orton reverses the irish whip but ducks early, Triple H hits the knee smash but runs into the powerslam. Randy Orton stalks Triple H but the RKO is countered, Kofi tries Trouble in Paradise but Orton ducks, Kofi Kingston shoves Orton into a Pedigree attempt from Triple H but Orton backdrops him out of the ring! Kofi Kingston runs at Orton but he's sent over to the steel floor too. Sheamus makes his way around ringside and sends Randy Orton into the ring post on the outside. TedDiBiase Jr. enters the match, he kicks Sheamus on his way to the ring and hotshots Kingston over the top rope, Kofi flips over to the chamber floor and DiBiase knocks Triple H down with a clothesline. Ted DiBiase Jr hits mounted punches on the mat then fist drops. He turns his attention to Randy Orton before connecting with the third fist drop, then helps Orton to his feet. They double-team Triple H in the corner with kicks and stomps as King says this should be every man for himself.
Legacy then turns their attention to Sheamus and Orton sends Sheamus' shoulder into the ring post. Ted DiBiase chokes Kofi Kingston across the middle rope and they both leave the ring, Randy Orton measure the chains then they force Kofi's head into the gap. Ted DiBiase Jr puts Kingston in a boston crab as Orton kicks him in the ribs and the back. Triple H gets back in the ring and exchanges right hands with Orton, Ted DiBiase blindsides Triple H, Orton puts him in a front facelock so DiBiase can club at Triple H's back. Randy Orton holds Triple H in place so DiBiase can kick him and Triple H is dumped through the ropes. Legacy sends Triple H backwards into the chamber, Orton sets up the rope-draping DDT but DiBiase has a better idea. Randy Orton hits the DDT on the floor instead!
Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase wait outside John Cena's pod as they countdown towards his entrance. The door opens and John Cena goes in hot, right hands for Orton and DiBiase as Cena fights out of his pod. The cheers are incredibly high-pitched for this moment, I think some local dogs started barking as he threw Orton into the ring. Cena ducks a clothesline and knocks Orton down with shoulder tackles. He hits the Protobomb and Five Knuckle Shuffle. Ted DiBiase tries to interfere, he gets kicked in the midsection and Cena hits what I remember being called the over castle in videogames. Cena hits a top rope leg drop onto DiBiase and picks him up for the FU. Cena uses DiBiase's legs to knock Orton down, DiBiase holds on to the top rope so Cena sends him over to the floor.
Randy Orton puts no effort into sending John Cena over to the floor and Cena sends him into the chamber wall. John Cena locks the STF on Ted DiBiase Jr in the ring, but Randy Orton breaks it up. He hits Cena with his backbreaker and sets up for the RKO. Cody Rhodes runs down to ringside with a lead pipe as John Cena counters the RKO and lifts Orton for the FU, Ted DiBiase swings with the pipe and hits Orton! Ted DiBiase hits Cena with the lead pipe to the midsection after the FU but eliminates Orton. Randy Orton starts to figure out what happened as he leaves the chamber and sees DiBiase smirking back at him. Sheamus turns his attention to Kofi Kingston at ringside, he tries to send Kingston back into the ring but Kofi counters with some strange waistlock hurricanrana, Kofi Kingston hits DiBiase with the Trouble in Paradise to eliminate him from the match. Sheamus hits Kofi with a Brogue Kick and the Crucifix Bomb for another elimination. Sheamus turns his attention to John Cena with right hands as Triple H is still taking a breather. Cena is knocked through the ropes, Sheamus lines him up and hits a kneelift through the ropes. Sheamus counters an FU attempt into the lifting backbreaker and hits a powerslam on Cena for a nearfall.
Sheamus sets Cena up in the tree of woe and wears him down with knee strikes.Sheamus lifts Cena so he's seated on the top turnbuckle, which took strength that commentary (for once) refused to mention, but walks into a low blow by Triple H. Triple H hits the Pedigree on Sheamus and slowly covers, eliminating Sheamus and Guaranteeing a new WWE Champion. John Cena is the first to move and try to get to his feet. He puts the STF on Triple H, who fights it but has to weakly tap out.
WINNER: JOHN CENA (NEW WWE Champion)
My main gripe with the match was how easy it was to notice when the others were staying out of the way. When Triple H entered the match Kofi was nowhere to be seen for a long time, then Triple H at the end taking 5 minutes to recover from a backdrop that people take every chamber match and keep going. I don't think the chamber works for this format. They waited for everyone to enter the match to thin the herd. Not the best chamber match but not terrible and extra points for working a “crossbody onto crowd into it so naturally. [*** ¼] 6.75/10.
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