Elimination Chamber: WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match
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WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match
CM Punk (c) vs Kofi Kingston vs R-Truth vs Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz vs Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho makes his entrance first. The commentators mention that he earned the right to be the last entrant in the match. Officials lock Jericho into his pod as Miz makes his entrance. Miz taunts Jericho before being locked in his own pod. Dolph Ziggler and R-Truth make their entrances, followed by the two competitors who will start the contest (Kofi Kingston and WWE Champion CM Punk).
The bell rings and Punk shakes hand with Kingston. The competitors engage in a series of unsuccessful pin attempts until Punk gets Kofi into position for the GTS. Kofi counters. Kofi goes for the Boom Drop on Punk, but Punk reverses with a kick to Kofi's skull.
Kofi launches over the ring ropes, but Punk lands on his feet. Punk attempts to suplex Kofi from the ring to the floor of the chamber, Kofi reverses and performs a back drop on Punk, with Punk's hip crashing to the floor of the cage. Punk recovers and launches Kofi face-first into Chris Jericho's pod. Punk then suplexes Kofi on the steel floor. The match moves back into the ring and Punk maintains control of the contest.
Dolph Ziggler is the third entrant into the match and he attacks CM Punk outside of the ring. He executes a fireman's carry to Punk on the steel floor and proceeds to do knee lifts while holding onto the cage.
The three competitors make it to their feet and trade offense. Punk and Kingston simultaneously attempt springboard off opposite sides of the ring ropes and have a mid-air collision. Punk goes for a cover on Kingston as the clock counts down to the next entrant: R-Truth.
Truth comes out of the cage aggressive with a hip toss to Ziggler to the steel floor. Truth and Punk battle as Ziggler and Kingston are laid out on the floor. Punk superplexes Truth and goes for a cover, comes up short.
Punk takes control of the match and starts to taunt Jericho on the top turnbuckle before successfully hitting R-Truth with a flying elbow. He successfully pins him. CM Punk eliminated R-Truth
Kingston hits Punk with a Trouble in Paradise, throws Ziggler to the outside of the ring and pins Punk, who kicks out at two. Kofi then springboards himself to the cage wall, holds on, then tornado DDT's. Ziggler outside of the ring.
The Miz is the fifth entrant into the match, and he dominates all of the competitors. Miz gets Punk into position for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Punk reverses with a pin attempt. Miz kicks out of the cover and hits Punk with his signature DDT.
Miz maintains control of the match until Punk reverses his offense with a powerslam. Punk then applies the Anaconda Vice to Miz while the clock winded down for Chris Jericho to enter the match. Jericho finally entered, and Punk immediately broke the submission on Miz and started to trade blows with Jericho.
As Punk and Jericho traded strikes, Punk attempted a spinning kick on Jericho but Chris grabs his legs and tries to lock in the Walls of Jericho. Punk reverses and attempts the GTS. Jericho counters and subsequently bulldogs Punk, followed by a lionsault.
Punk kicks out of Jericho's pin attempt, and immediately after Ziggler jumps into the ring and rolls up Jericho with a cover. Jericho kicks out and hits Ziggler with a Codebreaker. Chris Jericho eliminated Dolph Ziggler
Jericho and Punk continued to battle until Jericho thumbed Punk in the eye and voluntarily went back into his pod. Punk followed behind and Jericho gets out of the pod and puts Punk in. Jericho then slammed Punk's shoulder with the door of the pod.
Kofi Kingston performs the SOS on Jericho to the outside of the ring. Kofi moves into the ring and Miz starts to attack him. Miz gets Kofi into position for a superplex but Punk recovers from Jericho's attack and powerbombs Miz.
Kofi, still on the top turnbuckle, climbs to the top of the pod and hits Miz and Punk with a crossbody. Jericho gets back into the ring and applies the Walls of Jericho to Kingston. Kofi taps out. Chris Jericho eliminated Kofi Kingston
Even after eliminating him,Jericho continued the assault. As the refs opened the chamber door for Kofi to exit, Jericho threw him to the outside of the chamber. Punk then proceeded to kick Jericho in the skull, and he falls out of the chamber. Officials at ringside check on Jericho as the commentators speculate on whether he is conscious or not. Chris Jericho deemed not able to continue with the match
The match continues in the ring with Punk and Miz. Miz attempts his backbreaker/neckbreaker combo but Punk reverses with a kick to Miz's skull.
Punk springboards off the top rope for a clothesline, but Miz catches him and hits him with a Skull Crushing Finale. Miz pins Punk, but he kicks out at two.
Miz continued the assault until Punk moved from the corner, allowing Miz to go crashing into one of the pods. Punk then successfully performs the GTS on Miz, pins him, and is successfully declared the winner of the match. CM Punk eliminates Miz
Winner and STILL WWE Champion: CM Punk