On the January 31 episode of SmackDown, McMahon and General Manager Daniel Bryan assured Styles that he would eventually get a one-on-one rematch, before revealing the other participants in the Elimination Chamber match: Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, The Miz, Baron Corbin, and Bray Wyatt. The following day, Styles was added to the Elimination Chamber match. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, John Cena defeated AJ Styles to win the WWE Championship for a record thirteenth time, as well as tying Ric Flair's record of sixteen recognized world titles. On the January 17, 2017, episode of SmackDown, commissioner Shane McMahon scheduled an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship as the main event of Elimination Chamber. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the SmackDown brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television show, SmackDown Live. The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. In 2011 and since 2013, the show has been promoted as "No Escape" in Germany as it was feared that the name "Elimination Chamber" may remind people of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust. The 2017 event also saw a redesign of the chamber structure, becoming square in design, instead of circular. Tickets went on sale December 16 through Ticketmaster. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was available to livestream on the WWE Network. It was the seventh Elimination Chamber and was held exclusively for wrestlers from the SmackDown brand, following the reintroduction of the brand split in July 2016. After the 2015 event was held in May, on December 5, the 2017 event returned Elimination Chamber to its regular February slot and it took place on February 12. That year, an Elimination Chamber event was not scheduled, however, on November 29, 2016, WWE reinstated the event for 2017, and announced that it would take place at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The event had been held every year until 2016. The concept of the show is that one or two main event matches are contested inside the Elimination Chamber, either with championships or future opportunities at championships at stake. The event was held at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.Įlimination Chamber is a gimmick event first produced by WWE in 2010. Production Background The redesigned Elimination Chamber structure introduced at the event. In other prominent matches, Naomi defeated Alexa Bliss to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, marking her first championship in WWE, Randy Orton defeated Luke Harper, American Alpha ( Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) retained the SmackDown Tag Team Championship in a tag team turmoil match, and in the opening bout, Becky Lynch defeated Mickie James. In the main event, Bray Wyatt won the titular Elimination Chamber match to win the WWE Championship, the first singles championship of his career. The event also saw the debut of a new Elimination Chamber structure that is the one now currently used in WWE.Įight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. It was the first Elimination Chamber event to be held since 2015 and was WWE's first pay-per-view to feature three women's matches on the main card. The event took place on February 12, 2017, at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown brand division. The 2017 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany) was the seventh Elimination Chamber professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.
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