5 Unexpected eliminations in WWE's Elimination Chamber match

#1 John Cena at WWE No Way Out 2009

John Cena

When Edge lost the WWE Championship in SmackDown's Elimination Chamber match, his night wasn't over quite yet. Being the Ultimate Opportunist that he is, Edge found a loophole later that night at No Way Out.

Before WWE RAW's World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match started, Edge ambushed Kofi Kingston as he was entering the ring. Edge would pull this unpleasant move as a way to take Kingston's spot in the Chamber.

No Way Out📅 : 15 February 2009🤼 : John Cena 🆚 Edge 🆚 Rey Mysterio 🆚 Chris Jericho 🆚 Kane 🆚 Mike Knox🏆 : World Heavyweight Title®️ : Edge Wins World Heavyweight Title pic.twitter.com/Yuw4kLLkwg

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As the match went on and Edge was inside the Chamber, he knew that he had his sights set on the world title. Edge knew he had to eliminate the biggest threat in the match in order for him to win the World Heavyweight Championship, which was John Cena.

Cena entered the match last, and took a Codebreaker from Jericho, a 619 from Rey Mysterio, and a Spear from Edge, to face elimination.

12 years ago today we saw No Way Out 2009, where Edge walked in WWE Champion and walked out World Heavyweight Champion. pic.twitter.com/YQazSomrhE

— Andre (@YoAndreHere) February 15, 2021

This was the first time Cena lost a championship inside WWE's Elimination Chamber, as well as facing a clean elimination inside the diabolic cage.

Edge went on to win the entire contest to become the next World Heavyweight Champion.