Statistical Analysis: Top 5 WWE Elimination Chamber entrants of all time

It’s February and according to the WWE calendar it’s time for the Elimination Chamber match. It’s one of those vicious matches where the bodies of all 6 participants are subjected to destruction caused by this nearly 10-tonne heavy steel structure. Till date, the WWE Universe has witnessed 16 Elimination Chamber matches, which have produced 10 different winners. My list includes 5 of these 10 victors based on their Elimination Chamber match performances over the past 12 years. Points have been awarded for every elimination, for being a runner-up and for winning the match.

3 points for every elimination

7 points for being a runner-up

10 points for winning a match

So, here are the top 5 Elimination Chamber performers:

Special Mentions: Shawn Michaels (19 points), Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton (both 23 points)

5. Edge and CM Punk (both 32 points)

The Rated ‘R’ Superstar won 2 of the 4 Elimination Chamber matches he participated in (No Way Out ’09 and Elimination Chamber ’11), eliminating 4 other participants in the process. Punk, on the other hand, won the 2012 Raw Elimination Chamber match and was the runner-up in the 2011 Raw Elimination Chamber, he also eliminated 5 other superstars in his 4 appearances. It would have been great if he was a participant in this year’s Elimination Chamber match.

4. John Cena (39 points)

The Cenation leader has participated in 4 Elimination Chamber matches, and has won 3 of them. What’s more surprising is that WWE’s poster boy has eliminated only 3 other superstars in his 4 appearances, that means he has pinned just one other superstar in all his 3 victories, and all those 3 guys have been the runner-up in those matches. Sounds dull, doesn’t it?! But then several fans find Cena boring these days.

3. Chris Jericho (40 points)

He is definitely the best in the world at setting Elimination Chamber records. Y2J has made 8 Elimination Chamber appearances (that means he has participated in 50% of all Elimination Chamber matches in WWE’s history) and has eliminated 10 other superstars in the process, both of these are WWE records. He won the 2010 SmackDown Elimination Chamber match after eliminating The Undertaker and won the World Heavyweight Championship for the 3rd and final time.

2. The Undertaker (42 points)

The Phenom might have participate in just 3 Elimination Chamber matches, but he has been a dominating force inside that steel structure. He won the 2008 SmackDown/ECW Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out, a match in which he eliminated 3 other superstars. In both his other two appearances (No Way Out 2009 and Elimination Chamber 2010), Taker was the runner-up and eliminated a total of 3 other superstars in these 2 appearances. This means that he has always been in the final two in all his 3 appearances, quite an achievement, isn’t it?!

1. Triple H (75 points)

There is no one who can even come close to The Game’s emphatic Elimination Chamber record. He has participated in 6 matches, has won 4 of them and been the runner-up in the remaining two, eliminating 7 other superstars in the process. He has won two successive Elimination Chamber matches twice, a record which one can break only in their fantasies. In the last 3 years, all other superstars have actually been fortunate as Triple H didn’t participate in any Elimination Chamber match since 2010, because if he would’ve been in those matches he would have added some more diamonds to his already glittering Elimination Chamber track record.