Elimination Chamber (2010)

The 2010 Elimination Chamber (known as No Way Out in Germany) was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the inaugural Elimination Chamber and took place on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDownbrand divisions. The event centered on the men's Elimination Chamber match, a type of roofed steel cage that surrounds the ring and ringside area with no disqualifications; the objective is to eliminate all other opponents either by pinfall or submission with championship implications at stake.

Six matches aired during the pay-per-view while one dark match occurred prior to the live broadcast. The two main event matches, one each for Raw and SmackDown, were both contested as Elimination Chamber matches with six competitors each. In SmackDown's Elimination Chamber match, which was the final match on the card, The Undertaker defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Jericho, John Morrison, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, and R-Truth, which was won by Jericho, who last eliminated Undertaker. In Raw's Elimination Chamber match, Sheamus defended the WWE Championship against Triple H, Ted DiBiase, Randy Orton, John Cena, and Kofi Kingston, which Cena won by last eliminating Triple H. On the undercard, Drew McIntyre retained SmackDown's Intercontinental Championship against Kane, The Miz retained Raw's United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), and Maryse and Gail Kim competed against LayCool (Layla and Michelle McCool) in an interbrandDivastag team match.

The event replaced No Way Out as the annual February PPV, which had also featured the Elimination Chamber match on its last two events. This was WWE's first PPV event held following the discontinuation of the ECW brand the week prior. The event received 285,000 pay-per-view buys, an increase on the figure earned by the 2009 No Way Out pay-per-view. Despite the increased number of buys, the event received generally negative reviews, with reviewers criticizing the undercard of the show as being "weak" and consisting of "filler" material.