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{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name       = Elimination Chamber 2014
|image      = [[File:Elimination Chamber 2014 poster.jpg|200px]]
|promotion  = [[WWE]]
|tagline    = 
|sponsor    = 
|theme_song = [[Doomsday (Theme song)|Doomsday]] by [[Nero (band)|Nero]]
|date       = February 23, [[2014]]
|venue      = [[Target Center]]
|city       = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
|attendance = 14,101
|lastevent  = [[Royal Rumble 2014|Royal Rumble]]
|nextevent  = [[NXT Arrival]]
}}
'''Elimination Chamber 2014''' was a [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] event produced by [[WWE]]. It took place on February 23, 2014, at the [[Target Center]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. The pay-per-view was the fifth annual [[Elimination Chamber (PPV)|Elimination Chamber]] event. Elimination Chamber is a [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that features championship matches and other various matches. The concept of the show is that the two main event matches (usually one from the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] [[WWE Brand Extension|brand]] and one from the [[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] brand) are contested inside the [[Elimination Chamber]]; one of these matches typically features the [[WWE Championship]] being defended, while the other is usually contested for the [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]].

==Background==
{{See also|Professional wrestling}}
Elimination Chamber featured [[professional wrestling match types|professional wrestling matches]] involving wrestlers from pre-existing scripted [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuds]], plots, and storylines that play out on [[WWE]]'s television programs, [[RAW]] and [[SmackDown!]]. Wrestlers portray [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]] or [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]] as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches at the event.

The main event will be the [[Elimination Chamber]] match, where [[Randy Orton]] will defend the [[WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] against five wrestlers after retaining it at the [[Royal Rumble 2014|Royal Rumble]] from [[John Cena]]. The night after the Rumble on ''Raw'', [[Daniel Bryan]] confronted [[The Authority]] for keeping him out of the Rumble match. [[Stephanie McMahon]] claimed they didn't want to overwork him with two matches in a night, but Bryan concluded they disliked him due to his popularity. He demanded [[Triple H]] put him in the Elimination Chamber title match. Triple H sent in [[The Shield]] to attack Bryan, but Cena and [[Sheamus]] saved him. This set up an Elimination Chamber qualifying match between those three and The Shield. During the match, [[The Wyatt Family]] attacked Cena, giving his team a disqualification win, meaning Cena, Sheamus, and Bryan all qualified for the Chamber match. On the January 31 ''SmackDown'', [[Antonio Cesaro]] defeated [[Dolph Ziggler]] to qualify, and his partner [[Jack Swagger]] lost his qualifier to a returning [[Christian]]. On the February 2 edition of ''Raw'', Stephanie McMahon would mandate Randy Orton to compete in a ''Elimination Chamber Gauntlet'' where he must face each of his Chamber opponents in single matches. He was defeated by Daniel Bryan that same night, but secured a win by defeating Christian on the February 7 edition of ''Smackdown''. He then was defeated by Cena on the February 10 edition of ''Raw'' and by Cesaro on February 14 episode of ''Smackdown''. His last opponent, Sheamus won by disqualification, as [[The Shield]] got involved on the February 17 episode of ''Raw''.

On the January 31 ''SmackDown'', The Shield refused Triple H's request for the group to drop the matter of The Wyatt Family disqualifying them from the Chamber match, so a six-man tag team match between the factions was set up for the PPV.

After [[Dave Batista|Batista]]'s WWE return was announced in December, [[Alberto Del Rio]] began saying fans should talk about him instead and vowed to eliminate Batista from the Royal Rumble match. On the January 20 ''Raw'', following a victory over [[Rey Mysterio]], Del Rio was attacked by Batista and hit with his finishing move the Batista Bomb. Del Rio entered the Rumble at number 27 and lasted just under three minutes before Batista, who was the next entrant, eliminated him. On the February 3 ''Raw'', Batista was interrupted and briefly assaulted by Del Rio, however the latter quickly escaped the ring. On the next ''Raw'', after Del Rio defeated [[Dolph Ziggler]], Batista came out and delivered a Batista Bomb to Del Rio through the announce table. Triple H then announced the two would wrestle at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

On the February 13 ''SmackDown'', Jack Swagger defeated [[Mark Henry]], [[Rey Mysterio]], and [[Kofi Kingston]] in a Fatal Four-Way match to become the number one contender for the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]], and will wrestle champion [[Ettore Ewen|Big E]] for the title at the PPV.

As announced on WWE.com, [[The Usos]] (Jimmy and Jey Uso) will face [[WWE Tag Team Champions]] [[The New Age Outlaws]] ([[Road Dogg]] and [[Billy Gunn]]) for the titles at the PPV. This was made when the Usos asked the Outlaws to fight the for the championship for the following weeks. Then, they accepted the challenge.

Former [[Prime Time Players]] tag team members [[Titus O'Neil]] and [[Fred Rosser|Darren Young]] will wrestle at the PPV. The feud began on the January 31 episode of ''SmackDown'' when O'Neil attacked Young after a tag team loss by the Prime Time Players, with O'Neil claiming that Young was "dead weight" and "holding him back".

The ''Elimination Chamber Kickoff Show'' features [[Cody Rhodes]] and [[Goldust]] squaring off against [[Ryback]] and [[Curtis Axel]].

==Results==
;{{small|Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.}}
;{{small|(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.}}

*[[WWE Kickoff Show|Kickoff show]]: [[The Rhodes Dynasty]] ([[Cody Rhodes]] & [[Goldust]]) defeated [[RybAxel]] ([[Ryback]] & [[Curtis Axel]]) (w/ [[Larry Hennig]]) (8:42)

*[[Big E Langston|Big E]] (c) defeated [[Jack Swagger]] (w/ [[Zeb Colter]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] (11:41)

*[[The New Age Outlaws]] ([[Road Dog]] & [[Billy Gunn]]) (c) defeated [[The Usos]] ([[Jimmy Uso|Jimmy]] & [[Jey Uso]]) to retain the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] (8:52)

*[[Titus O'Neil]] defeated [[Darren Young]] (6:18)
*[[The Wyatt Family]] ([[Bray Wyatt]], [[Erick Rowan]] & [[Luke Harper]]) defeated [[The Shield]] ([[Seth Rollins]], [[Roman Reigns|Roman]] [[Roman Reigns|Reigns]] & [[Dean Ambrose]]) (22:28)

*[[Cameron]] defeated [[AJ Lee]] (c) (w/ [[Tamina Snuka]]) by disqualification for [[WWE Diva's Championship]] (3:57)
*[[Batista]] defeated [[Alberto Del Rio]] (7:11)

*[[Randy Orton]] (c) defeated [[John Cena]], [[Sheamus]], [[Daniel Bryan]], [[Antonio Cesaro]] and [[Christian]] in a [[Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber Match]] to retain the [[WWE World Heavyweight Championship]] (37:33)

===Elimination Chamber Match===
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!style="background: #Blue;" align="center" colspan="2"|Entrant
!style="background: #Blue;" align="center" |Elimination #
!style="background: #Blue;" align="center" |Eliminated by
!style="background: #Blue;" align="center" |Elimination move
!style="background: #Blue;" align="center" |Time
|-
|1||[[Cesaro]]||3||John Cena||Submitted to the STF||30:10
|-
|2||[[Sheamus]]||1||Christian||Pinned after a Frog Splash off the top of a pod||26:05
|-
|3||[[Daniel Bryan]]||5||Randy Orton||Pinned after an RKO||37:33
|-
|4||[[Christian]]||2||Daniel Bryan||Pinned after a Running single leg high knee||27:12
|-
|5||[[John Cena]]||4||Randy Orton||Pinned after a Sister Abigail from Bray Wyatt||32:38
|-
|'''6'''||'''[[Randy Orton]]'''||'''WINNER'''||'''N/A'''||'''N/A'''||'''N/A'''
|}

==Other on-screen talent==
{|border="0"
|valign="top"|
;Commentators
*[[Jerry Lawler]]
*[[Michael Cole]]
*[[John Bradshaw Layfield]]
*[[Carlos Cabrera]] - (Spanish)
*[[Marcelo Rodriguez]] - (Spanish)
*[[Ricardo Rodriguez]] - (Spanish)
;Pre-show Panel
*[[Josh Mathews]]
*[[Mark Henry]]
*[[The Miz]]
*[[Rey Mysterio]]
|valign="top"|
;Interviewers
*[[Byron Saxton]]
*[[Renee Young]]
;Ring announcer
*[[Lilian Garcia]]
;Referees
*[[John Cone]]
*[[Rod Zapata]]
*[[Charles Robinson]]
*[[Jason Ayers]]
*[[Darrick Moore]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history|WWE Event History]]
*[[Elimination Chamber (PPV)|Elimination Chamber]]
*[[WWE No Way Out]]

==DVD release==
*[[File:Vison.jpg|50px]] [ Elimination Chamber 2014 on DVD]

==External links==
*[[File:WWE-Logo.png|50px]] [http://www.wwe.com/shows/eliminationchamber Elimination Chamber 2014 Official Website]
*[[File:Cm logo.jpg|50px]] [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=102382 Elimination Chamber 2014 at CAGEMATCH.net]
*[[File:Cm logo.jpg|50px]] [http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=107492 Elimination Chamber 2014 Kickoff show at CAGEMATCH.net]
*[[File:Owow logo.jpg|50px]] [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/promotions/wwe/wwe-elimination-chamber-2-23-2014/ Elimination Chamber 2014 at Online World of Wrestling]
*[[File:WWE Network New Logo.jpg|50px]] [https://watch.wwe.com/episode/Elimination-Chamber-2014-11903 {{PAGENAME}} on WWE Network]

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