WWE World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match If WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton thought his Road to WrestleMania would be without peril, The Face of WWE found out on the Jan. 27 edition of Raw that cruise control will not be an option. On Sunday, Feb. 23, Orton will put the title on the line against five Superstars — including Daniel Bryan, John Cena, Sheamus, Antonio Cesaro and Christian — in an Elimination Chamber Match, live on pay-per-view. Bryan, Cena and Sheamus qualified for the contest after the interfering Wyatt Family cost The Shield the win in a Six-Man Tag Team Match on Raw Jan. 27. Cesaro and Christian, meanwhile, won qualifying matches against Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger, respectively, on the Jan. 31 edition of SmackDown. The rules of the Elimination Chamber Match | Elimination Chamber video preview Although the methodical WWE World Heavyweight Champion has competed in five previous Elimination Chamber contests, he has never won inside the steel combat zone, making the setting of Feb. 23’s high-stakes bout all the more intriguing. The Cenation leader, on the other hand, has won three of the four Elimination Chamber Matches in which he’s competed. Daniel Bryan has also tasted victory inside the inhospitable cage, winning one of his two journeys inside the Chamber. Sheamus, who returned to action at Royal Rumble after several months on the disabled list, will enter the Elimination Chamber for the third time in his WWE career on Feb. 23. The three-time World Champion has never prevailed inside the structure. In Cesaro and Christian, the Feb. 23 WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match boasts two Elimination Chamber first-timers. A former United States Champion, Cesaro — arguably WWE’s strongest competitor, pound-for-pound — will be competing for his first World Title on pay-per-view. Whatever the Swiss-born Real American lacks in World Title Match experience, however, is more than offset by Captain Charisma, a two-time World Heavyweight Champion whose second reign began with a victory over The Viper in July 2011. Having fought in WWE for more than a decade, there aren’t many match types Christian hasn’t experienced. On Feb.23, he’ll cross another off his list when he enters the Chamber. Now that the match participants have been named, the WWE Universe looks ahead to one of the most dynamic lineups in Elimination Chamber Match history. Which Superstar will leave Minneapolis’ Target Center with sports-entertainment’s biggest prize? To find out, watch all the action of WWE Elimination Chamber when it airs live on pay-per-view Sunday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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