WWE Elimination chamber: Triple H’s 4 record titles and 9 other interesting facts

With the Royal Rumble done and dusted, wrestling fans across the globe have their eyes set on WWE’s biggest carnival of the year- Wrestle Mania 35 which is just around the corner in April.

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New Delhi: With the Royal Rumble done and dusted, wrestling fans across the globe have their eyes  set on WWE’s biggest carnival of the year- Wrestle Mania 35 - which is just around the corner in April. However, before the showpiece event unfolds in its full grandeur in New Jersey on April 7th, there are a couple of pay per view events which shall serve as the perfect build up for WWE Superstars to showcase their wrestling pedigree and prove their might ahead of Wrestlemania 35.

The first such event in the pegging order comes in the form of the Elimination Chamber which is less than a week away at the Toyota Center in Houston. The 2019 elimination Chamber will be the ninth event promoted under the Elimination Chamber chronology. The event shall also serve as a first of sorts in the history of the company as it will crown the inaugural holders of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. The main event would feature witness six WWE superstars lock horns against each other in the elimination chamber for the WWE Championship. While Daniel Bryan ,AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton  and Samoa Joe are certainties to grapple in the chamber, Mustafa Ali could miss out the event as per latest reports.

The Miz and Shane McMahon will face off against The Usos in the SmackDown Tag Team Championship match while Randy Rousey shall take on Ruby Riott for the RAW Women's Championship match.

So here is some interesting trivia about WWE's elimination chamber 

1. The Elimination Chamber debuted at WWE's PPV event Survivor Series 2002 at Madison Square Garden. Since the inaugural match, there have been 21 other matches (22 overall) as of Elimination Chamber 2018.

 2. The event was created in 2010, with its inaugural event taking place on February 21, 2010, replacing No Way Out.

 3. Shawn Michaels won the inaugural edition of the elimination chamber in the 2002 Survivor Series after he won the WWE Heavyweight title by beating Triple H, Chris Jerico, Kane, Booker T and Rob Van Damme

4. Triple H has been the most successful wrestler in the Elimination chamber winning four titles

 5. Chris Jericho holds the distinctions of being involved in the most number of Elimination Chamber matches to date (8)

 6. Chris Jericho also holds the record for eliminating the most number of wrestlers followed by Triple H who has 7 scalps to his name.

 7. The Elimination Chamber event has featured more Elimination Chamber matches than any other pay-per-view, with thirteen matches being held.

 8. Braun Strowman has the most eliminations in a single Elimination Chamber match (5).

9. The Elimination Chamber match has been contested only in indoor arenas in the United States and once in Puerto Rico.