Chapter 16: Elimination Chamber 2015
Sunday, May 31st, 2015 - Corpus Christi, TX
Elimination Chamber:
Stardust vs Zack Ryder
Elimination Chamber for WWE Tag Team Championship
The New Day (c) vs The Ascension vs The Lucha Dragons vs Los Matadores vs The Prime Time Players vs Tyson Kidd and Cesaro
Triple Threat for WWE Divas Championship
Nikki Bella (c) vs Paige vs Naomi
John Cena vs Kevin Owens
Bo Dallas vs Neville
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Ced (c) vs Bad News Barrett
WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins (c) vs Dean Ambrose
Tonight, live in Corpus Christi was the Elimination Chamber Pay-Per-View. Since it's conception, the Chamber has been one of the most feared structures in WWE history. And for the first time ever, the Pay-Per-View was in May and for the first time ever a Tag Team Elimination Chamber would occur.
The show was being kicked off with a contest between Stardust and Zacky Ryder.
Next for the first time ever, the WWE Tag Team Championship would be defended inside the cruelest structure ever devised beside the Hell in a Cell. The New Day will defend their titles inside the chamber. For so many teams, this is the chance they've waited for. For Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, this was their final chance to regain what they have claimed to be theirs since losing the titles. For The Prime Time Players, this was their chance to back up their talk after insulting every single team over the past few weeks. For The Ascension, this was their chance to prove just how powerful they were. For The Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores, this was their chance to make a name for themselves in the WWE Tag Team division.
WWE Divas Champion will face one of her biggest challenges yet taking on two competitors for her coveted prize. However, between the two challengers, there is a lot of Bad Blood that may get in the way of their Championship aspirations.
NXT Champion, Kevin Owens sent a strong message to the United States Champion, John Cena when they came face-to-face for the first time ever when he hit Cena with his pattened Pop-Up Powerbomb, the same maneuver that allowed him to become the NXT Champion. Owens swore that whenever Cena and Owens faced each other it would be on his terms and tonight at Elimination Chamber, Cena and Owens do battle.
Bo Dallas will have to answer for his sneaky underhanded attacks against Nevile when he takes on The Man That Forgot Gravity at Elimination Chamber.
Tensions between Bad News Barret and Ced have been on high as of late. Especially since Ced won the King of the Ring over Bad News Barrett and since Ced defeated Bad News Barrett and several other competitors to win the Intercontinental Championship, all Barrett has wanted to do is take the title off of Ced and now he has his chance to do so.
Expect the unexpected when The Lunatic Fringe, Dean Ambrose, challenges The Architect, Seth Rollins, for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. With an unusual appetite for chaos and plenty of pent-up anger towards the Champion, will Ambrose walk out with the richest prize in all of Sports Entertainment or will Seth Rollins continue his reign of the future?
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Cedric walked into the American Bank Center with a smile on his face as he had his Beats over his ears listening to his Kendrick Lamar. He wore his Foamposite One "Mirror" with a black skinny jeans with his "King Me" shirt with gold hoop earrings and a simple gold chain. He had his backpack on his back full of his ring gear with his Championship resting firmly on his shoulder.
Since Cedric's party, he had been pumped up for his title match especially since he made a bet with Joe. If he won, Joe would have to buy him the new pair of Jordan 1 "Shattered Backboard"s coming out. And if he lost, he would have to buy Joe the same pair of shoes. And since then Cedric and JoJo had been doing pretty good, texting each other every day. It felt good having a girlfriend. Although they never really asked each other, they just went on a few dates and automatically assumed they were a couple. And it was a little awkward when he saw his neighbor in the hallway while he was JoJo. As beautiful as JoJo looked, that neighbor was just something else. And the funny thing is he felt like he had a connection to her. Like he recognized her from somewhere but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Speaking of the ring announcer, he looked up and saw that the young ring announcer was looking down at her phone leaning up against a crate. He smiled as he walked towards the girl that had his heart at the moment.
"Damn ma, you looking like a complete snack in that dress." He complimented looking her up and down in her orange dress that hugged her curves.
"Aw, thanks, babe." She said kissing him on the cheek with a smile.
"So tonight after I win, I'm gonna go out and I would like you to go with me. I say we hit the beach. Have ourselves a late-night picnic, a stroll on the beach, and a late dive. And if you're feeling up to it, a night with the champ." He said with a wink.
"But babe, we gotta go to San Antonio tomorrow. That's like 2 hours."
'And 1 hour and a half, I'm driving a Hellcat. Maybe even an hour."
"I'm not gonna let you wreck and kill me."
"Aw, come on. Don't you like to live on the dangerous side?" he asked as he stepped closer to her.
"Go defend your title." She chuckled as she playfully pushed him away making him laugh as he walked off onto the locker room.
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"God Save Our Queen!"
"Rebel Son" Hits
The fans booed loudly in the American Bank Center as they heard the music of none other than the former 5-time Intercontinental Champion, Bad News Barrett. Barrett walked out onto the stage with his cape.
"The Following Contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Introducing first, making his way to the ring, from Manchester, England. Weighing in at 246 Pounds. Bad News Barrett!" Lillian Garcia announced.
Barrett kneeled down and threw off his cape before rising up and pointing up into the sky letting out a battle cry as he then sauntered down the ramp acting as smug as he was. Once he made his way to the ring, he shadowboxed in the ring and capped it all off with an elbow like his patented maneuver, The Bullhammer.
"Icon" Hits
The fans that were once booing started to cheer as the current WWE Intercontinental Champion and current King of the Ring's music hit on the PA System. The lights in the arena were going around in a disarray of colors as he walked out onto the stage wearing his classic black boots, knee pads, tape, and trunks with the designs of his ring name and logo in silver with his usual denim vest.
The Champion looked around the arena with a smile as he then looked down at his title patting on it before he started to walk down the ramp while keeping his eyes locked on his challenger.
"And his opponent, from Charlotte, North Carolina. Weighing in at 252 Pounds. The WWE Intercontinental Champion, Ced!" Lillian announced as the Champion walked around to the steel steps running up the steps and into the ring. He made a beeline to the corner and jumped up onto the turnbuckle taking the Championship from around his waist and raising it up in the air.
He lowered down his Championship and jumped down and handed the title off to the referee. The referee raised the Championship up in the air as Ced took off his vest and threw it off to the outside looking to give a wink at a fan at ringside. The referee handed the title off and called for the bell.
Ding-Ding-Ding!
Ced and Barrett locked eyes as Barrett was talking trash to Ced who just stood there with a smirk. Barrett started walking towards the middle of the ring only to be taken down by Ced with a SPEAR EARLY ON IN THE MATCH.
But Ced didn't want to end it, he quickly got on top of Barrett, nailing him with shot after shot to the head until he was pulled off by the referee. Ced put his hands up in defense as the referee was verbally scolding him. Barrett crawled over to the ropes and it was clear that he wasn't ready for the offense that the Intercontinental Champion had planned. He used the ropes to pull himself up and that proved to be a mistake as he was sent over the top rope with a clothesline.
"Come on Barrett! I'm just getting started." Ced shouted as he exited the ring getting onto the ring apron. He looked up at the fans looking around the arena giving Barrett enough time to rise up and grab Ced's foot making him trip and collide FACE-FIRST ON THE RING APRON.
The Intercontinental Champion was stopped directly in his track making him cover his face feeling the pain as Barrett started to look down at the Champion. Barrett bent down and grabbed Ced lifted him up to his feet before launching him into the barricade with a thud making the Champion grunt in pain. Barrett not letting up grabbed Ced picking him right back and suplexing him on the outside with a snap suplex. Barrett sat up looking around at the fans at ringside who started to boo "The Bare Knuckle Brawler". Barrett rose up to his feet and rolled into the ring and rolled out breaking the referee's count at 5. Barrett looked down and watched as he saw Ced starting to rise up to a knee. "Mr. Bad News" ran towards "Young Simba" kicking him in the side of the head with a boot that made him collide with the barricade also.
It was clear to the WWE Universe that Barrett wanted the title and he was gonna do everything it took to get the title and become a 6-time WWE Intercontinental Champion even if it meant putting Ced on the shelf with a concussion.
Barrett grabbed Ced by his trunks and threw him into the ring before crawling in to cover.
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2, The Champion kicked out, causing Barrett to frown. Barrett once again hooked the leg.
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2, Ced powered out once more causing Barrett's frustration to grow. Barrett for a third time hooking the leg.
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2, "Young Simba" was showing that Never Give Up attitude that had gotten him to this point. Barrett cursed himself as he looked over at Ced who was shaking his head staring at Barrett. Barrett rose up to his feet staring down at Ced. Barrett bent down and grabbed Ced, picking him up to his feet but Ced took the chance to play possum and got Barrett into a Small Package.
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2….
3….
Ding-Ding-Ding!
Ced rolled out of the ring, quickly making sure to get out of Barrett's range. He leaned up against the barricade raising his arm in victory as Barrett was in the ring flipping out. The referee exited the ring and walked over to Ced raising his arm and handing him the title as the WWE Universe cheered.
He winced as he placed a hand on his neck but the pain was worth it as long as it meant, he remained Champion.
Stardust vs Zack Ryder Winner: Stardust
Elimination Chamber for Tag Team Championship Winner: The New Day
Triple Threat Divas Championship Winner: Nikki Bella
John Cena vs Kevin Owens Winner: Kevin Owens
Bo Dallas vs Neville Winner: Neville
Intercontinental Championship Winner: Ced
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Winner: Dean Ambrose by DQ