10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About The Elimination Chamber

10. Injuries Happen (2002, 2010)

WWE likes to hype up the Elimination Chamber as "Satan's Structure" - a uniquely dangerous environment where bodies meet steel and careers are changed.

As much as high-level wrestlers know how to protect themselves about as well as one can, though, it's more than a tagline - the atmosphere is dangerous, and wrestlers have incurred serious injuries in the Chamber.

One such injury happened in the very first Elimination Chamber match, when Rob Van Dam climbed to the top of an entry pod and hit a super Five Star Frog Splash on defending World Heavyweight Champion Triple H. Unfortunately, RVD's knee caught HHH in the throat, damaging his esophagus and trachea (and, undoubtedly, Van Dam's push). Triple H - who also sustained a wrist injury during the bout - spent that evening in the hospital.

In 2010, the injury bug struck again. Sheamus was the undefeated WWE Champion heading into the Chamber, but he'd be neither of those things afterwards. He'd also suffer a concussion, which is a particularly dangerous and unpleasant way to get hurt.