WWE: Ranking The 16 Elimination Chamber Matches

By Chad Matthews /

13. The "Goldberg" Chamber (Summerslam '03)

Expectations were high when Goldberg's vignette aired during WrestleMania 19, but the execution never matched the hype. By and large, his run in the WWE was forgettable. He might very well have viewed the experience as an opportunity to cash in what name value he still had in wrestling before too much time had passed from his dominating WCW days. The second Elimination Chamber was the exception to the general rule that Goldberg and WWE did not mix. At least for that one night, he was used in the perfect way and came across as the star that he was brought in to be. The match had some serious obstacles to overcome. It was thrown together at the last minute when Triple H got injured and could not provide a healthy other half of a World Championship defense against Goldberg in a one-on-one scenario. So, Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash were recast into the Chamber, where the WWE could hide Goldberg's apparent weaknesses and the injured World titleholder. Luckily, the booking was superb, Michaels and Jericho carried the way, Orton gave an inspired performance, and the WWE found just the right roles for Nash, Trips, and Goldberg. It wound up being a well paced match that further built heat on Triple H for his eventual title loss. Not a great match, but a fun one...