10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE Elimination Chamber
6. Triple H Invented The Elimination Chamber...
...and a WWE.com interview confirmed as much in 2014.
Addressing the stipulation and its origin story after trying and failing to convince Vince McMahon to go with WarGames back in 2002, he said;
"I'm the one who invented it. I drew a square cage and put four other squares in the corners, and I said, 'It's six guys. Two start and every few minutes, another cage opens and one more guys enters the fight, and everyone fights until there's one guy left.' I thought it could be interesting because, if the Superstars involved have issues, then there's intrigue." "In typical WWE form, it was twice as big as I envisioned it and twice as elaborate. We don't do anything small, so I should have known better. When I stood in it for the first time, I thought, 'Jeez. Please don't tell anybody this was my idea!'"
He faced the consequences almost immediately too. 'The Game' infamously suffered a crushed trachea in the maiden encounter for the gimmick when Rob Van Dam's shin smashed into his throat off a Five Start Frog Splash attempt.