30 Greatest EVER WWE Survivor Series Moments

25. The First Chamber (2002)

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Triple H's - ahem - game propensity for gutting through injuries reared its ugly head (and crushed throat) in 2002 when he worked the bulk of the maiden Elimination Chamber nursing a trachea flattened by an errant Rob Van Dam shin.

He didn't have to make it to the end of the contest of course, but what would Shawn Michaels' final reign with a World Title be if it was started and ended opposite his IRL bestie?

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