WWE: Ranking The 16 Elimination Chamber Matches

3. The "Evolution Implodes" Chamber (New Year's Revolution '05)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPlPYxOhc90 The most underrated of all the Chamber matches, the Raw brand PPV main-event from January 2005 was most famous for its advancement of the plot points in Evolution's complete dismemberment. It deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as the two ranked first and second. The storyline was executed flawlessly. Batista was coming up through the ranks in a hurry. A month prior, he was an afterthought; simply the muscle for Triple H and Ric Flair. A mere glance at The Game's World Heavyweight Championship changed everything. Suddenly, the fans were completely behind him. There has been, perhaps, no greater turnaround from irrelevance to such relevance in a short time frame. Meanwhile, Randy Orton had already been feuding with his former stablemates for several months and was trying to regain the belt that had so unceremoniously been taken away from him. Triple H was the cunning 9-time champion attempting to reclaim what he felt was his. He had vacated the title a month earlier in a triple threat match also involving Chris Benoit and Edge, who occupied the fourth and fifth spots in the Chamber. The vacant title added a layer of intrigue to the match. Chris Jericho was the final participant and Shawn Michaels served as the guest referee. The early parts of the match were dominated by the trio of Jericho, Benoit, and Edge before the focus shifted toward Evolution in the final minutes. The climax was quite compelling, with Triple H and Batista building further tension for their eventual WrestleMania 21 main-event, Orton eliminating Batista, and then Triple H regaining the title by pinning Orton with Batista's aid.