Before the event aired on pay-per-view,
Kane defeated
Shelton Benjamin by pinfall, after delivering a
chokeslam. The first match that aired was the
ECW Championship match between
CM Punk and the champion,
Chavo Guerrero. In the beginning, the two wrestlers exchanged control of the match until late into the match, where Punk kicked Guerrero's head, causing him to fall from the ring apron to the outside. Back in the ring, Punk set Guerrero up for a Hurracarana from the top turnbuckle, but Guerrero countered the attempt by holding the ropes, causing Punk to fall to the ring mat. Guerrero immediately executed a
Frog splash, and pinned Punk to retain his title. won the
SmackDown Elimination Chamber match The next match was the
SmackDown/
ECW Elimination Chamber match between
The Undertaker,
Batista,
Big Daddy V (with
Matt Striker),
Finlay,
The Great Khali (with Ranjin Singh), and
Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). Batista and The Undertaker were selected to start the match. The Undertaker gained control of the match early after tossing Batista over the top rope onto the chamber's steel surface. In the ring, both men were knocked down by delivering a
big boot to each other. The third entrant, Big Daddy V, then entered, and dominated both The Undertaker and Batista for some time, until Batista performed a
Spinebuster on Big Daddy V. Shortly after, The Undertaker executed a
DDT on the steel floor of the chamber on Big Daddy V and Batista pinned him, thus eliminating him. The fourth entrant was The Great Khali, who also dominated upon entering, but was eliminated when he submitted to the
Gogoplata submission hold. The fifth entrant was Finlay, who gained the advantage over Batista by tossing him into the steel chains of the chamber, and over Undertaker by delivering a
Celtic Cross to him for a near-fall. Finlay also slammed The Undertaker's head into a pod, breaking it. The sixth entrant, MVP, was attacked by The Undertaker when his pod was opened. MVP used a steel chain as a weapon on the other three competitors, causing The Undertaker to start bleeding, until he climbed to the top of a pod. The Undertaker followed and delivered a
chokeslam to MVP from the top of the pod onto the ring, which cost MVP the match as Finlay pinned MVP and eliminated him. Later,
Hornswoggle passed a
shillelagh to Finlay from under the ring, which he used on both Batista and The Undertaker, busting Batista's head open. He was soon eliminated by The Undertaker who pinned him after a Chokeslam onto the chamber floor. The final two men were Batista and The Undertaker. Batista gained advantage after delivering a
Batista Bomb, but The Undertaker kicked out, which led to Batista tossing Undertaker into the chamber wall. The Undertaker however, retaliated and countered a powerslam attempt on the outside, bringing both men in, and delivered a
Tombstone piledriver and pinned Batista, winning the match and earning a
World Heavyweight Championship match at
WrestleMania XXIV. The third match was a
"Career threatening" match between
Ric Flair and
Mr. Kennedy. In this match, had Flair lost, he would have had to retire from
professional wrestling. Throughout the match Kennedy worked on Flair's injured leg, but in the end, Flair was able to trip Kennedy into a
Figure four leglock, forcing Kennedy to submit. Thus, Flair won the match and avoided retirement. The next match saw
Edge defending the World Heavyweight Championship against
Rey Mysterio. The stipulation was that
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were banned from ringside. Throughout the match, Edge worked on Mysterio's injured biceps, affecting Mysterio's offense. However, Mysterio retaliated, delivering a
Tornado DDT on Edge for an unsuccessful pin attempt. Later in the match, Mysterio executed a 619 on Edge, but couldn't capitalize due to his biceps. He then attempted a Springboard Splash, but Edge
speared Mysterio in mid-air, and pinned him, retaining the title. After the match,
Big Show made a surprise return to WWE, where he cut a promo on his recent weight loss (over 108 pounds) and future plans of becoming a champion again. After doing so, Big Show began taunting professional
boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was in attendance and Mysterio's close friend. As Big Show threatened to chokeslam Mysterio, Mayweather jumped over the security wall and entered the ring to confront Big Show. Show then got on his knees to allow Mayweather to punch him, which Mayweather did with a combination of punches, bloodying Big Show from the nose and mouth. Mayweather and his crew fled the ring, and then through the crowd, where
Shane McMahon stopped Big Show from chasing them. challenged
Randy Orton for the
WWE Championship The next match saw
Randy Orton defend the
WWE Championship against
John Cena. The match started slow, with the men trading dominance. After a submission attempt by Cena, Orton feigned an injury outside the ring and ordered the referee
Mike Chioda to count him out. When Cena came to check Orton's "injury", Orton delivered an
RKO to Cena outside the ring. Orton got back in the ring and the referee started to count Cena out. Cena got back into the ring on a nine-count, but Orton purposely slapped the referee in the face and got himself
disqualified. As a result, Orton lost the match but retained the title. After the match, Cena delivered an
FU to Orton, and applied the
STFU. The main event was between
Triple H,
Shawn Michaels,
Jeff Hardy,
Chris Jericho,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), and
Umaga in the second Elimination Chamber match of the night. The first two superstars to start the match were Jericho and Michaels. They fought each other until Umaga entered, and dominated. Some of the highlights were Umaga performing a double
Samoan Drop on Jericho and Michaels, and later, delivering his
Samoan Wrecking Ball to Jericho through a pod. The next superstar to enter the match was JBL, who dominated the other three competitors for some time until he got eliminated by Jericho after a
Codebreaker. After his elimination, JBL brought two
steel chairs into the chamber to attack Jericho, Michaels and Umaga before leaving. Triple H entered the match next. Soon, every superstar delivered their finishing moves on Umaga, with Jericho delivering the Codebreaker, Michaels performing the
Sweet Chin Music, Triple H executing the
Pedigree, and finally Hardy delivering the
Swanton Bomb from the top of a pod. Jericho took advantage and pinned Umaga to eliminate him. Hardy then eliminated Jericho soon after another Sweet Chin Music from Michaels. Later, Triple H eliminated Michaels after executing a Pedigree, following a
Twist of Fate from Hardy. The final two men were Triple H and Hardy. They battled for about five minutes until Triple H delivered a Pedigree on Hardy, but failed to score the pinfall. Triple H tried to use a
steel chair but Hardy retaliated, and attempted to deliver a Twist of Fate. Triple H countered the attempt by pushing Hardy into the steel chair. Finally, Triple H delivered a second and final Pedigree to Hardy, this time onto the steel chair, and pinned him to win the match, earning a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. ==Aftermath==