The 2022 Elimination Chamber (Arabic: إليمنيشن تشامبر; known as No Escape in Germany) was a professional wrestling event produced by the American company WWE.

The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

It was also the first Elimination Chamber event to take place outside of the United States, the first to be held on a Saturday, and the first to livestream on Peacock.

The event featured two Elimination Chamber matches, one each for the men and women; both were for the Raw brand.

WWE official Adam Pearce then announced that Lesnar would be competing in the Elimination Chamber match.

Later, Seth "Freakin" Rollins also announced that he would be one of the participants due to technically winning his match at the Royal Rumble.

The final three spots were determined in qualification matches that night: Austin Theory, Riddle, and AJ Styles qualified by defeating Kevin Owens, Raw Tag Team Champion Otis, and Rey Mysterio, respectively.

[13] Roman Reigns was originally scheduled to face Goldberg for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 36 in April 2020;[14] however, due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shortly before the event, Reigns pulled out of the match due to his immunocompromised state from past battles with leukemia.

[18] At Day 1, Drew McIntyre defeated Madcap Moss, who was accompanied by Happy Corbin.

[20] At the Royal Rumble, McIntyre made a surprise return from his injury during the Royal Rumble match and eliminated Corbin and Moss, after which, McIntyre attacked Corbin and Moss further with the steel steps following their elimination.

[21] On the February 11 episode of SmackDown, after Charlotte Flair retained the SmackDown Women's Championship against Naomi, Flair and Sonya Deville, who has had a long history with Naomi which dated back to September 2021, attacked Naomi until Ronda Rousey (who chose to face Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 38 the previous week[18]) made the save.

[21] It was subsequently confirmed that Rousey would team with Naomi to take on Deville and Flair at Elimination Chamber.

[22] On the February 18 episode, during the contract signing for the match, it was revealed that Rousey would have to wrestle with one arm tied behind her back.

[28] On the February 14 episode, during The Mysterios' match, The Miz provided a distraction, causing them to lose.

[30] The actual pay-per-view opened with Roman Reigns (accompanied by Paul Heyman) defending the WWE Universal Championship against Goldberg in their long-awaited match since 2020 for WrestleMania 36.

Reigns cut a quick promo, stating that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must acknowledge him before Goldberg made his entrance.

Back to the ring, Goldberg, who suffered a little cut on the head after his clash with Reigns, performed a Spear on him.

The last entrant was Bianca Belair, who earned the opportunity to enter last by winning a gauntlet match on the preceding episode of Raw.

McIntyre then performed a Claymore Kick on Moss and pinned him with one foot while glaring at Corbin to win the match.

[31] Backstage, The Miz was interviewed about his loss during the pre-show where he accused Rey Mysterio of cheating due to help from his son Dominik.

Lynch applied the Dis-arm-her, but released the hold and performed a Manhandle Slam on Lita, who placed her foot on the rope to void the pin.

[31] In the main event, Bobby Lashley defended the WWE Championship against AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar, Riddle, Austin Theory, and Seth "Freakin" Rollins in an Elimination Chamber match.

While Lesnar eliminated Riddle with that same move, commentator Michael Cole stated that Lashley was in concussion protocol, meaning that he would not be back in the match (in reality, Lashley had legitimately injured his shoulder prior to the event and the "concussion protocol" was used to write him out of the match[32]), and a new WWE champion was guaranteed.

Meanwhile, Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg and Charlotte and Sonya vs. Ronda and Naomi were the lowest rated matches of the night, both receiving 2 stars.

Lita vs. Becky Lynch and Drew McIntyre vs. Madcap Moss received 3.25 stars, Rey Mysterio vs.

Paul Heyman then interrupted, stating that Lesnar would not make it to WrestleMania as the WWE Champion as he had a scheduled rematch against former champion Bobby Lashley on March 5 at the WWE Live show in Madison Square Garden in New York City, although if Lashley was not cleared from his concussion protocol, Heyman would find another worthy challenger.

[35] Also on the following Raw, The Miz stated that he had found a tag team partner to face Rey and Dominik Mysterio at WrestleMania 38.

[39] While Naomi joined forces with Sasha Banks in setting their sights on the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, Ronda Rousey continued her rivalry with Sonya Deville and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair.