Elimination Chamber (2018)
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand | Raw | ||
| Date | February 25, 2018 | ||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | ||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | ||
| Attendance | 15,126 | ||
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The 2018 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brand, Raw. It was the eighth Elimination Chamber event and took place on February 25, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. The event centered on the Elimination Chamber match, a type of roofed steel cage that surrounds the ring and ringside area with no disqualifications; the objective is to eliminate all other opponents either by pinfall or submission with championship implications at stake.
Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. There were two Elimination Chamber matches on the card, both of which were firsts, as one was the first-ever seven-man variant, which started with three wrestlers instead of two, while the other was the first-ever women's version. In the main event, Roman Reigns won the seven-man Elimination Chamber match to become the number one contender against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34, while on the undercard, Alexa Bliss won the women's Elimination Chamber match to retain the Raw Women's Championship. Also on the card, Asuka defeated Nia Jax to extend her undefeated streak and prevent Jax from being added to her WrestleMania championship match. The event was also notable for Ronda Rousey signing her Raw contract, where she had a confrontation with WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H and Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon, which was the former's first appearance since the night after Survivor Series in November 2017.
This was the final brand-exclusive Elimination Chamber event as brand-exclusive PPV and livestreaming events for the main roster were discontinued following WrestleMania 34 in April. This in turn made it the final Raw-exclusive PPV and livestreaming event as well as the first to not feature any cruiserweight division matches.