WWE: Elimination Chamber 2015 Results | May 31 2015

Date: 31st May, 2015
Venue: American Bank Center
City: Corpus Christi, TX
Attendance: 7,000
Commentators: Michael Cole
John “Bradshaw” Layfield & Jerry “The King” Lawler
Theme Song: Coming For You by The Offspring

BACKGROUND

On May 17, it was announced that an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant Intercontinental Championship would be held at the event. On the May 18 episode of Raw, R-Truth, Sheamus, King Barrett, Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, and Rusev were added to the match.

At Payback, The New Day defeated Tyson Kidd and Cesaro to retain the Tag Team Championship in a 2-out-of-3 falls Tag team match. Later in the event, it was announced that The New Day would defend the titles in the first-ever Tag team Elimination Chamber match at the event. On the May 18 episode of Raw, it was announced that Kidd and Cesaro, Los Matadores, The Ascension, The Lucha Dragons, and The Prime Time Players were added to the match.

On the May 18 episode of Raw, NXT Champion Kevin Owens attacked United States Champion John Cena. Later in the night, Owens was granted a match by Triple H to face Cena at the event.

On the May 18 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose challenged WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins to a title match at the event, but Rollins refused. Later in the night, Ambrose attacked Rollins until The Authority granted Ambrose a title match against Rollins at the event.

At Payback, Naomi and Tamina defeated Divas Champion Nikki Bella and Brie Bella. On the May 18 episode of Raw, after Nikki defeated Naomi by disqualification, Paige returned from injury and attacked both Nikki and Naomi. On the May 21 episode of SmackDown, Naomi and Tamina attacked Paige before Nikki attacked Naomi, Tamina and Paige. It was then announced that Nikki would defend the title against Paige and Naomi in a triple threat match at the event.

On the May 18 episode of Raw, Bo Dallas confronted Neville during his interview with Renee Young. After King Barrett defeated Neville, Dallas attacked Neville. On the May 25 episode of Raw, after Neville defeated Stardust, Dallas attacked Neville. It was announced that Neville would face Dallas at the event.

On the May 25 episode of Raw, it was announced that the pre-show featured a special broadcast of “Miz TV” with Daniel Bryan as the special guest.

MATCH RESULTS

Elimination Chamber Kick-Off
Stardust defeated Zack Ryder (6:12)

Tag Team Championship
Tag Team Elimination Chamber Match
The New Day (c) defeated The Lucha Dragons, Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (with Natalya), The Prime Time Players, The Ascension & Los Matadores (with El Torito) (23:20)

Divas Championship
Triple Threat Match
Nikki Bella (c) defeated Paige & Naomi (6:04)

Kevin Owens defeated John Cena (19:57)

Neville defeated Bo Dallas (8:54)

Intercontinental Championship
Elimination Chamber Match
Ryback defeated Sheamus, R-Truth, King Barrett, Mark Henry & Dolph Ziggler (25:12)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins (c) (with Jamie Noble, Joey Mercury & Kane) defeated Dean Ambrose via disqualification (21:49)

Intercontinental Elimination Chamber Entrances & Eliminations

Tag Team Elimination Chamber Entrances & Eliminations

(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match