Daniel Bryan won his third Elimination Chamber, and Miz won his second WWE Championship.

Elimination Chamber 2021 closed with a surprise: The Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and won the WWE Championship off Drew McIntyre.

He did so with the help of Bobby Lashley, who after losing his US Championship looks to feud with Drew McIntyre heading into WrestleMania.

It capped off a strong pay-per-view, which opened with a fantastic Elimination Chamber match won by Daniel Bryan.

Bobby Lashley ambushed Drew McIntyre after the Chamber, destroying him outside the ring and then putting him in the Hurt Lock!

In the main event of the show, Drew McIntyre retained his WWE Championship by winning the Elimination Chamber match.

McIntyre last eliminated AJ Styles to retain his championship.

The match built up to a showdown between Sheamus and McIntyre, with Sheamus being the final entrant in the match.

Sheamus eliminated Kofi Kingston with a Brogue Kick, and McIntyre eliminated Jeff Hardy with a Claymore Kick, so it looked like the two would clear house and battle to close the bout.

AJ Styles, who had yet to officially enter, took advantage by instructing Omos to break his Chamber door.

This is especially true during the period in which there were five men still active -- AJ, McIntyre, Sheamus, Kingston and Hardy -- where there was often action going on in multiple areas.

But it improved after Hardy and Kingston were eliminated, when AJ, Sheamus and McIntyre put on a strong closing section.

John Morrison replaced Kieth Lee in this United States Triple Threat match, which also featured Riddle and champion Bobby Lashley.

It began with Lashley being a monster, handily destroying both Riddle and Morrison.

Riddle rocks him with a ripchord V-Trigger, but Lashley ends up cleaning house.

Riddle takes the crutch and smashes Lashley in the back -- the announcers hastily tell us it's No Disqualifications -- causing Lashley to retreat and regroup outside. .

It's silly seeing Riddle, an alleged babyface and real-life tough guy, made to look so weak compared to Lashley.

The main show opened with the SmackDown Elimination Chamber match!

It featured Cesaro, Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Corbin and its eventual winner, Daniel Bryan.

Bryan started the match with Cesaro and, after about 50 excellent minutes, last eliminated Jey Uso to win the bout.

After five minutes of rock solid wrestling between Bryan and Cesaro, Corbin was the third to enter the Chamber.

Cesaro, holding himself up with the links at the top of the Chamber, kicked Zayn off to the Chamber floor.

Following Zayn's elimination, Uso trapped Owens' arm in the Chamber door and blitzed him with superkicks.

After Cesaro took Uso out on the outside, we got excellent back-and-forth action between Cesaro and Bryan

Just as it looked like Cesaro was going to eliminate Bryan -- amid a single-leg Giant Swing on Bryan's injured leg -- he was clocked with a superkick by Uso

RUNNING KNEE WINS IT.@WWEDanielBryan goes the distance to win the Elimination Chamber Match, but his night isn't over yet..

He then scaled the top of a Chamber pod and attempted a giant splash, but Bryan got his knees up, then hit Uso with the running knee for a pin, winning his third Chamber match

Bryan fans like myself are likely to be disappointed: It appears his win will amount to nothing, as Reigns now focuses on his WrestleMania match with Edge

In fact, Bryan was probably chosen to win the Chamber over Cesaro precisely so he could lose to Reigns