WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE No Way Out 2005
| 20 February 2005 (USA)
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No Way Out (2005) was the seventh annual No Way Out PPV. It was presented by Subway and took place on February 20, 2005 from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The main event featured a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship between reigning champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield and The Big Show. The predominant match on the undercard, was Kurt Angle versus John Cena, where the winner would face the WWE Champion for the title at WrestleMania 21

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kliko400

When I watched this Smackdown PPV event, I never thought a Smackdown event could seriously be this good. It was definitely a great start before Wrestlemania 21.FIRST MATCH- EDDIE GUERRERO & REY MYSTERIO VS. BASHAM BROTHERS FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP What a great way to start No Way Out. Great action from both teams. Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio win after Guerrero nails one of the Basham's with the WWE Tag Title Belt {Behind the referee} & pins for the 3 count for Rey & Eddie to become the new Tag Team Champions. 6/10 SECOND MATCH- BOOKER T VS. HEIDENREICH Boring. Sloppy, slow & boring this match was. Booker T wins by DQ after Heidenreich slammed Booker T with a steel chair. 3/10 THIRD MATCH- FUNAKI VS. PAUL London VS. SPIKE DUDLEY VS. AKIO VS. SHANNON MOORE VS. CHAVO GUERRERO IN A 6-MAN ELIMINATION MATCH FOR THE WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Wow great Cruiserweight match. This is probably the best Cruiserweight match that I have saw apart from the Rey-Chavo matches & the Cruiserweight Open at Wrestlemania XX. Paul London eliminates most of the Cruiserweights only to be eliminated last by Chavo after a roll-up using the ropes. 6/10 FOURTH MATCH- UNDERTAKER VS. LUTHER REIGNS Even though this was like a big man vs. big man match. The match was good, not just good but very good. Luther Reigns tried everything to topple down the Undertaker, but Undertaker fought back & nailed the Tombstone on Luther Reigns for the win. 5/10 FIFTH MATCH- JOHN CENA VS. KURT ANGLE IN THE FINALS OF THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA TOURNAMENT Unbelievable, what a match. These two can seriously pull out a very good mainevent match in the future. After manhandling Cena for almost the whole match. Angle tried to use Cena's own chain, but Cena quickly nails the F-U on Angle for the hard fought win & will be going to Wrestlemania 21 to face the WWE Champion. 7/10 SIXTH MATCH- JBL VS. BIG SHOW IN A BARBED WIRE STEEL CAGE MATCH Now JBL vs. Big Show seriously seems like a boring match, & I was half right. But this match was okay to me because both men were busted upon during the match. The ending was confusing & crazy as Show slammed JBL through the ring mat right down below. Just as Show was about to escape, JBL crawled right out of the cage just before Show did to retain his WWE Champion again. After the match JBL's Cabinet comes to the ring to try & beat up the Big Show, suddenly Cena & Show come to the ring & knock out the whole Cabinet followed by Cena throwing JBL through the monitoring equipment. THE PPV ends with Cena & Batista staring at each other. 5/10 This was definitely a very great Smackdown PPV, definitely a good start before Wrestlemania 21.Overall: I'll give it 8/10 & a B+

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gridoon

....and it most certainly is NOT the heavily hyped main event, but the match right before it.1) Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero (RIP) vs. The Basham Brothers (for the WWE tag team title). Good teamwork by the Bashams, who go for an interesting mix of power moves and technical holds. Eddie does some creative cheating, but Rey Mysterio fans may be a little disappointed in this match, as he doesn't get to do much of his usual high-flying and spends most of the time on the receiving end of the Basham's offense. **1/2Rookie Diva Contest (RDC) - Round 1. Joy, Rochelle, Lauren and Michelle walk down the aisle, enter the ring....and the contest is over. I guess the object of the contest is "which woman looks better walking in a revealing dress". I pick Torrie Wilson.2) Heidenreich vs. Booker T. First of all, Heidenreich's "psycho" gimmick is stale. Victoria already did it - and did it better - three years ago. And he is also totally static in the ring. Booker T tries to wake up the crowd a little, but fails. A poor match with a poor DQ finish. * 3) Paul London vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Shannon Moore vs. Spike Dudley vs. Akio vs. Funaki. Elimination Match for the cruiserweight title. Fast-paced action, as you'd expect from the cruiserweights, in fact TOO fast, almost rushed (it reminded me of the women's fatal 4-way in "Bad Blood 2004"). In my opinion, Shannon Moore gives the best show, but he only has 2 minutes of action. The crowd was pretty much dead throughout - just a like a sign that a guy holds says, the division definitely needs a bigger push. **1/2 RDC - Round 2. Talent competition. Joy massages Torrie. Rochelle tells a bad joke. Lauren dances a little. Michelle finally does something wrestling-related by body-slamming Dawn Marie, proving that at least this time they made the right choice by keeping only her in the roster.4) Luther Reigns vs. The Undertaker. Boooooooriiiiiiiing! Barely any wrestling holds in this one, but plenty of fake-looking punches. The commentators can hype up The Undertaker as much as they want, I just plain don't like the guy. *RCD - Round 3. Swimsuit competition. Self-explanatory. The crowd seems to prefer Michelle. The fans on WWE.com voted for Joy. I'd still pick Torrie over any of them.5) Kurt Angle vs. John Cena. A very good match, mostly thanks to Angle, who is without a doubt the best wrestler in this PPV. Very well-thought-out in terms of psychology, with Angle going for some exceptional freestyle mat wrestling and Cena trying to counter with a street-fighting style. Easily the match of the night. ***1/2 6) JBL vs. The Big Show. Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match for the WWE title. If you're looking for blood, you'll find it here. If you're looking for quality wrestling, you won't. JBL spends more time trying to find a way out of the cage than trying to fight The Big Show (smart move on his part). Funny ending, though. ** By the way, the "Wrestlemania 21" teasers are surprisingly successful.

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WWE was so excited about Wrestlemania XXI that it almost forgot about No Way Out. Only 3 matches were announced prior to the PPV and most matches were made on Sunday Night Heat. What's more, WWE had to give away thousands of free tickets to fans. In all 8000 fans watched No Way Out.Results for the show: Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero defeated The Basham Brothers in a fair match to win the WWE tag straps.Booker T defeated John Heidenreich in a terrible brawl. No one cared when he smashed Booker with a chair shot but who would.The Undertaker pinned Luther Reigns. It just seemed to pad the event out.Chavo Guerrero won a Cruiserweight Battle Royal to capture the Cruiserweight championship. This was only 9 minutes and 45 seconds long so it didn't stand a chance.John Cena beat Kurt Angle in a very good match. Yes Cena was in a good match for once. That would mean that Cena had the chance to face JBL for the title at Wrestlemania XXI.The main event saw JBL put his title on the line against Big Show. No one cared, everybody wanted to see the barbed wire around the steel cage get used, it did but only once. The finish was better than the match. Show chokeslammed JBL off the cage and Show hit the ground in which he thought he won the title, but no. JBL made the ring collapse and he snuck through it and he got to the floor first. Amazing eh? Afterwards Batista came out and totally destroyed The Basham Brothers and JBL.Overall Grade - C

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dominator2004-2005

Spoilers Ahead:Truthfully i wasn't expecting anything extraordinary in this event and i didn't really get that but nonetheless this ppv was not bad. 1) The opener was Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio vs the Bashams (C) For the Tag team titles. I'm no huge fan of the Bashams and I am sure that not many people are either. This was a typical tag match in which the heels dominate thoroughly through out the long mid-match and the faces will eventually gain some momentum and make that long awaited tag. The Bashams bore me to death with long submission holds. Thankfully the deserving Eddie and Rey won and perhaps heading into Wrestlemania 21 with those belts. A good opener in total and this got the fans into a good mood starting the event with the popular guys going over.Match Rating: 6/10Then There is 3 rounds of the rookie diva contests. I'm not going to really say much about it because in my eyes it can be a bit of a time waster. But i guess some fans enjoy that sort of material. However some laughs were provided for example them massaging each other and even a body slam.2) Booker T vs Heidenreich Not a good match worst on the card to be honest. Booker had to carry Heidenreich to a below watchable match. I swear Heidenreich has become a jobber since coming into the WWE losing to the Undertaker on countless occasions. Heidenreich purposely gets himself disqualified by smacking booker in the throat with a steel chair. I really hope that they do not try to continue this feud. Match Rating: 3/103)Elimination 6 man Cruiserweight Championship (Funaki(c) vs Paul London vs Chavo Guerrero vs Shannon Moore vs Akio vs Spike Dudley) The Cruiserweights should be given more time i say. The fans were not really into this match at all except during the dangerous spots example the 450 splash by London. This match was really short and i was hoping for London to win. Chavo won, which I'm not complaining about because he is good, but London deserves it more. Hopefully his win will come at Mania. Match Rating: 6/104) Undertaker vs Luther Reigns Not that bad, not that good. Both men put on a good offensive moves and had their time controlling the match. I have one thing to say Undertaker you need to lose a bit more often it is getting too predictable with you winning every time. I like Luther Reigns though he is good for a big man and if the WWE use him wisely he may be able to go far. Match rating: 5/105)Number one contender-ship for the WWE title at Mania Kurt Angle vs John Cena. A tad predictable but one of the best Cena Mathces i have seen ever. I guess Angle can carry anyone to a good match. Angle needs one more title reign before his neck ends his career. Cena is so over with the fans it was unbelievable even in Angles Home town of Pittsburgh. Match Rating: 7/106) WWE championship match (Steel cage barb Wire match) JBL vs the Big Show. The first ever Barbed Wire Steel cage match in the WWE. Not the greatest technical match ever. But i am sure that everyone is all for JBL losing the title to anyone. He has had it for 9 months or so now and it is getting boring. Somehow he always manages to prevail against all the odds stacked against him. I'm pretty sure that everyone including me thought the Big Show had won this time when he stepped out of the cage. Sadly JBL had crawled under the ring just before him though, after a devastating choke slam through the ring. Looks like it will be Cena vs JBL for the title at Wrestlemania. Match Rating: 6.5/10This PPV ina ll i would rate a C-

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