New Year's Revolution (2007)
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Kemper Memorial Arena[1] | |||
Attendance | 10,000[2] | ||
Buy rate | 220,000 | ||
Tagline(s) | The Revolution Continues…[3] | ||
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New Year's Revolution chronology | |||
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The 2007 New Year's Revolution was the third annual
There were seven
The event received 220,000 pay-per-view buys, which was less than the 294,000 buys the previous year's event received. When the event was released on DVD, it reached a peak position of fourth on Billboard's DVD sales chart for recreational sports. It remained on the chart for six consecutive weeks.
Production
Background
Storylines
Seven professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's card, which were planned with predetermined outcomes by WWE's script writers. The buildup to these matches and scenarios that took place before, during and after the event were also planned by WWE's script writers. The event featured wrestlers and other talent from WWE's Raw brand, a storyline expansion in which WWE assigned its employees.[4] Wrestlers portrayed either a villain or fan favorite gimmick, an on-screen character, for the entertainment of the audience.
The main
Another rivalry leading up to the event was between Johnny Nitro and Jeff Hardy. In September 2006, Hardy challenged Nitro numerous times for the
The rivalry between Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton) and
The feud between Ric Flair and Kenny Dykstra (originally just Kenny) stemmed from Flair's feud with the Spirit Squad, which Dykstra was a part of. On the October 23 edition of Raw, Dykstra was angered by his teammates' recent losing streak against Flair, and he proved himself by defeating Flair that night in a singles match.[28][29] Two weeks after defeating the Spirit Squad for the World Tag Team Championship, Flair and Roddy Piper lost their titles to Rated-RKO.[7][8] The legitimate reason behind their title loss was that Piper was diagnosed with cancer and had to immediately leave the show.[32] Flair, however, continued to feud with the Spirit Squad, defeating them all at Survivor Series with his team of WWE legends.[33] On the November 27 edition of Raw, Flair teamed up with DX to take on the Spirit Squad in a 3-on-5 handicap match. Flair and DX won, and DX packed them all in a crate (excluding Dykstra) and kayfabe sent them to Ohio Valley Wrestling.[9][10] It was announced that Flair would face Dykstra at New Year's Revolution. [15][16]
Event
Before the event went live on
Preliminary matches
Role: | Name: |
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Commentators | Jim Ross |
Jerry Lawler | |
Carlos Cabrera (Spanish) | |
Hugo Savinovich (Spanish) | |
Interviewer | Todd Grisham |
Ring announcer | Lilian Garcia |
Referees | Mike Chioda |
Jack Doan | |
Chad Patton | |
Marty Elias | |
John Cone |
The first match that aired was for the WWE Intercontinental Championship in a Steel cage match, a match fought within a cage formed by placing four sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. Jeff Hardy was defending the title against Johnny Nitro. The match included various high-flying moves like top-rope kicks and powerbombs off the top of the cage. Near the end of the match, Hardy pulled Nitro from the top of the cage and nearly scored a pinfall after a Swanton Bomb, but Nitro put his foot on the bottom rope. Nitro then made it over the cage, but just as Nitro was about to jump, Hardy dropkicked the door open, and Nitro fell onto the top of the door, hurting him between his legs. As Nitro was on top of the door, Hardy kicked the cage door, and walked out the door to win the match and retain his Intercontinental Championship.[34][35]
The next match was for a future
After the match,
The next match was between Mickie James and Victoria. Melina (who accompanied Victoria down to the ring), interfered in the match, but failed to following interference by Candice Michelle and Maria. James then did a Mickie DDT and pinned Victoria to retain her title.[34][36][40]
Next was the World Tag Team Championship match between the defending champions
The sixth contest was between Carlito and Chris Masters. The match came to an end when Carlito reversed the Masterlock attempt by Masters, however Masters fell on Carlito and performed a pin to successfully score the pinfall.[34][42]
Main event match
Next was the
Reception
The Kemper Arena has a maximum capacity of 18,344, but that was reduced for New Year' Revolution (2007). The maximum attendance that was allowed was 10,000.
The event was released on DVD on February 6, 2007.[47][48] The DVD reached a peak position of eleventh on Billboard's DVD sales chart for recreational sports on February 24, 2007.[49] It remained on the chart for six consecutive weeks, until April 7, when it ranked twelfth.[49]
Aftermath
The feud between John Cena and Umaga continued on Raw the next night, where Umaga assaulted Cena after his match with The Great Khali and also interfered in Cena's match with Jonathan Coachman two weeks later. Due to the Umaga assault, Cena injured his spleen, which was portrayed as real in their storyline.[50][51][52] At Royal Rumble, a Last Man Standing match, a match where the only way to win is to beat up your opponent so much they can not get to their feet before the referee counts to ten was scheduled for the WWE Championship between Cena and Umaga. Cena won the match and retained his title, ending their rivalry.[53]
It was announced that Triple H was injured with a ruptured quadriceps tendon and he did not compete on WWE television for over seven months.[54] Shawn Michaels however, continued his feud with Rated-RKO by teaming up with Cena and defeating them for their World Tag Team Championship on the post-Royal Rumble episode of Raw.[55][56] The feud ended shortly afterwards as Rated-RKO disbanded after their own rivalry began. A Triple Threat match, a standard match involving three wrestlers was made between Edge, Orton, and Michaels. Michaels won the match to become the number one contender to the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 23. Michaels then feuded with Cena, which would end at Backlash, when Cena defeated Edge, Orton and Michaels in a Fatal Four Way match, a standard wrestling match involving four wrestlers to retain his WWE Championship.[57]
Jeff Hardy and Johnny Nitro continued to feud as members of The Hardys and
The feud between Kenny Dykstra and Ric Flair continued. As a reward for defeating Flair at New Year's Revolution, Coachman booked Dykstra in a match with Hardy for his WWE Intercontinental Championship.[50][51] Flair interfered and performed a low blow to Dykstra, allowing Hardy to win.[50][51] On the following Raw, Flair defeated Dykstra in a rematch, ending their rivalry.[60][61] The feuds between Carlito and Chris Masters, and Mickie James and Victoria also ended after Carlito and James won subsequent rematches,[50][51][61] and they began to feud with Ric Flair and Melina respectively.[57] The match between Donald Trump and Rosie O'Donnell was actually a parody match, with talent from WWE's developmental territories portraying the characters.[50][51] This was the early stage of a major feud between Donald Trump and Vince McMahon, which would go on to WrestleMania.[62]
The 2007 New Year's Revolution would be the final New Year's Revolution event held as a PPV. The PPV event was discontinued as WWE reduced the number of PPVs per year after they had discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following
During the December 22, 2023, episode of SmackDown, it was announced that the New Year's Revolution name had been revived again for a television special episode of SmackDown titled SmackDown: New Year's Revolution, which aired on January 5, 2024.[68]
Results
No. | Results dark match |
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Tag Team Turmoil match
Elimination | Team | Entrance order | Eliminated by | Time |
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1 | The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory McAllister)
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1 | The World's Greatest Tag Team
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5:02 |
2 | Jim Duggan and Super Crazy | 3 | The World's Greatest Tag Team
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7:30 |
3 | The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas )
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2 | Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch | 11:51 |
4 | Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch | 4 | Cryme Tyme | 19:03 |
Winners | Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) | 5 | — |
Other on-screen personnel
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