No Way Out (2005)

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No Way Out
World Wrestling Entertainment[1]
Brand(s)SmackDown![1]
DateFebruary 20, 2005[1][2]
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1][2]
VenueMellon Arena[1][2]
Attendance9,500[2]
Buy rate240,000[3]
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The 2005 No Way Out was the seventh

event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division. The event took place on February 20, 2005, in 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 (JBL) and Big Show, in which JBL won via escape. 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.

Production

Mellon Arena, the then-home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, was the site of the seventh No Way Out pay-per-view event.

Background

Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Like the previous year's event, the 2005 event featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown! brand.[1][5]

Storylines

The main

SmackDown! General manager Theodore Long, who immediately announced a Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match between JBL and Big Show for the WWE Championship at No Way Out.[6][7] On the February 3 episode of SmackDown!, Big Show defeated the Bashams in a handicap match.[8] On the February 10 episode of SmackDown!, JBL and his cabinet attacked Big Show, and on the February 17 episode of SmackDown!, Big Show did the same thing to JBL and his cabinet.[9][10]

Kurt Angle, who lost to John Cena in the tournament.

The main match on the undercard was the Number One Contender tournament final between

Rey Mysterio Jr., which Angle won by forcing Mysterio to submit by using his Ankle Lock.[9] Due to this win and the double countout the week before, Angle received a bye into the finals of the tournament.[8][9] On the February 17 episode of SmackDown!, Cena had his semi-final against Booker T, which he won after an FU.[10] Cena and Angle advanced to No Way Out in the final match of the tournament.[10]

The other main match on the undercard was The Undertaker versus Luther Reigns. The match was made after Reigns interfered in The Undertaker's match during the Number One Contenders tournament on the February 3 episode of SmackDown!.

Nunzio and cut another promo on The Undertaker.[10] The Undertaker pinned Jindrak after a Chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver.[10] Reigns then hit The Undertaker with a television camera.[10] The Undertaker, however, quickly recovered, sat up in the ring, and then stalked Reigns to the backstage area.[10]

Event

Other on-screen personnel[1]
Role: Name:
English commentators Michael Cole
Tazz
Torrie Wilson
(SmackDown! Rookie of the Year contest)
Dawn Marie
(SmackDown! Rookie of the Year contest)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Hugo Savinovich
Ring announcer Tony Chimel
Referees Nick Patrick
Charles Robinson
Brian Hebner
Jimmy Korderas
General manager Theodore Long
Pre-show hosts
(Sunday Night Heat) 		Todd Grisham
Ivory
Steve Romero
Josh Matthews

Before the event went live on

619 from Mysterio, Guerrero pinned Doug to win the title.[1][5]

The second match was between

Booker T.[1][5] Heidenreich dominated Booker for the entire match.[5] Heidenreich was disqualified after hitting Booker with a Steel chair.[5][11] After the match, Heidenreich attempted to pin Booker.[1][5]

The next match was the

Akio, who[1][5] was eliminated by countout.[5][11] The final participant was Chavo Guerrero Jr.[1][5] Guerrero took control of the match, and when London tried to perform a roll-up, Guerrero pinned London using the ropes to win the title.[1][5]

The fourth match was

Luther Reigns.[5][11] Mark Jindrak accompanied Reigns to the ring but was ejected before the match started.[5] Reigns hit the Undertaker with the ring bell and applied various submission holds. The Undertaker countered with a Tombstone piledriver to win the match.[5][12]

The fifth match was the final of the tournament to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship between Kurt Angle and John Cena.[5][12] Angle performed a German Suplex into the turnbuckles to gain control.[5][12] Angle applied the Ankle Lock but Cena escaped, and executed an FU for a near-fall.[5][12] Angle applied another Ankle Lock but Cena reached the ropes.[5][12] Angle continued to dominate until the referee was knocked down.[12] Angle attempted to hit Cena with his steel chain but Cena countered with another FU to earn a title match at WrestleMania 21.[5][12]

Big Show challenged for the WWE Championship.

Immediately before the main event, the third event in the 2005 Rookie Diva of the Year competition took place.[1][13] The participants were Michelle McCool, Joy Giovanni, Lauren Jones, and Rochelle Loewen, and the segments were hosted by Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie.[11][12] The first event was an "evening gown" competition, which took place after the WWE Tag Team Championship match.[5][12] The next event was the "Talent Contest", and the final one was the "Swimsuit Competition".[5][12] The eventual winner was Giovanni, with 65% of the online votes that took place throughout the show.[5][11][12]

The main event was the

Batista made the save and John Cena attacked JBL.[11][12]

Aftermath

Further information: WrestleMania 21
WWE Tag Team Champions
.

On the following episode of

MNM, after Mysterio was pinned while Guerrero was distracted by MNM's manager, Melina.[21]

Sharmell.[19][22] Reigns had fallen out with his tag team partner, Jindrak, just a few weeks prior, setting up matches between them.[16][17]

On the February 24 episode of SmackDown!,

Akio to become the Number One Contender for the Cruiserweight title.[17] The following week, London defeated Billy Kidman.[22] On March 31, London became the new Cruiserweight Champion after winning a Cruiserweight Battle Royal.[19][23]

Superstar Billy Graham, who encouraged him to "go where no wrestler has gone before".[25] On the next episode of SmackDown!, the Undertaker accepted his challenge.[17] On March 17, a contract signing for the match was scheduled to take place, and was attended by the SmackDown! General manager, Theodore Long, and Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff.[22] The Undertaker immediately signed the contract; however, before Orton signed the contract, he cut a promo on the Undertaker, and then slapped the Undertaker.[22] Orton fled the ring after the Undertaker began to fill the arena with smoke, and didn't sign the contract.[22] Orton taunted the Undertaker for the next few weeks,[26][27] but the Undertaker responded with taunts of his own, and he attacked other superstars.[18] On the final SmackDown! before WrestleMania, Orton's father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, begged the Undertaker to have mercy on Orton.[19] It ultimately proved to be a set-up, however, as Orton attacked the Undertaker and performed an RKO on him.[19] At WrestleMania, "Cowboy" Bob interfered in Orton's match, but was unsuccessful when the Undertaker pinned Orton after a Tombstone piledriver.[20][28]

Cena with his customized WWE Championship belt.

WWE. This feud had begun at the Royal Rumble, where Michaels had eliminated Angle.[6] Angle then returned to the ring, and eliminated Michaels, before attacking him.[6] A few weeks later, Michaels challenged Angle to a match at WrestleMania.[29] On February 28, Angle appeared on Raw, attacking Michaels, and accepting his challenge.[25] On the next episode of SmackDown!, Michaels ambushed Angle in the ring, and the two of them brawled, until security broke it up.[16] Angle claimed that he was better than Michaels, and said he would prove it by achieving everything that Michaels had, but doing it faster.[17] He then won a ladder match, mocking Michaels match from WrestleMania X.[17] He then challenged Marty Jannetty, Michaels former tag team partner to a match.[17] He won after Jannetty tapped out.[22] Angle also persuaded Michaels' former manager, Sensational Sherri to do a spoof of Michaels' theme song, "Sexy Boy", calling his version "Sexy Kurt".[18] Michaels, however, interrupted and played a video highlighting all his accomplishments.[18] When Sherri got emotional from watching the video, Angle put her in the Ankle Lock.[18] Angle also interfered in Michaels' matches on Raw.[27] At WrestleMania, Angle won by making Michaels submit to his Ankle Lock.[20][28]

The Big Show defeated JBL and Orlando Jordan.[15] The following week, JBL cut a promo and Cena, and insulted him, while Cena defended his United States title against Jordan.[16] Jordan won the title after the Basham Brothers distracted the referee, and JBL hit Cena with the WWE Championship belt.[16] They then blew up Cena's customized design of the United States Championship, and replaced it with the original one.[17] Later that night, Cena attacked the General Manager, Long, and was thrown out of the arena.[17] During JBL's match that night, Cena returned and attacked JBL's cabinet.[17] The next week, Long announced that if Cena laid a hand on JBL, apart from in matches, he would lose his WrestleMania match.[22] In a six-person tag team match that night, Cena's team won, but Cena had to stop himself from attacking JBL after the bell had rung.[22] On a later episode of SmackDown!, Long clarifies that if JBL physically provoked Cena, then Cena could retaliate.[18] Cena then attempted to provoke JBL, by vandalising his limousine, and spray painting "FU" on JBL's shirt.[18] On the last SmackDown! before WrestleMania, however, JBL had Cena arrested for vandalism and, once Cena was handcuffed, attacked him.[18] At WrestleMania, Cena pinned JBL after an FU, to win the WWE Championship for the first time.[20][28][30]

Results

No.Results
Barbed Wire Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship
15:11
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
H – the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

WWE Championship #1 Contender's Tournament bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Booker T Pin
Eddie Guerrero
Booker T
John Cena Pin
Orlando Jordan
John Cena Pin
John Cena Pin
Kurt Angle 19:22
The Undertaker DCO
René Duprée DCO
BYE
Kurt Angle Forfeit
Rey Mysterio
Kurt Angle Sub


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