WWE pay-per-view event series
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
WWE No Way Out was aprofessional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced byWWE , aprofessional wrestling promotion based inConnecticut . It was first held as the 20thIn Your House PPV in February 1998 and was titledNo Way Out of Texas . It returned as its own PPV in February 2000, with the event's title truncated to "No Way Out," and it continued as the annual February PPV and the last PPV untilWrestleMania until 2009. The events in 2008 and 2009 featured theElimination Chamber match . In turn, No Way Out was replaced by a new annual PPV titledElimination Chamber in 2010, but one further No Way Out PPV was held as a one-off event in June 2012 to replaceCapitol Punishment . In 2013, No Way Out was again discontinued and it was replaced byPayback .
The first four events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In May 2002, the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). To coincide with thebrand extension that was also introduced in 2002, No Way Out was held exclusively for wrestlers of theSmackDown! brand from 2004 to 2007. FollowingWrestleMania 23 in April 2007, brand-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued;No Way Out 2007 was the promotion's final PPV to be brand-exclusive during the first brand extension. "WWE" became anorphaned initialism for the promotion in April 2011 in an unofficial term (the legal entity of the company, as shown in the copyrights at the end of each broadcast, is currently "World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC" in 2023) and the brand extension ended that August before No Way Out's one-off return in June 2012.
No Way Out was first held as anIn Your House pay-per-view (PPV) event. In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995. They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its major PPVs and were sold at a lower cost. The first No Way Out event was held as the 20th In Your House PPV on February 15, 1998, and was titledNo Way Out of Texas: In Your House as it took place at theCompaq Center inHouston, Texas .[ 1] [ 2]
After the In Your House branding was retired following February 1999'sSt. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House ,[ 2] February 2000 , with the event's title truncated to "No Way Out" as it was not held in Texas. The event in turn became the promotion's annual February PPV.[ 1] Elimination Chamber matches were featured at the 2008 and 2009 events,[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Elimination Chamber became the name of the February 2010 pay-per-view event, winning against Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict, and the original No Way Out name.[ 7] [ 8] 2010 Elimination Chamber PPV was still promoted in Germany as No Way Out because of concerns that the "elimination chamber" name would bring back imagery of thegas chambers that were used inextermination camps duringWorld War II .[ 9] [ 10] steel cage match ; it replacedCapitol Punishment for the June 2012 PPV slot.[ 11] Payback .[ 12]
In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a result of a lawsuit from theWorld Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.[ 13] draft that split itsroster into two distinctivebrands of wrestling,Raw andSmackDown! , where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform[ 14] ECW , was added in 2006.[ 15] No Way Out 2003 had featured wrestlers from both brands,[ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs.[ 21] No Way Out 2007 was in turn the promotion's final PPV to be brand-exclusive during the first brand extension,[ 20] [ 22] [ 23] [ 24] [ 25]
# Event Date City Venue Main Event Ref. 1 No Way Out of Texas: In Your House February 15, 1998 Houston, Texas Compaq Center Stone Cold Steve Austin ,Owen Hart ,Cactus Jack , andChainsaw Charlie vs.Triple H ,Savio Vega , andThe New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg andBilly Gunn )[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 29] 2 No Way Out (2000) February 27, 2000 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Triple H (c) vs.Cactus Jack in aTitle vs. Career Hell in a Cell match for theWWF Championship [ 26] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] 3 No Way Out (2001) February 25, 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Kurt Angle (c) vs.The Rock for theWWF Championship [ 26] [ 33] [ 34] [ 35] 4 No Way Out (2002) February 17, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center Chris Jericho (c) vs.Stone Cold Steve Austin for theUndisputed WWF Championship [ 36] [ 37] [ 38] 5 No Way Out (2003) February 23, 2003 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Bell Centre The Rock vs.Hulk Hogan [ 39] [ 40] 6 No Way Out (2004) February 15, 2004 Daly City, California Cow Palace Brock Lesnar (c) vs.Eddie Guerrero for theWWE Championship [ 17] [ 41] [ 42] 7 No Way Out (2005) February 20, 2005 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mellon Arena John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) vs.Big Show in aBarbed wired Steel Cage match for theWWE Championship [ 43] [ 18] [ 44] [ 45] 8 No Way Out (2006) February 19, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland 1st Mariner Arena Kurt Angle (c) vs.The Undertaker for theWorld Heavyweight Championship [ 19] [ 46] [ 47] [ 48] [ 49] 9 No Way Out (2007) February 18, 2007 Los Angeles, California Staples Center John Cena andShawn Michaels vs.Batista andThe Undertaker [ 20] [ 50] [ 51] [ 52] 10 No Way Out (2008) February 17, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Triple H vs.Shawn Michaels vs.John "Bradshaw" Layfield vs.Umaga vs.Chris Jericho vs.Jeff Hardy in anElimination Chamber match for aWWE Championship match atWrestleMania XXIV [ 53] [ 22] [ 3] [ 4] 11 No Way Out (2009) February 15, 2009 Seattle, Washington KeyArena John Cena (c) vs.Edge vs.Chris Jericho vs.Rey Mysterio vs.Kane vs.Mike Knox in anElimination Chamber match for theWorld Heavyweight Championship [ 23] [ 54] 12 No Way Out (2012) June 17, 2012 East Rutherford, New Jersey Izod Center John Cena vs.Big Show in aSteel Cage match [ 11] (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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