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Due to Randy Orton defeating Rey Mysterio at No Way Out for Mysterio's world championship title opportunity, SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long, disgusted by Orton's actions in the match at No Way Out, booked Orton and Mysterio against Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, which took place at ...
Randy Orton as WWE Champion. The main feud on the Raw brand heading into No Way Out was between Randy Orton and John Cena, with the two battling over the WWE Championship. At the Royal Rumble, Cena made a surprise return, entering as the thirtieth participant. Cena went on to win the match after last eliminating Triple H.
Randy Orton continued his feud with the McMahon family, after No Way Out. On the very next night on Raw , Orton faced Shane McMahon in an unsanctioned match, before both Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase had to interfered in the match, after the interference, Orton then punted Shane.
[citation needed] Orton defeated Mysterio at No Way Out, earning Mysterio's title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22. [64] SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long re-added Mysterio to the WrestleMania 22 title match, making it a triple threat match between Orton, Mysterio and then-champion Kurt Angle.
Benoit went on to win the title from Booker at No Way Out. [26] Rey Mysterio was awarded a match against Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship which was scheduled to take place at WrestleMania 22, but before that, Mysterio defended his spot against Randy Orton at No Way Out. Orton won the match and Rey's title shot.
Mysterio from SmackDown! chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost his title shot to Randy Orton at No Way Out. On the following episode of SmackDown!, General Manager Theodore Long re-added Mysterio to the World Heavyweight Championship match, making it a triple threat match.
No Way Out was first held by WWE as the 20th In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) in February 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series, [4] No Way Out returned in February 2000 as its own PPV event, thus establishing it as the annual February PPV for the promotion until 2009, after which, No Way Out was discontinued and replaced by Elimination Chamber in 2010. [5]
The 2005 No Way Out was the seventh No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) 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.