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No Way Out (2006)
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No Way Out was the eighth annual No Way Out
professional wrestling
pay-per-view
(PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment
(WWE). It took place on February 19, 2006 at 1st Mariner Arena
in Baltimore, Maryland and was a SmackDown! brand
-exclusive event. The official theme song was "Deadly Game
" by Theory of a Deadman
.
The main event saw Kurt Angle
defend his World Heavyweight Championship
against The Undertaker. Angle won the match after reversing a Triangle Choke into a jackknife cover. One of the predominant matches on the card was Randy Orton
versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship
match at WrestleMania 22
. Orton won the match with a roll-up while using the ropes for extra leverage. Another primary match on the undercard was Booker T
versus Chris Benoit
for the WWE United States Championship
, which Benoit won after forcing Booker to submit to the Crippler Crossface.
with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.
The main feud
heading into No Way Out was between Kurt Angle
and The Undertaker, with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship
. At the previous pay-per-view, Royal Rumble
, Angle defeated Mark Henry
to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. When the match was over, and the pay-per-view went off the air, The Undertaker came out and issued a challenge to Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Angle accepted his offer and the match at No Way Out was made official. The next week on SmackDown!, The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry after MNM
, along with Daivari
, came out and attacked The Undertaker, causing the disqualification. After the match, MNM, Henry, and Daivari attacked The Undertaker until Angle came out and made the save. SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long
then announced that Undertaker and Angle would face off against Henry and MNM in a 3-on-2 Handicap match next week. On the February 17 episode of SmackDown!, Undertaker and Kurt Angle defeated MNM and Mark Henry after Angle forced Johnny Nitro to submit to the Ankle lock.
The other main match on the card was Randy Orton
versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship
match at WrestleMania 22
. Their match stemmed from the Royal Rumble, the pay-per-view three weeks before No Way Out. At the Royal Rumble, Slaughter won the 2006 Royal Rumble match and a world championship match at WrestleMania 22 by last eliminating Randy Orton. On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Orton claimed that there's no way he could beat him in a normal match and that he won the match because of some divine intervention. Orton then challenged Mysterio to a match at No Way Out for his title match at WrestleMania 22, and claimed that Eddie Guerrero
was not in heaven
, but in hell
. Later that night, Orton along with Mark Henry defeated Mysterio and Kurt Angle. Midway through the match, Davari confronted Angle and was chased outside the ring and into the crowd. Henry followed, leaving Mysterio and Orton on their own. Orton gained the pinfall after sitting on Mysterio. After the match, Orton went on to say that Mysterio has as much chance of defeating him as Guerrero did at coming back to life. Mysterio responded by accepting Orton's challenge on behalf of Guerrero. The next week on SmackDown!, Orton set the record straight about the comments he made about Eddie Guerrero. Backstage, he said that he only made the comments to get inside Mysterio's head, and that he didn’t know nor care if Guerrero was in Hell. Orton would then come out to further explain his actions, Mysterio came out and attacked him, dropkick
ing his head into the steel ringpost. On the February 17 edition of SmackDown!, Mysterio faced off against Sylvan
, which Mysterio won after a West Coast Pop. After the match, Orton came out and said that Mysterio would never main event WrestleMania
again, he’d never become World Champion again and that he could never beat him.
defeated Simon Dean
in a match that aired on WWE Heat
. The first match that aired was a Nine-Man match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
. The champion Gregory Helms
defended the title against Brian Kendrick
, Funaki
, Kid Kash, Nunzio
, Paul London
, Psicosis
, Scotty 2 Hotty and Super Crazy
. In the beginning, Helms hid outside the ring, but his opponents brought him into the ring and beat him up. Helms suffered many moves as Kendrick performed a Sliced Bread #2 on him, London performed a senton bomb on him and Scotty 2 Hotty performed a Worm on him. Psicosis took the advantage by pinning Helms but Kid Kash broke the count. Kash hit Psicosis a with Dead Level but Super Crazy broke up the pinfall by performing a moonsault
. Helms recovered and pinned Psicosis to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Next was John "Bradshaw" Layfield
(JBL) facing off against Bobby Lashley. Before the match started, Lashley prevented Finlay
from attacking Kristal
. While Lashley and Finlay were fighting, JBL's music hit and he took advantage of the situation. Lashley shrugged Finlay off and took on JBL in the early going. JBL had the control when he threw Lashley into the steel stairs and tried to measure out Lashley with a sleeper hold. Finally, Lashley caught JBL coming off the top rope and then powerslam
med JBL. Lashley went on to hit JBL with a series of belly to belly suplexes until Finlay disturbed the match by throwing Tony Chimel
into the ring, diverting the attention of the referee
. With the referee distracted, Finlay hit Lashley with a shillelagh
in the head. JBL took advantage and hit Lashley with a Clothesline from Hell to win the match ending Lashley's undefeated streak in WWE.
A tag team match between MNM
(Joey Mercury
and Johnny Nitro) and Matt Hardy
and Tatanka
was next. Before the match, MNM issued an open challenge to any tag team
to accept their challenge and to defeat them in a non-title match to earn a title shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship. Hardy accepted the open challenge and Tatanka became his mystery partner. Tatanka and Hardy controlled the match in the beginning but MNM regrouped and kept Hardy in their half of the ring for most of the match. Hardy escaped and tagged with Tatanka who chopped MNM. He sent Mercury to the floor but Melina
interfered which helped Nitro in hitting Tatanka performed a dropkick
off the apron. MNM did their best to keep Tatanka away from Hardy, but Tatanka clotheslined Nitro and tagged in Hardy. Hardy tried to hit Mercury with a Twist of Fate but Nitro superkicked Hardy. Hardy tagged in Tatanka who nailed MNM with a double tomahawk chop. Tatanka hit Mercury a Trail's End while Hardy hit Nitro a Twist of Fate. Tatanka went on to pin Mercury to get the pinfall for his team earning themselves a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
The fourth match was between Chris Benoit
and Booker T
for the WWE United States Championship
. Booker defended his United States title against Benoit in this technical match. Before the match began, Booker announced that he would forfeit the United States title. Benoit turned his back on Booker and headed towards Sharmell. This was a ploy as Booker attacked Benoit and the match began. Benoit controlled the match in the beginning as he performed a series of suplex
es. Benoit knocked Booker to the floor who was sent crashing into the steel ring steps. Benoit told the referee that his groin
was re-injured. The referee backed Benoit up while Booker attacked Benoit sending him into the steel stairs. Benoit hit Booker a series of German suplexes. Benoit paid tribute to his late friend Eddie Guerrero
by hitting Guerrero's signature move Three Amigos. Booker attempted to hit Benoit a Houston Hangover but missed to put both men down. Benoit hit a series of German suplexes until Sharmell jumped on the apron. Benoit went for a diving headbutt but Sharmell's distraction allowed Booker to catch Benoit and send him crashing to the mat. Booker hit Benoit the Scissors Kick but Benoit kicked out. Sharmell distracted Benoit again by climbing on the apron once again. Booker took advantage by rolling up Benoit. Benoit countered into a Sharpshooter
but Booker pushed him away. Benoit fell into the ropes where Sharmell was standing, knocking her off the apron. Benoit then ducked a Scissors Kick and applied the Sharpshooter. Booker fought the move but Benoit applied the Crippler Crossface. Booker quickly tapped out leading to Benoit winning the WWE United States Championship.
Randy Orton
versus Rey Mysterio was next with Mysterio's WrestleMania 22
world championship
match on the line. Orton grounded Mysterio throughout the match and pounded him in the beginning. Mysterio tried to hit Orton a Mysterio cannon but Orton slammed him into the ring steel post injuring his hand. Orton focused on Mysterio's arm and hand. Mysterio hit Orton a Mysterio cannon but Mysterio landed on the injured hand and could not wrestle. Orton continued to increase Mysterio's hand injury stomping it into the steel ring steps several times. Mysterio dropped Orton in the second turnbuckle but was caught going to the top rope. Orton had Mysterio on his shoulders, Mysterio spun out and superbombed Orton followed by a West Coast Pop but Orton kicked out. Mysterio went for the top rope and tried to hit Orton a missile dropkick but failed. Orton let Mysterio to his feet but Mysterio dropkick
ed Orton sending him into a position for the 619. Orton avoided the cobra clutch and grabbed Mysterio in a rollup using ropes for leverage, which mean that Orton won the match and Mysterio's world title match at WrestleMania.
The main event was between Kurt Angle
and The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship
. The match began in Undertaker's control. He went on to hit Angle an Old School and a Snake Eyes. Angle went on to hit Undertaker a German suplex and then sent Undertaker crashing into the retaining barrier outside the ring. Undertaker ran Angle into the ringpost and performed a leg drop
on him. Undertaker attempted to perform a chokeslam
but Angle kicked the Undertaker's leg out from under him to escape. Angle applied an ankle lock. Undertaker sent Angle to the floor and then tried to perform an apron legdrop once again but Angle reversed it into an ankle lock. Angle released the hold and then put him again in ankle lock on the floor which Undertaker countered into a triangle choke. Angle was sent to the floor and Undertaker sent him crashing into the timekeeper's table. He ripped apart the SmackDown! announcers' table preparing to send Angle through it. Angle sent Undertaker crashing through the courtesy of an Angle Slam. The two would reverse each others' attempts several times throughout the match until Angle applied the ankle lock which Undertaker countered into a Triangle Choke. Angle countered the choke into the roll-up and pinned Undertaker to successfully retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
, which Undertaker won.
Due to Orton defeating Mysterio at No Way Out for Mysterio's world championship title opportunity, SmackDown! GM Theodore Long
, however, 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 WrestleMania. Mysterio went on to win the match and the World Heavyweight title from Angle after pinning Orton for the win.
WWE No Way Out
No Way Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every February by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1998, with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in February of that year. The event in 2000 was rebranded...
professional wrestling
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view provides a service by which a television audience can purchase events to view via private telecast. The broadcaster shows the event at the same time to everyone ordering it...
(PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
(WWE). It took place on February 19, 2006 at 1st Mariner Arena
1st Mariner Arena
1st Mariner Arena is an arena located in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2003, it was renamed by 1st Mariner Bank, which purchased naming rights to the arena for 10 years. It was reported that 1st Mariner Bank will need to pay the city $75,000 for the next ten years to keep the naming rights to the complex...
in Baltimore, Maryland and was a SmackDown! brand
WWE Brand Extension
WWE, formerly the World Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment , currently promotes its core business of professional wrestling through two "brands" named after their two major television shows Raw and SmackDown...
-exclusive event. The official theme song was "Deadly Game
WWE Wreckless Intent
The album was originally slated for a January release, but due to heavy time constraints, the release date was pushed back to May. The first few hundred people who pre-ordered the album on sonymusicstore.com got a free booklet autographed, as well as a WWE ball keychain...
" by Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as Island Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative...
.
The main event saw Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
defend his World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand...
against The Undertaker. Angle won the match after reversing a Triangle Choke into a jackknife cover. One of the predominant matches on the card was Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...
versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
match at WrestleMania 22
WrestleMania 22
Notes: .The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, Orton defeated...
. Orton won the match with a roll-up while using the ropes for extra leverage. Another primary match on the undercard was Booker T
Booker Huffman
Robert Booker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and currently signed to WWE, on its SmackDown brand, as part of the announcing team. Booker is best known for his time in both the World Wrestling Entertainment and World...
versus Chris Benoit
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
for the WWE United States Championship
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw brand....
, which Benoit won after forcing Booker to submit to the Crippler Crossface.
Background
The event featured seven professional wrestling matchesMock combat
Mock combat involves the execution of combative actions without intent to harm. Participants can engage in such sparring for ritual, training, recreational or performance reasons...
with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event.
The main feud
Feud (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or alliances of wrestlers. They are integrated into ongoing storylines, particularly in events which are televised...
heading into No Way Out was between Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
and The Undertaker, with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand...
. At the previous pay-per-view, Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble (2006)
Royal Rumble was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands...
, Angle defeated Mark Henry
Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand as the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. He is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic...
to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. When the match was over, and the pay-per-view went off the air, The Undertaker came out and issued a challenge to Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship. On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Angle accepted his offer and the match at No Way Out was made official. The next week on SmackDown!, The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry after MNM
MNM
MNM was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro, and their manager Melina Perez....
, along with Daivari
Shawn Daivari
Dara Daivari is an Iranian American professional wrestler, currently performing on the American independent circuit as Shawn Daivari. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as simply Daivari and with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Sheik Abdul Bashir.-Career:Daivari...
, came out and attacked The Undertaker, causing the disqualification. After the match, MNM, Henry, and Daivari attacked The Undertaker until Angle came out and made the save. SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long
Theodore Long
Theodore R. "Teddy" Long is an American professional wrestling manager and former referee who currently works for WWE on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager.-National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling:...
then announced that Undertaker and Angle would face off against Henry and MNM in a 3-on-2 Handicap match next week. On the February 17 episode of SmackDown!, Undertaker and Kurt Angle defeated MNM and Mark Henry after Angle forced Johnny Nitro to submit to the Ankle lock.
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...
versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
match at WrestleMania 22
WrestleMania 22
Notes: .The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, Orton defeated...
. Their match stemmed from the Royal Rumble, the pay-per-view three weeks before No Way Out. At the Royal Rumble, Slaughter won the 2006 Royal Rumble match and a world championship match at WrestleMania 22 by last eliminating Randy Orton. On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Orton claimed that there's no way he could beat him in a normal match and that he won the match because of some divine intervention. Orton then challenged Mysterio to a match at No Way Out for his title match at WrestleMania 22, and claimed that Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero
Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
was not in heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
, but in hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
. Later that night, Orton along with Mark Henry defeated Mysterio and Kurt Angle. Midway through the match, Davari confronted Angle and was chased outside the ring and into the crowd. Henry followed, leaving Mysterio and Orton on their own. Orton gained the pinfall after sitting on Mysterio. After the match, Orton went on to say that Mysterio has as much chance of defeating him as Guerrero did at coming back to life. Mysterio responded by accepting Orton's challenge on behalf of Guerrero. The next week on SmackDown!, Orton set the record straight about the comments he made about Eddie Guerrero. Backstage, he said that he only made the comments to get inside Mysterio's head, and that he didn’t know nor care if Guerrero was in Hell. Orton would then come out to further explain his actions, Mysterio came out and attacked him, dropkick
Dropkick
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
ing his head into the steel ringpost. On the February 17 edition of SmackDown!, Mysterio faced off against Sylvan
Sylvain Grenier
Sylvain Grenier is a Canadian professional wrestler, who is best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment in the La Résistance tag team. He is currently a French language announcer for TNA Impact! on RDS....
, which Mysterio won after a West Coast Pop. After the match, Orton came out and said that Mysterio would never main event WrestleMania
WrestleMania
WrestleMania is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced annually in late March or early April by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut...
again, he’d never become World Champion again and that he could never beat him.
Event
Before the event went live on pay-per-view, The BoogeymanMarty Wright
Martin "Marty" Wright is an American professional wrestler and actor best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name The Boogeyman.-Tough Enough:...
defeated Simon Dean
Mike Bucci
Michael "Mike" Bucci is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean...
in a match that aired on WWE Heat
WWE HEAT
WWE Heat was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment...
. The first match that aired was a Nine-Man match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
The World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs...
. The champion Gregory Helms
Gregory Helms
Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms...
defended the title against Brian Kendrick
Brian Kendrick
Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...
, Funaki
Shoichi Funaki
is a Japanese/American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion.-Early years :...
, Kid Kash, Nunzio
James Maritato
James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
, Paul London
Paul London
Paul Michael London is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment ....
, Psicosis
Dionicio Castellanos
Dionicio Castellanos Torres is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración under the ring name Nicho el Millonario, as a new Psicosis took over the former name...
, Scotty 2 Hotty and Super Crazy
Super Crazy
Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
. In the beginning, Helms hid outside the ring, but his opponents brought him into the ring and beat him up. Helms suffered many moves as Kendrick performed a Sliced Bread #2 on him, London performed a senton bomb on him and Scotty 2 Hotty performed a Worm on him. Psicosis took the advantage by pinning Helms but Kid Kash broke the count. Kash hit Psicosis a with Dead Level but Super Crazy broke up the pinfall by performing a moonsault
Moonsault
A moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
. Helms recovered and pinned Psicosis to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
John Layfield
John Charles Layfield is a former American professional wrestler, a former commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League and financial analyst for Fox News...
(JBL) facing off against Bobby Lashley. Before the match started, Lashley prevented Finlay
Dave Finlay
David John "Fit" Finlay Jr. is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and WWE as an active wrestler and later as a road agent...
from attacking Kristal
Kristal Marshall
Kristal Marshall is an American model, beauty queen, and former professional wrestler best known for her work in World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion working as Kristal Lashley the kayfabe wife of Bobby Lashley and his real life...
. While Lashley and Finlay were fighting, JBL's music hit and he took advantage of the situation. Lashley shrugged Finlay off and took on JBL in the early going. JBL had the control when he threw Lashley into the steel stairs and tried to measure out Lashley with a sleeper hold. Finally, Lashley caught JBL coming off the top rope and then powerslam
Powerslam
A powerslam is a professional wrestling body slam move in which the wrestler performing the slam falls face-down on top of his/her opponent. The use of the term "powerslam" usually refers to the front powerslam and the scoop powerslam.-Emerald Flowsion:...
med JBL. Lashley went on to hit JBL with a series of belly to belly suplexes until Finlay disturbed the match by throwing Tony Chimel
Tony Chimel
Anthony "Tony" Chimel is an American professional wrestling ring announcer, currently employed by WWE working as the ring announcer for SmackDown brand.-WWE :...
into the ring, diverting the attention of the referee
Referee (professional wrestling)
A professional wrestling referee is the official figure that makes sure that wrestling matches move smoothly in an attempt to maintain kayfabe. The referee also has the ultimate power in the ring...
. With the referee distracted, Finlay hit Lashley with a shillelagh
Shillelagh (club)
A shillelagh is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob at the top, that is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore.- Construction :...
in the head. JBL took advantage and hit Lashley with a Clothesline from Hell to win the match ending Lashley's undefeated streak in WWE.
A tag team match between MNM
MNM
MNM was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro, and their manager Melina Perez....
(Joey Mercury
Adam Birch
Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...
and Johnny Nitro) and Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy
Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
and Tatanka
Chris Chavis
Christopher "Chris" Chavis , is a Native American professional wrestler best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2007...
was next. Before the match, MNM issued an open challenge to any tag team
Tag team
Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name...
to accept their challenge and to defeat them in a non-title match to earn a title shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship. Hardy accepted the open challenge and Tatanka became his mystery partner. Tatanka and Hardy controlled the match in the beginning but MNM regrouped and kept Hardy in their half of the ring for most of the match. Hardy escaped and tagged with Tatanka who chopped MNM. He sent Mercury to the floor but Melina
Melina Perez
Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina....
interfered which helped Nitro in hitting Tatanka performed a dropkick
Dropkick
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
off the apron. MNM did their best to keep Tatanka away from Hardy, but Tatanka clotheslined Nitro and tagged in Hardy. Hardy tried to hit Mercury with a Twist of Fate but Nitro superkicked Hardy. Hardy tagged in Tatanka who nailed MNM with a double tomahawk chop. Tatanka hit Mercury a Trail's End while Hardy hit Nitro a Twist of Fate. Tatanka went on to pin Mercury to get the pinfall for his team earning themselves a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Chris Benoit
Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide...
and Booker T
Booker Huffman
Robert Booker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and currently signed to WWE, on its SmackDown brand, as part of the announcing team. Booker is best known for his time in both the World Wrestling Entertainment and World...
for the WWE United States Championship
WWE United States Championship
The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw brand....
. Booker defended his United States title against Benoit in this technical match. Before the match began, Booker announced that he would forfeit the United States title. Benoit turned his back on Booker and headed towards Sharmell. This was a ploy as Booker attacked Benoit and the match began. Benoit controlled the match in the beginning as he performed a series of suplex
Suplex
A suplex is an offensive move used in professional sport wrestling . The move consists of one wrestler picking up his or her opponent off the ground and then using a large portion of his or her own body weight to drive the opponent down on the mat. Nearly all suplexes have the attacker going down...
es. Benoit knocked Booker to the floor who was sent crashing into the steel ring steps. Benoit told the referee that his groin
Groin
In human anatomy, the groin areas are the two creases at the junction of the torso with the legs, on either side of the pubic area. This is also known as the medial compartment of the thigh. A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles...
was re-injured. The referee backed Benoit up while Booker attacked Benoit sending him into the steel stairs. Benoit hit Booker a series of German suplexes. Benoit paid tribute to his late friend Eddie Guerrero
Eddie Guerrero
Eduardo Gory "Eddie" Guerrero was a Mexican-American professional wrestler born into the Guerrero wrestling family. He wrestled in Mexico and Japan for several major professional wrestling promotions...
by hitting Guerrero's signature move Three Amigos. Booker attempted to hit Benoit a Houston Hangover but missed to put both men down. Benoit hit a series of German suplexes until Sharmell jumped on the apron. Benoit went for a diving headbutt but Sharmell's distraction allowed Booker to catch Benoit and send him crashing to the mat. Booker hit Benoit the Scissors Kick but Benoit kicked out. Sharmell distracted Benoit again by climbing on the apron once again. Booker took advantage by rolling up Benoit. Benoit countered into a Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)
The Sharpshooter, originally named Sasori-gatame, Scorpion Hold in English, is a professional wrestling submission hold. The move is also known by several other names: cloverleaf leg-lace Boston crab, standing reverse figure-four leglock, and, the most commonly known alternative, Scorpion Deathlock...
but Booker pushed him away. Benoit fell into the ropes where Sharmell was standing, knocking her off the apron. Benoit then ducked a Scissors Kick and applied the Sharpshooter. Booker fought the move but Benoit applied the Crippler Crossface. Booker quickly tapped out leading to Benoit winning the WWE United States Championship.
Randy Orton
Randy Orton
Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand...
versus Rey Mysterio was next with Mysterio's WrestleMania 22
WrestleMania 22
Notes: .The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, Orton defeated...
world championship
Championship (professional wrestling)
A Championship or "title" in professional wrestling is a recognition promoted by professional wrestling organizations.Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...
match on the line. Orton grounded Mysterio throughout the match and pounded him in the beginning. Mysterio tried to hit Orton a Mysterio cannon but Orton slammed him into the ring steel post injuring his hand. Orton focused on Mysterio's arm and hand. Mysterio hit Orton a Mysterio cannon but Mysterio landed on the injured hand and could not wrestle. Orton continued to increase Mysterio's hand injury stomping it into the steel ring steps several times. Mysterio dropped Orton in the second turnbuckle but was caught going to the top rope. Orton had Mysterio on his shoulders, Mysterio spun out and superbombed Orton followed by a West Coast Pop but Orton kicked out. Mysterio went for the top rope and tried to hit Orton a missile dropkick but failed. Orton let Mysterio to his feet but Mysterio dropkick
Dropkick
A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than...
ed Orton sending him into a position for the 619. Orton avoided the cobra clutch and grabbed Mysterio in a rollup using ropes for leverage, which mean that Orton won the match and Mysterio's world title match at WrestleMania.
Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...
and The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand...
. The match began in Undertaker's control. He went on to hit Angle an Old School and a Snake Eyes. Angle went on to hit Undertaker a German suplex and then sent Undertaker crashing into the retaining barrier outside the ring. Undertaker ran Angle into the ringpost and performed a leg drop
Leg drop
A leg drop or legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent's chest, throat, face or head or in some cases, the groin/lower-abdominal area...
on him. Undertaker attempted to perform a chokeslam
Chokeslam
A chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
but Angle kicked the Undertaker's leg out from under him to escape. Angle applied an ankle lock. Undertaker sent Angle to the floor and then tried to perform an apron legdrop once again but Angle reversed it into an ankle lock. Angle released the hold and then put him again in ankle lock on the floor which Undertaker countered into a triangle choke. Angle was sent to the floor and Undertaker sent him crashing into the timekeeper's table. He ripped apart the SmackDown! announcers' table preparing to send Angle through it. Angle sent Undertaker crashing through the courtesy of an Angle Slam. The two would reverse each others' attempts several times throughout the match until Angle applied the ankle lock which Undertaker countered into a Triangle Choke. Angle countered the choke into the roll-up and pinned Undertaker to successfully retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Aftermath
On March 3 edition of SmackDown!, Kurt Angle defended the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker in a rematch. Undertaker was in control and executed a Tombstone Piledriver on Angle. As Undertaker made the cover, Mark Henry interfered into the match causing a disqualification. Angle was disqualified thus Undertaker won the match but not the title because a title cannot change hands via DQ. Angle retained the title but Henry started attacking Undertaker. Henry splashed Undertaker through the announcer's table. This led to a casket match between Undertaker and Henry at WrestleManiaWrestleMania 22
Notes: .The predominant feud on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, and Randy Orton over the World Heavyweight Championship. Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match, last eliminating Orton, to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania. At No Way Out, Orton defeated...
, which Undertaker won.
Due to Orton defeating Mysterio at No Way Out for Mysterio's world championship title opportunity, SmackDown! GM Theodore Long
Theodore Long
Theodore R. "Teddy" Long is an American professional wrestling manager and former referee who currently works for WWE on its SmackDown brand as its General Manager.-National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling:...
, however, 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 WrestleMania. Mysterio went on to win the match and the World Heavyweight title from Angle after pinning Orton for the win.
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boogeyman Marty Wright Martin "Marty" Wright is an American professional wrestler and actor best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name The Boogeyman.-Tough Enough:... defeated Simon Dean Mike Bucci Michael "Mike" Bucci is an American semi-retired professional wrestler. Bucci is probably best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling as Nova, Super Nova, and "Hollywood" Nova and World Wrestling Entertainment as Simon Dean... . |
Singles match | 01:55 | |
| 1 | Gregory Helms Gregory Helms Gregory Shane Helms is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment where he wrestled as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling where he wrestled as "Sugar" Shane Helms... (c) defeated Brian Kendrick Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick... , Funaki Shoichi Funaki is a Japanese/American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion.-Early years :... , Kid Kash, Nunzio James Maritato James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While... , Paul London Paul London Paul Michael London is an American professional wrestler best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment .... , Psicosis Dionicio Castellanos Dionicio Castellanos Torres is a Mexican professional wrestler best known by the stage names Psychosis or Psicosis. He currently works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración under the ring name Nicho el Millonario, as a new Psicosis took over the former name... , Scotty 2 Hotty and Super Crazy Super Crazy Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW... . |
Nine-way match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship WWE Cruiserweight Championship The World Wrestling Entertainment Cruiserweight Championship was a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was originally a World Championship Wrestling title. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 215 lbs... |
09:42 |
| 2 | John "Bradshaw" Layfield John Layfield John Charles Layfield is a former American professional wrestler, a former commentator/host for mixed martial arts promotion Vyper Fight League and financial analyst for Fox News... (with Jillian Hall Jillian Hall Jillian Faye Fletcher is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is also known for her tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Jillian Hall or simply Jillian... ) defeated Bobby Lashley. |
Singles match | 10:58 |
| 3 | Matt Hardy Matt Hardy Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his stints in World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling .... and Tatanka Chris Chavis Christopher "Chris" Chavis , is a Native American professional wrestler best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment as Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2007... defeated MNM MNM MNM was a villainous professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment and Ohio Valley Wrestling that consisted of Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro, and their manager Melina Perez.... (Joey Mercury Adam Birch Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury... and Johnny Nitro) (with Melina Melina Perez Melina Nava Perez is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Women Superstars Uncensored. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring mononym Melina.... ). |
Tag team Tag team Tag team professional wrestling is a variation in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. A tag team may comprise two wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of established teams who wrestle regularly as a unit and have a team name... match |
10:28 |
| 4 | Chris Benoit Chris Benoit Christopher Michael "Chris" Benoit was a Canadian professional wrestler whose career and life ended in a murder–suicide... defeated Booker T Booker Huffman Robert Booker Tio Huffman , better known by his ring name Booker T, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler and currently signed to WWE, on its SmackDown brand, as part of the announcing team. Booker is best known for his time in both the World Wrestling Entertainment and World... (c) via submission . |
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship WWE United States Championship The WWE United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in WWE. It was originally a National Wrestling Alliance and World Championship Wrestling championship, and is currently the secondary championship of the Raw brand.... |
18:13 |
| 5 | Randy Orton Randy Orton Randal Keith "Randy" Orton is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand... defeated Rey Mysterio . |
Singles match | 17:28 |
| 6 | Kurt Angle Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion... (c) defeated The Undertaker. |
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the SmackDown brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the WWE Championship of the Raw brand... |
29:37 |