No Way Out 2006
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	SmackDown!
Date	February 19 2006
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Venue	1st Mariner Arena
Attendance	11,000[1]
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No Way Out 2006 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.^[2] The official theme song was "Deadly Game" by Theory of a Deadman.^[3]

The main event was for the World Heavyweight Championship between Kurt Angle and The Undertaker, which Angle won after reversing a Triangle Choke into a jackknife cover.^[4] The main matches on the undercard were Randy Orton versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio's world championship match at WrestleMania 22 and Booker T versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship.^[5][6]

Report

Background

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 PPV, Royal Rumble, Angle defeated Mark Henry to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.^[7] When the match was over and the PPV went off the air, The Unertaker came out and issued a challenge to Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship.^[7][8] On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Angle accepted his offer and the match at No Way Out was made official.^[8][9] The next week on SmackDown!, The Undertaker would defeat Mark Henry by disqualification.^[9] In the begining, Henry used his strength to overpower The Undertaker, however Undertaker managed to put the match back in his favor by slamming Henry into the steel ring steps.^[9] Midway through the match, MNM, along with Davari, came out and attacked The Undertaker causing a disqualification.^[9] After the match, MNM, Henry, and Davari attacked The Undertaker until Angle come out and saved him.^[9] 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.^[9] On the February 17 edition of SmackDown!, Undertaker and Kurt Angle defeated MNM and Mark Henry after Angle forced Johnny Nitro to submit to the Ankle lock.^[10] After the match, Angle and The Undertaker got in each others faces and showed one another that they were not intimidated.^[10]

Rey, you're lookin' up twords the heavens like you're lookin' at Eddie. Let me tell you somthing bro, Eddie ain't in Heaven, Eddie's down there... in Hell.

— Randy Orton, SmackDown! - Febuary 3, 2006^[11]

The other main rivalry was between Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio with the two feuding over Mysterio's world championship match at WrestleMania 22. Their match stemmed from the PPV three weeks before No Way Out, Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble, Rey Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match and a world championship match at WrestleMania 22 by last eliminating Randy Orton.^[12] On the February 3 edition of SmackDown!, Orton claimed that there's now way he could beat him in a normal match and that he won the match because of some divine intervention.^[8] Orton then challenged Mysterio for a match at No Way Out for his title match at WrestleMania 22 and also claimed that Eddie Guerrero wasn't looking down from heaven, but that he was looking up, from hell.^[8] Later that night, Orton along with Mark Henry defeated Mysterio and Kurt Angle.^[8] 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.^[8] Orton gained the pinfall after sitting on Mysterio.^[8] After the match, Orton went on to say that Mysterio has as much chance of defeating him as Guerrero does coming back to life. Mysterio responded by accepting Orton's challenge on behalf of Guerrero.^[8] The next week on SmackDown!, Orton set the record straight about the comments he made about Eddie Guerrero.^[9] Backstage, he said that he only made the comments to get inside Mysterio’s head, and that he didn’t know nor care if Eddie was in Hell.^[9] Orton wold then come out in a lowrider to further explain his actions. As he went to read an excerpt from Guerrero's book, Cheating Death, Stealing Life - The Eddie Guerrero Story, Mysterio came out and attacked him, dropkicking his head into the steel ringpost.^[9] On the February 17 edition of SmackDown!, Mysterio faced off against Sylvan, which Mysterio won after a West Coast Pop.^[10] After the match, Orton came out and said that Rey would never main event WrestleMania, he’d never become World Champion and that he could never beat him.^[10]

Event

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, The Boogeyman defeated Simon Dean in a match on WWE Heat.^[13][14]

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 hit him a Sliced Bread #2, London hit him a senton bomb and Scotty 2 Hotty hit him a Worm. Psicosis took the advantage by pinning Helms but Kid Kash broke the count. Kash hit Psicosis a Dead Level but Super Crazy broke up the pinfall by a top rope moonsault. Helms recovered and pinned Psicosis to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.^{[2][15][1][16]}

The second match was between John "Bradshaw" Layfield and 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 top rope and then powerslammed JBL. Lashley went on to hit Lashley 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 a shillelagh and nailed Lashley in the head. JBL took the advantage and hit Lashley a Clothesline from Hell to win the match ending Lashley's undefeated streak in WWE.^{[2][17][1][16]}

The third match was a tag team match between Matt Hardy and Tatanka and WWE Tag Team Champions MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) in a non-title match. 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 Championhip. 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 a dropkick off the apron. MNM did their best to keep Tatanka away from Hardy but Tatanka clotheslined Nitro and tagged in with Hardy. Hardy and Tatanka controlled the match very well as they destroyed MNM. Hardy tried to hit Mercury a Twist of Fate but Nitro superkicked Hardy. Hardy tagged in with 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.^{[2][18][1][16]}

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 while in the beginning as he performed a series of suplexes. 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.^{[2][6][1][16][19]}

The fifth match was between Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio 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 West Coast Pop but Orton slammed him into the ring steel post injuring his hand. Orton focused on Mysterio's arm and hand. Mysterio hit Orton a hurricanrana 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 Rey 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 dropkicked Orton sending him into a position for the 619. Orton avoided the 619 and grabbed Mysterio in a rollup using ropes for leverage. Orton went on to win the match and Rey's world title match at WrestleMania.^{[2][5][1][16]}

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 hit him a vicious legdrop. Undertaker tried to hit Angle 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 hit Angle an apron legdrop once again but Angle reversed it into an ankle lock. Angle would release 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 triangle choke into the roll-up and then Angle won the match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.^{[2][4][1][16]}

Aftermath

On March 3 edition of SmackDown!, Kurt Angle defended the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker in a rematch. This time, Undertaker was on top as he hit Angle the Tombstone Piledriver. 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 announcers' table.^[20] This lead to a casket match between Undertaker and Henry at WrestleMania 22 which Undertaker won.

Results

• HEAT match: The Boogeyman defeated Simon Dean (1:55)^[13][14][1]
  • Boogeyman pinned Dean.
• Gregory Helms defeated Brian Kendrick, Funaki, Kid Kash, Nunzio, Paul London, Psicosis, Scotty 2 Hotty and Super Crazy to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (9:42)^{[2][15][1][16]}
  • Helms pinned Psicosis after Kid Kash hit the Dead Level on Psicosis.
• John "Bradshaw" Layfield (w/Jillian Hall) defeated Bobby Lashley (10:58)^{[2][17][1][16]}
  • JBL pinned Lashley after he was hit in the throat with a shillelagh by Finlay followed by a Clothesline from Hell.
• Matt Hardy and Tatanka defeated MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) (w/Melina) (10:28)^{[2][18][1][16]}
  • Tatanka pinned Mercury after the Trail's End.
• Chris Benoit defeated Booker T to win the WWE United States Championship (18:13)^{[2][6][1][16]}
  • Benoit forced Booker to submit with the Crippler Crossface.
• Randy Orton defeated Rey Mysterio (17:28)^{[2][5][1][16]}
  • Orton pinned Mysterio with a roll-up and used ropes for extra leverage to win Mysterio's WrestleMania 22 world title shot.
• Kurt Angle defeated The Undertaker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (29:37)^{[2][4][1][16]}
  • Angle pinned Undertaker after reversing a Triangle Choke into a jackknife cover.

References

External links

• Official No Way Out 2006 site