When I watched this Smackdown PPV event, I never thought a Smackdown event could seriously be this good. It was definitely a great start before Wrestlemania 21.FIRST MATCH- EDDIE GUERRERO & REY MYSTERIO VS. BASHAM BROTHERS FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP What a great way to start No Way Out. Great action from both teams. Eddie Guerrero & Rey Mysterio win after Guerrero nails one of the Basham's with the WWE Tag Title Belt {Behind the referee} & pins for the 3 count for Rey & Eddie to become the new Tag Team Champions. 6/10 SECOND MATCH- BOOKER T VS. HEIDENREICH Boring. Sloppy, slow & boring this match was. Booker T wins by DQ after Heidenreich slammed Booker T with a steel chair. 3/10 THIRD MATCH- FUNAKI VS. PAUL London VS. SPIKE DUDLEY VS. AKIO VS. SHANNON MOORE VS. CHAVO GUERRERO IN A 6-MAN ELIMINATION MATCH FOR THE WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Wow great Cruiserweight match. This is probably the best Cruiserweight match that I have saw apart from the Rey-Chavo matches & the Cruiserweight Open at Wrestlemania XX. Paul London eliminates most of the Cruiserweights only to be eliminated last by Chavo after a roll-up using the ropes. 6/10 FOURTH MATCH- UNDERTAKER VS. LUTHER REIGNS Even though this was like a big man vs. big man match. The match was good, not just good but very good. Luther Reigns tried everything to topple down the Undertaker, but Undertaker fought back & nailed the Tombstone on Luther Reigns for the win. 5/10 FIFTH MATCH- JOHN CENA VS. KURT ANGLE IN THE FINALS OF THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA TOURNAMENT Unbelievable, what a match. These two can seriously pull out a very good mainevent match in the future. After manhandling Cena for almost the whole match. Angle tried to use Cena's own chain, but Cena quickly nails the F-U on Angle for the hard fought win & will be going to Wrestlemania 21 to face the WWE Champion. 7/10 SIXTH MATCH- JBL VS. BIG SHOW IN A BARBED WIRE STEEL CAGE MATCH Now JBL vs. Big Show seriously seems like a boring match, & I was half right. But this match was okay to me because both men were busted upon during the match. The ending was confusing & crazy as Show slammed JBL through the ring mat right down below. Just as Show was about to escape, JBL crawled right out of the cage just before Show did to retain his WWE Champion again. After the match JBL's Cabinet comes to the ring to try & beat up the Big Show, suddenly Cena & Show come to the ring & knock out the whole Cabinet followed by Cena throwing JBL through the monitoring equipment. THE PPV ends with Cena & Batista staring at each other. 5/10 This was definitely a very great Smackdown PPV, definitely a good start before Wrestlemania 21.Overall: I'll give it 8/10 & a B+

....and it most certainly is NOT the heavily hyped main event, but the match right before it.1) Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero (RIP) vs. The Basham Brothers (for the WWE tag team title). Good teamwork by the Bashams, who go for an interesting mix of power moves and technical holds. Eddie does some creative cheating, but Rey Mysterio fans may be a little disappointed in this match, as he doesn't get to do much of his usual high-flying and spends most of the time on the receiving end of the Basham's offense. **1/2Rookie Diva Contest (RDC) - Round 1. Joy, Rochelle, Lauren and Michelle walk down the aisle, enter the ring....and the contest is over. I guess the object of the contest is "which woman looks better walking in a revealing dress". I pick Torrie Wilson.2) Heidenreich vs. Booker T. First of all, Heidenreich's "psycho" gimmick is stale. Victoria already did it - and did it better - three years ago. And he is also totally static in the ring. Booker T tries to wake up the crowd a little, but fails. A poor match with a poor DQ finish. * 3) Paul London vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Shannon Moore vs. Spike Dudley vs. Akio vs. Funaki. Elimination Match for the cruiserweight title. Fast-paced action, as you'd expect from the cruiserweights, in fact TOO fast, almost rushed (it reminded me of the women's fatal 4-way in "Bad Blood 2004"). In my opinion, Shannon Moore gives the best show, but he only has 2 minutes of action. The crowd was pretty much dead throughout - just a like a sign that a guy holds says, the division definitely needs a bigger push. **1/2 RDC - Round 2. Talent competition. Joy massages Torrie. Rochelle tells a bad joke. Lauren dances a little. Michelle finally does something wrestling-related by body-slamming Dawn Marie, proving that at least this time they made the right choice by keeping only her in the roster.4) Luther Reigns vs. The Undertaker. Boooooooriiiiiiiing! Barely any wrestling holds in this one, but plenty of fake-looking punches. The commentators can hype up The Undertaker as much as they want, I just plain don't like the guy. *RCD - Round 3. Swimsuit competition. Self-explanatory. The crowd seems to prefer Michelle. The fans on WWE.com voted for Joy. I'd still pick Torrie over any of them.5) Kurt Angle vs. John Cena. A very good match, mostly thanks to Angle, who is without a doubt the best wrestler in this PPV. Very well-thought-out in terms of psychology, with Angle going for some exceptional freestyle mat wrestling and Cena trying to counter with a street-fighting style. Easily the match of the night. ***1/2 6) JBL vs. The Big Show. Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match for the WWE title. If you're looking for blood, you'll find it here. If you're looking for quality wrestling, you won't. JBL spends more time trying to find a way out of the cage than trying to fight The Big Show (smart move on his part). Funny ending, though. ** By the way, the "Wrestlemania 21" teasers are surprisingly successful.

WWE was so excited about Wrestlemania XXI that it almost forgot about No Way Out. Only 3 matches were announced prior to the PPV and most matches were made on Sunday Night Heat. What's more, WWE had to give away thousands of free tickets to fans. In all 8000 fans watched No Way Out.Results for the show: Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero defeated The Basham Brothers in a fair match to win the WWE tag straps.Booker T defeated John Heidenreich in a terrible brawl. No one cared when he smashed Booker with a chair shot but who would.The Undertaker pinned Luther Reigns. It just seemed to pad the event out.Chavo Guerrero won a Cruiserweight Battle Royal to capture the Cruiserweight championship. This was only 9 minutes and 45 seconds long so it didn't stand a chance.John Cena beat Kurt Angle in a very good match. Yes Cena was in a good match for once. That would mean that Cena had the chance to face JBL for the title at Wrestlemania XXI.The main event saw JBL put his title on the line against Big Show. No one cared, everybody wanted to see the barbed wire around the steel cage get used, it did but only once. The finish was better than the match. Show chokeslammed JBL off the cage and Show hit the ground in which he thought he won the title, but no. JBL made the ring collapse and he snuck through it and he got to the floor first. Amazing eh? Afterwards Batista came out and totally destroyed The Basham Brothers and JBL.Overall Grade - C

no way out was a pretty good event. some of the matches were good, some were bad. here are the matches: 1. Eddie and Rey vs. the Bashams (c) for WWE Tag Titles: Great opening match! Eddie and Rey make a great tag team. Winners and NEW tag team champions, EDDIE AND REY! 4/5 2. Rookie Diva- Evening Gown Competition: Joy vs. Michelle vs. Lauren vs. Rochelle. What the hell is this!? This is horrible. No wonder WWE is failing. Everybody looked bad in their gowns. No rating 3. Booker T vs. Heidenreich: BAD BAD match! Horrible booking, horrible match. Winner- Booker T by DQ. 1/5 4. 6-Way Cruiserweight Title: Funaki (c) vs. Paul London vs. Akio vs. Shannon Moore vs. Spike Dudley vs. Chavo Guerrero. Not bad, but not good. Short match. I wanted London to win. Winner and NEW Cruiserweight champion, Chavo Guererro! 3/5 5. Rookie Diva- Talent Competition: Joy vs. Michelle vs. Lauren vs. Rochelle: Joy gave Torrie a massage. Rochelle told the worst joke i have ever heard. Here it is: How do you get a Klenex (sp?) tissue to dance? You put a little boogie in it. Crowd boos. Lauren did the worst dance. Michelle gave Dawn Marie a bodyslam. Dear lord. This is crap. No rating 6. Undertaker vs. Luther Reigns: Pretty good match. Surprised to see Undertaker having a good match. Luther was pretty impressive. Winner-Undertaker. 3/5 7. Rookie Diva- Bikini Contest: Actually, i kinda liked this round. Joy looked hot! Winner of the Rookie Diva 2005, JOY! 1/5 cause Joy looked hot! 8. #1 Contender Tournament Finals- Kurt Angle vs. John Cena: The best match of the night. They gave their hardest to go to Wrestlemania. I was disappointed that Shawn Michaels didn't come to cost Angle the match and the shot at Wrestlemania. Winner- John Cena. 4/5 9. Barbed Wire Steel Cage WWE Title- JBL (c) vs. Big Show: Good match. Bloody battle. JBL ckokeslammed through the ring. That was AWESOME! Big Show broke the lock and went through the door. Big Show wins! But wait. JBL retains his title because JBL crawled under the ring to the outside when he was chokeslammed. Big Show tosses JBL back in the ring, and the Cabinet comes and goes after Big Show. Batista comes and destroys the Cabinet. JBL is crawling away when John Cena comes out and spinebusters JBL in some junk. Good match. Winner and STILL WWE champion, JBL! 4/5The Good- The opening and main event matches were good. Angle/Cena was the match of the night.The Bad- Rookie Diva segments were horrible! Booker/Heidenreich was a horrible match! Overall, No Way Out was a good event. 3/5