The 2007 No Way Out was the ninth No Way Out

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brand division. The event took place on February 18, 2007, at

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. It was the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view of the first brand extension, as following

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was an interpromotional

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match between

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and

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(from

) and John Cena and

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(from

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). Cena and Michaels won the match after Cena pinned Undertaker following an FU. The main match on the

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between the team of

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and The Hardys ( Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) and the team of MNM ( Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) and Montel Vontavious Porter (at show, MVP), which was won by the Hardys and Benoit after Benoit forced Mercury to submit to the

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Production

Background

No Way Out was first held by

(WWE) as the 20th In Your House

(PPV) in February 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series, No Way Out returned in February 2000 as its own PPV event, thus establishing it as the annual February PPV for the promotion. The 2007 event was the ninth event in the No Way Out chronology and was held on February 18 at

. Like the previous three years' events, the 2007 event featured wrestlers exclusively from the

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Storylines

The event featured eight

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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. David-Michael-Bautista-denis-apel-edited

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The main

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heading into No Way Out was between

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and his partner,

, and

's WWE Champion John Cena and

. This feud began after Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match. The following week on an episode of ''SmackDown!'', the two world champions demanded an answer from Undertaker as to who he would face at WrestleMania, but Michaels interfered, as he also wanted an answer from Undertaker. As they awaited for Undertaker's answer,

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, the WWE Chairman, made an appearance and announced an interpromotional tag team match between the two pairs of

representatives. On the February 5, 2007 episode of ''Raw'', Undertaker made his decision to face World Heavyweight Champion Batista at WrestleMania 23, sending a message through a chokeslam. Michaels then became Cena's challenger at WrestleMania 23 after winning a

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against

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and Edge. On the February 15, 2007 episode of ''Raw'', the brand representatives were pitted in an eight-man tag-team match against Rated-RKO (Orton and Edge),

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, and Montel Vontavious Porter in which the brand representatives were victorious. The ''Raw'' representatives went on to win the World Tag Team Championship, although Michaels made many attempts to

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Cena during the road to No Way Out. On the February 16, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Undertaker and Batista again teamed up to face Rated-RKO and were victorious via pinfall. Bobby Lashley - ECW Champion

The secondary feud heading into No Way Out was between

and The Hardys against MNM and Montel Vontavious Porter (at show, MVP). This feud began shortly after MNM reformed, when they challenged the reunited Hardys at December to Dismember in a losing effort. They then continued to wrestle on episodes of ''Raw'', ''ECW'', and ''SmackDown!'' until Armageddon, when Mercury suffered a legitimate severe facial injury. On the February 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'', SmackDown

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announced a

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between Paul London and Brian Kendrick, Dave Taylor and William Regal, MNM, and The Hardys for the

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(the same match all four teams had against each other at Armageddon), but WWE's official website announced the match had changed to pit The Hardys and Chris Benoit against MNM and MVP, while Brian Kendrick and Paul London faced Deuce 'n Domino in a separate match. Benoit and MVP were added to the match on short notice, as they were not feuding at the time. The third feud heading into No Way Out was between Kane and King Booker. This feud began during the 2007 Royal Rumble match when Kane eliminated King Booker from the match, but Booker returned unofficially to eliminate Kane. The feud continued on the February 2, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'' during King Booker's Key to the City ceremony in

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, when Kane interrupted the ceremony and attacked King Booker. After they continued to feud during the weeks leading up to No Way Out,

booked a match between the two at No Way Out. On the February 16, 2007 episode of ''SmackDown!'', King Booker mocked Kane by dishonestly reviewing Kane's '' See No Evil'' movie, but Booker ran out when Kane came in to attack him. The fourth feud heading into No Way Out was between Bobby Lashley and

. This feud began on the February 16 episode of ''SmackDown!'' when Lashley made a guest appearance to visit Theodore Long. Mr. Kennedy voiced his opinion to Lashley, reminding Lashley that he had beaten him before and claiming that he could to it again. Long then scheduled a match between the two for the ECW World Championship at No Way Out after contacting ECW officials.

Event

Before the event aired live on

, a dark match between Rob Van Dam and

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took place. Van Dam won the match by

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Benjamin after performing a Five-star frog splash.

Preliminary matches

The first match that aired was the six-man tag team match between the team of The Hardys ( Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) and

and the team of MNM ( Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). The match began with Porter and Benoit, and Benoit gained the early advantage over Porter. The Hardy's and Benoit remained with the advantage until MNM got involved in the match. MNM illegally

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The Hardys while the

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was distracted. Benoit was then tagged into the match, and MNM attempted to perform a

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on Benoit. Benoit, however, countered the maneuver into a

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on Mercury, who submitted, meaning The Hardys and Benoit won the match. HelmsCruiserChampion

The next match was a Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. The match began with Scotty 2 Hotty against Daivari; Hotty eliminated Daivari via pinfall after performing the

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. The Cruiserweight Champion,

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, then entered the match and eliminated Hotty via pinfall after he performed a Double knee facebreaker on Hotty. Funaki was the next participant to enter the match; however, he was eliminated via pinfall after Helms executed a

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into a

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while holding onto Funaki's tights. Shannon Moore was the fifth entrant into the gauntlet, but was eliminated via pinfall after Helms performed a Double knee facebreaker on him.

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, the sixth entrant, eliminated Helms via pinfall after performing a

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. Jamie Noble was the seventh entrant into the Gauntlet match, but he was eliminated via pinfall after Yang performed a

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into a pin. The final entrant,

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, pinned Yang after a

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, thus winning the title. The third match was a Mixed tag team match between the team of Finlay and Little Bastard and the team of

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and Little Boogeyman. The match started off with Finlay against The Boogeyman while Little Bastard hid under the ring. Finlay gained the advantage over Little Boogeyman as he threw him over the top rope onto ringside, where Little Bastard pulled Little Boogeyman under the ring. As Little Bastard finally entered into the ring, he ran out to ringside in fear of The Boogeyman, which led to The Boogeyman chasing him around the ring. This distracted the referee, allowing Finlay to hit Little Boogeyman with a shillelagh and pin him for the win. The next match was the encounter between King Booker and Kane. The match started off with Kane gaining the advantage over Booker, which he held throughout the beginning of the match. Kane then attempted a chokeslam, but Booker countered the maneuver into a Scissors kick attempt but Kane countered with a clothesline.

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, who was at ringside in Booker's corner, distracted Kane, allowing Booker to execute a heel kick. Kane retaliated by performing a chokeslam on Booker for the win. In the fifth match Paul London and Brian Kendrick faced Deuce 'n Domino for the

. There was back and forth action between the teams in the beginning of the match; however, Deuce 'n Domino gained the advantage over Kendrick and London, as they focused on wearing down London, not allowing him to tag in his partner. London was eventually able to tag Kendrick into the match, after which Domino attempted an

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from the top rope. He missed Kendrick with the attack, however, allowing Kendrick to roll him up for the pin. In result, London and Kendrick won the match and retained the WWE Tag Team Championship. Cenaandhbk

The sixth match was an ECW World Championship match between defending champion Bobby Lashley and

. As Lashley made his entrance towards the ring, Kennedy attacked Lashley in the aisle, delaying the start of the match. When Lashley and Kennedy finally entered the ring, Kennedy attempted many submission holds to no avail, but he continued to attack Lashley in an attempt to keep him from getting up. Kennedy then left the ring to get a

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, but Lashley took the chair and attacked Kennedy with it, which caused the referee to end the match as a result of a disqualification. Kennedy won the match, but due to WWE rules, Lashley retained the ECW World Championship. After the match, Lashley hit Kennedy with a steel chair repeatedly until WWE officials ran in to control Lashley. After the sixth match, there was a Diva Talent Invitational hosted by The Miz, featuring divas from SmackDown! and Raw as well as vixens from ECW. First, Extreme Expose (

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) danced to Rich Boy's "

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". Next, Jillian Hall sang a song, but The Miz stopped her from continuing. Candice Michelle,

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, and Maria came out next, but before they presented their talent, a

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broke out among the three divas.

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then came out, but before she made her way down to the ring, she took her top off to reveal her

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s covered with pasties in the form of the

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logo. The Miz then declared Ashley the winner of the Diva Talent Invitational.

Main event match

The

was an inter-promotional tag-team match between SmackDown!'s

and

and Raw's John Cena and

. The match started off with Cena and Batista, and Batista gained the advantage over Cena. Undertaker and Batista then continued to wear down Cena and Michaels before throwing them over the top rope to ringside. As Cena returned into the ring, he attempted to perform an FU on Batista but Undertaker interfered, allowing Batista to counter the maneuver into a Batista Bomb attempt but Cena countered after Michaels interfered. As Batista gave Michaels a

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, Undertaker executed a chokeslam on Cena. Undertaker then prepared to perform a Tombstone piledriver on Cena; Batista turned on Undertaker by performing a Spinebuster on him and exited the ring. Michaels performed Sweet Chin Music and Cena to execute an FU on Undertaker. Cena then pinned Undertaker to win the match for his team.

Aftermath

After No Way Out,

continued his

with

over the World Heavyweight Championship. At

, he pinned Batista to win the title.

, however, was unable to win the

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, as he lost to John Cena at WrestleMania 23. After Kane defeated King Booker at No Way Out, the two continued to feud on ''SmackDown!'' in a Money in the Bank qualifying match on February 23, 2007. The feud, however, ended after Booker defeated Kane to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match. Kane then began a feud with

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, who came out to the ring to attack Kane after the match. At WrestleMania 23, however, Kane lost to Khali via pinfall. After No Way Out, The Hardys qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 but were unsuccessful in winning the match, as

won it.

and Montel Vontavious Porter began a feud over the

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, and Benoit successfully defended his championship against Porter at WrestleMania 23. After this event, MNM's reunion ended, as Joey Mercury was released by WWE on March 26, 2007. After Bobby Lashley was disqualified at No Way Out, he was chosen to represent

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at WrestleMania 23 against

's representative, Umaga, in the Battle of the Billionaires: Hair vs. Hair match. Lashley won the match at WrestleMania and the right for Trump to shave McMahon's head. The 2007 No Way Out was the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view of the first brand extension, as following

in April, brand-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued. It would be the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view until Backlash in 2016 when the brand split was reintroduced that year in July; in August 2011, the first brand split was dissolved. This was also the last No Way Out ever to be in 4:3 format until January 2008 when it went to

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Results

Cruiserweight Open eliminations

Other on-screen personnel

References

External links

Official No Way Out 2007 website
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