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'''No Way Out''' was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every February by [[IWE]], 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 as an annual PPV event for IWE. To coincide with the [[IWE Brand Extension|brand extension]], the event was made exclusive to the [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] brand in 2004. In 2007, to follow the format of [[WrestleMania]], all PPV events became tri-branded. The final event was held in 2009, with [[IWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]] replacing No Way Out in 2010.
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During its time, the event had been held in two countries: the United States and Canada. It had been held in eight U.S. states and one Canadian province, where every event had been held in an indoor arena. Each event featured [[List of IWE personnel|talent]] from IWE competing in various professional wrestling match types. Eight [[Championship|championship]] matches have taken place in the main event during its run.
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Professional wrestling is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event features several professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either [[Heel|villains]] or [[Face|heroes]] in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3"|No Way Out logo in 2012
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''Information'''
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Created by'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[Vince Matteson]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Professional Wrestling Promotion|Promotion]](s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[IWE]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''[[IWE Brand Extension|Brand]](s)'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[IWE Raw|Raw]] (2003; 2008–2009)<br />[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] (2003–2009)<br />[[XCW (IWE brand)|XCW]] (2008–2009)
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''First event'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[IWF No Way Out of Texas: In Your House|No Way Out of Texas: In<br>Your House]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Last event'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[IWE No Way Out (2012)|No Way Out (2012)]]
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| style="text-align: left;"|'''Signature [[Professional wrestling match types|match types]]'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2"|[[Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] match
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'''IWE No Way Out''' was a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] (PPV) event, produced by [[IWE]], a [[Professional Wrestling Promotion|professional wrestling promotion]] based in [[Connecticut]]. The event was created in 1998 as an [[IWF In Your House|In Your House]] event in February of that year and in 2000 was made an annual pay-per-view event for IWE. After the [[IWE Brand Extension|brand extension]], the event was made exclusive to the [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] brand in 2004, being produced every February. In April 2007, following [[IWE WrestleMania 23|IWE WrestleMania 23]], brand-exclusive pay-per-view events ceased being held, with the last of which being the [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]-exclusive [[IWE No Way Out (2017)|No Way Out 2007]]. After the event included two [[Eliminatin Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] matches in 2008 and 2009, No Way Out was replaced by [[IWE Elimination Chamber]] the following year. The name was revived for the June 2012 pay-per-view event.
==History==
==History==
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No Way Out is a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that featured championship matches and other various matches. The first No Way Out was originally produced as an [[IWF In Your House|In Your House]] event for International Wrestling Federation (IWF), the former name of IWE. The In Your House event was titled [[IWF No Way Out of Texas: In Your House|No Way Out of Texas: In Your House]], named after the location of the venue, [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]. It took place on February 15, 1998 and aired ''live'' on PPV. In 1999, production of In Your House events were canceled, though many of the former In Your House events, such as No Way Out, [[IWE Backlash|Backlash]], and [[IWE Judgment Day|Judgment Day]] among others, were rebranded as annual PPV events.
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In 2002, IWF was [[court order]]ed to [[International Wrestling Entertainment#International Wrestling Entertainment|change their name]], which resulted in the promotion changing its name to IWE. Earlier that year, the IWF held a [[IWE Brand Extension|draft]] that split its [[List of IWE personnel|roster]] into two distinctive brands of wrestling, [[IWE Raw|Raw]] and [[IWE  SmackDown|SmackDown]], and [[XCW (IWE)|XCW]] in 2006. Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, matches only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first No Way Out event to be produced under the WWE banner and with roster limitations was [[No Way Out (2003)]], which took place on February 23, 2003. The following year, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]], [[SummerSlam]], [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], and the [[IWE Royal Rumble|Royal Rumble]], would be made exclusive to each brand; No Way Out was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand. After three years of being produced as a brand exclusive event, [[IWE No Way Out (2007)|No Way Out (2007)]] was the final No Way Out event (and the final PPV overall) that was brand exclusive, as IWE announced that PPV events from then on would feature all three brands of IWE.
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In 2008, IWE held the ninth annual No Way Out event, which featured two [[Facebook Elimination Chamber Match|Elimination Chamber]] matches, a specialty professional wrestling match type promoted on rare occasions in IWE. The following year saw No Way Out again host two more Elimination Chamber matches. Furthering the new Elimination Chamber concept of the event, a survey indicating a possible renaming for No Way Out took place in September 2009. Voted by fans via IWE's official website, [[IWE Elimination Chamber|Elimination Chamber]] became the name of the February 2010 pay-per-view event, winning against Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict and the original No Way Out name. Despite the poll, it was later announced by IWE that Elimination Chamber would not be considered a part of the No Way Out chronology. Despite this, the event is still promoted in [[Germany]] as No Way Out because of concerns an "elimination chamber" would bring back the imagery of ''gas chamber''s that were used in ''extermination camps'' in [[World War II]] (in Germany, certain references to the National Socialist Workers Party are still prohibited). As of 2012 IWE announced they are bringing back IWE No Way Out. It will take place June 17, 2012 at the [[IZOD Center]] in [[East Rutherford, NJ]]. IWE announced that all the main event matches in the 2012 edition will be held in a [[Steel Cage Mattch|steel cage]].
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During its origin, each event was held in an [[Arena|indoor arena]], with ten events taking place in the United States and one event taking place in Canada. Four events took place on the United States [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]], three on the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]], two in the [[Midwestern United States|midwest]], and one in Southern Canada.
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|[[Stone Cold Steve Johnson|Stone Cold Steve Austin]], [[Owen Heart]], [[Jon Foley|Cactus Jack]], and [[Terry <!--Ray--> Fuller|Chainsaw Charlie]] vs. [[Triple K]], [[<!--Juan--> Douglas A. Rodriguez<!--(1964 pg. 25)-->|Savio Vega]], and [[The New Age Outlaws]] ([[Billy Morgan|Billy Gunn]] and [[James Burdick|Road Dogg]])
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|<small>[[John Goff|John "Bradshaw" Goff]] (c) vs. [[Marc Beltran|The Big Show]] in a barbed wired [[Steel Cage Match|Steel Cage match]] for the IWE Championship </small>
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|<small>Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Kris McGowan vs. [[Kevin Adams Copeland|Edge]] vs. [[Scott Wright, Jr.|Scott Wright]] vs. [[Mike Knox|Alex Knox]] vs. [[Chris LeGreca|Kane]] in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship </small>
|<small>Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Kris McGowan vs. [[Kevin Adams Copeland|Edge]] vs. [[Scott Wright, Jr.|Scott Wright]] vs. [[Mike Knox|Alex Knox]] vs. [[Chris LeGreca|Kane]] in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship </small>
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|<small>Dustin Simpson vs. Big Show in a Steel Cage match. If Big Show loses, John Laurinitis would be fired. If Dustin Simpson loses, he would be fired. </small>
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of IWE pay-per-view events]]
* [[List of IWE pay-per-view events]]
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{{IWEPPV|No Way Out}}

Current revision as of 01:21, 17 December 2022

IWE No Way Out
No Way Out logo in 2012
Information
Created by Vince Matteson
Promotion(s) IWE
Brand(s) Raw (2003; 2008–2009)
SmackDown (2003–2009)
XCW (2008–2009)
First event No Way Out of Texas: In
Your House
Last event No Way Out (2012)
Signature match types Elimination Chamber match

IWE No Way Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced by IWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1998 as an In Your House event in February of that year and in 2000 was made an annual pay-per-view event for IWE. After the brand extension, the event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2004, being produced every February. In April 2007, following IWE WrestleMania 23, brand-exclusive pay-per-view events ceased being held, with the last of which being the SmackDown-exclusive No Way Out 2007. After the event included two Elimination Chamber matches in 2008 and 2009, No Way Out was replaced by IWE Elimination Chamber the following year. The name was revived for the June 2012 pay-per-view event.

Contents

[edit] History

No Way Out is a pay-per-view (PPV) event consisting of a main event and undercard that featured championship matches and other various matches. The first No Way Out was originally produced as an In Your House event for International Wrestling Federation (IWF), the former name of IWE. The In Your House event was titled No Way Out of Texas: In Your House, named after the location of the venue, Houston, Texas. It took place on February 15, 1998 and aired live on PPV. In 1999, production of In Your House events were canceled, though many of the former In Your House events, such as No Way Out, Backlash, and Judgment Day among others, were rebranded as annual PPV events.

In 2002, IWF was court ordered to change their name, which resulted in the promotion changing its name to IWE. Earlier that year, the IWF held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown, and XCW in 2006. Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, matches only consisted of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first No Way Out event to be produced under the WWE banner and with roster limitations was No Way Out (2003), which took place on February 23, 2003. The following year, WWE announced that PPV events, excluding WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the Royal Rumble, would be made exclusive to each brand; No Way Out was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand. After three years of being produced as a brand exclusive event, No Way Out (2007) was the final No Way Out event (and the final PPV overall) that was brand exclusive, as IWE announced that PPV events from then on would feature all three brands of IWE.

In 2008, IWE held the ninth annual No Way Out event, which featured two Elimination Chamber matches, a specialty professional wrestling match type promoted on rare occasions in IWE. The following year saw No Way Out again host two more Elimination Chamber matches. Furthering the new Elimination Chamber concept of the event, a survey indicating a possible renaming for No Way Out took place in September 2009. Voted by fans via IWE's official website, Elimination Chamber became the name of the February 2010 pay-per-view event, winning against Heavy Metal, Battle Chamber, Chamber of Conflict and the original No Way Out name. Despite the poll, it was later announced by IWE that Elimination Chamber would not be considered a part of the No Way Out chronology. Despite this, the event is still promoted in Germany as No Way Out because of concerns an "elimination chamber" would bring back the imagery of gas chambers that were used in extermination camps in World War II (in Germany, certain references to the National Socialist Workers Party are still prohibited). As of 2012 IWE announced they are bringing back IWE No Way Out. It will take place June 17, 2012 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. IWE announced that all the main event matches in the 2012 edition will be held in a steel cage.

During its origin, each event was held in an indoor arena, with ten events taking place in the United States and one event taking place in Canada. Four events took place on the United States west coast, three on the east coast, two in the midwest, and one in Southern Canada.

[edit] Events

SmackDown-branded event

# Event Date City Venue Main Event
1 No Way Out of Texas: In Your House February 15, 1998 Houston, Texas Compaq Center Stone Cold Steve Austin, Owen Heart, Cactus Jack, and Chainsaw Charlie vs. Triple K, Savio Vega, and The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg)
2 No Way Out (2000) February 27, 2000 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford Civic Center Triple K (c) vs. Cactus Jack in a Title vs. Career Hell in a Cell match for the IWF Championship
3 No Way Out (2001) February 25, 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center
4 No Way Out (2002) February 16, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Center Khris Jericho (c) vs. Steve Johnson for the Undisputed IWF Championship
5 No Way Out (2003) February 23, 2003 Montreal, Quebec Bell Centre
6 No Way Out (2004) February 15, 2004 Daly City, California Cow Palace Rob Lesnar (c) vs. Brian McAlmond for the IWE Championship
7 No Way Out (2005) February 20, 2005 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mellon Arena John "Bradshaw" Goff (c) vs. The Big Show in a barbed wired Steel Cage match for the IWE Championship
8 No Way Out (2006) February 19, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland 1st Mariner Arena Matt Borske (c) vs. The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship
9 No Way Out (2007) February 18, 2007 Los Angeles, California Staples Center Dustin Simpson and Ryan Barnhart vs. Batista and The Undertaker
10 No Way Out (2008) February 17, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Triple K vs. Ryan Barnhart vs. John "Bradshaw" Goff vs. Umaga vs. Kris McGowan vs. Josh Hooper in an Elimination Chamber match
11 No Way Out (2009) February 15, 2009 Seattle, Washington KeyArena Dustin Simpson (c) vs. Kris McGowan vs. Edge vs. Scott Wright vs. Alex Knox vs. Kane in an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship
12 No Way Out (2012) June 17, 2012 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center Dustin Simpson vs. Big Show in a Steel Cage match. If Big Show loses, John Laurinitis would be fired. If Dustin Simpson loses, he would be fired.
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match

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[edit] External links

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