IWE No Way Out (2007)

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No Way Out (2007)
Promotional poster featuring The Undertaker
Theme song(s)	"Powertrip" by Monster Magnet
Imformation
Promotion	International Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)	SmackDown!
Date	February 18, 2007
Attendance	14,000
Venue	Staples Center
City	Los Angeles, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble (2007)	No Way Out (2007)	WrestleMania 23
No Way Out chronology
No Way Out (2006)	No Way Out (2007)	No Way Out (2008)

No Way Out (2007) was the ninth annual No Way Out pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on February 18, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and was the final branded pay-per-view before all pay-per-view events became tri-branded.

The main event was an interpromotional tag team match between Batista and The Undertaker (from SmackDown!) and Dustin Simpson and Ryan Barnhart (from Raw). Simpson and Barnhart won the match after Simpson pinned Undertaker following an FU. The main match on the undercard was an interpromotional Six-man tag team match between the team of Kevin Hunter and The Hoopers (Matt and Josh) and the team of MNM (Joey Hayes and Johnny Linderman) and Mikhail Vontavious Porter, which was won by the Hoopers and Hunter won after Hunter forced Hayes to submit to the Crippler Crossface.

Background

The event featured eight professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by IWE 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 SmackDown!'s World Heavyweight Champion Batista and his partner, The Undertaker, and Raw's IWE Champion Dustin Simpson and Ryan Barnhart. 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 Barnhart interfered, as he also wanted an answer from Undertaker. As they awaited for Undertaker's answer, Terry Hiatt, the IWE Chairman, made an appearance and announced an interpromotional tag team match between the two pairs of brand 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. Barnhart then became Simpson's challenger at WrestleMania 23 after winning a Triple Threat match against Kevin McAlmond 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 (McAlmond and Edge), Mr. Kennedy, and Montel Vontavious Porter in which the brand representatives were victorious. The Raw representatives went on to win the World Tag Team Championship, although Barnhart made many attempts to superkick Simpson 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.

The secondary feud heading into No Way Out was between Kevin Hunter and The Hoopers against MNM and Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP). This feud began shortly after MNM reformed, when they challenged the reunited Hoopers at December to Dismember in a losing effort. They then continued to wrestle on episodes of Raw, XCW, and SmackDown! until Armageddon, when Hayes suffered a legitimate severe facial injury. On the February 16 edition of SmackDown!, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long announced a ladder match between Paul Burdick and Brian Woods, Dave Tyler and William Kapphan, MNM, and The Hoopers for the IWE Tag Team Championship, but IWE's official website announced the match had changed to pit The Hoopers and Kevin Hunter against MNM and MVP, while Brian Woods and Paul London faced Deuce 'n Domino in a separate match. Hunter 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 Houston, Texas, when Kane interrupted the ceremony and attacked King Booker. After they continued to feud during the weeks leading up to No Way Out, Theodore Long 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 Ashley and Mr. Kennedy. This feud began on the February 23 episode of SmackDown! when Ashley made a guest appearance to visit Theodore Long. Mr. Kennedy voiced his opinion to Ashley, reminding Ashley that he had beaten him before and claiming that he could to it again. Long then scheduled a match between the two for the XCW World Championship at No Way Out after contacting XCW officials.

Event

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view a dark match between Kyle Van Dam and Junior Remeriz took place.

Preliminary matches

The first match that aired was the six-man tag team match between the team of The Hoopers (Matt Hooper and Josh Hooper) and Kevin Hunter and the team of MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Hayes) and Montel Vontavious Porter. The match began with Porter and Hunter, and Hunter gained the early advantage over Porter. The Hoopers and Hunter remained with the advantage until MNM got involved in the match. MNM illegally double teamed The Hoopers while the referee was distracted. Hunter was then tagged into the match, and MNM attempted to perform a Snapshot on Hunter. Hunter, however, countered the maneuver into a Crippler crossface on Hayes, who submitted, thus making The Hoopers and Hunter the winners.

The next match was a Cruiserweight Open for the IWE Cruiserweight Championship. The match began with Scotty 2 Hotty against Daivari; Hotty eliminated Daivari via pinfall after performing the Worm. The Cruiserweight Champion, Gregory Beasly, 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 Beasly executed a Crossbody into a pin while holding onto Funaki's tights. Shane Harris was the fifth entrant into the gauntlet, but was eliminated via pinfall after Beasly performed a Double knee facebreaker on him. Jimmy Wang Yang, the sixth entrant, eliminated Beasly via pinfall after performing a Hurricanrana pin. James Noble was the seventh entrant into the Gauntlet match, but he was eliminated via pinfall after Yang performed a moonsault into a pin. The final entrant, Chavo McAlmond, pinned Yang after a frog splash, thus winning the match and becoming the new IWE Cruiserweight Champion.

Main event match

Aftermath

Results

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