Monday, February 18, 2008

No Way Out 2008 Review

Chavo Guerrero defeated CM Punk to retain the ECW Championship (7:25)
Guerrero pinned Punk after a Frog Splash.
**1/2
Solid with the time given.

The Undertaker defeated Batista, The Great Khali, Finlay, Montel Vontavious Porter and Big Daddy V in an Elimination Chamber match (29:34)
As a result of winning, The Undertaker will get a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV.
***1/2

Elimination #
Wrestler
Entrance
Eliminated by
Elimination Move

1
Big Daddy V
3
Batista
DDT from Undertaker on the steel floor

2
The Great Khali
4
Undertaker
Gogoplata

3
Montel Vontavious Porter
6
Finlay
Chokeslam from Undertaker off the top of a pod into the ring

4
Finlay
5
Undertaker
Chokeslam on the steel floor

5
Batista
2
Undertaker
Tombstone Piledriver

WINNER The Undertaker
This started off really slow, but by hte end it was really solid.

Ric Flair defeated Mr. Kennedy (7:18)
Flair forced Kennedy to submit with the Figure Four Leglock.
If Flair had lost the match, he would have had to retire from wrestling.
*3/4
I don't know how much I care about this storyline anymore. Goodbye Ric.

Edge defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (5:30)
Edge pinned Mysterio after a spear in mid air.
*1/2
Rey was injured so no suprise here.

John Cena defeated WWE Champion Randy Orton by disqualification (15:56)
Orton was disqualified after slapping the referee. As a result, Orton retained the title.
***1/2
The screwjob ending we all saw coming. We'll see what happens to Cena on RAW.

Triple H defeated Umaga, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Jeff Hardy in an Elimination Chamber match (24:00)
As a result of winning, Triple H will get a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV.
****

Elimination #
Wrestler
Entrance
Eliminated by
Elimination Move

1
JBL
4
Chris Jericho
Codebreaker

2
Umaga
3
Chris Jericho
Sweet Chin Music from Michaels, a Codebreaker from Jericho, a Pedigree from Triple H and a Swanton Bomb from the top of a pod from Hardy

3
Chris Jericho
1
Jeff Hardy
Sweet Chin Music from Michaels

4
Shawn Michaels
2
Triple H
Twist of Fate from Hardy and Pedigree from Triple H

5
Jeff Hardy
6
Triple H
Pedigree onto a steel chair

WINNER Triple H
This was really good but I'm not the only one getting sick of HHH, am I?

~ Overall a solid little show. The best No Way Out since I don't know when.

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