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+
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+