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WWE No Way Out 2008

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This year's No Way Out was a damn good PPV.

1) CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero for the ECW Championship- 6 out of 10- I've seen the two have better matches, but it was what it was- a curtain jerker to get the crowd going somewhat. Punk shouldn't have tried the Three Amigos, and the crowd let him have it for it deservingly. Chavo's paying homage to his uncle every time he does that. As a face, CM Punk could have mocked Chavo better. Chavo wins with Eddie's Frog Splash.

2) Undertaker wins the Smackdown! Elimination Chamber- 9.5 out of 10. Brutal match. Undertaker looked legitimately injured a few times in this match. If you liked Batista and Undertaker's matches in 2007, it's that plus two monster jobbers, a TO-rip off, and an Irishman who loves to fight. If for nothing else, check out this match for the last 6 minutes alone.

3) Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy- 7 out of 10. The less said about Flair's wardrobe malfunction, the better. Good match, but it could have been better. Ric Flair wins for the 9,999th time with the Figure 4 Leg Lock. (That's not being sarcastic. That man's probably wrestled that much.)

4) Edge vs. Rey Mysterio- 4 out of 10. This was a PPV match? It even had a similar ending as the Royal Rumble match. The stuff that happened afterwards between The Big Show and Floyd Mayweather was great however.

5) Randy Orton vs. John Cena- 8 out of 10. Orton carried John Cena to a pretty decent match. Good drama, ring psychology, and timing by both men. Randy Orton has evolved into one hell of a wrestler and a heel. Randy Orton deserves this push, and it's a great swerve to allow him to keep the title heading into WrestleMania. As for Cena, am I the only one that thinks turning him heel would make more $$$ in the long run?

6) Triple H wins Raw Elimination Chamber- 9.5 out of 10. This was equally as brutal as the first. The MVP of this match was Umaga who took some pretty intense punishment. Jeff Hardy should have won, and if you notice the crowd reaction after Triple H wins, people were upset. Jeff is the one guy the new and old fans agree on. Give him the damned title! Otherwise, great match.

(Cena vs. Orton vs. Triple H will suck. Here's a quick spoiler: Randy Orton will be the jobber. And in all likelihood, Cena makes Orton tap out to the STFU to end yet another WrestleMania. How original. No matter how hard they push him, Cena doesn't draw like Austin, Rock, and doesn't even touch Hogan or Flair.)

I highly suggest this DVD for the sheer fact that there are two great Elimination Chamber matches on this.

This was the first ever wwe ppv to have two elimination chambers in one night. This was a good nwo '08, but was kind of overshadowed by nwo '09. Thanks for reading!

ECW Championship

Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk

This was a good choice for the opener because this gave no way out a pretty well start. This match had some solid moves. Punk was clearly the favorite, but when he tried the three amigos, the crowd gave him some boos. In the end chavo wins with a frog splash. Good, but a little to short. Match Rating:3.5/5

Smackdown Elimination Chamber

Batista vs. Great Khali vs. Big Daddy V vs. MVP vs. Finlay vs. Undertaker

This elimination chamber suprised me in two ways. One was that it was only the second match on the card and the other reason is that this match was alot better than i expected it to be. Undertaker and batista started the match off and continued their year long rivalry. Once big daddy v and khali got eliminated the match picked up. Finlay came in full force and got a huge boot delivered to him by taker. MVP was about to enter and as soon as his pod opened, undertaker put a beating on him! Great moment in the match where undertaker chokeslamed mvp off the top of the pod right onto the ring. After finlay was eliminated it came down to the men who started this match off, taker and batista. Amazing counter at the end when batista was about to ram taker's head right into the chain, undertaker reversed it into a huge tombstone to win. Match Rating:4.5/5

Career Threatning Match

Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy

This match was to slow for my liking. Flair had a bad knee in this one, so kennedy worked on it practicaly the whole match. He used the figure four in this match and ramed flair's knee right into the steel ring post. In the end flair pulled out the win. O.k. match, but it was just to slow and boring. Match Rating:3/5

World Heavyweight Championship

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio

Since rey had a injury, this match was really dissapointing. This was also a slow match and really short. Not the usual highflying moves you would see from rey. Towards the end mysterio connected with the 619, but didn't have enough strength to capitalize, so edge won with a spear. If you want to see a better match between these two watch their royal rumble '08 encounter. Match Rating:3/5

WWE Championship

Randy Orton vs. John Cena

I've seen better matches between these two like summerslam '07. At least this was better than thier unforgiven '07 garbage. The match started off well and continued with some solid wrestling and a few impressive counters. Nice brawling in this match too. The d.q. ending was pretty cheap, but resulted in some intresting aftermath. Match Rating:3.5/5

Raw Elimination Chamber

Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. JBL vs. Umaga

WOW! This was match of the night without a doubt. Michaels and jericho started the match off. I thought that was pretty fitting. These two opened the match up with some nice solid wrestling. Umaga then entered and totally dominated. Jericho and michaels pulled out a walls of jericho and a crossface on umaga at the same time. JBL entered and starting pounding on jericho. JBL soon got eliminated after a codebreaker out of nowhere by Y2J. Umaga soon got eliminated after because of a sweet chin music, a codebreaker, a pedigree, and then a swanton. Then, jericho got eliminated by hbk and then hbk got eliminated by hhh. Hardy and hhh were the last two and the chamber picked up more intensity. Hardy really showed a vicious side of himself when he threw hhh into the steel chain a couple of times. The match ended with triple h giving hardy a pedigree on a chair to win. Every man had a good showing, especially hardy who fought very hard against triple h. Match Rating:5/5

This was a very solid no way out here and had two very good elimination chambers.

ECW - CM Punk vs. Chavo - Averge Match okay but not the best(they need the original E-C-W back!)

Smackdown chamber - in my opinion this was the worst chamber ever. but it was still pretty good they like never had more than 3 people in the chamber at one time. some cool spots like when MVP got chokeslamed of a pod

Flair vs. MR. KENNEDY! - oviusly fliars career isnt gonna be ended by mr. kennedy! okay match

edge vs. rey myestrio - okay match was short cause of rey's injury

cena vs. orton - 2nd best match good match hate ending when orton low blows cena and gets DQed then cena getSTFU on him after the match-bad sportsmanship on cenas part = ] ORTON'S #1

Raw chamber - by far best match of the night very, very, very good match and it was pretty bloodey pretty cool when eveyone did their finisher to umaga hardy did a swanton off a pod

The DVD for this ppv has arrived. No Way Out is always an odd ppv. In January, the Royal Rumble begins the road to Wrestlemania. No Way Out is just the middle of the journey. Championships rarely change hands, and the show often feels more like hype for the March ppv.

This year, the show was fairly enjoyable. It had some good moments that are worth seeing. Again, there were matches that felt unexciting because we know what many of the Wrestlemania matches are likely to be.

THE SHOW

* ECW Championship: Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. CM Punk. This is just another bout between these two from the ECW roster. Having Punk as the only contender for Chavo's title continues to remind me how bare the ECW roster is. Are there no other people who could challenge for the belt? What about Shelton? Dreamer? Kofi? Morrison? I've enjoyed Punk ever since his days in Ring of Honor, but you can only have the same match so many times. As for the match itself, its a good opener. The crowd is hot and provides an extra sense of excitement. Notice the crowd turn on Punk when he tries to do Eddie's "Three Amigos".

* Mike Adamle interviews Rey Mysterio. A decent interview, with Mysterio admitting the injury he recently suffered. We get our first look at boxer, Floyd Mayweather, here.

* Smackdown Elimination Chamber: Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Finlay vs. Big Daddy V vs. MVP vs. Great Khali. This match was set to decide who would challenge the World Champion at Wrestlemania. The biggest problem with this match is that there are so many big men. Their size really slows down the match. Undertaker, Batista, & Finlay do what they can to energize the match, but they can only do so much on their own. MVP provides some good comedy when its his turn to come out. It really seems like only Undertaker or Batista belong in a match to determine the #1 Contender.

* Edge reacts to the Smackdown Elimination Chamber Match. Another segment that reminds people why Edge is the best heel in the business right now.

* Party at the Mansion. Weak segment, promoting Maria's playboy shoot.

* Career Threatening Match: Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy. As the end of Flair's career comes closer, he faces off against one of the hottest young talents: Mr. Kennedy. They have a fairly decent match. Flair continues to elevate his game and Kennedy does his best to stand toe-to-toe with a legend. Nothing amazing here, but still an entertaining bout.

* Mr. McMahon visits Finlay in the Training Room.

* World Championship: Edge (c) vs. Rey Mysterio. This is one of those matches that loses something because you already know how it'll end. Mysterio is injured, slowing his performance down. Despite it, though, he still delivers better that most on the roster could. Edge plays his role perfectly and delivers a solid performance.

* Big Show's return. Following the match, Big Show makes his return for the first time since December 2006. He looks great! Show quickly turns heel and gets into a confrontation with Floyd Mayweather. Check out those punches!! A fun segment that ended with Show getting his nose broken. Welcome back. Ouch!

* WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena. The crowd doesn't seem to know what to do here. They boo Orton for being a heel, but they also want to boo Cena. They seem conflicted! These two give a great performance. Cena is always entertaining and there are some good spots. The ending to the match was perfect. I usually hate disqualifications, but this one did a great job of making Orton even more hated.

* Triple H talks with Shawn Michaels about the Elimination Chamber Match.

* Raw Elimination Chamber Match: Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho vs. Umaga vs. JBL. Like the EC match from earlier, this is set to determine who will challenge the WWE Champion at Wrestlemania. There are many more talented people in the Raw EC match than the Smackdown EC match, creating a much more entertaining main event. Umaga and JBL do what they can, while Jericho & Jeff provide a lot of fast paced action. Jeff continues to receive a much deserved push towards the main event. In the end, we have a new contender, and despite losing the match, Jeff still looks strong.

EXTRAS

* Shawn Michaels congratulates Ric Flair. A nice little backstage segment that teases a match between these two.

Overall, No Way Out doesn't have any title changes or big ramifications, but it is a strong prelude to Wrestlemania. The World title matches were enjoyable and the main event was a solid fight. Its definitely worth watching, but only hardcore fans should spend the money to buy the dvd.

No Way Out 2008 was a good event to begin the road to Wrestlemania 24 unlike the rumble. The 2 Elimination Chamber Matches were the highlights of the night and also the return of the Big Show.

1. Ecw World Championship

Chavo Guererro vs. Cm Punk

a good decent match to start off no way out. cm punk is a good competitor and chavo is a guererro so you can't go wrong with him. i'm glad the fans booed punk when he tryed to pull off the 3 amigos, punk shouldnt have tryed to pull that off but still a decent match to watch. 3.5/5

2. Smackdown Elimination Chamber Match

Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Great Khali vs. Big Daddy V vs. MVP vs. Finlay

a great elimination chamber match. i loved how undertaker and batista started it off and ended the match, that was good. it went kind of slow at first with the big guys entering the match but then it really got picked up when they got eliminated. great match. 4.5/5

3. Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy

an alright decent match. kennedy is getting better and flair always makes his matches entertainable no matter how old he is. decent match. 3/5

4. World Heavyweight Championship

Edge vs. Rey Mysterio

not your typical edge and mysterio match due to rey's injury. it went slow and it was short, not a lot of high flying impact moves except for the end where edge speared rey out of mid-air for the win, other than that nothing exciting. 2.5/5

Big Show makes his big return back to show how much weight he lost and he also confronts Floyd Mayweather which leads to their match at wrestlemania.

5. WWE Championship

Randy Orton vs. John Cena

this wasn't their best confrontation they had but they did gave something to watch on the other hand. it had some good brawling between them too and some good outside action where orton rkoed cena on the floor. this match wasn't great but it's pretty watchable though.it was a little unexpected in the way it eneded. 3.5/5

6. Raw Elimination Chamber Match

Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Umaga vs. Chris Jericho vs. JBL

this match was one step further than smackdowns ec match, this match was unbeleiveable. it started out with some good wrestling between jericho and hbk. once umaga and triple h got in there, it got pretty violent and they brought some furiousness into the match. some chairs got introduced and they used some/what. it came down to triple h and hardy. hardy would have been a good candidate to become # 1 contender but i guess it wasn't meant to be, but nevertheless amazing match all the way. 5/5

no way out 2008 was a pretty good ppv. i would buy to see the elimination chambers match if i was yall, they were really something. its worth the purchase on dvd.

I only pay WWE ppv's if the card looks strong and with two Elimination Chamber matches, it looked good.

CM Punk VS Chavo Guerrero: Does anyone care for ECW? The match was short but good. Predictable outcome.

Smackdown ECM for #1 contender to Heavyweight Title

Undertaker vs. Big Daddy V vs. Finlay vs. MVP vs. Great Khali vs. Batista: The reason why I wanted to watch the ppv. Sure it has two of the worst wrestlers in the WWE-Khali and Big Daddy V- but they dont factor in the match too much. Loved the ending. Only problem is it seemed to hint that it should have been a one on one match against Taker and Batista.

Ric Flair VS Mr Kennedy: Decent match with a predictable out come.

Edge vs Rey Mystero: Good match but I really didnt care for it. I do respect Mysterio for wrestling injuried.

Big Show returns to set up his match at WrestleMania against Mayweather.

Orton VS Cena: The match that ruined the 2008 Royal Rumble. I knew after the outcome that Cena would also be in the main event at WrestleMania.

RAW Elimination Chamber Match for #1 contender to WWE Title

Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Umaga vs. JBL vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Jericho: Good match, considering all the stars.

Overall, a good card. Elimination Chambers are well worth it, espeically the ending the Smackdown Chamber match.

Today WWE makes history tonight as they will have 2 elimination chamber.

ECW championship match

Chavo Guerro vs CM Punk

This was a very nice opening match. Punk hit Chavo with some nice kicks. I liked how the crowd booed Punk when he tried to do the three amigos. Chavo s really showed how good of a wresatler he is and shows the he deserves to hold the belt. Overall 7.5/10

Elimination Chamber

This one is Smackdown and Ecws match. I really liked this one better than the main event. Undertaker got some good cheers in here. Big Daddy V showed how unstoppable he is. MVP was good in here to and took a nice fall frome one of the pod. Khali did his usual thing and the rest did good also. You'll also see hornswaggle. Good match, and match of the night for me. Overall 10/10

Ric Flair vs Mr, Kennedy

Pretty much a let down . Very average match. Kennedy worked on Rics leg. Boring. Overall 4/10

World Heavyweight match

Rey Mysterio vs Edge

They couldn't do much thanks to Reys injury but they tried. Wasn't much but they tried. Overall 5/10

Big Show returns and gets a bloody nose from floyed maywheather.

WWE championship match

John Cena vs Randy Orton

This match was also a let down. Orton looked very stiff and cena did his usual things with a elbow drop in there. Orton really disappointed me not Cena. Two things why. Orton got himself dq and didn't really do enough to impress. I'm saying Cena didn't impress to but he is okay in entertaining. Overall 6/10

Raw Elimination Chamber

Pretty good Chamber match. Not as good as all the others but good. JBL got some good chair shots in their. HBK bled a lot. Hardy kept the crowd into him thru out. Umaga destroyed everyone and even slamed Y2J thru the glass with his butt The reason I thought smackdown and ecw chamber match was better because I think they used the chamber a lot better than raws match. Also because I thought it was a lot more funnier than raws but overall there both good . Overall 9/10

Overall good ppv and I'll add some more points because of the big shows return or should I say Paul `The great" Whight.

Today WWE makes history tonight as they will have 2 elimination chamber.

ECW championship match

Chavo Guerro vs CM Punk

This was a very nice opening match. Punk hit Chavo with some nice kicks. I liked how the crowd booed Punk when he tried to do the three amigos. Chavo s really showed how good of a wresatler he is and shows the he deserves to hold the belt. Overall 8/10

Elimination Chamber

This one is Smackdown and Ecws match. I really liked this one better than the main event. Undertaker got some good cheers in here. Big Daddy V showed how unstoppable he is. MVP was good in here to and took a nice fall frome one of the pod. Khali did his usual thing and the rest did good also. You'll also see hornswaggle. Good match, and match of the night for me. Overall 10/10

Ric Flair vs Mr, Kennedy

Pretty much a let down . Very average match. Kennedy worked on Rics leg. Boring. Overall 4/10

World Heavyweight match

Rey Mysterio vs Edge

They couldn't do much thanks to Reys injury but they tried. Wasn't much but they tried. Overall 5/10

WWE championship match

John Cena vs Randy Orton

This match was also a let down. Orton looked very stiff and cena did his usual things with a elbow drop in there. Orton really disappointed me not Cena. Two things why. Orton got himself dq and didn't really do enough to impress. I'm saying Cena didn't impress to but he is okay in entertaining. Overall 7/10

Raw Elimination Chamber

Pretty good Chamber match. Not as good as all the others but good. JBL got some good chair shots in their. HBK bled a lot. Hardy kept the crowd into him thru out. Umaga destroyed everyone and even slamed Y2J thru the glass with his butt The reason I thought smackdown and ecw chamber match was better because I think they used the chamber a lot better than raws match. Also because I thought it was a lot more funnier than raws but overall there both good . Overall 9.5/10

Overall good ppv and I'll add some more points because of the big shows return or should I say Paul `The great" Whight

The matches are as follows

World Heavyweight Championship

Edge(c) vs Rey Mysterio

WWE Championship

John Cena vs Randy Orton(c)

Elimination Chamber- Raw winner gets a Title shot at Wrestlemania

Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho vs Jeff Hardy vs JBL vs Umaga

Elimination Chamber- Smackdown/ECW Winner gets a Title shot at Wrestlemania

Undertaker vs Batista vs Big Daddy V vs Finlay vs MVP vs The Great Khali

ECW Championship

Chavo Guerrero(c) vs CM Punk

Career Threating Match

Mr. Kennedy vs Ric Flair

This looks to be better than last years No Way Out

ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero vs. C.M. Punk - Good opening match as it was fast paced from start to finish with the only drawback being that it was less than 10 mins. One interesting highlight was the fans who were behind Punk started booing the his attempt at the "Three Amigos" suplex. Chavo retains the title & keeps his No Way Out winning streak at 4-0.

Elimination Chamber Match: Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Finlay vs. Big Daddy V vs. Great Khali vs. M.V.P. - Taker & Batista started it off & continued their "on again/off again" feud that been going on for the past year throughout the match with everyone else being bodies for Taker & Batista to go though throughout the match & keep them strong. Big Daddy V & Khali were the first two from pods to come out & didn't even make it to the next period with the only thing memorable about their time in the match was Undertaker falling out of the chamber after a Daddy V headbutt that didn't look planned. Other moments to look out for were Hornswoggle creeping out from the bottom of the chamber to hand Finlay the weapon (sorry, cam't remember how to spell it), M.V.P.'s interaction with Undertaker from Taker waiting for his pod to open to his elimination via a chokeslam off the top of the pod, and the final moments with Taker finally getting the victory.

Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy - Flair came into the match with an injured knee & Kennedy worked on that throughout the match including various versions of the figure four including the one around the turnbuckle pole that Bret Hart used to do. Kennedy dominated the match with Flair getting the figure four on at the last minute to win. As another review said, this was "Cena/JBL WrestleMania 21" all over again.

World Champion Edge vs. Rey Mysterio - This match was around 5 mins. but seeing how Rey had a serious injury that was made public on WWE's interview & pre-match interview, you could see why it was kept short. Nothing really noteworthy here past that fact.

Afterwards, Big Show returned to WWE after over a year & looked in the best shape that anyone has seen him in years (he lost 108 lbs.). Anyways, this lead to a confrontation between Show & Floyd Mayweather that resulted in Show bleeding from the nose & spitting blood after a series of punches. It's Bam Bam/L.T. all over again.

WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena - This feud picked up where it left off in October but this match just seemed real slow & never got past first gear unlike their previous encounter at SummerSlam (that "Unforgiven" crap doesn't count). From the start, the crowd was split & Cena was trying to score the quick win before Orton got control & focued on Cena's previously injured pectoral muscle before Cena countered. The rest of the match was mostly each guy countering the others holds before Orton pulled off the same tactics that he's done to retain his championship throughout his title reign (Cyber Sunday for example) resulting in the ending which most didn't expected just based off the comments & predictions from this website's reviews alone when Cena won the Royal Rumble. In the end, this match was just to continue the setup towards the WrestleMania title match.

Elimination Chamber Match: Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga vs. J.B.L. - Jericho & Michaels started until Umaga entered & dominated with moves such as a double Samoan Drop on Jericho & Michaels hitting his Samoan Wrecking Ball to Jericho through one of the pods later in the match. Other moments to look out for here was the old school Jericho/Benoit "Walls Of Jericho/Crossface" combination done by Jericho & HBK onto Umaga, what J.B.L. did after being elminated, Umaga's elimination before Jericho & Michaels got eliminated back to back, and the final minutes between Triple H & Jeff Hardy before Triple H finally got the victory with a pedigree on a chair. Unlike the other chamber where everyone else was just a body to put over Taker & Batista, Umaga was re-established as a "Samoan Bulldozer" & Hardy was still put over strong in defeat.

The only DVD extra is Shawn Michaels meeting up with Ric Flair back in the locker room...which everyone knows by now was a tease for their upcoming Mania match.

In the end, the Chamber matches saved this show as the only good undercard match was the ECW Title match as the others should have been left off the card (Kennedy/Flair), had a guy who was injured & couldn't do much (Edge/Mysterio), and the only one that went over 10 mins. wasn't that good (Cena/Orton). The whole event is watchable & it's not like any of these matches I wouldn't watch again but I recommend this for a rental for you to see for yourself & then decide from there if you thinking if it's worth getting.