No Way Out (2009)
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
| Sponsor(s) | AT&T | |||
| Date | February 15, 2009 | |||
| Attendance | 11,200[2] | |||
| Venue | KeyArena | |||
| City | Seattle, Washington | |||
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No Way Out (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and was presented by AT&T. It took place on February 15, 2009, at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.[3] It was the eleventh event under the No Way Out name and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown and ECW brands.[4] Five matches were held on the event's card.
The main event on the Raw brand was an Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Edge won the match after last eliminating Rey Mysterio. The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship, in which Triple H won after last eliminating The Undertaker. The primary match on the ECW brand was for the ECW Championship between Jack Swagger and Finlay, which Swagger won. The undercard also featured two more matches from the Raw brand. The first was a No Holds Barred match between Randy Orton and Shane McMahon, which Orton won. The second match saw Shawn Michaels defeat John "Bradshaw" Layfield in a standard one-on-one match.
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Reception
No Way Out was generally well received by critics. The Sun in their review noted that the unpredictability, shocks and top-notch wrestling overshadowed the few minor missteps of the evening, such as Vladimir Kozlov's stiff wrestling and the relative unimportance of the Orton/McMahon and Swagger/Finlay matches, criticizing the quality of both. Overall however, they awarded the event 8 out of 10, heaping praise on the use of Edge and his character.[5]
The event had 272,000 buys, down on the No Way Out 2008 figure of 329,000 buys.[6]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[2] |
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| 1D | Melina (c) defeated Beth Phoenix[7] | Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship | Unknown |
| 2 | Triple H defeated Edge (c), The Undertaker, Big Show, Jeff Hardy, and Vladimir Kozlov[8] | Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship | 35:55 |
| 3 | Randy Orton defeated Shane McMahon[9] | No Holds Barred match | 18:16 |
| 4 | Jack Swagger (c) defeated Finlay (with Hornswoggle)[10] | Singles match for the ECW Championship | 07:53 |
| 5 | Shawn Michaels defeated John "Bradshaw" Layfield[11] | Singles match | 13:17 |
| 6 | Edge defeated John Cena (c), Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Mike Knox, and Kane[12] [Note 1] | Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 29:46 |
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- ↑ Before the match started, Edge attacked Kofi Kingston and replaced him in the match.
Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (SmackDown)
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Entered | Eliminated by | Method of elimination | Time[2] |
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| 1 | Edge | 2 | Jeff Hardy | Pinned with an inside cradle | 02:59 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kozlov | 3 | The Undertaker | Pinned after a Last Ride | 22:57 |
| 3 | Big Show | 4 | Triple H | Pinned after a Swanton Bomb from Hardy off the top of a pod | 26:09 |
| 4 | Jeff Hardy | 1 | The Undertaker | Pinned after a Tombstone Piledriver | 28:28 |
| 5 | The Undertaker | 6 | Triple H | Pinned after a Pedigree | 35:55 |
| Winner | Triple H | 5 | Winner | Winner | 35:55 |
Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations (Raw)
| Eliminated | Wrestler | Entered | Eliminated by | Method of elimination | Time[2] |
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| 1 | Kane | 3 | Rey Mysterio | Pinned after a seated senton off the top of a pod | 09:37 |
| 2 | Mike Knox | 4 | Chris Jericho | Pinned after a Codebreaker | 14:42 |
| 3 | John Cena | 6 | Edge | Pinned after a Codebreaker from Jericho, 619 from Mysterio and a Spear | 22:22 |
| 4 | Chris Jericho | 2 | Rey Mysterio | Pinned with a double leg cradle | 23:54 |
| 5 | Rey Mysterio | 1 | Edge | Pinned after a Spear | 29:46 |
| Winner | Edge | 5 | Winner | Winner | 29:46 |
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