No Way Out (2005)
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The 2005 No Way Out was the seventh No Way Out professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's SmackDown! brand division. The event took place on February 20, 2005, in the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment[1] | ||
Brand(s) | SmackDown![1] | ||
Date | February 20, 2005[1][2] | ||
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1][2] | ||
Venue | Mellon Arena[1][2] | ||
Attendance | 9,500[2] | ||
Buy rate | 240,000[3] | ||
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The main event featured a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship between reigning champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) and Big Show, in which JBL won via escape. The predominant match on the undercard, was Kurt Angle versus John Cena, where the winner would face the WWE Champion for the title at WrestleMania 21.