WWE No Way Out 2004

Rating:
Summary: A New Era In Wrestling?
Review: 2004 No Way Out
February 15, 2004
Cow Palace
San Francisco, California

Handicap Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship:
Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty (Champions) V. The Basham Brothers & Shaniqua
A ok opener. Rikishi & Scotty retain. **1/4

Jamie Noble V. Nidia-Noble is blindfolded
Entertaining match but nothing that great. Noble cheats to wn. **1/2

APA V. Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin
Good Tag Team match between wrestlers and brawlers. Haas & Benjamin pick up the win. ***

Hardcore Holly V. Rhyno
A good match, boring at some parts. Holly survives the Gore to win. **3/4

WWE Cruiserweight Championship:
Rey Mysterio (Champion) V. Chavo Guerrero
Awesome match and very face paced. Guerrero wins the title with help from his dad. ****

Triple Threat Match for the #1 Contendership for the WWE Championship:
Kurt Angle V. Big Show V. John Cena
Another awesome match. The match went back and forth bewteen the three of them and Angle wins when Cena taps to the Ankle lock. ****1/2

WWE Championship:
Brock Lesner (Champion) V. Eddie Guerrero
Excellent match. Both men gave you their all. What performances. Guerrero is finally the WWE Champion. YES, Guerrero is the man. YES. ****3/4 What a moment in Wrestling History when Guerrero won the title. I thought Brock would win, but what a moment. Good for you Eddie!

Overall a good show. The final three matches were just great and it helped the rating out alot. I will give it a ***3/4.

Rating:
Summary: Who Will Go To Mania For The Title!!
Review: 40-50 Horrible PPV
51-60 Decent PPV
61-70 Great PPV
71-80 Memroible PPV
81-up Classic PPV



Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty v. Basham Brothers & Shaniqua WWE Tag Titles
This was a very boring match. The Bashams are a very dull team. Rikishi & Scotty can actually wrestle and they retain. 4/10

Jaime Noble v. Nidia
This was a very entertaining match. Nidia should have beat Noble but Noble makes his Girlfreind pay. 5/10

World's Greatest Tag Team v. APA
This was not a very good match it should have been saved for Smackdown! World's Greatest Tag Team picks up one of their last wins as a tag team. 4/10

Hardcore Holly v. Rhyno
Why does everybody say this match is bad, it is great. Holly and Rhyno made a rivalry on Smackdown! and now they settle in at No Way Out with Holly winning. 8/10

Rey Mysterio v. Chavo Guerrero Cruiserweight Title
This match was utterly horrible. I can't give a horrible rating because it Cruiserweight action. Chavo is not a good cruiserweight but Rey is the greatest. Chavo wins the damn title. 4/10

Kurt Angle v. John Cena v. Big Show #1 contender for WWE Title at WrestleMania
This was the match of the night. Kurt Angle is possible the best wrestler on Smackdown! Kurt moves on to Mania when he makes Cena tap to the Ankle Lock. 10/10

Brock Lesnar v. Eddie Guerrero WWE Title
This was alswo a great match. Goldberg comes back and spears Lesnar to the next decade. Eddie goes to the top hits a Frog Splash and we have a new WWE Champion. 9/10


This PPV scored a 60. It was a decent PPV thrown together by Smackdown! It is not a must have to your collection.

Rating:
Summary: VIVA LA RAZA!!!!!
Review: a good effort for smackdown to kick off 2004. no way out has its ups & downs. dvd extras are good. great idea to have goldberg as a front row spectator. another great spot was the sound of the gong & footage of the undertaker as the dead man. he returns in 28 days at wrestlemania 20. their is a great spot between brock lesnar, paul heyman & goldberg. the strangest part was at the beginning when sable & torrie wilson came out together. it seemed to be a time killer to give fans a chance to arrive. the arena was half empty during sunday night heat. weird.

TAJIRI, AKIO, & SAKODA VS BILLY KIDMAN, PAUL LONDON & ULTIMO DRAGON 8/10- excellent match on sunday night heat. best heat match ever! should have been on the ppv. these guys are exciting.
the half empty arena hurt this match.

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE
HANDICAP MATCH
RIKISHI & SCOTTY 2 HOTTY VS BASHAM BROTHERS & SHANIQUA 7/10- was expecting a dud, but was very suprised at how good this match was. glad to see scotty return after a 2 yr. layoff with no rust. i thought he would never wrestle again.

JAMIE NOBLE VS NIDIA(NOBLE MUST WRESTLE BLINDFOLDED) 5/10- not a great match but was entertaining. usually blindfold matches are horrible but this one was a little interesting.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST TAG TEAM VS APA 7/10- good concept. the wrestlers vs the brawlers. was too short. should have been longer. glad to see faroque return. action filled.

RHYNO VS HARDCORE HOLLY 3/10- not a gorefest but a BOREfest! worst match of the night. crowd was dead & almost put me to sleep. dumb idea to put the 2 worst guys on smackdown together. should have been on heat.

WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
REY MYSTERIO(W/ JORGE PAEZ) VS CHAVO GUERRERO JR(W/ CHAVO GUERRERO SR) 9/10- great cruiserweight match! these 2 put on a show. edge of your seat match. glad it was put higher on the card. screwjob ending hurt this match some.

TRIPLE THREAT MATCH(WINNER IS #1 CONTENDER & GETS WRESTLEMANIA TITLE SHOT)
BIG SHOW VS KURT ANGLE VS JOHN CENA 9/10- excellent match. back & forth action. these 3 worked well together. match brought about because of chris benoit's defection to raw. great ending.

WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
BROCK LESNAR VS EDDIE GUERRERO 10/10- an early match of the year candidate. a 32 minute match that saw both at the top of their game. i thought this was going to be a squash for lesnar. eddie suprised me. glad to see eddie finally get a main event match. he deserves it. even interference doesn't ruin the ending. crowd was behind eddie big time. awesome ending!

i highly recommend this dvd. if not for rhyno & holly, would have been a 5 star.

Rating:
Summary: One of the most touching moments in WWE history!!!!
Review: Against all odds, Eddie Guerrero wins the WWE title for the first time!!! The card wasn't great for this PPV but Eddie vs Lesnar worths the DVD. If you are a big wrestling fan, you will never get tired of watching Eddie's victory.

Rating:
Summary: No Way Out 2004
Review: As much as I wanted to give it 5 stars, I have to try not to be that biased towards the ending.

I haven't seen what extras are going to be on the No Way Out DVD yet. It may include the three-on-three tag match from Heat which, if you consider that the opener, was a pretty good match.

Torrie and Sable start us off. I'm not quite sure what the point of that was, but if you like Torrie and Sable, then there you go. You got your money's worth right there.

Scotty/Rikishi vs. Bashams/Shaniqua (Smackdown tag titles): I still can't believe Scotty and Rikishi are tag champions. This one was decent. Scotty and Rikishi hit their crowd pleasing spots, Rikishi squashed Shaniqua for good measure, and that was that.

Jamie Noble vs. Nidia (Noble is blindfolded): Yes, it's a crapfest, but it's an amusing crapfest for what it was. As long as you go into this match not expecting a Flair vs. Steamboat masterpiece, it's fairly enjoyable.

WGTT vs. APA: The battle over who has the most intimidating acronym, I suppose. Bradshaw's complete lack of psychology in this match (he's supposed to have an injured arm and yet uses it time and time and time again) is enough to make this amusing enough to have fun with. Plus, it has the right outcome with WGTT going over. You can't ask for much more than that from these two teams.

Goldberg is out to claim his front row seat which leads to the much anticipated face-to-face confrontation between Goldberg and Lesnar.

Rhyno vs. Hardcore Holly: If you get the DVD, do yourself a favor and press SKIP for this match.

Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr (cruiserweight title): What is this? Cruiserweights getting over 15 minutes in the WWE? Considering that Rey and Noble were given 3 minutes on Royal Rumble 2004, that in itself is enough to make me give a thumbs up to this match. The high spots were kept pretty tame, but Rey and Chavo clicked well, and interference was minimal, giving these two the chance to really go at it one-on-one.

Kurt Angle vs. Big Show vs. John Cena (#1 contendership): Pretty good match. I have to give the man his due, Big Show put in a good performance to keep up with Angle and Cena. If you want to see a piece of work, check out Angle vs. Cena from No Mercy 2003. That beats out their confrontation here, but it was still a good match with some nicely executed near falls at the end to build the suspense.

Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero (WWE Title): The California crowd roaring its approval of Eddie Guerrero winning the WWE Title in his first ever WWE main event is reason alone to buy this DVD. Eddie's title win was one of the greatest moments I've seen in wrestling in a long time. This match goes just about to 30 minutes and is a masterpiece of mat work and ring psychology. Brock is proving more and more with every match that he deserves to be where he is, and Eddie was perfect in the underdog role. I saw the pay-per-view, and when the DVD comes out I'll be buying it for this match. If you're a true fan of wrestling, you owe it to yourself to do the same.

Rating:
Summary: best ever ppv
Review: Classic ppv and the fact that the rock and undertaker returned reallly made this ppv, buy it

Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena

Kurt Angle vs. Big Show vs. Eddie Guerrero

Rey Mysterio vs. Nidia

Jamie Noble vs. Chavo Guerrero

Scotty 2 Hotty vs.Shaniqua

Rhyno vs. Raven

WGTT vs Hardyz

Rating:
Summary: EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE!!!
Review: Eddie Guererro wins the title over Brock Lesnar in a match of the year candidate! What more can you ask for from a WWE PPV?
Chavo vs Rey was also solid and the 3way #1 Contenders match was solid as well... overall a good wwe ppv with the highspot def being Eddies title win over Brock. The crowd goes insane and this DVD is worth it just for that.

Rating:
Summary: good ppv but...
Review: eddie sucks. shouldnt be champ. oh well at least JBL is now....

Rating:
Summary: Finally, a credible champion!
Review: Finally, someone who deserved to win the wwe title won. Eddie Guerrero won a big championship. He is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time, and he deserves this chance more then anybody. The match vs. Brock Lesnar was great too. It was long and I like really good long matches. The other great match was Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero for the cruiserweight title. It was also a great match. I can now walk around happy that thw WWE has a worth while champion. If you are tired of RAW where that piece of crap Cripple-H always has the title, then watch Smackdown and be pleased that the WWE made the right decision and let EDDIE GUERRERO win the title!!!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: NO WAY OUT 04 was saved by 4 matches
Review: First of all let me say this ppv should have been Raw and Smackdown because it was the last one before WM 20 but the show was still okay.

Rikishi/Scotty 2 Hotty vs Basham bros and Shaniqua-Pretty good opener.It was entertaining watching what Shaniqua did when she had to fight and it was just like I thought RUN!!!!. Having her was a disadvantage for the Bashams seem she got pinned after the Bonanza Drop. 7/10 10 minutes

Jamie Noble (Blindfolded) vs Nidia-Was very funny but wasn't really a match.It was too short and it would have helped the match if Nidia had won.Jamie Noble cheats to win by lifting his blindfold up and using his submission move. 5/10 3 minutes

APA vs WGTT-BORING!!!!!. I am a big fan of Benjamin and Haas but the APA are old brawlers that are boring to watch. It wasn't WGTT fault this was a bad match.The match had no build up and was absoulute donkey crap. 2/10 8 minutes

Rhyno vs Hardcore Holly-This match was alot better than I thought. These two under rated wrestlers put on a great show and a very physically intense battle. Hardcore Holly won so suddenly with the Alabama slam but Rhyno deserved to win. If the match was 5 minutes longer it would have been better. 8/10 9 minutes

Mysterio vs Chavo Guerrero-Best cruiserweight match on a ppv so far. Very rarely do you see cruiserweights get 15 minutes in the ring. It wasn't the most high flying match but it still had outstanding action. I can't beleive Mysterio lost his title he deserves to wear it all year. 9/10 14 minutes

Angle vs Big Show vs John Cena-I thought this match would be great but it wasn't very good. Most of the action was slow and boring and it was predictable who would win. I would expect better from Kurt and Cena but Big Show is always a boring wrestler to watch.Was also too short. 6/10 12 minutes

Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar-Absoulutly brilliant match. I never expected this match to be great but it turned out to be a long, tough, bruising match for both men. It was 32 minutes long but never got boring. I loved the end when Guerrero ddt'd Lesnar on the belt and finished him off with a frog splash. The crowd errupted when Eddie covered Brock and the celebration was great. 10/10 32 minutes

Overall no way out is a must buy for the following matches
Rhyno vs Hardcore Holly
Too cool vs Bashams
Mysterio vs Chavo
Eddie vs Lesnar