

180 minutes
2/20/2005
No Way Out (2005) was the seventh annual No Way Out PPV. It was presented by Subway and took place on February 20, 2005 from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The main event featured a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship between reigning champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield and The Big Show. 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

John Layfield
as JBL

Paul Wight
as Big Show

Kurt Angle
as Kurt Angle

John Cena
as John Cena

Mark Calaway
as The Undertaker

Matthew Wiese
as Luther Reigns

Booker Huffman, Jr.
as Booker T

Jon Heidenreich
as Heidenreich

Eddie Guerrero
as Eddy Guerrero

Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
as Rey Mysterio

Doug Basham
as Doug Basham

Daniel Hollie
as Danny Basham

Shoichi Funaki
as Funaki

Chavo Guerrero Jr.
as Chavo Guerrero

James Yun
as Akio

Shannon Moore
as Shannon Moore

Paul London
as Paul London

Matt Hyson
as Spike Dudley

Dave Bautista
as Batista

Mark Jindrak
as Mark Jindrak (Ringside)

Torrie Wilson
as Torrie Wilson (Appearance)

Dawn Marie Psaltis
as Dawn Marie (Appearance)

Michelle Calaway
as Michelle McCool (Appearance)

Joy Giovanni
as Joy Giovanni (Appearance)

Orlando Jordan
as Orlando Jordan (Appearance)

Theodore R. Long
as Theodore Long (SmackDown! G.M.)