10 Best WWE Pay-Per-Views: 2003-2005

Some all-time classics
Some all-time classics

#9 No Way Out 2004

An emotional victory
An emotional victory

WWE No Way Out 2004 was one of the most emotional nights in WWE history. No, it wasn't for anything bad but quite the opposite as we got to see arguably the best and most emotional Championship win in WWE history.

WWE Tag team Champions Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty opened the show defending their titles in Handicap match with the Basham Brothers and Shaniqua. This was pretty decent, considering it was a man on woman, and the Brothers never really had any good performances in WWE.

Too Cool, I suppose you could call them, took the win after Rikishi flattened Shaniqua with his rear. Fittingly, she was never seen in WWE again.

A blindfolded Jamie Noble beat ex-girlfriend Nida in another man on woman match. There wasn't much wrestling here, but the live audience seemed to enjoy it for comedic reasons.

Charlie Hass and Shelton Benjamin defeated the APA next. This one, which was just about passable, was mostly Hass and Benjamin.

Hardcore Holly pinned Rhyno, in a physical match. The crowd was pretty hot for Holly actually; he had spent the end of 2003 up until just a few weeks prior to this event being featured in main event matches.

Up next, for the first time in quite a while, the WWE Cruiserweight Championship was shown respect by a good place on the card and nice build up. Rey Mysterio was to defend against Chavo Guerrero, who had been really getting over as a heel.

This one was given plenty of time and featured some great in-ring psychology, a lot of back and forth exchanges and some great near falls. The late Chavo Sr. aided his son in defeating Mysterio for his first WWE Cruiserweight title.

A WWE Championship number one contender's match for WrestleMania 20 was next, pitting the Big Show, John Cena and Kurt Angle. All three men put in the effort here, and it showed, it was a solid match. In something we haven't seen since, Cena tapped out to Angle for the win.

The main event was special - Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar for the Championship. Could the much smaller Guerrero come out on top over The Beast? As it turns out, yes.

This featured some fast-paced action, great psychology, Guerrero never looked weak but Brock still always looked strong. After being stalled by Goldberg, Guerrero reversed an F-5 into a Tornado DDT and one Frog Splash later, he was Champion. The fans went crazy for the huge, historic and emotional win.

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