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FEBRUARY 29, 2004 - NO WAY OUT

The last Pay-Per-View before WrestleMania XX kicks off with a pre-show match pitting Booker T against Kane, two men looking to right what are widely considered careers on the decline.

Booker T vs. Kane

Booker slams Kane. Big clothesline on Kane. 1 - 2 - kick out. Kane reverses a Booker T hammerlock. Big backdrop on Booker, executed well. Kane hits a right hand. Kane with a spinning neckbreaker on Booker. Booker powers out of a headlock. Massive backbreaker, Kane got planted. Kane can barely stand. Here it comes - Book End. 1....2...3, it's finished.

Overall Rating: 63%
Crowd Reaction: 58%
Match Quality: 68%

The PPV proper begins with a ten-man tag featuring the superstars of RAW, with Rob Van Dam's team of ECW alumni taking on William Regal's fivesome of the "class" of WWE.

Lance Storm, Nova, Rob Van Dam, Spike Dudley, and Tommy Dreamer vs. La Resistance, Test, and William Regal

Storm hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw. Grenier takes a flying neckbreaker from Lance Storm. Storm tags out to Spike Dudley. Weak headbutt on Grenier by Spike. Spike tags out to Tommy Dreamer. Big piledriver on Grenier. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Tag to Spike Dudley. Lame kick from Spike. Tag to Rob Conway. Spike Dudley hits Conway with some amateur blows. Tag to Nova. Spike \ Nova whip Conway into the corner. Spike Dudley whips Nova in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Conway takes a rana from Nova. 1 - 2 - kick out. Tag between Nova and Rob Van Dam. RVD hits a dropkick on Rob Conway. Spinning bulldog in the corner, Conway is down. Tag between Rob Van Dam and Lance Storm. Vicious kick to the teeth from Lance Storm. 1 - 2 - almost a 3. Conway blocks a kick from Lance Storm. Tag to Rene Dupree. Rene Dupree hits a right hand on Lance Storm. Powerslam from Rene Dupree on Storm. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Dupree tags out to Test. Dupree \ Test whip Storm into the ropes and hit a double backdrop. 1 - 2 - no 3 though. Test DDTs Spike Dudley. 1 - 2 - almost a 3. Tag between Test and William Regal. Regal drives a thrust kick into the chest of Spike. Spike walks into a jaw breaker. Regal tags out to Test. Test \ Regal whip Spike into the ropes and hit a double backdrop. Spike counters a backdrop with a kick to the face. Test takes a vertical suplex. Tag to Rob Van Dam. Spinning kicky move by RVD on Test. Test fights out of a grapple. Tag to Rene Dupree. Test scoops up RVD. Dupree bounces off the ropes and hits a flying Hart Attack clothesline. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. RVD counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Flying move by Rob Van Dam...no idea what the name of that move is, so let's call it a Lighting Smash Of Impending Danger. Rob Van Dam floors Rene Dupree...and climbs the turnbuckles. Through the air, Five Star Frog Splash! 1....2....3.

Overall Rating: 70%
Crowd Reaction: 66%
Match Quality: 74%

One of the most brutal rivalries over the last couple of months has been that between Rico and the animal Batista. Batista accused Rico of "just collecting a paycheck" and vowed to take him out of WWE, but Rico has turned his career around and looks poised to jump into the upper echelon of the WWE roster.

Big kick on Batista by Rico. Batista ducks a clothesline attempt. Weak headbutt on Rico by Batista. Rico reverses an irish whip...and Batista runs into the referee. Hah, die referee scum! Batista DDTs Rico. Hooks the leg, but the referee is still out. Batista misses a clothesline. Legsweep. There's probably a Japanese name for that....like Golden Dragon Nuclear Spike....that'll do, i'll call it that from now on. Rico crushes Batista with a running butt smash...nothing says 'killer move' like driving your ass into someone else's face. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. DDT from the top rope by Rico....holy crap, that was sweet. 1 - 2 - kick out before the 3. Batista, like so many teenage boys, uses a right hand. Except in this case, it's for a punch. Batista DDTs Rico. 1 - 2 - 2.999 Rico powers out of a Batista headlock. Batista is in trouble. Here it comes - Spinning Leg Lariat. 1....2...3, it's finished. Rico is still in the ring celebrating. Batista pushes the referee away. Batista spins Rico around. Batista hits the Batista Bomb!

Overall Rating: 80%
Crowd Reaction: 85%
Match Quality: 69%

The World's Greatest Tag Team have been on a roll lately, with both Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas breaking through into the top part of the SmackDown! card. Since winning the gold, they've been unbeatable, but tonight they face two tag teams made up of top-tier stars looking to knock them off their perch.

WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match - World's Greatest Tag Team (c) vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show & Undertaker

Big forearm by Shelton Benjamin, and it's BONZO GONZO....or something like that. Big clothesline on Show. Tag between Shelton Benjamin and Edge. Big backdrop on Show, executed well. 1 - 2 - no 3 though. Big Show, like so many teenage boys, uses a right hand. Except in this case, it's for a punch. Tag between Big Show and Undertaker. Undertaker and Show whip Edge into the ropes and hit a double backdrop. Tag between Edge and Rey Mysterio. Dropkick connects...Undertaker goes down like a skanky hooker. Weird kick by Rey on Undertaker. Tag to Charlie Haas. Rey uses a basement dropkick to the knee. Charlie Haas takes the advantage with a punch to the face. Rey Mysterio gets knocked to the ground by Haas. Here it comes...Haas Of Pain! Rey Mysterio taps!

Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 75%

RAW's midcard has been dominated for weeks by the rivalry between Hurricane and Matt Hardy for Hardy's Intercontinental Title as well as the one between the Dudley Boyz and Vitamin C, hoping to take the Dudleyz' World Tag Team Titles. Tonight, both rivalries come to a head with a six-man tag-team war!

Dudley Boyz & Hurricane vs. Matt Hardy Version 1.0 & Vitamin C

Spinny weird kick from Hurricane. Matt takes a flying neckbreaker from Hurricane. Hurricane tags out to D-Von Dudley. Matt Hardy Version 1.0 takes a right hand to the temple from D-Von. D-Von Dudley hits a bulldog off the ropes. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Tag to Bubba Ray Dudley. Dudley Boyz whip Matt into the corner. D-Von Dudley whips Bubba Ray Dudley in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Running knee lift from Bubba Ray Dudley. Matt blocks a kick from Bubba Ray Dudley. Flying elbow from Matt Hardy Version 1.0. Matt tags out to Chris Jericho. Second rope flying axe handle, Bubba goes down. Slingshot flying butt move by Jericho, crushing the chest of Bubba. 1 - 2 - 2.999 Second rope flying axe handle, Bubba goes down. Tag between Chris Jericho and Christian. Bubba Ray Dudley walks into a stiff lariat clothesline from Christian. Christian drives a thrust kick into the chest of Bubba. Bubba blocks a kick from Christian. Tag between Bubba Ray Dudley and Hurricane. Running knee lift from Hurricane. Christian tags out to Matt Hardy Version 1.0. Standing kicky thing by Matt Hardy Version 1.0 on Hurricane. Hurricane counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Matt Hardy Version 1.0 can barely stand. Here it comes - Eye Of The Hurricane. 1....2...3, it's finished.

Overall Rating: 78%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 79%

Twice in the last month, Chris Benoit and Billy Kidman have fought to a time-limit draw. Both men are aching to make that next step into the main-event scene of SmackDown!, and tonight they hope to do so at the expense of each other!

Chris Benoit vs. Billy Kidman

Kidman eats a suplex like a fat man eating a waffle. Man i could use a waffle right about now. Variation of the powerbomb by Chris Benoit, it probably has a cool name...but i don't know it. Let's call it a Moon Lion Driver, or some other weird ass name. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Chris Benoit gets taken down out of nowhere. Benoit walks into a high dropkick from Billy Kidman. Legsweep. There's probably a Japanese name for that....like Golden Dragon Nuclear Spike....that'll do, i'll call it that from now on. 1 - 2 - kick out. DDT from the top rope by Billy Kidman....holy crap, that was sweet. 1 - 2 - almost a 3. Kidman uses a basement dropkick to the knee. Billy Kidman misses a clothesline. Reverse DDT into a backbreaker by Chris Benoit. 1 - 2 - no 3 though. Weird neckbreaker thing out of the corner from Chris Benoit...that was so brutal it should be outlawed. 1 - 2 - 2.999 Vertical suplex by Chris Benoit. Billy Kidman was really high...i can relate to that. Back suplex on Kidman. Kidman pushes out of a Chris Benoit hold. DDT by Billy Kidman. Cool looking suplex on Benoit. Chris Benoit gets knocked to the ground by Kidman, who is already climbing the turnbuckle. Through the air, Shooting Star Press! Eddie Guerrero quickly comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Billy Kidman turns around. Eddie Guerrero slams Kidman down. Eddie Guerrero climbs to the top rope and hits the Frog Splash! The referee calls for the DQ because of the interference of Eddie! Benoit \ Eddie are beating down on Billy Kidman! The music of Sean O'Haire hits, and he comes running down the aisle into the ring. Benoit and Eddie bail out of the ring, leaving Billy Kidman down in the ring. Sean O'Haire may have saved Billy Kidman from a brutal beating.

Overall Rating: 73%
Crowd Reaction: 72%
Match Quality: 75%

Chavo Guerrero has vowed for weeks that he belongs in the conversation as one of the top stars in World Wrestling Entertainment, and he has set his sights on the greatest wrestler in the world, Kurt Angle. If Chavo can pick up a clean win over the Olympic Gold Medalist, there can be no denying his spot.

Kurt Angle vs. Chavo Guerrero

Vertical suplex by Kurt Angle. Chavo Guerrero was really high...i can relate to that. Slam on Chavo. 1 - 2 - kick out. Chavo Guerrero fights out of a grapple. Kick from Chavo Guerrero...to the leg! Oh the humanity! Hard back suplex on Angle. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. DDT from the top rope by Chavo Guerrero....holy crap, that was sweet. 1 - 2 - almost a 3. DDT by Chavo Guerrero. Angle reverses a Chavo Guerrero hammerlock. Face-first slam from Angle on Chavo. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Kurt Angle scores with a killer spinebuster. That HAD to hurt. 1 - 2 - almost a 3. Back elbow connects, Chavo staggers backward. Angle hits a right hand. Angle drops an elbow...but misses...HAH. DDT by Chavo Guerrero. Springboard dropkick from Chavo Guerrero...that looked pretty cool. Chavo Guerrero drives Kurt Angle into the corner. Swinging DDT, forget about it. 1....2...3!

Overall Rating: 84%
Crowd Reaction: 90%
Match Quality: 73%

Sean O'Haire defeated his rival Chris Benoit a few weeks ago to earn a shot tonight at Eddie Guerrero's United States Title. Both men have other rivalries on their minds, but they'll have to bring their focus to each other tonight, because the title is on the line!

United States Title Match - Eddie Guerrero (c) vs. Sean O'Haire

Eddie gets slammed. Sean O'Haire fires off some right and left hands. Thrown slam by Sean O'Haire. Back elbow connects, Eddie staggers backward. Sean O'Haire misses a big legdrop and lands ASS-FIRST on the mat. Kick by Eddie Guerrero...to the facial regions. Break that nose! Yeah! O'Haire takes a rana from Eddie Guerrero. 1 - 2 - no 3 though. Sean O'Haire, like so many teenage boys, uses a right hand. Except in this case, it's for a punch. O'Haire hits a piledriver on Eddie Guerrero. 1 - 2 - shoulder up. Spear! Eddie is down. 1 - 2 - 2.999 Eddie Guerrero takes the advantage with a punch to the face. Spinny weird kick from Eddie Guerrero. Eddie walks into a trip. O'Haire slams Eddie Guerrero down. Billy Kidman comes running down the aisle with a chair! O'Haire whips Eddie Guerrero into the ropes. Kidman jumps onto the apron with the chair! Collision between Kidman, Eddie, and the chair! Eddie Guerrero staggers back into a roll up! 1...2...3! It's over! O'Haire and Kidman are beating the hell out of Eddie Guerrero! Chris Benoit sprints down the aisle and slides into the ring! He goes toe-to-toe with Sean O'Haire, exchanging punches, while Eddie Guerrero comes back, sending Kidman out of the ring with a clothesline. Benoit \ Eddie have cleared the ring, driving off O'Haire and Kidman!

Overall Rating: 82%
Crowd Reaction: 87%
Match Quality: 72%

And now it's time for the main event! At WrestleMania XX in just two weeks, John Cena and Shawn Michaels will hope to wrest the top titles in the industry from Brock Lesnar and The Rock, respectively. Tonight, the two Mania main events clash in a tag-team match-up for the ages!

John Cena and The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar and Shawn Michaels

Chop hits Lesnar...that was stiffer than a 14 year old at a stripper convention. Rude Awakening on Brock Lesnar by Cena. 1 - 2 - kick out. Cena tags out to The Rock. John Cena scoops up Lesnar. Rock bounces off the ropes and hits a flying Hart Attack clothesline. 1 - 2 - kick out. Big backdrop on Lesnar, executed well. Lesnar counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. The Rock gets nailed with a suplex. 1 - 2 - kick out. Tag to Shawn Michaels. Spinning bulldog in the corner, Rock is down. 1 - 2 - kick out before the 3. HBK uses a basement dropkick to the knee. The Rock ducks a Shawn Michaels clothesline. Running knee lift from The Rock. Rock tags out to John Cena. Cena slams Shawn Michaels. HBK tags out to Brock Lesnar. Big backdrop on Lesnar, executed well. Brock Lesnar is in trouble. F-U! 1....2....3. Cena \ Rock remain in the ring, celebrating their victory.

Overall Rating: 90%
Crowd Reaction: 94%
Match Quality: 82%