New Year's Revolution (2005)

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New Year's Revolution (2005)
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Promotional poster, showcasing Batista
Information
Promotion World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s) Raw
Date January 9, 2005
Attendance 15,764
Venue Coliseo de Puerto Rico
City San Juan, Puerto Rico
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon (2004) New Year's Revolution (2005) Royal Rumble (2005)
New Year's Revolution chronology
First New Year's Revolution (2005) New Year's Revolution (2006)

New Year's Revolution (2005) was the first annual New Year's Revolution pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on January 9, 2005, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This event was the first pay-per-view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico.[1] Tickets for this event sold out in less than a month after being available for sale, marking one of the fastest selling events in the short history of the Coliseum.

The main event was an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit. Triple H won the match and the championship after last eliminating Orton. One of the predominant matches on the card was between Kane and Gene Snitsky, which Kane won by pinfall after performing a Tombstone Piledriver. Another primary match on the card was Muhammad Hassan versus Jerry Lawler, which Hassan won by pinfall after executing a Reverse STO.

Background

On the December 13, 2004, episode of Raw, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff scheduled an Elimination Chamber match between Triple H, Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista and Randy Orton for New Year's Revolution.[2][3] On the December 27 episode of Raw, all of the match's participants competed in singles matches, with the length of their match determining the entrance order at the Elimination Chamber match. If any of the participants lost their matches, the person who beat them would replace them in the Chamber match. All six participants won their matches, but Batista won his match in three minutes and two seconds, which turned out to be the shortest match length out of all participants. As a result, Batista earned the right to enter the Elimination Chamber match last. That same night, Bischoff made Shawn Michaels the Special Guest Referee for the match.[4][5] On the following episode of Raw, the six participants wrestled each other in three separate matches. In the first match, Batista pinned Benoit after a Batista Bomb. Next, Edge pinned Jericho to score the victory. In the final match, Orton pinned Triple H after delivering an RKO. During the last match, the other four Chamber participants interfered when the referee was knocked out.[6][7]

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Kane, who faced Gene Snitsky at New Year's Revolution

On the September 13 episode of Raw, during a No Holds Barred match between Kane and Gene Snitsky, Snitsky accidentally pushed Kane on top of his on-screen wife Lita, who had interfered in the match. The match came to an immediate end as trainers and Emergency medical technicians took Lita on a stretcher to an ambulance, as she needed medical attention.[8][9] In the storyline Lita was pregnant and as a result of the accident she suffered a miscarriage.[10][11] Despite Snitsky's protestations, that the miscarriage was not his fault, Kane attacked Snitsky, leading to a bloody brawl on the October 4 episode of Raw, which led to a Weapon of Choice match between the two for Taboo Tuesday. The match was voted to be a steel chain match, where the only weapon that could be used was a steel chain. Snitsky defeated Kane at Taboo Tuesday after locking a steel chair around Kane's neck, and jumping onto it from the top rope, causing Kane to bleed from the mouth.[12][13] In the following weeks, Snitsky would mock Lita's miscarriage before[14][15] and during matches, using a "No Babies" road sign and a baby carriage in a street fight against Eugene.[16][17] On the December 27 episode of Raw, Bischoff scheduled a match between Kane and Snitsky for New Year's Revolution.[4][5]

Lita also feuded with Trish Stratus over the WWE Women's Championship. On the October 25 episode of Raw, Stratus approached Lita backstage and told her that she had gained weight from her pregnancy, which led to Lita attacking Stratus. That same night, a match was made between the two for the Women's Championship at Survivor Series,[14] in which Stratus defeated Lita by disqualification after Lita hit Stratus with a steel chair.[18][19] On the November 22 episode of Raw, Stratus defeated Lita and Molly Holly in a Triple Threat match for the title. After the match, Lita attacked Stratus and caused Stratus's nose to bleed.[20] On the December 6 episode of Raw, Lita defeated Stratus in the main event to capture the Women's Championship after performing a moonsault.[21] On the January 3 episode of Raw, a rematch for the title was set for New Year's Revolution.[6][7] The same night, Kane returned after weeks of inactivity to save Lita from being double-teamed by Snitsky and Trish Stratus.[6][7]

Event

Trish Stratus, who won the WWE Women's Championship at New Year's Revolution

Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) in a dark match. The first match to air live was a tag team match between the team of Eugene and William Regal and the team of Christian and Tyson Tomko for the World Tag Team Championship. During the match, Christian hit Regal in the nose, causing it to bleed. Eugene delivered a dropkick to Tomko and scored the pinfall to win the match.[22][23]

The next match was between Trish Stratus and Lita for the WWE Women's Championship. Early on in the match, Lita appeared to suffer a legitimate injury after an attack by Stratus. Towards the match's end, Stratus delivered a Chick Kick to Lita to score the pinfall, win the match, and win the title.[22][23] The third match of the card was between Shelton Benjamin and Maven for the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Early in the match, Maven escaped the ring to taunt the fans for speaking Spanish. As the referee began to count him out, Maven ran back into the ring. Benjamin quickly rolled-up Maven to score the pinfall and win the match to retain the title.[22][23] Immediately after the match, Maven demanded a re-match after stating that the first match "did not count". As the match started, Benjamin delivered a T-Bone suplex to Maven to score the pinfall, win the match, and retain the title, again.[22][23]

The next match was between Muhammad Hassan (with Daivari) and Jerry Lawler (with Jim Ross). Due to Lawler and Ross being involved in the match, no commentary was provided for the match. Towards the end of the match, Lawler attempted to pin Hassan, but Daivari pulled Hassan's foot on the bottom rope, which meant the count would have to stop immediately. Lawler then chased Daivari around the ring, until re-entering the ring, which resulted in Hassan delivering a Reverse STO and scoring the pinfall onto Lawler to win the match.[22][23] The sixth match of the event was between Kane and Snitsky. A back and forth match took place between the two, with both men having advantages at different spot in the match. Towards the end of the match, Snitsky bit Kane's ear, but Kane retaliated by delivering a Tombstone piledriver to Snitsky to score the pinfall and win the match.[22][23]

Triple H, who won the Elimination Chamber match to become the new World Heavyweight Champion

The main event of the card was the Elimination Chamber match between Triple H, Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista and Randy Orton (with Shawn Michaels as the Special Guest Referee) for the World Heavyweight Championship. The rules of the match were that two participants would start the match, and every five minutes, another participant would enter the match after being released from their individual chamber. Participants were able to be eliminated from the match via pinfall or submission. Benoit and Jericho were the first two in the match. After five minutes, Triple H was released from his chamber, into the match. With all men remaining in the match, Edge was released from his chamber. Benoit attempted to apply the Crippler Crossface to Edge, but Edge countered the attack. Triple H delivered a Pedigree to Jericho right before Orton entered the match. Mid-match, Edge speared Michaels by accident, but when Michaels recovered, he delivered a Sweet Chin Music to Edge, which resulted in Jericho delivering a Lionsault to Edge. Jericho then pinned Edge to eliminate him from the match. Batista, the final entrant, then entered the match after time expired. Batista delivered a Spinebuster to Jericho a top of Benoit. Batista then pinned Benoit to eliminate him from the match. Seconds later, Batista delivered a Batista Bomb to Jericho to pin him and eliminate him from the match. Later on in the match, Triple H countered an RKO, by throwing Orton into Batista. Batista then attempted to deliver a Batista Bomb to Orton, but Orton countered by delivering a low-blow to Batista and scoring the pinfall to eliminate Batista from the match. Before Batista left the ring, he delivered a clothesline to Orton. Afterward, Triple H delivered a Pedigree to Orton to score the pinfall and eliminate Orton. As a result, Triple H won the match and the title.[22][23]

Aftermath

Shawn Michaels, who began to feud with Edge after New Year's Revolution

The night after New Year's Revolution on Raw, Batista faced Randy Orton in match for the position as number one contender for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship. Orton won the match and the right to face Triple H at the Royal Rumble,[24][25] whereas Batista would participate in[26][27] and win the Royal Rumble match. At the same event, Triple H defeated Orton to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.[28][29] At WrestleMania 21, Batista defeated Triple H to capture the title.[30][31]

The feud between Kane and Gene Snitsky continued on the January 17 episode of Raw. The two competed in a No Holds barred match, which ended after Kane chokeslamed Snitsky off of the stage.[26][27] On January 31, Kane defeated Snitsky in a steel cage match after delivering a chokeslam off the cage's door.[32][33] The feud between Trish Stratus and Lita ended after the event, as Lita suffered a legit injury. On the January 17 episode of Raw, however, Stratus mocked Lita's injury, but was chokeslammed by Kane.[26][27]

Edge was dissatisfied with Shawn Michaels's officiating during the Elimination Chamber match and defeated Michaels in a singles match at the Royal Rumble.[28][29] At the same event, Eugene and William Regal lost the World Tag Team Championships to La Résistance (Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier) when Eugene suffered a legit ruptured left patella tendon, which required surgery. La Résistance lost the titles back to William Regal and his new partner, Tajiri, on the February 7 episode of Raw.[34][35]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[36]
1D The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) Tag team match 05:13
2 Eugene and William Regal (c) defeated Christian and Tyson Tomko Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship 12:22
3 Trish Stratus defeated Lita (c) Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship 03:46
4 Shelton Benjamin (c) defeated Maven Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship 06:08
6 Muhammad Hassan (with Daivari) defeated Jerry Lawler (with Jim Ross) Singles match 10:51
7 Kane defeated Snitsky Singles match 11:38
8 Triple H (with Ric Flair) defeated Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista, and Randy Orton Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee 34:53
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  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Elimination Chamber entrances and eliminations

Elimination number Wrestler Entered Eliminated by Method of elimination Time
1 Edge 4 Chris Jericho Lionsault 19:20
2 Chris Benoit 2 Batista Spinebuster 26:13
3 Chris Jericho 1 Batista Batista Bomb 27:35
4 Batista 6 Randy Orton RKO 32:29
5 Randy Orton 5 Triple H Pedigree 34:53
Winner Triple H 3

See also

References

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