-RIP Rich Ingling, the longtime Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Cauliflower Alley Club (CAC), passed away on March 27, 2026. Known as the "heartbeat" of the organization, Ingling was a foundational figure responsible for its operations and the, often, first point of contact for members. Flying Fred Curry, famed wrestler and son of Wild Bull Curry.
-Today we take a look at No Way Out 2009 from the WWE.
-No Way Out 2009 was shown on PPV on February 15, 2009 from the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. There were 11,200 in attendance and the show did 272,000 buys.
-We start with our intro highlighting some of the matches we will see. Jim Ross and Tazz welcome us to No Way Out. Tazz's last WWE PPV.
-WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match. Edge vs. The Undertaker vs. Jeff Hardy vs. HHH vs. The Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Undertaker out first, then TBS, Kozlov, then HHH. Hardy is out next, and Edge is out last. Hardy and Edge start. Hardy with the early advantage. Edge comes back with a big boot. He gets a two count. Edge with a guillotine crossbody for a two count. Edge beats Hardy down in the corner. A Hardy chant goes out. Hardy hits a Twist of Fate. He misses a Swanton Bomb. Edge goes for a Spear, but Hardy gets a quick roll up to get the pin, and that was unexpected. Edge is shocked, and I am too. The crowd goes wild as Edge is forced to leave. Koslov is released. He beats Hardy down as a USA chant goes out. He brutalizes Hardy. He runs Hardy into the chamber several times. He gets a two count. He hangs Hardy in a corner and kicks him. He hits a backbreaker and gets another two count. Hardy starts a comeback that Koslov immediately cuts off. Hardy comes back and gets a two count. Hardy with a Whisper in the Wind. TBS is released. He goes after Hardy and throws him around. He tosses Hardy to Koslov, who headbutts Hardy around. The stare at each other and keep beating Hardy down. Hardy starts fighting back, but gets beat down again. TBS beats Hardy down. Koslov takes TBS down. They start fighting. They battle in the corner. HHH is released. He hits Koslov and TBS with high knees. He hits TBS with a spinebuster. He unloads on everyone. Koslov and HHH battle outside. TBS breaks up a Pedigree attempt on the outside. TBS beats HHH down in the corner. TBS with a side slam to HHH for a two count. They pair off. TBS throws HHH into the chamber. He then rams Hardy into HHH. They move, and TBS hits the chamber. HHH and Hardy double suplex Koslov. Whisper in the Wind to HHH. Undertaker is released. He goes after TBS. Snake Eyes and a big boot to Koslov. Undertaker hitting everything moving. Undertaker with a flying choke slam to TBS. He goes to do Old School to HHH, but then jumps on TBS. They tussle briefly, and Undertaker hits TBS with a DDT on the steel outside. Old School to HHH. Koslov attacks Undertaker. Undertake hits the Last Ride to pin Koslov. TBS choke slams Undertaker. TBS takes out Hardy and HHH. He throws HHH into the cage again. He goes to throw Hardy, who grabs the cage and climbs up on a pod. TBS grabs him and throws him down and crotches Hardy on the pod. Undertaker comes up and superplexes TBS. HHH pedigrees TBS. Hardy hits the Swanton on TBS to pin him. Undertaker attacks Hardy and HHH attacks Undertaker. They trade blows. HHH thrown outside. Undertaker goes for Old School, but HHH trips him and Undertaker crotches himself. Hardy uses Undertaker to catapult onto HHH. Undertaker Tombstones Hardy to pin him. Undertaker with a big boot to HHH. He beats HHH down in the corner. HHH avoids a running boot. Undertaker ran into the chamber. Undertaker choke slams HHH for a close two count. Undertaker with Snake Eyes and HHH comes back with a spinebuster for a two count. Undertaker catapults HHH into the chamber. Double reversal into a Tombstone, but HHH gets his foot on the ropes. HHH with a Pedigree for a two count. Both struggle to get to their feet. Back and forth. HHH with corner mounted punches and counters a Last Ride into a Pedigree to get the pin and become the new champion. They show highlights of the match. Undertaker struggles to get to his feet. HHH raises the belt high.
-Edge pleads to Vickie Guerrero to restart the match, and she tells him it's his fault he lost, and then she apologizes as he looks shocked.
-Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler talk about the next match and show highlights of what led up to it. Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon: Orton addresses Shane. He tells Shane that Vince McMahon is going to watch at home as Orton takes Shane apart piece by piece. He says he is going to make his legacy at Shane's expense. This is a No Holds Barred match. Orton out first. It's strange because he gets virtually no reaction. He looks intense. Shane out, and he looks all business. The bell rings, and they circle each other. Shane with some quick jabs. Orton beats Shane down. Shane comes back with some blows. He drives Orton out of the ring and then hits a baseball slide to Orton. Shane sets up a table. He sets a trash can up in a corner of the ring. Orton with a shot to Shane. He drives Shane into the apron. He throws Shane in. Orton with a belly to back suplex. Orton takes a turnbuckle pad off. He corner whips Shane into it. Orton kicks Shane's back. He kicks Shane out of the ring. Shane grabs a kendo stick and brutalizes Orton. He beats Orton down. Orton beat to the outside and then clotheslines by Shane. Shane hits Orton with a TV monitor. Orton is bleeding. Orton put on the Smackdown table. Shane goes to climb up a turnbuckle, but gets attacked by Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes. They beat Shane down in the ring. Rhodes grabs a chair. Shane moves, and Rhodes hits DiBiase, and then Shane DDTs Rhodes on the chair. Shane sets the trash can up, and hits Rhodes with the Coast to Coast. He goes back up to hit an elbow drop on Orton, but Orton moves and Shane crashes through the table. Orton has DiBiase take Rhodes out of the ring to the back. Orton with a draping DDT to Shane for a series of two counts. Orton kicks Shane and brings a table to the ring. He beats on Shane. He puts Shane on the top rope. Orton superplexes Shane through the table. He gets another two count. He shoves Shane through the table and stomps him for another two count. Orton goes to punt Shane, who responds by tackling Orton. Shane hits Orton with the chair. He beats Orton's leg with the chair. Orton begs off, but Shane hits him again anyway. Shane goes to punt Orton, who catches Shane with an RKO to get the pin.
-ECW Championship Match. Jack Swagger vs. Finlay with Hornswoggle: Finlay with the early advantage. He beats Swagger down. Swagger comes back with knee strikes. Swagger beats Finlay down. Swagger with a shoulder breaker for a two count. Swagger with an arm bar. Back and forth with moves and counters. Swagger continues to work on the arm. Finlay with a backbreaker for a two count. Finlay with a roll up for a one count. Swagger puts Finlay on a turnbuckle, but Finlay pushes him off. Finlay with a crossbody for a two count. More two counts for Finlay. Finlay with a corner charge. Hornswoggle gets up on the apron. Swagger pushes Finley into Hornswoggle and kicks Finlay. Swagger with a gut wrench powerbomb to pin Finlay. Lawler and Cole then give an update on Shane McMahon.
-Shawn Michaels is shown getting ready in the back. Flashback to what led to the next match. JBL vs. Shawn Michaels: All or nothing match for Michael's contract. JBL out first. He looks pissed. Michaels out to a huge ovation. The bell rings. They finally lock up and drive to a corner and break. JBL berates Michaels. Another lock up, drive, and break. Michaels attacks JBL with a flurry of punches. JBL rolls out and Michaels follows. JBL goads Michaels by giving Michaels a chair to hit JBL with so he would get disqualified. Back and forth. They both get quick two counts. Michaels goes after JBL's knee and puts the figure four on. JBL gets to the ropes. Michaels breaks on the four count. Michaels with a crossface. JBL again gets out and counters for a two count. Michaels chops JBL in the corner. A corner whip reversal sends Michaels to the outside. JBL throws Michaels in. He drops a series of elbows on Michaels. JBL with a clothesline for a two count. He beats Michaels down in the corner. JBL with a bear hug. Michaels is fighting to get out. He does and hits a swinging neck breaker. Michaels with an inverted atomic drop and more chops to JBL. JBL comes back and puts Michaels on the top rope. He goes for a superplex, but Michaels fights him off. JBL moves on an elbow drop attempt. JBL hits the Clothesline from Hell and gets a close two count. He hits a second Clothesline from Hell. Michaels falls to the outside. The referee starts to count. Michaels gets in at 9. JBL throws Michaels back out. JBL goes out and berates Michaels' wife. She reaches out and slaps JBL. Back in, Michaels attacks JBL. He hits the elbow drop. He hits SCM to get the pin to a massive pop. Michaels celebrates with his wife.
-Todd Grisham talks to Chris Jericho. Jericho says he's the best in the world at what he does. He guarantees that he is going to win the World Championship. The chamber is lowered again.
-World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match. John Cena vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Mike Knox vs. Kane: Cena out first. Knox then comes out. Kane is next. Kingston comes out. Before he can get in, he gets attacked by Edge. Edge does the con-chair-to on Kingston. Edge locks himself in a pod. Mysterio comes out to check on Kingston and tries to get Edge. Jericho then comes out. They lock the chamber. The bell rings. Jericho and Mysterio lock up. Jericho with a side headlock takeover. Mysterio gets out. Jericho with a shoulder block. Mysterio comes back. Jericho avoids the 619, but Mysterio hits Jericho with a suicide dive. Jericho avoids a corner charge, and Mysterio hits one of the pods hard. Jericho with a chin lock. Mysterio breaks out. Jericho catapults Mysterio. Mysterio grabs the chain and climbs. He then hits a flying headscissors for a two count. Kane is released. He attacks Mysterio and Jericho. He gets a two count on Mysterio. He baseball slides Mysterio again for another two count. He attacks Jericho. Jericho falls out and hits the chamber. Kane attacks both men again. Mysterio gets both men down and goes for the 619. Kane grabs Mysterio, who comes back and hits the 619 on Kane. Jericho then hits the Code Breaker. Mysterio hits a senton from the top of a pod to pin Kane. Knox is released. He attacks Mysterio and Jericho. He drops a knee on Jericho for a two count. Jericho dumps Knox out to the chamber floor. Knox runs Jericho into the chamber. Mysterio jumps on Knox's back. Knox hangs Mysterio on the Chamber. Knox throws Jericho and Mysterio back into the ring. Knox grabs Mysterio, only to get hit with the Code Breaker and pinned by Jericho. Edge is released. Mysterio comes in the pod and beats Edge down. He goes to take Edge out and gets clotheslined by Jericho. Jericho bulldogs Edge. Mysterio with shots to Jericho. Edge with an Edgecution to Jericho for a two count. Back and forth with all three interrupting big moves. Jericho sunset flips both Edge and Mysterio. A Cena chant goes out. Cena is released. He hits Edge with a series of shoulder blocks. He takes out Jericho. U Can't See Me to Edge. 5 Knuckle Shuffle to Edge. He goes for the AA and Jericho hits the Code Breaker to Jericho and Mysterio hits the 619 and Edge pins Cena. The announcers and the crowd are shocked. Mysterio beats on Jericho and Edge. 619 to Jericho when Edge moves. Mysterio reverses a Walls of Jericho to pin Jericho. Edge stalks Mysterio. Mysterio avoids a Spear and gets a close two count. A crossbody gets another two count. Back and forth. A 619 chant goes out. Mysterio with a DDT for another close count. Mysterio goes up top, but Edge kicks him off. Mysterio counters a powerbomb and does a reverse 619. He runs at Edge, who launches Mysterio into a pod. Edge hits a spear to pin Mysterio and become the World Champion. Everyone is shocked as Edge celebrates. They replay what happened and sign off from Seattle.
-Final Thoughts: A shocking event on the whole and a perfect set up for WrestleMania.