10 best WWE Smackdown only Pay-Per-Views

#4 No Way Out 2006

Instant classic

No Way Out will be best remembered for it's World Championship main event match and not much else, but I find that the undercard was pretty pleasing.

A Fatal Nine Way for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship opened up the show. Champion Gregory Helms retained over Super Crazy, Psicosis, Kid Kash, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, Funaki, Nunzio and Scotty 2 Hotty. It was a little rushed, but a fast paced passable opener overall.

Up next, JBL pinned Bobby Lashley in a fair match. Given it was Bradshaw and an under experienced Lashley, this could have been much worse.

In a non-title match, Tag Champs MNM faced Matt Hardy and surprise partner, Tatanka. The audience was very quiet for this one, and as it started off slow, it was hard to blame them. It eventually picked up towards the end to be a fun little match. Next was the United States Championship match with Booker T and Chris Benoit.

Fresh off their best of 7 series, this one potentially may not have had too much to offer, but it was surprisingly different to their past matches, and like their past matches, it too delivered in the ring. A solid technical encounter, Benoit took the title hone to a huge pop.

Rey Mysterio put his WrestleMania World title shot on the line next against Randy Orton. I was really hoping this would deliver as the storyline itself was really uncomfortable due to using Eddie Guerrerro's name in disturbing ways. Fortunately it did deliver, Orton and Rey had a steller match, it was very exciting. Orton scored the win with some heel tactics but it was still very good.

The match of the night was probably the best wrestling match of the entire year. World Champion Kurt Angle collided with The Undertaker and it was simply outstanding. So much back and forth action, near falls, reversals - it was 30 minutes of perfection. Angle scored the win with a nice reversal of the Triangle Choke into a Jackknife Rollup.