No Way Out 2006 No Way Out 2006 was the eighth annual No Way Out professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was presented by Subway . It took place on February 19 , 2006 , at 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore , Maryland and was a SmackDown ! brand - exclusive event . The official theme song was " Deadly Game " by Theory of a Deadman . The main event saw Kurt Angle defend his World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker . Angle won the match after reversing a Triangle Choke into a jackknife cover . One of the predominant matches on the card was Randy Orton versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio ' s world championship match at WrestleMania 22 . Orton won the match with a roll - up while using the ropes for extra leverage . Another primary match on the undercard was Booker T versus Chris Benoit for the WWE United States Championship , which Benoit won after forcing Booker to submit to the Crippler Crossface . Background . The event featured seven professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWE script writers . The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before , during and after the event . The main feud heading into No Way Out was between Kurt Angle and The Undertaker , with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship . At the previous pay - per - view , Royal Rumble , Angle defeated Mark Henry to retain the World Heavyweight Championship . When the match was over , and the pay - per - view went off the air , The Undertaker came out and issued a challenge to Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship . On the February 3 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Angle accepted his offer and the match at No Way Out was made official . The next week on " SmackDown ! " , The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry after MNM , along with Daivari , came out and attacked The Undertaker , causing the disqualification . After the match , MNM , Henry , and Daivari attacked The Undertaker until Angle came out and made the save . SmackDown ! General Manager Theodore Long then announced that Undertaker and Angle would face off against Henry and MNM in a 3 - on - 2 Handicap match next week . On the February 17 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Undertaker and Kurt Angle defeated MNM and Mark Henry after Angle forced Johnny Nitro to submit to the Ankle lock . The other main match on the card was Randy Orton versus Rey Mysterio for Mysterio ' s world championship match at WrestleMania 22 . Their match stemmed from the Royal Rumble , the pay - per - view three weeks before No Way Out . At the Royal Rumble , Mysterio won the 2006 Royal Rumble match and a world championship match at WrestleMania 22 by last eliminating Randy Orton . On the February 3 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Orton claimed that there ' s no way he could beat him in a normal match and that he won the match because of some divine intervention . Orton then challenged Mysterio to a match at No Way Out for his title match at WrestleMania 22 , and claimed that Eddie Guerrero was not in heaven , but in hell . Later that night , Orton along with Mark Henry defeated Mysterio and Kurt Angle . Midway through the match , Davari confronted Angle and was chased outside the ring and into the crowd . Henry followed , leaving Mysterio and Orton on their own . Orton gained the pinfall after sitting on Mysterio . After the match , Orton claimed that Mysterio had as much chance of defeating him as Guerrero did of coming back to life . Mysterio responded by accepting Orton ' s challenge on behalf of Guerrero . The next week on " SmackDown ! " , Orton set the record straight about the comments he made about Eddie Guerrero . Backstage , he said that he only made the comments to get inside Mysterio ' s head , and that he did not know or care if Guerrero was in Hell . Orton later entered the arena in a lowrider to further explain his actions , and read an excerpt from Guerrero ' s book , " Cheating Death , Stealing Life – The Eddie Guerrero Story " , but Mysterio attacked him , dropkick ing his head into the steel ringpost . On the February 17 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Mysterio faced off against Sylvan , which Mysterio won after a West Coast Pop . After the match , Orton came out and said that Mysterio would never main event WrestleMania , he would never become World Champion and that he could never beat him . Event . Before the event went live on pay - per - view , The Boogeyman defeated Simon Dean in a match that aired on " WWE Heat " . The first match that aired was a Nine - Man match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship . The champion Gregory Helms defended the title against Brian Kendrick , Funaki , Kid Kash , Nunzio , Paul London , Psicosis , Scotty 2 Hotty and Super Crazy . In the beginning , Helms hid outside the ring , but his opponents brought him into the ring and beat him up . Helms suffered many moves as Kendrick performed a Sliced Bread # 2 on him , London performed a senton bomb on him and Scotty 2 Hotty performed a Worm on him . Psicosis took the advantage by pinning Helms but Kid Kash broke the count . Kash hit Psicosis a with Dead Level but Super Crazy broke up the pinfall by performing a moonsault . Helms recovered and pinned Psicosis to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship . Next was John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) facing off against Bobby Lashley . Before the match started , Lashley prevented Finlay from attacking Kristal . While Lashley and Finlay were fighting , JBL ' s music hit and he took advantage of the situation . Lashley shrugged Finlay off and took on JBL in the early going . JBL had the control when he threw Lashley into the steel stairs and tried to measure out Lashley with a sleeper hold . Finally , Lashley caught JBL coming off the top rope and then powerslam med JBL . Lashley went on to hit JBL with a series of belly to belly suplexes until Finlay disturbed the match by throwing Tony Chimel into the ring , diverting the attention of the referee . With the referee distracted , Finlay hit Lashley with a shillelagh in the neck . JBL took advantage and hit Lashley with a Clothesline from Hell to win the match ending Lashley ' s undefeated streak in WWE . A tag team match between MNM ( Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro ) and Matt Hardy and Tatanka was next . Before the match , MNM issued an open challenge to any tag team to accept their challenge and to defeat them in a non - title match to earn a title shot at the WWE Tag Team Championship . Hardy accepted the open challenge and Tatanka became his mystery partner . Tatanka and Hardy controlled the match in the beginning but MNM regrouped and kept Hardy in their half of the ring for most of the match . Hardy escaped and tagged with Tatanka who chopped MNM . He sent Mercury to the floor but Melina interfered which helped Nitro in hitting Tatanka performed a dropkick off the apron . MNM did their best to keep Tatanka away from Hardy , but Tatanka clotheslined Nitro and tagged in Hardy . Hardy tried to hit Mercury with a Twist of Fate but Nitro superkick ed Hardy . Hardy tagged in Tatanka who nailed MNM with a double tomahawk chop . Tatanka hit Mercury a Trail ' s End while Hardy hit Nitro a Twist of Fate . Tatanka went on to pin Mercury to get the pinfall for his team earning themselves a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship . The fourth match was between Chris Benoit and Booker T for the WWE United States Championship . Booker defended his United States title against Benoit in this technical match . Before the match began , Booker announced that he would forfeit the United States title . Benoit turned his back on Booker and headed towards Sharmell . This was a ploy as Booker attacked Benoit and the match began . Benoit controlled the match in the beginning as he performed a series of suplex es . Benoit knocked Booker to the floor who was sent crashing into the steel ring steps . Benoit told the referee that his groin was re - injured . The referee backed Benoit up while Booker attacked Benoit sending him into the steel stairs . Benoit hit Booker a series of German suplexes . Benoit paid tribute to Eddie Guerrero by hitting Guerrero ' s signature move Three Amigos . Booker attempted to hit Benoit a Houston Hangover but missed to put both men down . Benoit hit a series of German suplexes until Sharmell jumped on the apron . Benoit went for a diving headbutt but Sharmell ' s distraction allowed Booker to catch Benoit and send him crashing to the mat . Booker hit Benoit the Scissors Kick but Benoit kicked out . Sharmell distracted Benoit again by climbing on the apron once again . Booker took advantage by rolling up Benoit . Benoit countered into a Sharpshooter but Booker pushed him away . Benoit fell into the ropes where Sharmell was standing , knocking her off the apron . Benoit then ducked a Scissors Kick and applied the Sharpshooter . Booker fought the move but Benoit applied the Crippler Crossface . Booker quickly tapped out leading to Benoit winning the WWE United States Championship . Randy Orton versus Rey Mysterio was next with Mysterio ' s WrestleMania 22 world championship match on the line . Orton grounded Mysterio throughout the match and pounded him in the beginning . Mysterio tried to hit Orton a West Coast Pop but Orton slammed him into the ring steel post injuring his hand . Orton focused on Mysterio ' s arm and hand . Mysterio hit Orton a hurricanrana but Mysterio landed on the injured hand and could not wrestle . Orton continued to increase Mysterio ' s hand injury stomping it into the steel ring steps several times . Mysterio dropped Orton in the second turnbuckle but was caught going to the top rope . Orton had Rey on his shoulders , Mysterio spun out and superbombed Orton followed by a West Coast Pop but Orton kicked out . Mysterio went for the top rope and tried to hit Orton a missile dropkick but failed . Orton let Mysterio to his feet but Mysterio dropkick ed Orton sending him into a position for the 619 . Orton avoided the 619 and grabbed Mysterio in a rollup using ropes for leverage , which mean that Orton won the match and Rey ' s world title match at WrestleMania . The main event was between Kurt Angle and The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship . The match began in Undertaker ' s control . He went on to hit Angle an Old School and a Snake Eyes . Angle went on to hit Undertaker a German suplex and then sent Undertaker crashing into the retaining barrier outside the ring . Undertaker ran Angle into the ringpost and performed a leg drop on him . Undertaker attempted to perform a chokeslam but Angle kicked the Undertaker ' s leg out from under him to escape . Angle applied an ankle lock . Undertaker sent Angle to the floor and then tried to perform an apron legdrop once again but Angle reversed it into an ankle lock . Angle released the hold and then put him again in ankle lock on the floor which Undertaker countered into a triangle choke . Angle was sent to the floor and Undertaker sent him crashing into the timekeeper ' s table . He ripped apart the " SmackDown ! " announcers ' table preparing to send Angle through it . Angle sent Undertaker crashing through the table courtesy of an Angle Slam . The two would reverse each other ' s attempts several times throughout the match until Angle applied the ankle lock which Undertaker countered into a Triangle Choke . Angle countered the choke into the roll - up and pinned Undertaker to successfully retain the World Heavyweight Championship . Aftermath . On the March 3 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Kurt Angle defended the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker in a rematch . Undertaker was in control and executed a Tombstone Piledriver on Angle . As Undertaker made the cover , Mark Henry interfered into the match causing a disqualification . Angle was disqualified thus Undertaker won the match but not the title because a title cannot change hands via DQ . Angle retained the title but Henry started attacking Undertaker . Henry splashed Undertaker through the announcer ' s table . This led to a casket match between Undertaker and Henry at WrestleMania , which Undertaker won . Due to Orton defeating Mysterio at No Way Out for Mysterio ' s world championship title opportunity , SmackDown ! GM Theodore Long , however , disgusted by Orton ' s actions in the match at No Way Out , booked Orton and Mysterio against Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship , which took place at WrestleMania . Mysterio went on to win the match and the World Heavyweight title from Angle after pinning Orton for the win .