No Way Out 2007 No Way Out 2007 was the ninth annual No Way Out pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on February 18 , 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles , California and was the final branded pay - per - view before all pay - per - view events became tri - branded . The main event was an interpromotional tag team match between Batista and The Undertaker ( from SmackDown ! ) and John Cena and Shawn Michaels ( from Raw ) . Cena and Michaels won the match after Cena pinned Undertaker following an FU . The main match on the undercard was an interpromotional Six - man tag team match between the team of Chris Benoit and The Hardys ( Matt and Jeff ) and the team of MNM ( Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro ) and Montel Vontavious Porter , which was won by the Hardys and Benoit after Benoit forced Mercury to submit to the Crippler Crossface . Background . The event featured eight 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 SmackDown ! ' s World Heavyweight Champion Batista and his partner , The Undertaker , and Raw ' s WWE Champion John Cena and Shawn Michaels . This feud began after Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match . The following week on an episode of " SmackDown ! " , the two world champions demanded an answer from Undertaker as to who he would face at WrestleMania , but Michaels interfered , as he also wanted an answer from Undertaker . As they awaited for Undertaker ' s answer , Vince McMahon , the WWE Chairman , made an appearance and announced an interpromotional tag team match between the two pairs of brand representatives . On the February 5 , 2007 episode of " Raw " , Undertaker made his decision to face World Heavyweight Champion Batista at WrestleMania 23 , sending a message through a chokeslam . Michaels then became Cena ' s challenger at WrestleMania 23 after winning a Triple Threat match against Randy Orton and Edge . On the February 15 , 2007 episode of " Raw " , the brand representatives were pitted in an eight - man tag - team match against Rated - RKO ( Orton and Edge ) , Mr . Kennedy , and Montel Vontavious Porter in which the brand representatives were victorious . The " Raw " representatives went on to win the World Tag Team Championship , although Michaels made many attempts to superkick Cena during the road to No Way Out . On the February 16 , 2007 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Undertaker and Batista again teamed up to face Rated - RKO and were victorious via pinfall . The secondary feud heading into No Way Out was between Chris Benoit and The Hardys against MNM and Montel Vontavious Porter ( MVP ) . This feud began shortly after MNM reformed , when they challenged the reunited Hardys at December to Dismember in a losing effort . They then continued to wrestle on episodes of " Raw " , " ECW " , and " SmackDown ! " until Armageddon , when Mercury suffered a legitimate severe facial injury . On the February 16 episode of " SmackDown ! " , SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long announced a ladder match between Paul London and Brian Kendrick , Dave Taylor and William Regal , MNM , and The Hardys for the WWE Tag Team Championship , but WWE ' s official website announced the match had changed to pit The Hardys and Chris Benoit against MNM and MVP , while Brian Kendrick and Paul London faced Deuce ' n Domino in a separate match . Benoit and MVP were added to the match on short notice , as they were not feuding at the time . The third feud heading into No Way Out was between Kane and King Booker . This feud began during the 2007 Royal Rumble match when Kane eliminated King Booker from the match , but Booker returned unofficially to eliminate Kane . The feud continued on the February 2 , 2007 episode of " SmackDown ! " during King Booker ' s Key to the City ceremony in Houston , Texas , when Kane interrupted the ceremony and attacked King Booker . After they continued to feud during the weeks leading up to No Way Out , Theodore Long booked a match between the two at No Way Out . On the February 16 , 2007 episode of " SmackDown ! " , King Booker mocked Kane by dishonestly reviewing Kane ' s " See No Evil " movie , but Booker ran out when Kane came in to attack him . The fourth feud heading into No Way Out was between Bobby Lashley and Mr . Kennedy . This feud began on the February 23 episode of " SmackDown ! " when Lashley made a guest appearance to visit Theodore Long . Mr . Kennedy voiced his opinion to Lashley , reminding Lashley that he had beaten him before and claiming that he could to it again . Long then scheduled a match between the two for the ECW World Championship at No Way Out after contacting ECW officials . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , a dark match between Rob Van Dam and Shelton Benjamin took place . Van Dam won the match by pinning Benjamin after performing a Five - star frog splash . Preliminary matches . The first match that aired was the six - man tag team match between the team of The Hardys ( Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy ) and Chris Benoit and the team of MNM ( Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury ) and Montel Vontavious Porter . The match began with Porter and Benoit , and Benoit gained the early advantage over Porter . The Hardys and Benoit remained with the advantage until MNM got involved in the match . MNM illegally double teamed The Hardys while the referee was distracted . Benoit was then tagged into the match , and MNM attempted to perform a Snapshot on Benoit . Benoit , however , countered the maneuver into a Crippler crossface on Mercury , who submitted , thus making The Hardys and Benoit the winners . The next match was a Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship . The match began with Scotty 2 Hotty against Daivari ; Hotty eliminated Daivari via pinfall after performing the Worm . The Cruiserweight Champion , Gregory Helms , then entered the match and eliminated Hotty via pinfall after he performed a Double knee facebreaker on Hotty . Funaki was the next participant to enter the match ; however , he was eliminated via pinfall after Helms executed a Crossbody into a pin while holding onto Funaki ' s tights . Shannon Moore was the fifth entrant into the gauntlet , but was eliminated via pinfall after Helms performed a Double knee facebreaker on him . Jimmy Wang Yang , the sixth entrant , eliminated Helms via pinfall after performing a Hurricanrana pin . Jamie Noble was the seventh entrant into the Gauntlet match , but he was eliminated via pinfall after Yang performed a moonsault into a pin . The final entrant , Chavo Guerrero , pinned Yang after a frog splash , thus winning the match and becoming the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion . The third match was a Mixed tag team match between the team of Finlay and Little Bastard and the team of The Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman . The match started off with Finlay against The Boogeyman while Little Bastard hid under the ring . Finlay gained the advantage over Little Boogeyman as he threw him over the top rope onto ringside , where Little Bastard pulled Little Boogeyman under the ring . As Little Bastard finally entered into the ring , he ran out to ringside in fear of The Boogeyman , which led to The Boogeyman chasing him around the ring . This distracted the referee , allowing Finlay to hit Little Boogeyman with a shillelagh , after which Finlay covered him for the win . The next match was the encounter between King Booker and Kane . The match started off with Kane gaining the advantage over Booker , which he held throughout the beginning of the match . Kane then attempted a chokeslam , but Booker contered the maneuver into a Scissors kick . Kane , however , managed to counter this with a clothesline . Queen Sharmell , who was at ringside in Booker ' s corner , distracted Kane , allowing Booker to hit him with a heel kick . Kane retaliated by performing a chokeslam on Booker and covering him to win the match via pinfall . The fifth match was a tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship between Deuce ' n Domino and the defending champions , Paul London and Brian Kendrick . There was back and forth action between the teams in the beginning of the match ; however , Deuce ' n Domino gained the advantage over Kendrick and London , as they focused on wearing down London , not allowing him to tag in his partner . London was eventually able to tag Kendrick into the match , after which Domino attempted an aerial attack from the top rope . He missed Kendrick with the attack , however , allowing Kendrick to roll him up for the pin . As a result , London and Kendrick won the match and retained the WWE Tag Team Championship . The sixth match was an ECW World Championship match between defending champion Bobby Lashley and Mr . Kennedy . As Kennedy made his entrance towards the ring , Lashley attacked Kennedy in the aisle , delaying the start of the match . When Lashley and Kennedy finally entered the ring , Kennedy attempted many submission holds to no avail , but he continued to attack Lashley in an attempt to keep him from getting up . Kennedy then left the ring to get a steel chair , but Lashley took the chair and attacked Kennedy with it , which caused the referee to end the match as a result of a disqualification . Kennedy won the match , but due to WWE rules , Lashley retained the ECW World Championship . After the match , Lashley hit Kennedy with a steel chair repeatedly until WWE officials ran in to control Lashley . After the sixth match , there was a Diva Talent Invitational hosted by The Miz , featuring divas from SmackDown ! and Raw as well as vixens from ECW . First , Extreme Expose danced to Rich Boy ' s " Boy Looka Here " . Next , Jillian Hall sang a song , but The Miz stopped her from continuing . Candice Michelle , Ariel , and Maria came out next , but before they presented their talent , a catfight broke out among the three divas . Ashley then came out , but before she made her way down to the ring , she took her top off to reveal her breasts covered with pasties in the form of the Playboy logo . The Miz then declared Ashley the winner of the Diva Talent Invitational . Main event match . The main event was an inter - promotional tag - team match between SmackDown ! ' s Batista and The Undertaker and Raw ' s tag team champions John Cena and Shawn Michaels . The match started off with Cena and Batista , and Batista gained the advantage over Cena . Undertaker and Batista then continued to wear down Cena and Michaels before throwing them over the top rope to ringside . As Cena returned into the ring , he attempted to perform an FU on Batista , but Undertaker interfered . This allowed Batista to counter the maneuver into a Batista Bomb , but Cena managed to escape after Michaels interfered . As Batista gave Michaels a Spinebuster , Undertaker executed a chokeslam on Cena . Undertaker then prepared to perform a Tombstone piledriver on Cena ; however , Batista turned on Undertaker by performing a Spinebuster on him . Batista then exited the ring , allowing Michaels to perform Sweet Chin Music and Cena to execute an FU on Undertaker . Cena then pinned Undertaker to win the match for his team . Aftermath . After No Way Out , The Undertaker continued his feud with Batista over the World Heavyweight Championship . At WrestleMania 23 , he pinned Batista to win the title . Shawn Michaels , however , was unable to win the WWE Championship , as he lost to John Cena at WrestleMania 23 . After Kane defeated King Booker at No Way Out , the two continued to feud on " SmackDown ! " in a Money in the Bank qualifying match on February 23 , 2007 . The feud , however , ended after Booker defeated Kane to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match . Kane then began a feud with The Great Khali , who came out to the ring to attack Kane after the match . At WrestleMania 23 , however , Kane lost to Khali via pinfall . After No Way Out , The Hardys qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 but were unsuccessful in winning the match , as Mr . Kennedy won it . Chris Benoit and Montel Vontavious Porter began a feud over the WWE United States Championship , and Benoit successfully defended his championship against Porter at WrestleMania 23 . After this event , MNM ' s reunion ended , as Joey Mercury was released by WWE on March 26 , 2007 . After Bobby Lashley was disqualified at No Way Out , he was chosen to represent Donald Trump at WrestleMania 23 against Vince McMahon ' s representative , Umaga , in the Battle of the Billionaires : Hair vs . Hair match . Lashley won the match at WrestleMania and the right for Trump to shave McMahon ' s head .