Judgment Day 2005 Judgment Day 2005 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It was the seventh annual event of the same name and took place on May 22 , 2005 , at the Target Center in Minneapolis , Minnesota . It was presented by Clearasil . The event featured wrestlers and other talent that performed on the SmackDown ! program . The main event was an " I Quit " match featuring two wrestlers fighting until one stated " I Quit . " WWE Champion John Cena defeated John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) to retain his championship . Two featured bouts were scheduled on the undercard . In respective standard wrestling matches , Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero and Booker T defeated Kurt Angle . Judgment Day grossed over $ 500 , 000 in ticket sales from an attendance of 9 , 500 , and received 220 , 000 pay - per - view buys . This event helped WWE increase its pay - per - view revenue by $ 4 . 7 compared to the previous year . Background . The event featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre - existing scripted feuds , plots and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed either a villainous or fan favorite gimmick as they followed a series of events which generally built tension , leading to a wrestling match . The name of a wrestler ' s character was not always the person ' s birth name , as wrestlers often use a stage name to portray their character . All wrestlers were from the SmackDown ! brand – a storyline division in which WWE assigned its employees to a different program , the other being Raw . The main event at Judgment Day was between John Cena and John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) over the WWE Championship in an " I Quit " match . The previous month at WrestleMania 21 , Cena defeated JBL to win the WWE Championship . On the April 7 episode of " SmackDown ! " , authority figure Theodore Long , a portrayed match maker and rules enforcer , scheduled a series of number one contenders matches , after JBL , Eddie Guerrero , ( Rey Mysterio ) , The Big Show , Booker T , and Kurt Angle all demanded a WWE Championship match . The first match that Long announced was between JBL and Rey Mysterio . Mysterio was disqualified , after Eddie Guerrero interfered and attacked JBL , which resulting in JBL winning the match . The following week on " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero and Kurt Angle were scheduled for the second contender ' s match . Angle advanced to the finals , as he went on to defeat Guerrero . Later during the program , Cena unveiled a spinner version of the WWE championship . Before the unveiling , however , JBL came out wearing the original WWE championship . On the April 21 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Booker T and Big Show were booked in another contenders match . After the match ended in a double disqualification , Long booked JBL , Angle , Booker T , and Big Show in a standard wrestling match involving four wrestlers , dubbed as a Fatal Four - Way match , for the following week . JBL won the match , after he pinned Angle and having the right to face Cena at Judgment Day with the championship on the line . On the May 5 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Cena proposed that he would defend the championship against JBL in an " I Quit " match . Two weeks later , on the May 19 episode of " SmackDown ! " , JBL faced Scotty 2 Hotty , which Scotty 2 Hotty won after JBL was disqualified . After the match , however , JBL attacked Scotty and demanded that he say " I quit . " JBL further the assault , choking him with a leather belt , Scotty said " I quit . " That same night , Cena defeated The Basham Brothers ( Doug and Danny ) in a handicap match , a match consisting of one wrestler or team of wrestlers facing off against a team of wrestlers with numerical superiority such as two against one , or three against two . During the duration of the match , JBL , who was at ringside , yelled at Cena , telling him to say " I quit . " One of the featured preliminary matches was Rey Mysterio versus Eddie Guerrero in a singles match . Two months prior to Judgment Day , at WrestleMania 21 , Rey Mysterio defeated Eddie Guerrero . In the weeks that followed , Guerrero and Mysterio were challenged by MNM ( Joey Mercury , Johnny Nitro , and Melina ) to defend the WWE Tag Team Championship , which Guerrero and Mysterio accepted . MNM defeated Guerrero and Mysterio to win the WWE Tag Team title after Guerrero walked out in the middle of the match . On the April 28 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero and Mysterio were given a rematch for the Tag Team championship . During the match , however , Mysterio accidentally performed a flying body press on Guerrero which led to Guerrero abandoning Mysterio , but returned as the fans urged Guerrero to come back . MNM retained the belt after pinning Mysterio for the win . The following week , Teddy Long booked a Street Fight match , a match without disqualifications and where scoring conditions can occur anywhere , between Mysterio and Guerrero ' s nephew , Chavo Guerrero . Mysterio came out as the winner of the match . After the match , Mercury and Nitro attacked Mysterio , which prompted Guerrero to come out and clear the ring . Guerrero , however , attacked Mysterio . The assault led to Guerrero lifting Mysterio off the ground and driving Mysterio ' s back on the ring steps . This angle saw Guerrero turn into a villain . As a result , the following week , Long promoted a match between Guerrero and Mysterio at Judgment Day . The other featured preliminary match was Kurt Angle versus Booker T in a singles match . On an episode of " SmackDown ! " , Angle , Booker T , Big Show and JBL took part in a Fatal four - way match to determine the number one contender to the WWE championship , which JBL won . The following week , Angle challenged Booker T to a match at Judgment Day , which Booker accepted . Prior to that , Angle had insulted Booker T ' s wife , Sharmell , which led to Booker T attacking and accepting Angle ' s challenge . On the May 12 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Angle admitted he would like to have " perverted sex " with Sharmell . That same night , Angle and Booker T were scheduled in a match , which led to Angle leaving the ring and going backstage to Sharmell . Booker T went backstage and found Sharmell on the floor crying . This led to Angle attacking Booker T from behind and pushing him towards a pair of steel lockers . The following week , Long was scripted to suspend Angle and demanded that Angle apologize for his actions . Angle apologized , but admitted that he actually kissed Sharmell and let her fondle his " private parts " before Booker T made his way to the locker room . Event . Before the Judgment Day event aired live on pay - per - view , Nunzio defeated Akio in a match that aired on " Sunday Night Heat " . Preliminary matches . After " Sunday Night Heat " , the pay - per - view began with a tag team match where MNM ( Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro ) ( with Melina ) defended the WWE Tag Team Championship against the team of Hardcore Holly and Charlie Haas . The match started off with Nitro and Haas in the ring . Haas took the advantage in the match and was able to tag in Holly . There was back and forth action between the two teams , as all of the superstars were able to participate in the match . Mercury threw Haas upwards in the air , as he fell , Nitro placed him in a facelock and all three fell but Haas ' face hit the mat , a move MNM called the " Snapshot " . Mercury pinned Haas , which resulted in MNM retaining the WWE Tag Team title . The second wrestling match on the pay - per - view was The Big Show versus Carlito , who was accompanied by Matt Morgan . For the duration of the match , Big Show used his body size to his advantage as he squashed , or easily and quickly performed moves on Carlito . The momentum changed , when Carlito gained control part way through the match . This saw Carlito hit a low blow on Big Show ' s groin area . Carlito won the match and gained the successful pinfall after Morgan lifted Big Show on his shoulders and threw him in a spinning motion . The next match was a standard match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship , in which Paul London defended the title against Chavo Guerrero . After back and forth action between the two , London was able to perform a 450° splash , a move in which involves flipping forward to 450 degree from a raised platform and landing on the opponent in the splash position . London then pinned Guerrero to retain the WWE Cruiserweight title . The final preliminary match was Kurt Angle versus Booker T . After Booker T backed Angle into the ring ropes and executed a shoulder charge , Angle began to bleed from the mouth . The match saw exchange offense from both Angle and Booker T . The match came to an end when Angle tried to lift and twist Booker T 90 degrees to slam him down , but Booker T grabbed Angle ' s leg and rolled him into a pinfall victory . Main event matches . The first featured match was for the WWE United States Championship , where Orlando Jordan defended the title against Heidenreich . As the match began , Jordan was able to perform a dropkick sending Heidenreich through the ropes to the outside . Heidenreich , however , would gain the advantage after countering Jordan ' s attack from the top rope into a suplex . Afterwards , Jordan drove Heidenreich ' s head into the mat and pinned Heidenreich to retain the United States title . The next match was Eddie Guerrero versus Rey Mysterio in a standard match . In the match , Mysterio tried to counter Guerrero ' s offense , but Guerrero blocked all of Mysterio ' s attempts . Mysterio gained the advantage when he was able to execute a flying headbutt to Guerrero . One part of the match saw Mysterio perform a 619 . Mysterio won the match after Guerrero was disqualified for hitting him with a steel chair . The main event was the " I Quit " match for the WWE Championship , in which John Cena defended his title against John " Bradshaw " Layfield ( JBL ) . Cena came out on the flatbed of a semi truck with a DJ on a turntable mixing his theme song . During the match , both Cena and JBL were able to get in offense . One part of the match saw Cena backdrop JBL through the announce table after telling him to " kiss my ass . " Shortly after , JBL hit Cena with a steel chair which caused Cena to bleed from his forehead . Later in the match , up the ramp area , Cena threw JBL face first through a television monitor . The match ended when JBL said " I quit " , as Cena prepared to hit him with an exhaust pipe , which came from the semi truck that was at the ramp area . As a result , Cena retained the WWE Championship . Despite the match being over , Cena then hit JBL with the exhaust pipe . Aftermath . On the June 6 episode of " Raw " , one of WWE ' s primary television programs , John Cena ' s SmackDown ! tenure came to an end when he became the first wrestler selected by Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff in the draft lottery , a mock sports draft lottery in which wrestlers switched programs . Cena immediately entered a staged rivalry with Eric Bischoff after when he refused to participate in Bischoff ' s " war " against the upcoming Extreme Championship Wrestling reunion show . Cena went onto resume his feud with Christian , as they had an encounter at the Royal Rumble in January . During the feud , Chris Jericho was involved as well , as he protested Bischoff ' s actions of scheduling a WWE championship match between Cena and Christian at Vengeance . After defeating Christian and Tyson Tomko in a tag team match , Jericho betrayed Cena . Convinced with the outcome of the events , Bischoff changed the original match between Christian and Cena to a standard wrestling match involving three wrestlers , involving Jericho for the WWE Championship at Vengeance . At the event , Cena retained the WWE Championship . On the June 30 episode of " SmackDown ! " , a match between six wrestlers for a new top - tier SmackDown ! championship was held . JBL , one of the participants , was victorious in the match , but Theodore Long announced that he was still not the champion . Instead he had won the right to a match against the World Heavyweight champion , Batista , who was SmackDown ! ' s final 2005 draft pick , making the World Heavyweight Championship exclusive to SmackDown ! . The following week , it was announced Batista would meet JBL at The Great American Bash with the World Heavyweight championship on the line . At the Great American Bash , Batista was disqualified for attacking JBL with a chair and JBL was declared the winner . In WWE , a title cannot be won by disqualification , but only by pinfall or submission ( the normal scoring conditions in professional wrestling matches ) . As a result , Batista retained the title . On the June 13 episode of " Raw " , Kurt Angle ' s tenure with SmackDown ! came to an end , as he was also drafted to the Raw brand . There , he immediately continued his feud with Shawn Michaels . At the start of the year , Angle and Michaels both participated in the Royal Rumble match at the January pay - per - view event . During the match , Michaels eliminated Angle . In retaliation , Angle returned to the match and eliminated Michaels and then attacked him outside the ring . The two engaged in a feud , which led to an Interpromotional match at WrestleMania 21 , as Angle was part of the SmackDown ! roster and Michaels belonged to the Raw roster . At WrestleMania 21 , Angle got the win over Michaels by forcing him to submit to an ankle lock submission hold . The same evening Angle was drafted , Michaels challenged Angle to a WrestleMania 21 rematch at Vengeance , in which Angle accepted . At Vengeance , the rematch saw Michaels defeat Angle . The angle between Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio continued . On an episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero threatened to reveal a secret concerning Mysterio ' s son Dominick . This led the families of both Guerrero and Mysterio pleading with Guerrero not to reveal the secret . At the Great American Bash , Mysterio defeated Guerrero in a match where if Guerrero lost , he could not reveal the secret . On the July 28 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Guerrero , however , revealed the secret , claiming he was Dominick ' s scripted biological father . The storyline also went on that Guerrero knew Mysterio was having trouble starting his own family , so Guerrero left Dominick to be raised by Mysterio ' s family . In subsequent weeks , Guerrero threatened to take custody of Dominick , drawing up custody papers and having his lawyer present them to Mysterio . This led to a Ladder match , a match where the objective was to climb a ladder and reach an object hanging above the ring , between the two for the custody of Dominick at SummerSlam , which Mysterio won . Reception . The Target Center had a maximum capacity of 20 , 000 , which was reduced for the event . This event grossed over $ 500 , 000 from an approximate attendance of 9 , 500 , the maximum allowed . It also received 220 , 000 pay - per - view buys . Judgment Day helped WWE earn $ 21 . 6 million in revenue from pay - per - view events versus $ 16 . 9 million the previous year , which was later confirmed by Linda McMahon on September 7 , 2005 in a quarterly result . Canadian Online Explorers professional wrestling section rated the event a 5 out of 10 stars . The rating was lower than the Judgment Day event in 2006 , which was said to be an entertaining pay - per - view to watch . The " I Quit " match between John Cena and JBL was rated an eight out of 10 stars . Additionally , the match between Orlando Jordan and Heidenreich was rated a 4 out of 10 stars . The event was released on DVD on June 21 , 2005 by Sony Music Entertainment .