New Years Revolution 2005 New Year ' s Revolution 2005 was the first annual New Year ' s Revolution pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment . It took place on January 9 , 2005 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan , Puerto Rico . This event was the first pay - per - view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico . Tickets for this event sold out in less than a month after being available for sale , marking one of the fastest selling events in the short history of the Coliseum . The main event was an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H , Randy Orton , Batista , Edge , Chris Jericho , and Chris Benoit . Triple H won the match and the championship after last eliminating Orton . One of the predominant matches on the card was between Kane and Snitsky , which Kane won by pinfall after performing a Tombstone Piledriver . Another primary match on the card was Muhammad Hassan versus Jerry Lawler , which Hassan won by pinfall after executing a Reverse STO . Background . On the December 13 , 2004 edition of " Raw " , Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff announced that at New Year ' s Revolution , there would be an Elimination Chamber match between Triple H , Edge , Chris Benoit , Chris Jericho , Batista and Randy Orton . On the December 27 , 2004 edition of " Raw " , Bischoff announced that all of the match ' s participants would compete in singles matches , and the length of their match would determine the entrance order of the Elimination Chamber . Christy Hemme was announced as the time - keeper for the show . Another stipulation in the matches was that if any of the participants lost their matches , the person who beat them would replace them in the Chamber match . All six participants won their matches , but Batista won his match in three minutes and two seconds , which turned out to be the shortest match length out of all participants . As a result , Batista earned the right to enter the Elimination Chamber match last . That same night , Bischoff announced that Shawn Michaels would take the Special Guest Referee role in the match . On the following edition of " Raw " , Bischoff booked three separate matches to take place later that night . The first match was between Benoit and Batista , which saw Batista pin Benoit after a Batista Bomb . The next match was between Edge and Jericho , where Edge pinned Jericho to score the victory . The final match was between Triple H and Orton , which Orton won after delivering an RKO and scoring the pinfall . During the match , the other four Chamber participants interfered when the referee was knocked out . The primary feud heading into the event was between Kane and Gene Snitsky . On the September 13 edition of " Raw " , Kane competed in a No Holds Barred match against Snitsky . During the match , Kane ' s on - screen wife , Lita interfered in the match , which led to Kane accidentally falling a top of her after Snitsky hit Kane with a steel chair . The match came to an immediate end as trainers and Emergency medical technicians took Lita on a stretcher to an ambulance , as she needed medical attention . On the September 20 , 2004 edition of " Raw " , it was announced that Lita had suffered a miscarriage due to what had happened the previous week . On the October 4 , 2004 edition of " Raw " , Snitsky claimed in an interview that the miscarriage was " not his fault . " Kane proceeded on to attack Snitsky , but Snitsky retaliated by attacking Kane with a lead pipe , which caused Kane to bleed from the head . After the attack , Bischoff made a Weapon of Choice match between the two for Taboo Tuesday . The match was voted to be a steel chain match , where the only weapon that could be used , was the steel chain . Snitsky defeated Kane at Taboo Tuesday after locking a steel chair around Kane ' s neck , and jumping onto it from the top rope , causing Kane to bleed from the mouth . The following weeks , Snitsky would state before his matches that the incident with Kane and Lita " was not his fault , " but the injury ' s his opponent might get that night " would be his fault . " He would also mock the miscarriage during a street fight against Eugene by using a " No Babies " road sign and a baby carriage . On the December 27 edition of " Raw " , Bischoff announced that Kane would face Snitsky at New Year ' s Revolution . On the January 3 edition of " Raw " , Kane would return ( after weeks of inactivity ) to save Lita from being double - teamed by Snitsky and Trish Stratus . The predominant feud heading into the event was between Trish Stratus and Lita over the WWE Women ' s Championship . On the October 25 , 2004 edition of " Raw " , Stratus approached Lita backstage and told her that she had gained weight from her pregnancy , which led to Lita attacking Stratus . That same night , a match was made between the two for the Women ' s Championship at Survivor Series . At Survivor Series , Stratus defeated Lita by disqualification to retain the title , after Lita hit Stratus with a steel chair . On the November 22 edition of " Raw " , Stratus defeated Lita and Molly Holly in a Triple Threat match for the title . After the match , Lita attacked Stratus and caused Stratus ' s nose to bleed . On the December 6 edition of " Raw " , Lita defeated Stratus in the main event to capture the Women ' s Championship after delivering a Moonsault . On the January 3 episode of " Raw " , it was announced that Stratus would face Lita for the title at New Year ' s Revolution . Event . Before the event aired live on pay - per - view , The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance ( Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway ) in a dark match . The first match to air live was a tag team match between the team of Eugene and William Regal and the team of Christian and Tyson Tomko for the World Tag Team Championship . During the match , Christian hit Regal in the nose , causing it to bleed . Eugene delivered a dropkick to Tomko and scored the pinfall to win the match . The next match was between Trish Stratus and Lita for the WWE Women ' s Championship . Early on in the match , Lita appeared to suffer a legitimate injury after an attack by Stratus . Towards the match ' s end , Stratus delivered a Chick Kick to Lita to score the pinfall , win the match , and win the title . The third match of the card was between Shelton Benjamin and Maven for the WWE Intercontinental Championship . Early in the match , Maven escaped the ring to taunt the fans for speaking Spanish . As the referee began to count him out , Maven ran back into the ring . Benjamin quickly rolled - up Maven to score the pinfall and win the match to retain the title . Immediately after the match , Maven demanded a re - match after stating that the first match " did not count . " As match started , Benjamin delivered a T - Bone suplex to Maven to score the pinfall , win the match , and retain the title , again . The next match was between Muhammad Hassan ( with Daivari ) and Jerry Lawler ( with Jim Ross ) . Due to Lawler and Ross being involved in the match , no commentary was provided for the match . Towards the end of the match , Lawler attempted to pin Hassan , but Daivari pulled Hassan ' s foot on the bottom rope , which meant the count would have to stop immediately . Lawler then chased Daivari around the ring , until re - entering the ring , which resulted in Hassan delivering a Reverse STO and scoring the pinfall onto Lawler to win the match . The sixth match of the event was between Kane and Snitsky . A back and forth match took place between the two , with both men having advantages at different spot in the match . Towards the end of the match , Snitsky bit Kane ' s ear , but Kane retaliated by delivering a Tombstone piledriver to Snitsky to score the pinfall and win the match . The main event of the card was the Elimination Chamber match between Triple H , Edge , Chris Benoit , Chris Jericho , Batista and Randy Orton ( with Shawn Michaels as the Special Guest Referee ) for the World Heavyweight Championship . The rules of the match were that two participants would start the match , and every five minutes , another participant would enter the match after being released from their individual chamber . Participants were able to be eliminated from the match via pinfall or submission . Benoit and Jericho were the first two in the match . After five minutes , Triple H was released from his chamber , into the match . With all men remaining in the match , Edge was released from his chamber . Benoit attempted to apply the Crippler Crossface to Edge , but Edge countered the attack . Triple H delivered a Pedigree to Jericho right before Orton entered the match . Mid - match , Edge speared Michaels by accident , but when Michaels recovered , he delivered a Sweet Chin Music to Edge , which resulted in Jericho delivering a Lionsault to Edge . Jericho then pinned Edge to eliminate him from the match . Batista , the final entrant , then entered the match after time expired . Batista delivered a Spinebuster to Jericho a top of Benoit . Batista then pinned Benoit to eliminate him from the match . Seconds later , Batista delivered a Batista Bomb to Jericho to pin him and eliminate him from the match . Later on in the match , Triple H countered an RKO , by throwing Orton into Batista . Batista then attempted to deliver a Batista Bomb to Orton , but Orton countered by delivering a low - blow to Batista and scoring the pinfall to eliminate Batista from the match . Before Batista left the ring , he delivered a clothesline to Orton . Afterward , Triple H delivered a Pedigree to Orton to score the pinfall and eliminate Orton . As a result , Triple H won the match and the title . Aftermath . The night after New Year ' s Revolution on " Raw " , Eric Bischoff booked a match between Batista and Randy Orton for later that night . The winner of that match would become the number - one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship , and would face Triple H for the title at the Royal Rumble . Orton won the match via pinfall , and the right to face Triple H at the Rumble . On the January 17 edition of " Raw " , Batista announced that he would be a participant in the 2005 Royal Rumble match . On the January 24 edition of " Raw " , Orton defeated Ric Flair after delivering an RKO . At the Royal Rumble , Batista won the Royal Rumble match , and Triple H defeated Orton to retain the World Heavyweight Championship . At WrestleMania 21 , Batista defeated Triple H to capture the title . The feud between Kane and Gene Snitsky continued on the January 17 edition of " Raw " , when the two competed in a No Holds barred match . The match ended in a no - contest after Kane chokeslam ed Snitsky off of the stage . However , the feud ended on the January 31 edition of " Raw " , when Kane defeated Snitsky in a steel cage match after delivering a chokeslam off of the cage ' s door . The feud between Trish Stratus and Lita ended after the event , as Lita suffered a legitimately torn ACL ligament . On the January 17 edition of " Raw " , however , Stratus mocked Lita ' s injury , but was chokeslammed by Kane . After New Year ' s Revolution , Edge began a feud with Shawn Michaels because of his feeling that Michaels screwed him in the Elimination Chamber match . At the Royal Rumble , Edge defeated Michaels in a singles match . At the event , Eugene suffered a legit ruptured left patella tendon , which required surgery . Eugene and William Regal lost the World Tag Team Championships to La Résistance ( Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier ) . On the February 7 edition of " Raw " , La Résistance lost the titles to William Regal and Tajiri .