No Way Out 2008 No Way Out 2008 was the ninth annual No Way Out professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . It took place on February 17 , 2008 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas , Nevada . It starred wrestlers from the Raw , SmackDown , and ECW brands . The main match on the Raw brand was an Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXIV . Triple H won the match after last eliminating Jeff Hardy . The predominant match on the SmackDown brand was Edge versus Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship , in which Edge won after spearing Mysterio in mid - air . The primary match on the ECW brand was Chavo Guerrero versus CM Punk for the ECW Championship . Guerrero won the match and retained the title after pinning Punk following a frog splash . The predominant match on the Raw brand was Randy Orton versus John Cena for the WWE Championship , which Cena won after Orton disqualified himself . The featured match on the undercard was an Elimination Chamber match to determine the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV . The event had 329 , 000 buys , up on the No Way Out 2007 figure of 218 , 000 buys . Background . The event featured six professional wrestling matches on the card . The event starred wrestlers from the Raw , SmackDown and ECW brands – storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner . 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 main feud on the Raw brand heading into No Way Out was between Randy Orton and John Cena , with the two battling over the WWE Championship . At the Royal Rumble , Cena made a surprise return , entering as the thirtieth participant . Cena went on to win the match after last eliminating Triple H . The following night on " Raw " , Cena told Orton that he couldn ' t wait until WrestleMania and decided to cash in his title opportunity at No Way Out , which Orton accepted . The main feud on the SmackDown brand was between Rey Mysterio and Edge , with the two battling over the World Heavyweight Championship . Mysterio won a Beat the Clock Challenge on the January 4 edition of " SmackDown " , defeating Edge with 90 seconds to go , to earn a title shot at Royal Rumble . At the Royal Rumble , Edge retained the title after his on - screen lover , SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero , interfered by receiving an attack for Edge by Mysterio . This distracted Mysterio and allowed Edge to Spear Mysterio in mid - air , which allowed Edge to retain his title . On the February 1 edition of " SmackDown " , Theodore Long , who was acting as the General Manager due to Guerrero ' s scripted injury , assigned a rematch between the two at No Way Out . Mysterio was injured at a live event overseas on February 13 , but still chose to compete in his match . The main feud on the ECW brand was between CM Punk and Chavo Guerrero , with the two battling over the ECW Championship . On the January 22 edition of " ECW " , Guerrero defeated Punk to win the title after Edge interfered . The following week on " ECW " , while Guerrero was celebrating his victory , Punk , dressed as a Mexican guitarist , hit Guerrero with his guitar . On the February 5 edition of " ECW " , Punk demanded a rematch against Guerrero for the title . Guerrero accepted the challenge for No Way Out . On the same night , ECW General Manager Armando Estrada scheduled the first ever Gulf of Mexico match , in which Punk defeated Guerrero . Other matches on the Raw brand included an Elimination Chamber match , where the winner would receive a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania , and a " Career Threatening " match between Mr . Kennedy and Ric Flair , where Flair would be forced to retire from wrestling if he loses . The other match on the SmackDown brand was another Elimination Chamber match , where the winner will receive a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania . Event . Before the event aired on pay - per - view , Kane defeated Shelton Benjamin by pinfall , after delivering a chokeslam . The first match that aired was the ECW Championship match between CM Punk and the champion , Chavo Guerrero . In the beginning , the two wrestlers exchanged control of the match until late into the match , where Punk kicked Guerrero ' s head , causing him to fall from the ring apron to the outside . Back in the ring , Punk set Guerrero up for a Hurracarana from the top turnbuckle , but Guerrero countered the attempt by holding the ropes , causing Punk to fall to the ring mat . Guerrero immediately hit a Frog splash , and pinned Punk to retain his title . The next match was the SmackDown ! / ECW Elimination Chamber match between The Undertaker , Batista , Big Daddy V ( with Matt Striker ) , Finlay , The Great Khali ( with Ranjin Singh ) and Montel Vontavious Porter . Batista and Undertaker were selected to start the match . Undertaker gained control of the match early after tossing Batista over the top rope onto the chamber ' s steel surface . In the ring , both men were knocked down by hitting a big boot to each other . The third entrant , Big Daddy V , then entered , and dominated both The Undertaker and Batista for some time , until Batista hit him with a massive Spinebuster , and The Undertaker hit a DDT onto the steel floor of the chamber . Batista capitalised and pinned Big Daddy V to eliminate him . The fourth entrant was The Great Khali , who also dominated upon entering , but was eliminated when he submitted to Gogoplata submission hold . The fifth entrant was Finlay , who gained the advantage over Batista by tossing him into the steel chains of the chamber , and over Undertaker by delivering a Celtic Cross to him . Finlay also slammed Undertaker ' s head into the bullet - proof glass of the one of the pods and breaking it , and also causing Undertaker to start bleeding . The sixth entrant , MVP , was attacked by Undertaker when his pod was opened . MVP used a steel chain as a weapon on the other three competitors , until he climbed to the top of a pod . Undertaker followed and delivered a chokeslam to MVP from the top of the pod onto the ring , which caused MVP the match as Finlay pinned MVP and eliminated him . Later , Hornswoggle passed a shillelagh to Finlay from under the ring , which he used on both Batista and Undertaker . He was soon eliminated by Undertaker who pinned him after a Chokeslam from inside the ring onto the steel floor of the chamber . The final two men were Batista and Undertaker . Batista gained advantage after delivering a thunderous Batista Bomb , but Undertaker kicked out which led to Batista tossing Undertaker into the chamber ' s steel chains . Undertaker however , retaliated and countered a powerslam attempt on the outside , bringing both men in , and delivered a devastating Tombstone piledriver and pinned Batista , winning the match and earning a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV , which he also went on to win . The third match was a " Career threatening " match between Ric Flair and Mr . Kennedy . In this match , had Flair lost , he would have had to retire from professional wrestling . Throughout the match Kennedy worked on Flair ' s injured leg , but in the end , Flair was able to trip Kennedy into a Figure four leglock , forcing Kennedy to submit . Thus , Flair won the match and avoided retirement . The next match was a World Heavyweight Championship match between Rey Mysterio and the champion , Edge . Throughout the match , Edge worked on Mysterio ' s injured biceps , which affected Mysterio ' s offense . Mysterio , however , was able to retaliate as he hit a Tornado DDT on Edge for an unsuccessful pinfall attempt . Later in the match , Mysterio hit Edge with a 619 , but failed to capitalize due to his biceps . He then tried to hit Edge with a Springboard Splash , but Edge speared Mysterio in mid - air , and pinned him to retain the title . After the match , The Big Show made a surprise return to the company , where he cut a promo on his recent weight loss ( over 108 pounds ) and future plans of becoming a champion again . After doing so , The Big Show began to taunt professional boxer Floyd Mayweather , Jr . , who was in attendance and Mysterio ' s close friend . As The Big Show threatened to give Mysterio a chokeslam , Mayweather jumped over the security wall and entered the ring to confront The Big Show . The Big Show then got on his knees to allow Mayweather to punch him , which Mayweather did with a combination of punches , which caused The Big Show to bleed from the nose and mouth . Mayweather and his crew fled the ring , and then through the crowd , where Shane McMahon stopped The Big Show from chasing them . The next match was for the WWE Championship between champion Randy Orton and challenger John Cena . At the beginning , both men controlled the match by their turn , until late into the match , Orton started targeting Cena ' s surgically - repaired right pectoral muscle . Later , Orton feigned an injury outside the ring and ordered the referee Mike Chioda to count him out . When Cena came to check Orton ' s " injury " , Orton delivered an RKO to Cena outside the ring . Orton got back in the ring and the referee started to count Cena out . Cena got back into the ring on a nine - count , but Orton purposely slapped the referee in the face and got himself disqualified . As a result , Orton lost the match but retained the title . After the match , Cena delivered an FU to Orton , and applied the STFU . The main event was between Triple H , Shawn Michaels , Jeff Hardy , Chris Jericho , John " Bradshaw " Layfield and Umaga in the second Elimination Chamber match of the night . The first two superstars to start the match were Jericho and Michaels . They fought each other until Umaga entered , and dominated . Some of the highlights were Umaga performing a double Samoan Drop on Jericho and Michaels , and later , hitting his Samoan Wrecking Ball to Jericho into one of the pods ' " bullet - proof " glass . The next superstar to enter the match was JBL , who dominated the other three competitors for some time until he got eliminated by Jericho after a Codebreaker . After his elimination , JBL brought two steel chairs into the chamber to attack Jericho , Michaels and Umaga before leaving . Triple H entered the match next . Soon , every superstar hit their finishing moves on Umaga , with Jericho hitting the Codebreaker , Michaels performing Sweet Chin Music , Triple H executing the Pedigree , and Hardy hitting the Swanton Bomb from the top of a pod . Jericho took advantage and pinned Umaga to eliminate him . Hardy then eliminated Jericho soon after a superkick from Michaels . Later , Triple H eliminated Michaels after hitting a Pedigree , following a Twist of Fate from Hardy . The final two men were Triple H and Hardy . They battled for about five minutes until Triple H delivered a Pedigree on Hardy , but failed to score the pinfall . Triple H tried to use a steel chair but Hardy retaliated , and attempted to deliver a Twist of Fate . Triple H countered the attempt by pushing Hardy into the steel chair . Finally , Triple H delivered a Pedigree to Hardy onto the steel chair and pinned him to win the match , earning a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania . Aftermath . The following night on Raw , John Cena demanded a rematch for the WWE Championship . General Manager William Regal made a non - title match for later that night between Orton and Cena , where if Cena won , he would be included in the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania XXIV . Triple H was assigned to be the guest referee . Cena won the match after executing an FU to Orton , thus changing the match at WrestleMania to a Triple Threat match . After the match , Triple H delivered a Pedigree to both Orton and Cena . At WrestleMania , Orton defeated both Cena and Triple H to retain the WWE Championship . Also on this episode of " Raw " , The Big Show challenged Floyd Mayweather , Jr . to a match , which Mayweather accepted . The match was announced the following week to be scheduled for WrestleMania . The two met at WrestleMania , in a No Disqualificaion match , which Mayweather won . The feud between Rey Mysterio and Edge ended when , on the February 22 edition of " SmackDown " , Mysterio said that he needed surgery , and would be out of action for seven weeks . Edge then entered a feud with The Undertaker , as to Undertaker being the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship . Edge and Undertaker met in a World title match at WrestleMania , in which Undertaker defeated Edge to capture the World title , and to keep his undefeated streak intact . On the February 25 edition of " Raw " , 2008 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee Ric Flair challenged Shawn Michaels to a match at WrestleMania . Michaels accepted after some reluctance , knowing that due to a previous announcement from WWE Chairman Mr . McMahon the next match Flair loses would result in a forced retirement for Flair . Flair also said that " it would be an honor for him to retire at the hands of Shawn Michaels . " At WrestleMania , Michaels defeated Flair , and Flair retired from professional wrestling . A Triple Threat match was made on ECW , where the winner would be the number one contender for the ECW Championship between CM Punk , Shelton Benjamin and Elijah Burke . Punk went on to win the match . One week later , on the March 4 edition of ECW , Punk fought Guerrero for the title , but lost the match . Guerrero , however , would go on to lose the ECW title to Kane in just 8 seconds at WrestleMania XXIV .