No Way Out 2002 No Way Out 2002 was a professional wrestling pay - per - view ( PPV ) event produced by World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) . The event took place on February 17 , 2002 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . Background . The biggest storyline for No Way Out was when Vince McMahon revealed that he would unleash the New World Order ( nWo ) upon the World Wrestling Federation . McMahon said he wouldn ' t bring the nWo out if Ric Flair handed over his 50 % ownership of the WWF , however , Flair refused . After defeating Kurt Angle on the January 28 , 2002 episode of " WWF Raw " , Stone Cold Steve Austin earned a match at No Way Out for the Undisputed WWF Championship against champion Chris Jericho ( who defeated Steve Austin to become the 1st Undisputed Champion at Vengeance ) . Jericho had just retained the title against The Rock at the 2002 Royal Rumble . Afterwords , he successfully defended the title again against Maven on the same night where Austin became the # 1 Contender . Jericho and Austin spent the weeks before No Way Out getting back at each other , including a segment where Jericho knocked out Austin and poured beer all over him . On the February 14th edition of " WWF SmackDown ! " , Austin nailed Jericho with the Stone Cold Stunner then poured beer all over him in retaliation . After winning the 2002 Royal Rumble , Triple H was guaranteed a shot at the Undisputed WWF Championship at WrestleMania X8 . Kurt Angle , who felt that he should have won the Royal Rumble instead , challenged Triple H to a match at No Way Out with his WrestleMania title shot on the line . Triple H accepted , but was also having trouble with Stephanie McMahon , his on - screen wife , outside the ring . Stephanie demanded that they renew their wedding vows on the February 11 , 2002 episode of " Raw " , because she was pregnant with their child . This was later revealed as a trick , and the doctor that Stephanie had brought in to verify her pregnacy was fake . On the night of the ceremony , Triple H exposed the truth , and declared an end to their on - screen marriage . Three days later , on the February 14 , 2002 episode of " WWF SmackDown ! " , Stephanie announced herself as the guest referee in the match between Triple H and Kurt Angle at No Way Out . On the January 24 , 2002 episode of " SmackDown ! " , The Rock mocked The Undertaker for his quick elimination by Maven during the Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble . The Undertaker ' s interference led to The Rock losing to Kurt Angle in the Semi - finals tournament to challenge for the Undisputed championship at No Way Out . On the February 4 , 2002 episode of " Raw " , during a tag team match , The Undertaker grabbed a steel lead pipe from his motorcycle and nailed The Rock in the head with it , allowing Chris Jericho to score the pinfall win . Three days later on " SmackDown ! " , The Rock retaliated by hitting him with a chair and helping Maven win the WWF Hardcore Championship ; however The Undertaker performed a Tombstone Piledriver on The Rock onto the hood of a limousine in revenge . A match was made between the two at No Way Out . Aftermath . After his win over Steve Austin , Chris Jericho aligned with Stephanie McMahon ( who he was arch enemies with for the past couple of years ) , in an attempt to take down Triple H , who had won back his title shot on the episode of " Raw " immediately following No Way Out . Jericho lost the WWF Undisputed Championship to Triple H at WrestleMania X8 , and also failed to win a rematch on the March 25 episode of " Raw " , in the process forcing Stephanie to , in storyline , leave the WWF per the pre - match stipulation . The feud with Triple H continued , and Jericho would get revenge a month later when he interfered in Triple H ' s championship defense against Hollywood Hulk Hogan at Backlash 2002 and cost him the title . The two would feud in the following weeks until Judgment Day 2002 , when Triple H defeated Chris Jericho in a Hell in a Cell match . The nWo set their sights on Steve Austin and The Rock . Austin wrestled and defeated Scott Hall at WrestleMania X8 , while The Rock wrestled and defeated Hogan at the same event . Afterwards , Austin would continue to pursue the Undisputed title , and The Rock left for three months to make another film . Hogan was kicked out of the nWo after WrestleMania and , as mentioned above , later challenged Triple H for the WWF Undisputed Championship at Backlash and won it , tying him with Austin and The Rock for the record for most WWF Championship wins ( which at that time was six and has since been broken twice ; John Cena currently holds the record with 11 ) . Scott Hall defeated Bradshaw at Backlash , but was released less than a month later . Kevin Nash injured his biceps shortly after his debut and was relegated to a non - wrestling role within the nWo until July , when he suffered a torn quadriceps tendon in his first match back and missed the remainder of the year . After losing to The Rock , The Undertaker would feud with Ric Flair , which ended with Undertaker picking up the win at WrestleMania X8 . Spike Dudley and Tazz would lose the WWF Tag Team Championship to Billy and Chuck shortly after No Way Out . Billy and Chuck would soon go on to successfully defend them at WrestleMania X8 against The Hardy Boyz , The Dudley Boyz , and The APA in the four teams elimination match . William Regal would go on to defend the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Rob Van Dam at WrestleMania X8 , where Van Dam would get the first of six career reigns as Intercontinental Champion . After losing to Regal at No Way Out , Edge would enter a very short feud with Booker T , which included Edge ' s first singles win at a WrestleMania event . After losing to Van Dam at No Way Out , Goldust entered the Hardcore division , where he would win the WWF Hardcore Championship nine times .