No Way Out

No Way Out was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced every February by the professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event was created in 1998, with its inaugural event produced as an In Your House event in February of that year. The event in 2000 was rebranded as an annual PPV event for WWE. To coincide with the brand extension, the event was made exclusive to the SmackDown brand in 2004. In 2007, to follow the format of WrestleMania, all PPV events became tri-branded. The supposed final event was held in 2009, with Elimination Chamber replacing No Way Out in 2010 until the event's return in 2012.
During its time, the event had been held in two countries: the United States and Canada. It had been held in eight U.S. states and one Canadian province, where every event has been held in an indoor arena. Each event featured talent from WWE competing in various professional wrestling match types. Seven championship matches have taken place in the main event during its run.
Professional wrestling is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event features several professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
==No Way Out dates and venues==
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue
In Your House 20: No Way Out of Texas	February 15, 1998	Houston, Texas 	Compaq Center
No Way Out 2000 	February 27, 2000	Hartford, Connecticut 	Hartford Civic Center
No Way Out 2001 	February 25, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada 	Thomas & Mack Center
No Way Out 2002 	February 17, 2002	Milwaukee, Wisconsin 	Bradley Center
No Way Out 2003 	February 23, 2003	Montreal, Quebec 	Bell Centre
No Way Out 2004 	February 15, 2004	Daly City, California 	Cow Palace
No Way Out 2005 	February 20, 2005	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	Mellon Arena
No Way Out 2006 	February 19, 2006	Baltimore, Maryland 	1st Mariner Arena
No Way Out 2007 	February 18, 2007	Los Angeles, California 	Staples Center
No Way Out 2008 	February 17, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada 	Thomas & Mack Center
No Way Out 2009 	February 15, 2009	Seattle, Washington 	KeyArena
No Way Out 2012 	June 17, 2012 	East Rutherford, New Jersey	IZOD Center
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
==External links==
*No Way Out (Official Website)
* No Way Out on WWE Network
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