16. No Way Out (2005)
By 2005, Smackdown was getting routinely shafted by the company's emphasis on Raw as the A-brand. This was apparent when the undercard boasted The Undertaker vs. Luther Reigns, and Booker T vs. Heidenreich. The main event was a barbed wire steel cage match, where the barbs didn't even come into play. Big Show looked positively chumpish in the finish, walking 2 MPH to the door while JBL covertly crawled out through a hole in the ring. RECOMMENDED MATCH: John Cena vs. Kurt Angle. The winner received the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania, and it's exactly the sort of match you'd expect the two to have. After a year of working with unprovens on Smackdown, Cena finally managed a great match with an established pro.
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