Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30710 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-06-02
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 196 minutes

Special Features
English
Region 0
Steve Austins Surprise Return
Extra Match
Interviews

Synopsis
Join some of the biggest stars of the WWE in the annual match-up know as NO WAY OUT! Highlights include The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan, Undertaker vs. Big Show, Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Eric Bischoff, and many more. WWE - NO WAY OUT 2003 also has lots of extra footage, behind the scenes, additional matches and interviews.

Customer Reviews

a wee cracker but two pudding matches so be warned
No way out is an event that divides many,what appears to be accepted is that the card looked good enough and that plenty was expected,i for one,believe this to be a good event,only two matches bothered me really and that is forgivable,sort of.
The event opened with a blaze of glory,as chris jericho went head to head with jef hardy,this match was dazzling,spectacular and more,high moves,low moves and everything in between,both men gave 100 percent and the fans were going mad here,in truth i didnt want the match to end but when it did we all knew that we had seen something worth revisiting.
The next match was for the world tag team championship,the champions were william regal and lance storm who went up against the decent tag team of rob van dam and kane,this match was solid,while never knocking me off my feet,regal and storm performed well showing great chemistry as a team while van dam and kane had pace and power wrapped up as a team,the ending was enjoyable and this was short and sweet enough to maintain the shows quality.
Next up was a match for the cruiserweight championship,billy kidman,the champ,went up against matt hardy,hardy was certainly enjoying himself as a heel here and went into this with arrogance and a will to win that transferred itself to the way he approached kidman and i felt that these two enjoyed a good wrestling match that had some innovative and highly skilled segments as well,a good quality match.
The hype was falling off the rafters for the next match,the undertaker vs the big show was the match in question,teh match should have been alot shorter and certainly got frustrating as the undertaker couldnt do any of his moves on the big show so it all became a little tiring and fast,big show wasnt at the races here either though and both men are responsible for making this something of a chore,a good finisher meant that i was pleased in that respect but these two didnt highlight the need for many repeats of this match.
A three on two handicap match followed,team angle,which comprised of kurt angle,charlie haas and shelton benjamin went up against chris benoit and brock lesnar,this team lost edge prior to the beginning,this match was very good,and in fairness i knew it would be,skill and strength being spread out over the five men in spades,this was quite simply a great wrestling match and much can be learnt from watching this match,great counters and more,basic wrestling from the ground up was the order of the day and i cant fault this match.
The same cant be said of the next match which was for the world heavyweight title,the champ,triple H was up against scott steiner in a repeat of a horrible match at royal rumble 2003,that match stunk the house out and this one didnt do itself any favours either.The commentators stated that this was a match triple H didnt want,well the fans didnt want it either,this match was boring and everyone switched off,the interference of members of evolution was the only high point in a match that ranks as poor as they come.
Next up was a match that could certainly be called a bona fide grudge match,in 1995 eric bischoff fired steve austin from WCW as he thought he wasnt gonna make it,austin joined WWF as it was then and became the biggest name in wrestling for many a year,austin and bischoff share a kind of hatred that is easy to believe and this match was what we all wanted to see,and while it was certainly one sided,i thought it was great,eric took one hell of a beatdown as the crowd cheered on every brutal assualt that stonecold could give them,the place was certainly in party mode and that is always good.
The main event followed and was a repeat of wrestlemania 18 when hulk hogan fought the rock,two men that gave wrestling a world wide identity,the rock was more than happy to take the heel role here and the crowd was certainly in favour of hogan,this match was really good,the rock hamming it up like no one else could rival and hogan enjoying a new found glory with the fans,the match was good fun and then came one of the great screw jobs of all time,kayfabe yes!,but very good nonetheless,i thought it was great and the final image is superb,leading up to a match 20 years in the making at wrestlemania 19,a super event,let me see,ok,3.5 stars.

A PRETTY GOOD LEAD UPTO WRESTLEMANIA
The WWE's second PPV of the year was a fairly good effort and provided a decent set-up for next month's WrestleMania XIX. The crowd, also, in Montreal proved entertaining during a number of matches due to their complete unpredictability. Anyhow, here's the matches in the order in which they occurred: (each match is rated out of 10)

MATCH 1-- CHRIS JERICHO vs JEFF HARDY. I was disappointed with this match the first time I saw it, but it gets better each time I watch it.

As an opening match it's good- it's allowed to go for a nice 15 minutes or so & there's some good near falls (for Hardy, his Swanton and Old school expulsion-like Twist of Fate and for Jericho, a soft-looking Lionsault and a Sleeper drop). There are a few faults with the match though- Jeff messes up a fair few spots (a weird roll-up near the end and a jawbreaker where he falls flat on his back) which sort of took away from the action.( Plus, Jeff looks like he's come straight from a paintball tournament.) In the end, Jericho powerbombs Jeff off the second rope and locks in what they're calling the Walls of Jericho, but what is actually just a run-of-the-mill Boston crab. Jeff taps anyway to this butchered Walls. HBK saves Jeff from the "Walls" after the match- he comes out to boos (Survivor Series 97) but ends up being cheered, which is weird because Jericho started off the match to boos, but the crowd switched to his side halfway through. (7.5)

MATCH 2-- STORM & REGAL vs RVD & KANE. OK match. Not wonderful. Storm hits a nice DDT halfway into it, but that's about it. The finish is, like one later in the evening, one you'll either like it or you won't: Storm messes with Kane's mask so he can't see, RVD is pushed into him and gets Chokeslammed. Regal covers RVD for the pin. (5)

MATCH 3-- MATT HARDY (v1.0) vs BILLY KIDMAN. Another match that grew on me after a second viewing. Matt & Kidman are two of Smackdown's greatest talents and this is a fine match. Hardy has some good offense during the match (his Side effect is impressive and Kidman takes Matt's Twist of Fate perfectly) and pulls out the win w/ a top rope Twist of Fate for the pin and the Cruiserweight Title. The crowd wasn't into this at all, which is a pity since it was one of the best matches of the night. (8)

MATCH 4-- THE UNDERTAKER vs BIG SHOW. Ugly. It's so slow at one point that Show hits 6 elbow drops (slowly) in succession as well as 5 headbutts. The only highlight of the match is Taker's plancha to Heyman and Albert (I refuse to call him A-Train- it's ridiculous). 'Taker wins with an abnormally quick chokeout w/ the Triangle hold. (The ref called for the bell way too quick) (3)

MATCH 5-- LESNAR & BENOIT vs TEAM ANGLE (HAAS, BENJAMIN & KURT ANGLE). Edge didn't compete due to a neck injury that will keep him out for a year, so they had it that Team Angle ambushed him in the back before the match. Good match as expected. Bit slow in the middle, but some great action towards the end. Lesnar F5s Angle while Charlie Haas is trapped in the Crossface. Haas taps out and Lesnar and Benoit win. (8)

MATCH 6-- TRIPLE H vs SCOTT STEINER. Big surprise as the Montreal crowd boo the crap out of Steiner and cheer The Game. The match is marred by too much interference by Evolution (though Flair's eyerake to Steiner and subsequent strut is pure gold!). Triple H manages to escape the Steiner recliner and blast him in the head with the World title. One Pedigree later and HHH leaves with the gold. Not a bad match. (6)

"MATCH" 7-- STONE COLD vs ERIC BISCHOFF. No surprise here. 4 Stunners to Bischoff from Austin, who's enjoying himself. JR goes way OTT and is advis ed by Tazz, after, to switch to decaf. Funny stuff. OK return for Stone Cold.

MATCH 8-- THE ROCK vs HULK HOGAN. New entrance vid for The Rock (very cool). Short return match between these two with a weird but excellent ending. Hogan hits the Legdrop and a guest ref (local guy) counts 1-2.. lights out. When the lights come back on, the ref is unconscious and there's a chair beside him. (I was thinking Vince at this point, then Goldberg when Vince was on the ramp, but it turns out it was the ref who was crooked). The Rock nails Hogan with the chair and Rock bottoms him. The ref springs to life and counts the 3! Interesting. (7)

Overall, No Way Out was pretty good- both Hardys had good matches, the 5 man tag was impressive and Rock-Hogan II was short, but sweet. It also set up feuds leading into WMXIX- Jericho vs Shawn Michaels (should be a classic), 'Taker vs Albert (should stink up the card), and Vince vs Hogan (should be awful!) A good night's entertainment.

Decent
You may look at this pay per view and see The Rock vs Hulk Hogan,Stone Cold vs Eric Bischoff and Triple h vs Scott Steiner
this may all look like good matches but none of them were half as good as I expected them to be.

Triple H vs Scott Steiner for the world heavyweight championship was boring entirely because any match with Scott Steiner involved is usually rubbish and slow.

Stone Cold vs Eric Bischoff was boring because Eric Bischoff didn`t fight back and Stone Cold dominated the whole match.

The Rock vs Hulk Hogan - The Rock was playing a pointless heel at the time when most idiot fans thought he was evil when he was simply just having a change of character.
But as for the match it was the second worst match on pay per view I have ever seen, but the first worst pay per view match being goldberg vs Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania xx.
The Rock simply just kept leaving the ring for no reason and the lights went out for Rock to get the win.

So the 3 main events were totally dissapointing but if you want to see some good matches they are all the earlier matches like
Brock Lesnar and Chris Benoit vs Team Angle
The match was fast paced and Entertaining 9/10

Chris Jericho vs Jeff Hardy
Great athletes in a great match, my favourite matchof the pay per view . 9/10

Billy Kidman vs Matt Hardy ( cruiserweight championship )
Not bad but the whole match was dominated by Matt, not your typical cruiserweight match. 7/10

Kane and Rob Van Dam vs Lance Storm and William Regal
This match was exciting and unpredictable until the pointless ending which nobody was expecting. 7/10

Big Show vs The Undertaker
This match was supposed to be Undertaker`s big match of revenge after Big Show took him out,the match was a bit too long and got a bit annoying when Undertaker couldn`t pick up Big Show to do any of his finisher moves. Not great. 5/10

So this DVD is not worth buying for THe Rock vs Hulk Hogan or Stone Cold vs Eric Bischoff or even Triple H vs Scott Steiner
because they are all a let down but the matches before are deffinitely worth checking out.