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WWE New Year's Revolution
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New Year's Revolution was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It was the first of two WWE pay-per-view events to be held during the month of January (the other being the annual Royal Rumble). From 2005 to 2007, the event was exclusive to the RAW brand. A 2008 event was scheduled to happen on January 6, but was cancelled for unknown reasons[1][2]
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| New Year's Revolution 2005 | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand (s) | RAW | |
| Date | January 9, 2005 | |
| Venue | Coliseo de Puerto Rico | |
| City | San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Attendance | 15,764 | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Armageddon 2004 | New Year's Revolution 2005 | Royal Rumble 2005 |
New Year's Revolution 2005 took place on January 9, 2005 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 2005 event was the first WWE PPV event to be held in Puerto Rico. Tickets for this event sold out in less than a month after being available for sale, marking one of the fastest selling events in the short history of the Coliseum.
- Dark match: The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) (5:13)
- Eugene and William Regal defeated Christian and Tyson Tomko to retain the World Tag Team Championship (12:22)
- Trish Stratus defeated Lita to win the WWE Women's Championship (3:46)
- Stratus pinned Lita after a Chick Kick.
- Lita suffered a real injury during this match, suffering a torn ACL ligament from a botched Lou Thesz Press.
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Maven to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (6:08)
- Benjamin pinned Maven with a roll-up.
- Shelton Benjamin defeated Maven to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (0:05)
- Benjamin pinned Maven after a T-Bone Suplex.
- Maven requested his rematch immediately after he lost the first match.
- Muhammad Hassan (w/Daivari) defeated Jerry Lawler (w/Jim Ross) (10:51)
- Hassan pinned Lawler after a Reverse STO.
- Kane defeated Snitsky (11:38)
- Kane pinned Snitsky after a Tombstone Piledriver.
- Triple H defeated Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista and Randy Orton (w/Shawn Michaels as Special Guest Referee) in an Elimination Chamber match to win the vacant World Heavyweight Championship (34:55)
| Elimination # | Wrestler | Entrance | Eliminated By | Elimination Move | Time |
| 1 | Edge | 4 | Chris Jericho | Pinfall after the Sweet Chin Music (from Michaels) and a Lionsault from Jericho | 19:20 |
| 2 | Chris Benoit | 1 | Batista | Pinfall after a Spinebuster followed by Jericho receiving a Spinebuster on top of him | 26:15 |
| 3 | Chris Jericho | 2 | Batista | Pinfall after a Batista bomb | 27:27 |
| 4 | Batista | 6 | Randy Orton | Pinfall after a low-blow and an RKO | 32:32 |
| 5 | Randy Orton | 5 | Triple H | Pinfall after a Pedigree | 34:55 |
| WINNER | Triple H | 3 | |||
- ^ WWE.com. WWE.
- ^ WWE 2008 PPV Schedule from WWE Magazine. PWMania (November 18, 2007).
| Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Vengeance |
| The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Cyber Sunday • Survivor Series • Armageddon |
| WWE New Year's Revolution |
|---|
| 2005 • 2006 • 2007 |
| Former pay-per-view events |
| The Wrestling Classic (1985) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) • King of the Ring (1993-2002) |
| In Your House (1995-1999) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003-2004) • Fully Loaded (1998-2000) • Over The Edge (1998-1999) |
| InVasion (2001) • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005-2007) |
| Former International pay-per-view events |
| One Night Only (1997) • Mayhem in Manchester (1998) • Capital Carnage (1998) |
| No Mercy (UK) (1999) • Rebellion (1999-2002) • Insurrextion (2000-2003) |