New Year's Revolution (2005)

New Year's Revolution
Promotional poster featuring Batista
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)Raw
DateJanuary 9, 2005
CitySan Juan, Puerto Rico
VenueColiseo de Puerto Rico
Attendance15,764
Buy rate270,000[1]
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The 2005 New Year's Revolution was the inaugural New Year's Revolution professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. It took place on January 9, 2005, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was WWE's first pay-per-view event held in Puerto Rico and Latin America—it was the only WWE pay-per-view event held in Puerto Rico until Backlash on May 6, 2023. Tickets for this event sold out in less than a month, marking one of the fastest-selling events in the short history of the venue.

The main event was an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship between Triple H, Randy Orton, Batista, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit. Triple H won the match and the championship after last eliminating Orton. One of the predominant matches on the card was between Kane and Gene Snitsky, which Kane won by pinfall after performing a Tombstone Piledriver. Another primary match on the card was Muhammad Hassan versus Jerry Lawler, which Hassan won by pinfall after executing a Reverse STO.

  1. ^ Widro (February 8, 2005). "[WWE] New Year's Revolution Buyrate Info, Elim. Chamber History". Inside Pulse. Retrieved January 26, 2021.