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==History== ==History==
New Year's Revolution was an annual January ] (PPV) event produced by ] (WWE). The name was a play on the Western tradition of ]s. The ] took place on January 9, 2005 and aired ] on PPV from ].<ref name=Results3>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2005/results/ |title=New Year's Revolution 2005 Results |publisher=] |date=2005-01-09 |access-date=2008-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203215504/http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2005/results/ |archive-date=2007-12-03 }}</ref> The main event was an ] match, a special elimination-based ] that was promoted on rare occasions in WWE at that time with a total of six participants. The original Elimination Chamber structure was 16-feet-high and weighed 10-tons. It was composed of two miles of chain, steel grating, and ] pods (two wrestlers started the match while the other four were contained in the pods with one each let into the match at random every five minutes).<ref name=Chamber>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/exclusives/chamberhistory/ |title=The Elimination Chamber's history of destruction |publisher=] |access-date=2008-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327105427/http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/exclusives/chamberhistory/ |archive-date=2008-03-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ] also featured an Elimination Chamber match as the main event.<ref name=Results06-2>{{cite web| date=2006-01-08|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2006/matches/|title=New Years Revolution 2006|publisher=]|access-date=2008-07-29}}</ref> Later that year, however, the annual Elimination Chamber match was moved to ], which was an ]-exclusive PPV.<ref name=D2D2006>{{cite web|date=2006-12-03|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/decembertodismember/matches/32934421/results/|last=Tello|first=Craig|title=Mission accomplished|publisher=]|access-date =2008-07-29}}</ref> After its 2006 return, the December to Dismember event was canceled in 2007, and the Elimination Chamber matches were moved once again, this time to the ] PPV.<ref name=NWO2008-1>{{cite web|date=2008-02-17 |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/matches/5908216/results/ |title=The Game gets his title match at WrestleMania |last=Clayton |first=Corey |publisher=] |access-date=2008-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331102930/http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/matches/5908216/results/ |archive-date=2008-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=NWO2008-2>{{cite web|date=2008-02-17 |url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/matches/6364982/results/ |title=The Deadman doubles down |last=Dee |first=Louie |publisher=] |access-date=2008-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403222755/http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/matches/6364982/results/ |archive-date=2008-04-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The New Year's Revolution event was then canceled in 2008, after WWE reduced PPVs and discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following ] in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |title=WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula |publisher=] |date=2007-03-18 |access-date=2007-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319234707/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |archive-date=March 19, 2007}}</ref> New Year's Revolution was an annual January ] (PPV) event produced by ] (WWE). The name was a play on the Western tradition of ]s. The ] took place on January 9, 2005 and aired ] on PPV from ], which was the first and so far only pay-per-view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico.<ref name=Results3>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2005/results/ |title=New Year's Revolution 2005 Results |publisher=] |date=2005-01-09 |access-date=2008-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203215504/http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2005/results/ |archive-date=2007-12-03 }}</ref> The main event was an ] match, a special elimination-based ] that was promoted on rare occasions in WWE at that time with a total of six participants. The original Elimination Chamber structure was 16-feet-high and weighed 10-tons. It was composed of two miles of chain, steel grating, and ] pods (two wrestlers started the match while the other four were contained in the pods with one each let into the match at random every five minutes).<ref name=Chamber>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/exclusives/chamberhistory/ |title=The Elimination Chamber's history of destruction |publisher=] |access-date=2008-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327105427/http://www.wwe.com/shows/nowayout/exclusives/chamberhistory/ |archive-date=2008-03-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2002, WWE held a ] that split its ] into two distinctive ] of wrestling, ] and ], where wrestlers exclusively performed<ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_27.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands|date =2002-05-27|publisher=] Corporate|access-date=2008-07-13}}</ref>—a third brand, ECW, was introduced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |title=WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand |date=2006-05-25 |publisher=] Corporate |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223101434/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |archive-date=2008-12-23 }}</ref> Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, however, matches consisted only of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first New Year's Revolution event in 2005 was exclusive to the Raw brand and remained as a Raw-exclusive event all three years the PPV was produced before it was canceled in 2008. At the final ], the main event was a singles match for the ] between ] and ], which Cena won to retain the title.<ref name=Results07-2>{{cite web|date=2007-01-07|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2007/matches/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173034/http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2007/matches/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-03|title=New Years Revolution 2007|publisher=]|access-date=2008-07-29}}</ref> The ] also featured an Elimination Chamber match as the main event, which also saw the very first ], where Mr. Money in the Bank ] used the contract and defeated ] ] right after Cena had retained the title in the Elimination Chamber match.<ref name=Results06-2>{{cite web| date=2006-01-08|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2006/matches/|title=New Years Revolution 2006|publisher=]|access-date=2008-07-29}}</ref> The annual Elimination Chamber match was then moved to the ] PPV later that year,<ref name=D2D2006>{{cite web|date=2006-12-03|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/decembertodismember/matches/32934421/results/|last=Tello|first=Craig|title=Mission accomplished|publisher=]|access-date =2008-07-29}}</ref> thus the ] event did not feature the Elimination Chamber match.<ref name=Results07-2>{{cite web|date=2007-01-07|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2007/matches/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173034/http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2007/matches/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-03|title=New Years Revolution 2007|publisher=]|access-date=2008-07-29}}</ref> New Year's Revolution was then canceled in 2008, after WWE reduced PPVs and discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following ] in April 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |title=WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula |publisher=] |date=2007-03-18 |access-date=2007-11-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070319234707/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2007/2007_03_14.jsp |archive-date=March 19, 2007}}</ref>

In 2002, WWE held a ] that split its ] into two distinctive ] of wrestling, ] and ], where wrestlers exclusively performed<ref>{{cite web|url= http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_27.jsp|title=WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands|date =2002-05-27|publisher=] Corporate|access-date=2008-07-13}}</ref>—a third brand, ], was introduced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |title=WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand |date=2006-05-25 |publisher=] Corporate |access-date=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223101434/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2006/2006_05_25_02.jsp |archive-date=2008-12-23 }}</ref> Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, however, matches consisted only of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first New Year's Revolution event in 2005 was exclusive to the Raw brand and remained as a Raw-exclusive event all three years the PPV was produced before it was canceled in 2008.<ref name=Results3/><ref name=Results06-2/><ref name=Results07-2/> At the final New Year's Revolution in 2007, the main event was a singles match for the WWE Championship between John Cena and ], which Cena won to retain the title.<ref name=Results07-2/>


==Reception== ==Reception==

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"New Year's Revolution" redirects here. For the Project Rocket album, see New Year's Revolution (album). WWE pay-per-view Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
WWE New Year's Revolution
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First event2005
Last event2007

WWE New Year's Revolution was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 2005 and its name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year's resolutions, being held in early January each year the event was produced. To coincide with WWE's first brand extension, in which the promotion divided its roster into brands where wrestlers exclusively performed, New Year's Revolution was held exclusively for the Raw brand throughout the event's three-year history. In 2008, New Year's Revolution was removed from the WWE schedule when they reduced the number of PPVs per year after the discontinuation of brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007.

History

New Year's Revolution was an annual January pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The name was a play on the Western tradition of New Year's resolutions. The first New Year's Revolution took place on January 9, 2005 and aired live on PPV from San Juan, Puerto Rico, which was the first and so far only pay-per-view event produced by WWE to be held in Puerto Rico. The main event was an Elimination Chamber match, a special elimination-based professional wrestling match type that was promoted on rare occasions in WWE at that time with a total of six participants. The original Elimination Chamber structure was 16-feet-high and weighed 10-tons. It was composed of two miles of chain, steel grating, and plexiglass pods (two wrestlers started the match while the other four were contained in the pods with one each let into the match at random every five minutes).

The 2006 event also featured an Elimination Chamber match as the main event, which also saw the very first Money in the Bank cash-in, where Mr. Money in the Bank Edge used the contract and defeated WWE Champion John Cena right after Cena had retained the title in the Elimination Chamber match. The annual Elimination Chamber match was then moved to the December to Dismember PPV later that year, thus the 2007 New Year's Revolution event did not feature the Elimination Chamber match. New Year's Revolution was then canceled in 2008, after WWE reduced PPVs and discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 23 in April 2007.

In 2002, WWE held a draft that split its roster into two distinctive brands of wrestling, Raw and SmackDown!, where wrestlers exclusively performed—a third brand, ECW, was introduced in 2006. Before the draft, matches featured wrestlers from the roster without any limitations; after the draft, however, matches consisted only of wrestlers from their distinctive brands. The first New Year's Revolution event in 2005 was exclusive to the Raw brand and remained as a Raw-exclusive event all three years the PPV was produced before it was canceled in 2008. At the final New Year's Revolution in 2007, the main event was a singles match for the WWE Championship between John Cena and Umaga, which Cena won to retain the title.

Reception

The 2005 event never reached Billboard.com's top ten list for Recreational Sports DVDs. The first week the event appeared on the Billboard chart, it ranked 19th. The following week, the event ranked 17th, only to drop off the chart the next week. The 2006 event ranked third on its first week in the chart's top ten list. The following week, the DVD reached second on the list, and remained in the top ten for five weeks until the week of April 8, 2006, when the event dropped to 11th. The 2007 event ranked second in its first week in the top ten. The DVD remained in the top ten for four weeks until the week of March 31, 2007, when it ranked 11th.

Canadian Online Explorer's professional wrestling section rated the 2005 event a three out of ten stars. The main event was rated a seven out of ten stars. The 2006 event was given a rating of three out of ten stars also, with the main event being rated six out of ten stars. The 2007 event was rated six out of ten stars, the highest for the PPVs three-year run. The main event for 2007 was given a six out of ten stars rating, the same as the previous year's main event.

Events

Raw-branded event
Event Date City Venue Main event Ref.
New Year's Revolution (2005) January 9, 2005 San Juan, Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee
New Year's Revolution (2006) January 8, 2006 Albany, New York Pepsi Arena John Cena (c) vs. Carlito vs. Chris Masters vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kane vs. Kurt Angle in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship, then Cena (c) vs. Edge for the WWE Championship in Edge's Money in the Bank cash-in match
New Year's Revolution (2007) January 7, 2007 Kansas City, Missouri Kemper Arena John Cena (c) vs. Umaga for the WWE Championship

See also

References

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  2. "The Elimination Chamber's history of destruction". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  3. ^ "New Years Revolution 2006". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2006-01-08. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  4. Tello, Craig (2006-12-03). "Mission accomplished". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  5. ^ "New Years Revolution 2007". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2007-01-07. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  6. "WWE Pay-Per-Views To Follow WrestleMania Formula". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2007-03-18. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
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  8. "WWE Launches ECW as Third Brand". World Wrestling Entertainment Corporate. 2006-05-25. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
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  17. ^ Sokol, Chris (2006-01-08). "Edge surprise champ after Revolution". Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
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