Background in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. For
World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) 2005
pay-per-view (PPV) calendar, they scheduled an event for January 9 titled New Year's Revolution, which was a play on the Western tradition of
New Year's resolutions. They also scheduled it as a PPV produced exclusively for wrestlers of the
Raw brand. It took place at the
Coliseo de Puerto Rico in
San Juan, Puerto Rico and was the first pay-per-view produced by WWE to be held in
Puerto Rico.
Storylines On the December 13 episode of
Raw, Raw
General Manager Eric Bischoff scheduled an
Elimination Chamber match between
Triple H,
Edge,
Chris Benoit,
Chris Jericho,
Batista and
Randy Orton for New Year's Revolution for the vacant
World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 27 episode of
Raw, all of the match's participants competed in singles matches, with the length of their match determining the entrance order at the Elimination Chamber match. If any of the participants lost their matches, the person who beat them would replace them in the Elimination Chamber match. All six participants won their matches, but Batista won his match in three minutes and two seconds, which turned out to be the shortest match length out of all participants. As a result, Batista earned the right to enter the Elimination Chamber match last. That same night, Bischoff made
Shawn Michaels the
special guest referee for the match. On the January 3 episode of
Raw, the six participants wrestled each other in three separate matches. In the first match, Batista pinned Benoit after a
Batista Bomb. Next, Edge pinned Jericho to score the victory. In the final match, Orton pinned Triple H after delivering an
RKO. During the last match, the other four Elimination Chamber participants interfered when the referee was knocked out. , who faced Gene Snitsky at New Year's Revolution. On the September 13 episode of
Raw, during a No Disqualification match between
Kane and
Gene Snitsky, Snitsky accidentally pushed Kane on top of his
on-screen wife
Lita, who had interfered in the match. The match came to an immediate end as trainers and
Emergency medical technicians took Lita on a stretcher to an ambulance, as she needed medical attention. In the
storyline Lita was pregnant and as a result of the accident she suffered a
miscarriage. Despite Snitsky's protestations, that the miscarriage was not his fault, Kane attacked Snitsky, leading to a bloody brawl on the October 4 episode of
Raw, which led to a
Weapon of Choice match between the two for
Taboo Tuesday. The match was voted to be a
steel chain match, where the only weapon that could be used was a steel chain. Snitsky defeated Kane after locking a steel chair around Kane's neck, and jumping onto it from the top rope, causing Kane to bleed from the mouth. In the following weeks, Snitsky would mock Lita's miscarriage before and during matches, using a "No Babies" road sign and a baby carriage in a street fight against Eugene. On the December 27 episode of
Raw, Bischoff scheduled a match between Kane and Snitsky for New Year's Revolution. On the November 22 episode of
Raw, Stratus defeated Lita and Molly Holly in a Triple Threat match to retain the title. After the match, Lita attacked Stratus and caused Stratus's nose to bleed. On the December 6 episode of
Raw, Lita defeated Stratus in the
main event to capture the Women's Championship after performing a moonsault. On the January 3 episode of
Raw, a rematch for the title was set for New Year's Revolution. The same night, Kane returned after weeks of inactivity to save Lita from being double-teamed by Snitsky and Trish Stratus. ==Event==