[2] 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.

[17][18] On the December 27 episode of Raw, Bischoff scheduled a match between Kane and Snitsky for New Year's Revolution.

[19][20] On the November 22 episode of Raw, Stratus defeated Lita and Molly Holly in a Triple Threat match to retain the title.

[21] On the December 6 episode of Raw, Lita defeated Stratus in the main event to capture the Women's Championship after performing a moonsault.

[7][8] The same night, Kane returned after weeks of inactivity to save Lita from being double-teamed by Snitsky and Trish Stratus.

[7][8] Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) in a dark match.

Lita suffered a legitimate injury after executing a Thesz Press off the apron on the floor, tearing her left ACL.

[23][24] In the next match, Muhammad Hassan (with Daivari) faced Jerry Lawler (with Jim Ross).

[23][24] The main event was the Elimination Chamber match between Triple H, Edge, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Batista and Randy Orton (with Shawn Michaels as the Special Guest Referee) for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship.

[23][24] The night after New Year's Revolution on Raw, Batista faced Randy Orton in a match for the position as number one contender for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship.

The two competed in a No Holds barred match, which ended after Kane chokeslamed Snitsky off of the stage.

On the January 17 episode of Raw, however, Stratus mocked Lita's injury, but was chokeslammed by Kane.

[29][30] At a house show in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Eugene (who was replaced by Jonathan Coachman after he suffered a legit ruptured left patella tendon in their match at New Year's Revolution) and William Regal lost the World Tag Team Championships to La Résistance (Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier).

[35] La Résistance lost the titles back to William Regal and his new partner, Tajiri, on the February 7 episode of Raw.

[40] While not part of the New Year's Revolution chronology, WWE reintroduced a New Year's-themed event, which was held on January 1, 2022, called Day 1.

[41] The 2005 New Year's Revolution would also be the only WWE pay-per-view event held in Puerto Rico until Backlash in May 2023.