The first four events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

To coincide with the brand extension that was also introduced in 2002, No Way Out was held exclusively for wrestlers of the SmackDown!

"WWE" became an orphaned initialism for the promotion in April 2011 in an unofficial term (the legal entity of the company, as shown in the copyrights at the end of each broadcast, is currently "World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC" in 2023) and the brand extension ended that August before No Way Out's one-off return in June 2012.

In Your House was a series of monthly PPVs first produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in May 1995.

They aired when the promotion was not holding one of its major PPVs and were sold at a lower cost.

[1] After Elimination Chamber matches were featured at the 2008 and 2009 events,[3][4][5][6] the promotion ran a survey in September 2009 indicating a possible renaming for No Way Out.