WWE Rebellion
Rebellion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event held by the World Wrestling Federation (called World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002) and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. Rebellion was also shown on the Viewers Choice service in Canada, but was never televised in the United States. Rebellion had its own theme song titled "Rebellion".
Rebellion | |
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Promotion(s) | World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment |
Brand(s) | SmackDown! (2002) |
First event | 1999 |
Last event | 2002 |
The 2001 event features Invasion period for the WWF, which ended at the following pay-per-view. All matches have one member of the WWF taking on one member of the Alliance. Over the course of the evening, the WWF won six matches, which the Alliance won three.
In 2002, it was a SmackDown! brand exclusive show. This event would be final Rebellion event after all UK-exclusive pay-per-views ceased in 2003.
Events
SmackDown-branded event |
No. | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main event |
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1 | Rebellion (1999) | October 2, 1999 | Birmingham, England | National Indoor Arena | Triple H (c) vs. The Rock in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship[1] |
2 | Rebellion (2000) | December 2, 2000 | Sheffield, England | Sheffield Arena | Kurt Angle (c) vs. Rikishi vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock in a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWF Championship[2] |
3 | Rebellion (2001) | November 3, 2001 | Manchester, England | Manchester Arena | Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Rock for the WWF Championship[3] |
4 | Rebellion (2002) | October 26, 2002 | Manchester, England | Manchester Arena | Brock Lesnar (c) and Paul Heyman vs. Edge in a Handicap match for the WWE Championship[4] |
(c) - refers to the champion heading into the match |
References
- "Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 2, 1999. Birmingham, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 155. 2007 Edition.
- "Historical Cards: Rebellion (December 2, 2000. Sheffield, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 156. 2007 Edition.
- "Historical Cards: Rebellion (November 3, 2001. Manchester, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 156. 2007 Edition.
- "Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 26, 2002. Manchester, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 157. 2007 Edition.