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{{short description|World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event series}}
'''WWE Rebellion''' was an annual [[List of WWE Pay-Per-View events|WWE Pay-Per-View event]] held by [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] that was exclusively for the [[United Kingdom]] on [[Sky Box Office (UK)|Sky Box Office]]. In 2002, the [[pay-per-view]] was a [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]] exclusive show. This pay-per-view was stopped after all UK exclusive pay-per-views were stopped in 2003.
{{Infobox wrestling PPV series

| name = WWE Rebellion
==1999==
| image = WWE Rebellion logo.jpg
{{Infobox Wrestling event
| image_upright =
|name=Rebellion 1999
|image=Rebellion.jpg
| caption = WWE Rebellion 2002 logo
| alt =
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]
| promotion = [[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
|date=[[October 2]], [[1999]]
| brand = [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] (2002)
|venue=[[National Indoor Arena]]
| first_event = [[Rebellion (1999)|1999]]
|city=[[Birmingham]], [[England]]
| last_event = [[Rebellion (2002)|2002]]
|attendance=11,939
|lastevent=[[WWE Unforgiven#1999|Unforgiven 1999]]
|nextevent=[[WWE No Mercy#1999|No Mercy 1999]]
}}
}}


'''WWE Rebellion''' was an annual [[professional wrestling]] [[pay-per-view]] (PPV) [[List of WWE pay-per-view events|event]] that was produced by [[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE), an American [[professional wrestling promotion]]. Established in 1999, the events were held and broadcast exclusively in the [[United Kingdom]]. The first three events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). 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 1999''' took place on [[October 2]], [[1999]] from the [[National Indoor Arena]] in [[Birmingham, England]].


To coincide with the [[WWE brand extension|brand extension]], the 2002 event was a [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown!]]-exclusive show, which was the promotion's first SmackDown!-exclusive PPV. Additionally, the 2002 event, which was the only held under the WWE name, was the final Rebellion PPV as UK-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued in 2003 as WWE began to broadcast ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'' from the UK in 2004.
*'''[[Dark match]]: [[Jason Reso|Christian]] defeated [[Mike Lockwood|Crash Holly]](4:39)'''
**Christian pinned Crash.
*'''[[Jeff Jarrett]] defeated [[D'Lo Brown]] to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]](6:12)'''
**Jarrett pinned Brown.
*'''[[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Godfather]] defeated [[David Heath (wrestler)|Gangrel]](6:19)'''
**Godfather pinned Gangrel.
*'''[[Sean Morley|Val Venis]] defeated [[Mark Henry]](3:47)'''
**Venis pinned Henry.
*'''[[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] defeated [[Gertrude Vachon|Luna Vachon]], [[Terri Poch|Tori]] and [[Jacqueline Moore|Jacqueline]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Four Corners match]] to retain the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]](6:51)'''
**Ivory pinned Jacqueline after hitting her with the title belt.
*'''[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Brian Gerard James|Road Dogg]](11:58)'''
**Jericho pinned Road Dogg.
*'''[[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]] defeated [[Jeff Jarrett]](4:28)'''
**Jarrett was disqualified.
*'''[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] defeated [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#No Disqualification match|No Disqualification match]](8:38)'''
**Kane pinned Big Show.
*'''[[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]] defeated [[Sean Waltman|X-Pac]](5:23)'''
**Bulldog pinned X-Pac.
*'''[[Edge and Christian]] defeated [[Acolytes Protection Agency|The Acolytes]] ([[Ron Simmons|Faarooq]] and [[John Layfield|Bradshaw]]) and [[Bob Holly|Hardcore Holly]] & [[Mike Lockwood|Crash Holly]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triangle match]](8:42)'''
**Bradshaw pinned Crash(4:19)
**Edge pinned Bradshaw(8:42)
*'''[[Triple H]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] in a [[Steel cage match]] to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]](20:33)'''
**Triple H won by escaping the cage.


==2000==
==History==
In May 1999, the American [[professional wrestling promotion]] [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF, now WWE) held a [[pay-per-view]] called [[No Mercy (UK)|No Mercy]], which was held in and broadcast exclusively for the United Kingdom.<ref name="NoMercyUK1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.profightdb.com/cards/wwf/no-mercy-113.html|title=WWF No Mercy|work=The Internet Wrestling Database|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> The promotion scheduled another UK-exclusive event to be held in October that year. It was titled [[Rebellion (1999)|Rebellion]] and was scheduled to be held on October 2, 1999, at the [[National Indoor Arena]] in [[Birmingham, England]].<ref name=WWF9099Book/> The [[Rebellion (2000)|2000 event]] thus established Rebellion as one of the WWF's annual UK-exclusive PPVs, the other being [[WWE Insurrextion|Insurrextion]] as [[WWE No Mercy|No Mercy]] instead became an annual U.S.-based event.<ref name=Rebellion2000/>
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Rebellion 2000
|image=Rebellion.png
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]
|date=[[December 2]], [[2000]]
|venue=[[Hallam FM Arena|Sheffield Arena]]
|city=[[Sheffield]], [[England]]
|attendance=11,077
|lastevent=[[Survivor Series (2000)|Survivor Series 2000]]
|nextevent=[[WWE Armageddon#2000|Armageddon 2000]]
}}


The [[Rebellion (2001)|2001 event]] took place during [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|The Invasion]] period for the WWF, which ended at the next pay-per-view, [[Survivor Series (2001)|Survivor Series]]. All matches had one member of the WWF taking on one member of [[The Alliance (professional wrestling)|The Alliance]] (composed of wrestlers originally from [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]]). Over the course of the evening, the WWF won six matches, while the Alliance won three.<ref name=Rebellion2001/>
'''Rebellion 2000''' took place on [[December 2]], [[2000]] from the [[Hallam FM Arena|Sheffield Arena]] in [[Sheffield]], [[England]].


In early 2002, the promotion introduced the [[WWE brand extension|brand extension]], which divided its roster into two separate brands, [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown!]], where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.<ref name="BrandExtensionPressRelease">{{cite press release|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_27.jsp |title=WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands |publisher=[[WWE]] |date=March 27, 2002 |access-date=April 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417115226/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_03_27.jsp |archive-date=April 17, 2010 |df=mdy }}</ref> Shortly after this, the promotion itself was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).<ref name=GetFOut>{{cite web| title=World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment| publisher=WWE| url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp| access-date=August 28, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119180317/http://corporate.wwe.com/news/2002/2002_05_06.jsp| archive-date=January 19, 2009| df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Rebellion (2002)|2002 event]] was in turn a SmackDown!-exclusive show and was WWE's first-ever SmackDown!-exclusive PPV held. It was also the last Rebellion event held as UK-exclusive PPVs were discontinued in 2003 as the company began to broadcast ''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]'' from the UK in 2004.<ref name=Rebellion2002/>
*'''[[Dudley Boyz|The Dudley Boyz]] ([[Mark Lamonica|Bubba Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|D-Von]]) defeated [[Edge and Christian]] and [[T & A (wrestling)|T & A]] ([[Andrew "Test" Martin|Test]] and [[Matthew Bloom|Albert]]) (w/[[Trish Stratus]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Tables match|Elimination Tables match]](9:55)'''
**Edge & Christian eliminated Albert after pulling him off the top rope(4:00)
**The Dudleyz eliminated Christian after a 3D(9:55)
*'''[[Lisa Moretti|Ivory]] (w/[[Stevie Richards|Steven Richards]]) defeated [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] to retain the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]](2:55)'''
**Ivory pinned Lita after countering Lita's [[Professional wrestling holds#Sunset flip|Sunset Flip]] attempt. She used the ropes and Steven Richards for Leverage
*'''[[Steve Blackman]] defeated [[Perry Satullo|Perry Saturn]] (w/[[Terri Runnels]]) to retain the [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]](6:03)'''
**Blackman pinned Saturn after a Martial Arts Kick.
*'''[[Mike Lockwood|Crash Holly]] defeated [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] to win the [[WWE European Championship|WWF European Championship]](5:10)'''
**Holly pinned Regal after Molly Holly hit Regal with a Missile Dropkick. After match, Regal attacked the Hollys and stole the European Title Belt
*'''[[Joanie Laurer|Chyna]] and [[Monty Sopp|Billy Gunn]] defeated [[Dean Malenko]] and [[Eddie Guerrero]](12:15)'''
**Gunn pinned Malenko after a One and Only.
*'''[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]](8:04)'''
**Kane pinned Jericho after a Chokeslam.
*'''[[Barry Buchanan|Bull Buchanan]] and [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|The Goodfather]] defeated [[Hardy Boyz|The Hardy Boyz]] ([[Matt Hardy|Matt]] and [[Jeff Hardy|Jeff]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]](8:05)'''
**Buchanan pinned Jeff after Val Venis hit Jeff with a Money Shot.
*'''[[The Undertaker]] defeated [[Chris Benoit]](12:15)'''
**Undertaker pinned Benoit via a rollup.
*'''[[Kurt Angle]] defeated [[Solofa Fatu|Rikishi]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] and [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Fatal Four-Way match]] to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]](8:50)'''
**Angle pinned Rikishi after an Angle Slam. Edge, Christian and The Radicalz interfered on Angle's behalf


==2001==
==Events==
{|class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto"
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|style="background:#BBF; width:2em"|
|name=Rebellion 2001
|SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown-branded event
|image=
|}
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]]
|date=[[November 3]], [[2001]]
|venue=[[Manchester Evening News Arena|M.E.N. Arena]]
|city=[[Manchester]], [[England]]
|attendance=15,612
|lastevent=[[WWE No Mercy#2001|No Mercy 2001]]
|nextevent=[[Survivor Series (2001)|Survivor Series 2001]]
}}


{|class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;"
'''Rebellion 2001''' took place on [[November 3]], [[2001]] from the [[Manchester Evening News Arena|M.E.N. Arena]] in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
|-
!#
!Event
!Date
!City
!Venue
!Main event
!Ref.
|-
|1
|[[Rebellion (1999)]]
|October 2, 1999
|[[Birmingham|Birmingham, England]]
|[[National Indoor Arena]]
|[[Triple H]] (c) vs. [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] in a [[Steel Cage match]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]
|<ref name=WWF9099Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 2: WWF 1990 - 1999 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2013 | asin=B00RWUNSRS}}</ref><ref name=Rebellion1999>{{cite news|title=Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 2, 1999. Birmingham, England) |work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts |publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2007 Edition|page=155}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Rebellion (2000)]]
|December 2, 2000
|[[Sheffield|Sheffield, England]]
|[[Sheffield Arena]]
|[[Kurt Angle]] (c) vs. [[Rikishi (wrestler)|Rikishi]] vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] vs. [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] in a [[Three-way match|Fatal Four-Way match]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.softwolves.pp.se/wrestling/wwf/2000 |title=World Wrestling Federation Results 2000 |publisher=Peter Krefting |date= |accessdate=2014-01-08}}</ref><ref name=Rebellion2000>{{cite news|title=Historical Cards: Rebellion (December 2, 2000. Sheffield, England) |work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts |publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2007 Edition|page=156}}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Rebellion (2001)]]
|November 3, 2001
|rowspan="2"|[[Manchester|Manchester, England]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Manchester Arena]]
|[[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] (c) vs. [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]]
|<ref name=Rebellion2001>{{cite news|title=Historical Cards: Rebellion (November 3, 2001. Manchester, England) |work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts |publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2007 Edition|page=156}}</ref>
|- style="background:#BBF;
|4
|[[Rebellion (2002)]]
|October 26, 2002
|align=centre|[[Brock Lesnar]] (c) and [[Paul Heyman]] vs. [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap match]] for the [[WWE Championship]]
|<ref name=Rebellion2002>{{cite news|title=Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 26, 2002. Manchester, England) |work=PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts |publisher=Kappa Publications|id=2007 Edition|page=157}}</ref>
|-
|colspan="10"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match}}
|}


==See also==
*'''[[Dark match]]: [[Billy and Chuck]] ([[Monty Sopp|Billy Gunn]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]]) defeated [[Lance Storm]] and [[Peter Polaco|Justin Credible]](5:00)'''
{{Portal|United Kingdom}}
*'''[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] defeated [[Jason Reso|Christian]] in a [[Steel cage match]] to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]](12:49)'''
*[[Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom]]
**Edge escaped the cage after he bundled Christian's boots rope with the cage and escape the cage.
*'''[[Scott Garland|Scotty 2 Hotty]] defeated [[Gregory Helms|The Hurricane]](8:55)'''
**Scotty pinned Hurricane.
*'''[[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] defeated [[Dallas Page|Diamond Dallas Page]](3:15)'''
**Big Show pinned Page.
*'''[[Dudley Boyz|The Dudley Boyz]] ([[Mark Lamonica|Bubba Ray]] and [[Devon Hughes|D-Von]]) defeated [[Acolytes Protection Agency|The APA]] ([[Ron Simmons|Faarooq]] and [[John Layfield|Bradshaw]]) and [[Hardy Boyz|The Hardy Boyz]] ([[Matt Hardy|Matt]] and [[Jeff Hardy|Jeff]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triangle match]] to retain the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]](12:01)'''
**Matt pinned Faarooq.
**Matt was pinned(12:01)
*'''[[Darren Matthews|William Regal]] defeated [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]](5:55)'''
**Regal forced Tajiri to submit.
*'''[[Chris Jericho]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]] to retain the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]](14:55)'''
**Jericho pinned Angle.
*'''[[Torrie Wilson]] and [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] defeated [[Stacy Keibler]] and [[Nora Greenwald|Mighty Molly]] (w/[[Trish Stratus]] as [[Professional wrestling match types#Special referee|Special Guest Referee]])(4:16)'''
**Lita pinned Molly after a [[Cutter (professional wrestling)#Twist of Fate|Twist of Fate]].
*'''[[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[The Rock (entertainer)|The Rock]] to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]](22:09)'''
**Austin pinned Rock.


==2002==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Infobox Wrestling event
|name=Rebellion 2002
|image=Rebellion.png|175px
|promotion=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]]
|brand=[[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]]
|date=[[October 26]], [[2002]]
|venue=[[Manchester Evening News Arena|M.E.N. Arena]]
|city=[[Manchester]], [[England]]
|attendance=13,416
|lastevent=[[WWE No Mercy#2002|No Mercy 2002]]
|nextevent=[[Survivor Series (2002)|Survivor Series 2002]]
}}


==External links==
'''Rebellion 2002''' took place on [[October 26]], [[2002]] from the [[Manchester Evening News Arena|M.E.N. Arena]] in [[Manchester]], [[England]].
*[http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/rebel.html Rebellion results and times]


{{WWEPPV|Rebellion}}
*'''[[Dark match]]: [[Bill DeMott]] defeated [[Shannon Moore]](5:00)'''
**DeMott pinned Moore.
*'''[[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] defeated [[Matt Hardy]](15:00)'''
**Booker pinned Hardy.
*'''[[Peter Gruner|Billy Kidman]] and [[Torrie Wilson]] defeated [[John Cena]] and [[Dawn Marie Psaltis|Dawn Marie]] in a [[Tag team#Mixed Tag Team Match|Mixed tag team match]](5:22)'''
**Kidman pinned Cena.
*'''[[Shoichi Funaki|Funaki]] defeated [[Mike Lockwood|Crash Holly]](5:00)'''
**Funaki pinned Holly.
*'''[[Jamie Noble]] defeated [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]] and [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Elimination match]] to retain the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]](13:00)'''
**Noble pinned Tajiri(4:00)
**Noble pinned Mysterio(13:00)
*'''[[Devon Hughes|Reverend D-Von]] and [[Ron Simmons]] defeated [[Sean Morley|The Big Valbowski]] and [[Chuck Palumbo]](3:00)'''
**Simmons pinned Palumbo.
*'''[[Solofa Fatu|Rikishi]] defeated [[Matthew Bloom|Albert]](5:00)'''
**Rikishi pinned Albert.
*'''[[Kurt Angle]] and [[Chris Benoit]] defeated [[Los Guerreros]] ([[Eddie Guerrero|Eddie]] and [[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.|Chavo]]) to retain the [[WWE Tag Team Championship]](20:15)'''
**Angle pinned Eddie.
*'''[[Brock Lesnar]] and [[Paul Heyman]] defeated [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap match]] to retain Lesnar's [[WWE Championship]](20:00)'''
**Lesnar pinned Edge.

==Trivia==
*Rebellion 2002 was the first ever pay-per-view exclusive to the [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|SmackDown!]] brand. Although, there was one exception in that [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], a [[WWE Raw|RAW]] superstar at the time was allowed to fight [[Matt Hardy]]. The RAW brand had their part of the deal done previously by having [[Triple H]] fight on their pay-per-view [[WWE Insurrextion]] earlier that year.
*Every Rebellion from 1999-2001 has had a Triangle Tag Team Match, except that in 2000 it was a Triangle ''Tables'' Tag Team Match.
*The [[WWE European Championship]] is the only title to ever change hands at Rebellion (in 2000).
*The [[WWE European Championship|European Title]] is also the only WWE title (excluding the [[WWE Hardcore Championship|Hardcore Title]], which was contested with the 24/7 rule) to ever change hands at UK pay-per-views (once at [[WWF One Night Only|One Night Only]] in 1997 and once at Rebellion 2000).
*At [[Insurrextion]] 2003, it was announced that Rebellion 2003 would take place on [[October 11]] at [[Earls Court]] in [[London]]. However, in August 2003 WWE quietly dropped the London event from its schedule. A non-televised [[WWE Friday Night SmackDown!|WWE SmackDown!]] live event took place on [[October 11]] in [[Manchester]].

==See also==
*[[List of WWE pay-per-view events]]


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Latest revision as of 11:25, 27 August 2024

WWE Rebellion
WWE Rebellion 2002 logo
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
BrandSmackDown (2002)
First event1999
Last event2002

WWE Rebellion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), an American professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1999, the events were held and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. The first three events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). 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".

To coincide with the brand extension, the 2002 event was a SmackDown!-exclusive show, which was the promotion's first SmackDown!-exclusive PPV. Additionally, the 2002 event, which was the only held under the WWE name, was the final Rebellion PPV as UK-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued in 2003 as WWE began to broadcast Raw and SmackDown! from the UK in 2004.

History

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In May 1999, the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) held a pay-per-view called No Mercy, which was held in and broadcast exclusively for the United Kingdom.[1] The promotion scheduled another UK-exclusive event to be held in October that year. It was titled Rebellion and was scheduled to be held on October 2, 1999, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.[2] The 2000 event thus established Rebellion as one of the WWF's annual UK-exclusive PPVs, the other being Insurrextion as No Mercy instead became an annual U.S.-based event.[3]

The 2001 event took place during The Invasion period for the WWF, which ended at the next pay-per-view, Survivor Series. All matches had one member of the WWF taking on one member of The Alliance (composed of wrestlers originally from World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling). Over the course of the evening, the WWF won six matches, while the Alliance won three.[4]

In early 2002, the promotion introduced the brand extension, which divided its roster into two separate brands, Raw and SmackDown!, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform.[5] Shortly after this, the promotion itself was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[6] The 2002 event was in turn a SmackDown!-exclusive show and was WWE's first-ever SmackDown!-exclusive PPV held. It was also the last Rebellion event held as UK-exclusive PPVs were discontinued in 2003 as the company began to broadcast Raw and SmackDown from the UK in 2004.[7]

Events

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SmackDown-branded event
# Event Date City Venue Main event Ref.
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 [2][8]
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 [9][3]
3 Rebellion (2001) November 3, 2001 Manchester, England Manchester Arena Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) vs. The Rock for the WWF Championship [4]
4 Rebellion (2002) October 26, 2002 Brock Lesnar (c) and Paul Heyman vs. Edge in a Handicap match for the WWE Championship [7]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WWF No Mercy". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cawthon, Graham (2013). the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 2: WWF 1990 - 1999. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ASIN B00RWUNSRS.
  3. ^ a b "Historical Cards: Rebellion (December 2, 2000. Sheffield, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 156. 2007 Edition.
  4. ^ a b "Historical Cards: Rebellion (November 3, 2001. Manchester, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 156. 2007 Edition.
  5. ^ "WWE Entertainment To Make RAW and SMACKDOWN Distinct Television Brands" (Press release). WWE. March 27, 2002. Archived from the original on April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  6. ^ "World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 26, 2002. Manchester, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 157. 2007 Edition.
  8. ^ "Historical Cards: Rebellion (October 2, 1999. Birmingham, England)". PWI Presents: 2007 Wrestling Almanak and book of facts. Kappa Publications. p. 155. 2007 Edition.
  9. ^ "World Wrestling Federation Results 2000". Peter Krefting. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
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