WWE Rebellion
Rebellion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that was exclusively for the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office. In 2002, the pay-per-view was a SmackDown! exclusive show. It was no longer an annual event after all UK-exclusive pay-per-views ceased in 2003. Rebellion had its own theme song aptly titled "Rebellion".
Events
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October 2, 1999
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Triple H (c) versus The Rock in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship | |||
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December 2, 2000
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Kurt Angle (c) versus Rikishi versus Steve Austin versus The Rock in a Fatal Four-Way match for the WWF Championship | |||
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November 3, 2001
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Steve Austin (c) versus The Rock for the WWF Championship | |||
4
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October 26, 2002
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Brock Lesnar (c) versus Edge in a Singles match for the WWE Championship | |||
(c) - refers to the champion prior to the match
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Results
1999
| Rebellion (1999) | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | October 2, 1999 | ||
| City | Birmingham, England | ||
| Venue | National Indoor Arena | ||
| Attendance | 13,500 | ||
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Rebellion (1999) took place on October 2, 1999 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Christian defeated Crash Holly (4:39)
- Christian pinned Crash.
- Jeff Jarrett (with Miss Kitty) defeated D'Lo Brown to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (6:00)
- Jarrett pinned Brown after hitting him with a vacuum cleaner.
- Prior to the contest, a cointoss was used to decide whether Jarrett's Intercontinental Championship or Brown's European Championship would be on the line in the match.
- The Godfather defeated Gangrel (4:04)
- Godfather pinned Gangrel after a Pimp Drop.
- Val Venis defeated Mark Henry (3:01)
- Venis pinned Henry after a Money Shot.
- Ivory defeated Luna Vachon, Tori and Jacqueline in a Four Corners match to retain the WWF Women's Championship (3:16)
- Ivory pinned Jacqueline after hitting her with the title belt.
- Chris Jericho (with Curtis Hughes) defeated Road Dogg (10:29)
- Jericho pinned Road Dogg after a Low blow.
- Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Miss Kitty) (2:22)
- Jarrett was disqualified when The British Bulldog interfered and assaulted Chyna.
- Kane defeated The Big Show in a No Disqualification match (7:54)
- Kane pinned Big Show
- The British Bulldog defeated X-Pac (5:10)
- Bulldog pinned X-Pac after a Running Powerslam.
- Edge and Christian defeated The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) and Hardcore Holly & Crash Holly in a Triangle match (9:03)
- Bradshaw pinned Crash after a Clothesline From Hell (4:19)
- Edge pinned Bradshaw after countering a Superplex with a Tornado DDT (8:42)
- Triple H defeated The Rock in a Steel Cage match to retain the WWF Championship (22:17)
- Triple H won by escaping the cage when The British Bulldog interfered and held The Rock back.
2000
| Rebellion (2000) | |||
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| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | December 2, 2000 | ||
| City | Sheffield, England | ||
| Venue | Sheffield Arena | ||
| Attendance | 11,077 | ||
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Rebellion (2000) took place on December 2, 2000 at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Edge and Christian and T & A (Test and Albert) (with Trish Stratus) in an 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)
- Ivory (with Steven Richards) defeated Lita to retain the WWF Women's Championship (2:55)
- Ivory pinned Lita after countering Lita's Sunset Flip attempt. She used the ropes and Steven Richards for Leverage.
- Steve Blackman defeated Perry Saturn to retain the WWF Hardcore Championship (6:03)
- Blackman pinned Saturn after a Martial Arts Kick.
- Crash Holly (with Molly Holly) defeated William Regal to win the 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.
- Chyna and Billy Gunn defeated Dean Malenko and Eddie Guerrero (12:15)
- Gunn pinned Malenko after a One and Only.
- Kane defeated Chris Jericho (8:04)
- Kane pinned Jericho after a Chokeslam.
- Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (8:05)
- Goodfather pinned Jeff after Val Venis hit Jeff with a Money Shot.
- The Undertaker defeated Chris Benoit (12:15)
- Undertaker pinned Benoit with a roll-up.
- Kurt Angle defeated Rikishi, Steve Austin and The Rock in a Fatal Four-Way match to retain the WWF Championship (8:50)
- Angle pinned Rikishi after an Angle Slam. Edge, Christian and The Radicalz interfered on Angle's behalf.
2001
| Rebellion (2001) | |||
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| File:Rebellion 2001.jpg Promotional poster featuring The Rock | |||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | ||
| Date | November 3, 2001 | ||
| City | Manchester, England | ||
| Venue | Manchester Arena | ||
| Attendance | 15,612 | ||
| Tagline(s) | Manchester Divided | ||
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Rebellion (2001) took place on November 3, 2001 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Billy and Chuck (Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo) (WWF) defeated Lance Storm and Justin Credible (ECW) (5:00)
- Edge (WWF) defeated Christian (WCW) in a Steel cage match to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (20:49)
- Edge escaped the cage after he bundled Christian's boots rope with the cage and escaped the cage.
- Scotty 2 Hotty (WWF) defeated The Hurricane (WCW) (8:55)
- Scotty pinned Hurricane after the Worm.
- The Big Show (WWF) defeated Diamond Dallas Page (WCW) (3:15)
- Big Show pinned Page after a Chokeslam.
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (ECW) defeated The APA (Faarooq and Bradshaw) (WWF) and The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) (WWF) in a Triangle match to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (12:01)
- Matt pinned Faarooq after a Twist of Fate.
- D-Von pinned Matt after a 3-D (12:01)
- William Regal (WCW) defeated Tajiri (WWF) (5:55)
- Regal forced Tajiri to submit to the Regal Stretch after Tajiri missed a Moonsault.
- Chris Jericho (WWF) defeated Kurt Angle (WCW) to retain the WCW Championship (14:55)
- Jericho pinned Angle after reversing the Angle Slam into a Roll up.
- Torrie Wilson and Lita (WWF) defeated Stacy Keibler and Mighty Molly (WCW) (with Trish Stratus as special guest referee) (4:16)
- Lita pinned Molly after a Twist of Fate.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin (WCW) defeated The Rock (WWF) to retain the WWF Championship (22:09)
- Austin pinned Rock after Kurt Angle hit him with the WWF Title belt followed by a Stone Cold Stunner.
2002
| Rebellion (2002) | |||
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| File:Rebellion 2002.jpg Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar | |||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | SmackDown! | ||
| Date | October 26, 2002 | ||
| City | Manchester, England | ||
| Venue | Manchester Arena | ||
| Attendance | 13,416 | ||
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Rebellion (2002) took place on October 26, 2002 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England and it was the first pay-per view event promoted under a WWE brand (Smackdown!).
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Bill DeMott defeated Shannon Moore (8:26)
- DeMott pinned Moore.
- Booker T defeated Matt Hardy (12:01)
- Booker pinned Hardy after a Scissors Kick.
- Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson defeated John Cena and Dawn Marie in a Mixed tag team match (5:24)
- Kidman pinned Cena after a Shooting Star Press.
- Funaki defeated Crash Holly (5:37)
- Funaki pinned Holly after a roll-up.
- Jamie Noble (with Nidia) defeated Rey Mysterio and Tajiri in an Elimination match to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (12:47)
- Noble pinned Tajiri after a Tiger Bomb(4:32)
- Noble pinned Mysterio after reversing a Victory Roll and using Nidia for leverage(12:47)
- After the match Mysterio gave Noble and Nidia a double 619.
- Reverend D-Von and Ron Simmons defeated Val Venis and Chuck Palumbo (4:09)
- D-Von pinned Palumbo with a roll-up.
- Rikishi defeated Albert (7:17)
- Rikishi pinned Albert after a Rump Shaker.
- Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (16:36)
- Angle pinned Eddie after an Angle Slam.
- Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman defeated Edge in a handicap Match to retain Lesnar's WWE Championship (18:50)
- Lesnar pinned Edge after hitting Edge in the ribs with a steel chair followed by an F-5.
- After the match, Heyman tried to attack Edge with the chair but ended up receiving an Edgecution.