WWE Insurrextion

Insurrextion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment exclusively for the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office. From 2002 on, it was a RAW brand exclusive show. After the 2003 show, all UK exclusive pay-per-views were stopped.

Insurrextion dates and venues

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Results

2000

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Insurrextion (2000)


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=May 6 2000
venue=Earls Court
city=London, England
attendance=17,000
lastevent=Backlash (2000)
nextevent=Judgment Day (2000)
event=Insurrextion
lastevent2="First"
nextevent2=Insurrextion (2001)

Insurrextion (2000) took place on May 6 2000 at the Earls Court in London, England.

*Too Cool (Grand Master Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty) defeated Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn (7:00)
**Sexay pinned Saturn after a Hip Hop Drop.
*Kane defeated Bull Buchanan (3:31)
**Kane pinned Buchanan after a Chokeslam.
*Road Dogg (with Tori) defeated Bradshaw (5:58)
**Road Dogg pinned Bradshaw after a Pumphandle Drop.
*The Kat defeated Terri Runnels in an Arm Wrestling match
**Afterward, The Kat exposed her breasts to the crowd.
*The Big Show and Rikishi defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) (7:10)
**Big Show pinned Bubba after a chokeslam.
**After the match, Too Cool came out and they, along with Rikishi, the The Big Show and the Dudley Boyz all danced to Too Cool's theme music.
*Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit (6:04)
**Angle pinned Benoit after an Angle Slam.
*The British Bulldog defeated Crash Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (3:37)
**Bulldog pinned Holly after a Running Powerslam onto a steel chair.
**This marked the final pay-per-view appearance of the British Bulldog.
*The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Edge and Christian by disqualification (12:53)
**Edge and Christian were disqualified when Edge hit Matt with the ring bell, Edge and Christian retained the titles.
*Eddie Guerrero defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWF European Championship (12:56)
**Guerrero pinned Jericho after hitting him with the title belt while the referee was distracted.
*The Rock defeated Shane McMahon and Triple H in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWF Championship (14:47)
**Rock pinned McMahon after a Spinebuster and a People's Elbow.

2001

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Insurrextion (2001)


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=May 5 2001
venue=Earls Court
city=London, England
attendance=15,794
lastevent=Backlash (2001)
nextevent=Judgment Day (2001)
event=Insurrextion
lastevent2=Insurrextion (2000)
nextevent2=Insurrextion (2002)

Insurrextion (2001) took place on May 5 2001 at Earls Court in London, England.

*Eddie Guerrero defeated Grand Master Sexay (4:30)
**Guerrero pinned Sexay with a roll-up and using the ropes for leverage.
*Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko defeated Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly (5:37)
**Saturn pinned Crash after a Swinging Fisherman's Suplex.
*Bradshaw defeated The Big Show (3:20)
**Bradshaw pinned Big Show after a Clothesline from Hell.
**The match was originally Big Show vs. Test, but Test was injured.
*Edge and Christian defeated X-Factor (X-Pac and Justin Credible), The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff), and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match (13:20)
**Jeff pinned X-Pac after a Swanton Bomb (5:42)
**Christian pinned Jeff after an Unprettier (6:02)
**Edge pinned Bubba Ray after a Gore from Rhyno (13:20)
**After the match The Dudleys put Rhyno through a table with a 3D
*Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle in a Two out of three falls match (14:23)
**Benoit pinned Angle after a Diving headbutt (7:41)
**Benoit pinned Angle after a roll-up (14:23)
*Chris Jericho defeated William Regal to win the "Queen's Cup" (14:46)
**Jericho forced Regal to submit with the Walls of Jericho.
*The Undertaker defeated WWF Champion Steve Austin and Triple H in a Handicap match (17:12)
**Undertaker pinned Triple H after a Chokeslam.
**Austin's WWF Championship was on the line but did not change hands because Undertaker pinned Triple H.

2002

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Insurrextion (2002)


promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=May 4 2002
brand=Raw
venue=Wembley Arena
city=London, England
attendance=10,500
lastevent=Backlash (2002)
nextevent=Judgment Day (2002)
event=Insurrextion
lastevent2=Insurrextion (2001)
nextevent2=Insurrextion (2003)

Insurrextion (2002) took place on May 4 2002 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was the final event under the "World Wrestling Federation" name, as the company was renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the following day.

*Dark match: Mr. Perfect defeated Goldust
**Perfect pinned Goldust.
*Rob Van Dam defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Eddie Guerrero by disqualification (11:23)
**Guerrero was disqualified after hitting the referee with the belt, Guerrero retained the title.
*Trish Stratus and Jacqueline defeated Molly Holly and Jazz (7:40)
**Jacqueline pinned Molly after a Springboard Tornado DDT while Trish was pinning Jazz after a Stratusfaction.
*X-Pac defeated Bradshaw (8:47)
**X-Pac pinned Bradshaw after an X-Factor following a distraction by Scott Hall.
*Booker T defeated Steven Richards to win the WWF Hardcore Championship (10:32)
**Booker pinned Richards after a Book End.
**After the match, Crash Holly pinned Booker to win the Hardcore Title, Booker pinned Crash to win the Hardcore Title, and Richards pinned Booker to win the Hardcore Title.
*The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) defeated Brock Lesnar and Shawn Stasiak (with Paul Heyman) (6:54)
**Jeff pinned Stasiak after a Swanton Bomb.
**After the match Lesnar attacked The Hardy Boyz and Shawn Stasiak.
*Spike Dudley defeated William Regal to retain the WWF European Championship (4:56)
**Dudley pinned Regal with a roll-up.
*Steve Austin defeated The Big Show (with Ric Flair as special outside referee) (16:00)
**Austin pinned Big Show after two Stone Cold Stunners.
*Triple H defeated The Undertaker (14:29)
**Triple H pinned Undertaker after a Pedigree.

2003

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Insurrextion (2003)

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promotion=World Wrestling Entertainment
brand=Raw
date=June 7 2003
venue=Telewest Arena
city=Newcastle, England
attendance=10,000
lastevent=Judgment Day (2003)
nextevent=Bad Blood (2003)
event=Insurrextion
lastevent2=Insurrextion (2002)
nextevent2="Final"

Insurrextion (2003) took place on June 7 2003 at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle, England.

*Dark match: Maven defeated Christian Eckstein
**Maven pinned Eckstein after a Missile Dropkick.
*Dark match: The Hurricane defeated Lance Storm
**Hurricane pinned Storm after a Shining Wizard.
*Jazz (with Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus to retain the WWE Women's Championship (10:45)
**Jazz pinned Stratus when Theodore Long rammed Trish shoulder first into the ring post whilst the ref was distracted by Victoria.
*Christian defeated Booker T to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship (15:55)
**Christian pinned Booker after reversing a roll-up and using the ropes for leverage.
*Rob Van Dam and Kane defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and René Duprée) to retain the World Tag Team Championship (10:43)
**RVD pinned Grenier after a Five Star Frog Splash .
*Goldust defeated Rico (11:15)
**Goldust pinned Rico after a Director's Cut.
*Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Eric Bischoff
*The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray, D-Von, and Spike) defeated Rodney Mack, Christopher Nowinski and Theodore Long (10:00)
**Spike pinned Long after Mack accidentally clotheslined him.
**After the match Nowinski received a 3D through a table.
*Scott Steiner defeated Test (with Val Venis as Special Guest Referee and Stacy Keibler as Special Guest ring Announcer) (7:33)
**Steiner pinned Test after a Steiner Flatliner.
*Triple H (with Ric Flair) defeated Kevin Nash (with Shawn Michaels) in a Street Fight to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (16:33)
**Triple H pinned Nash after hitting him with a sledgehammer.

Trivia

*Insurrextion 2002 was the last televised show to ever run under the WWF name. Due to a lawsuit by the World Wildlife Fund the Federation changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment and started to use the WWE name on the following episode of Raw on May 6 2002.
*Insurrextion 2002 was also the first ever pay-per-view promoted under a WWF brand (Raw).
*The infamous "Plane Ride from Hell" occurred after the 2002 event.cite web|url= http://www.byroncrawford.com/2004/04/best_plane_ride.html|title=Best plane ride ever|accessdate=2007-10-08 |last=Frank the Tank|date=2007-04-05|publisher=byroncrawford.com] During the flight, Ric Flair, Scott Hall and Dustin Rhodes allegedly sexually harassed the female flight attendants. According to one of them, Flair was dressed only in one of his robes and flashed his penis (while "spinning" it around). Others alleged incidents on the plane included a shoot fight between Brock Lesnar and Mr. Perfect arguing over their amateur skills, X-Pac getting drunk and shaving the hair of WWE road agent Michael Hayes, Dustin Runnels singing to his ex-wife Terri Runnels who also worked for the WWE and Scott Hall placing shaving cream on people's faces. After this flight, both Hall and Perfect were released from WWE.

References

* [http://www.dawrestlingsite.com/wrestling/flashback_reviews/insurrextion_00.php Insurrextion 2000: Recap and Analysis at DWS]

See also

*List of WWE pay-per-view events