Insurrextion (2000)

Insurrextion
VHS cover featuring The Rock, Triple H and Shane McMahon
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	May 6, 2000
City	London, England
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Attendance	17,000[1]
Tagline(s)	London Bridge isn't the only thing Falling Down
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The 2000 Insurrextion was the inaugural Insurrextion professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the American promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on May 6, 2000, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England. The event was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom.

Production

Background

In 1999, the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) ran two pay-per-views (PPV) in, and broadcast exclusively for, the United Kingdom. The first was No Mercy, which was held in May, and the second was Rebellion in October; the No Mercy name was later used for another PPV held in the United States that same month, which became a mainstay on WWF's PPV calendar. In early 2000, the promotion announced that May's United Kingdom-exclusive event would be titled Insurrextion. It was scheduled to be held on May 6, 2000, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England.[2]

Storylines

The event featured ten professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]

Aftermath

A second Insurrextion event was held the following year, also in the United Kingdom, thus establishing Insurrextion as an annual UK-exclusive PPV for the promotion.[4][5] The event was discontinued after its 2003 event as the promotion started to broadcast Raw and SmackDown! from the UK in 2004.[6]

Crash Holly would win back the Hardcore Championship three days later on the next episode of Raw when WWE returned to the United States.

Reception

In 2008, J.D. Dunn of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 7.5 [Good], stating, "Normally a nothing PPV, this rivals the US PPVs in terms of quality. Sadly, the Benoit/Angle match was kept short due to Benoit's eye injury. Most of the stuff here was either good wrestling or had some sort of fun element involved. Thumbs up."[7]

Results

No.	Results[2][8]	Stipulations	Times[1]
1	Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Sexay) defeated The Radicalz (Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko)	Tag team match	7:00
2	Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Bull Buchanan	Singles match	3:31
3	Road Dogg (with Tori) defeated Bradshaw	Singles match	5:58
4	The Kat (with Mae Young) defeated Terri Runnels (with The Fabulous Moolah)	Arm Wrestling match	0:34
5	Rikishi and Showkishi defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von)	Tag team match	7:10
6	Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit	Singles match	6:04
7	The British Bulldog defeated Crash Holly (c)	Hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship	3:37
8	The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) defeated Edge and Christian (c) by disqualification	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	12:53
9	Eddie Guerrero (c) (with Chyna) defeated Chris Jericho	Singles match for the WWF European Championship	12:56
10	The Rock (c) defeated Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) and Shane McMahon (with Mr. McMahon)	Triple Threat match for the WWF Championship	15:37
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Jim Ross Jerry "The King" Lawler Interviewers Michael Cole

Ring announcer Tony Chimel Referees Jimmy Korderas Mike Chioda Teddy Long Tim White

See also

• Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

References

1. "WWF Insurrextion 2000 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Insurrextion 2000 - 411MANIA". 411mania.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
4. "Random Network Reviews: Insurrextion 2001 - 411MANIA". 411mania.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
5. "Insurrextion 01 - London, England - Earls Court - May 5, 2001 (16,284)". The History of WWE. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
6. "WWE Insurrextion 2003 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
7. "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Insurrextion 2000". 411Mania.
8. "Insurrextion 00 - London, England - Earls Court - May 6, 2000". The History of the WWE. Retrieved 18 April 2018.