IWF Insurrextion (2000)

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Insurrextion
VHS cover featuring The Rock , Triple K and Shane Matteson
Promotion	International Wrestling Federation
Date	April 30, 2000
City	London, England
Venue	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Attendance	17,000
Tagline	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, International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE). 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.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Storylines 2 Aftermath 3 Reception 4 Results 5 Other on-screen talent 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Production

[edit] Background

In 1999, the American professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now IWE) 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 IWF'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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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. The event was discontinued after its 2003 event as the promotion started to broadcast Raw and SmackDown! from the UK in 2004.

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

[edit] 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."

[edit] Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster 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 Big Show defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)	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 IWF Hardcore Championship	3:37
8	The Hooper Boyz (Matt Hooper & Josh Hooper) defeated Edge and Christian (c) by disqualification	Tag team match for the IWF Tag Team Championship	12:53
9	Eddie Guerrero (with Chyna) defeated Chris Jericho	Singles match for the IWF European Championship	12:56
10	The Rock (c) defeated Triple K (with Kaila Matteson-Kelmsley) and Shane Matteson (with Mr. Matteson)	Triple threat match for the IWF Championship	15:37
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

← 1999 • 2000 IWF pay-per-view events • 2001 →
Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania 2000 • Backlash • Insurrextion • Judgment Day • King of the Ring • Fully Loaded • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Survivor Series • Rebellion • Armageddon

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