The 2001 Insurrextion was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the second annual Insurrextion and took place on May 5, 2001, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England for a second consecutive year. This was the final Insurrextion produced before the promotion introduced the brand extension in March 2002.

Production Background In 1999, the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) established an annual pay-per-view (PPV) event titled Rebellion, which was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. In 2000, the WWF created a second UK-exclusive PPV titled Insurrextion. A second Insurrextion was then scheduled for Saturday, May 5, 2001, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England, the same venue as the first event, thus establishing Insurrextion as one of the WWF's two annual UK-exclusive PPVs.

Storylines The event featured seven 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.

Aftermath The 2001 Insurrextion was the final Insurrextion produced before the promotion introduced the brand extension in March 2002, which divided the roster into two separate brands, Raw, and SmackDown!, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. The following year's event was subsequently a Raw-exclusive show.

Reception In January 2016, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], writing "Another in a line of England only pay-per-views that isn't very good. Granted there are some things to check out. The Two out of Three Falls match rules, and the four-way tag was fun. However, everything else either disappointed greatly or just flat out sucked. Not the best way to spend two-and-a-half hours, but you should go see Angle/Benoit at least."

Results

(*) Since Undertaker pinned Triple H, he did not win the title

Other on-screen talent Commentators Michael Cole Paul Heyman Interviewer Jonathan Coachman Ring announcer Lilian GarciaReferees Earl Hebner Mike Sparks Teddy Long Tim White

See also

Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom

References