Insurrextion (2002)

Insurrextion was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on May 4, 2002, at the Wembley Arena in London, England, and was the WWF's first pay-per-view event promoted for the Raw brand division, with Rebellion that October becoming the SmackDown! event. It was the third Insurrextion event.

Insurrextion
PromotionWorld Wrestling Federation
Brand(s)Raw
DateMay 4, 2002
CityLondon, England
VenueWembley Arena
Attendance9,308[1]
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The event was also the last live televised event to run under the WWF name as part of the Attitude Era. Due to a lawsuit by the World Wild Fund For Nature, the promotion changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) over the next two days and started to use the WWE name on the May 6 episode of Raw, marking the start of the Ruthless Aggression Era. In addition, Scott Hall and Curt Hennig were fired following the event for their involvement on a series of incidents on the return flight to the United States, referred to as the "plane ride from hell", while Goldust and Ric Flair were also reprimanded by the company for their involvement in other incidents during the flight.[2][3][4]

Storylines

The event featured nine 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.[5]

Results
No. Results[6][7] Stipulations Times[1]
1D Mr. Perfect defeated Goldust Singles match -
2 Rob Van Dam defeated Eddie Guerrero (c) via disqualification Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship 11:24
3 Jacqueline and Trish Stratus defeated Jazz and Molly Holly Tag team match 7:43
4 X-Pac defeated Bradshaw Singles match 8:49
5 Booker T defeated Steven Richards (c)[Note 1] Hardcore match for the WWF Hardcore Championship 9:50
6 The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) defeated Brock Lesnar and Shawn Stasiak (with Paul Heyman) Tag team match 6:42
7 Spike Dudley (c) defeated William Regal Singles match for the WWF European Championship 4:56
8 Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Big Show Singles match with Ric Flair as special guest referee 15:00
9 Triple H defeated The Undertaker Singles match 14:31
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match
  1. Following the match, Crash Holly (who was not involved in the original match) pinned Booker T, who later pinned Crash to regain the title; Richards later pinned Booker to return the title to himself.

Other on-screen talent
Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer
Referees

See also

References
  1. "WWF Insurrextion 2002 « Events Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. Baines, Tim (May 8, 2002). "Hall, Henning and F are out". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  3. Mooneyham, Mike Raw Crew Lives Down To Name The Wrestling Gospel (May 11, 2002). Retrieved 19-12-2011.
  4. Konuwa, Alfred (May 6, 2012). "Ric Flair, Sex & Steroids in Flight: 10 Years After WWE's Plane Ride from Hell". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  5. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  6. "Dark Pegasus Video Review: Insurrextion 2002 - 411MANIA". 411mania.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. "Insurrextion 02 - London, England - Wembley Arena - May 4, 2002 (9,308; sell out)". The History of WWE. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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