Insurrextion (2003)

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Insurrextion
Insurrextion 2003 DVD cover.jpg
DVD cover featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand(s)Raw
DateJune 7, 2003
CityNewcastle, England
VenueTelewest Arena
Attendance10,000[1]
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The 2003 Insurrextion was the fourth annual and final Insurrextion professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The event took place on June 7, 2003, at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle, England and was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the first Insurrextion produced under the WWE name, as the promotion was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE just two days after the previous year's event. Insurrextion was discontinued after this 2003 event due to the promotion's discontinuation of UK-exclusive PPVs after this event. Following this event, WWE did not produce another pay-per-view outside of North America until 2018 with that year's Greatest Royal Rumble, which was held in Saudi Arabia.

Production[]

Background[]

Insurrextion was an annual United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) produced by the American professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), since 2000. The 2003 event was the fourth event in the Insurrextion chronology and was held on June 7 at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle, England. Like the previous year, it featured wrestlers exclusively from the Raw brand.[2] It was also the first Insurrextion produced under the WWE name, as the company was renamed from World Wrestling Federation (WWF) to WWE just two days after the previous year's event.[3]

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.[4]

Aftermath[]

The 2003 Insurrextion would be the final Insurrextion event, as WWE discontinued UK-exclusive PPVs after this event as the company began to broadcast Raw and SmackDown! from the UK in 2004.[2] WWE would not hold another PPV outside of North America until the Greatest Royal Rumble in April 2018, which was held in Saudi Arabia, which was the first of a series of PPVs held in that country.[5]

Results[]

No. Results[2][6][7] Stipulations Times[1]
1D Maven defeated Christian Eckstein Singles match -
2D The Hurricane defeated Lance Storm Singles match -
3 Jazz (c) (with Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship 10:45
4 Christian (c) defeated Booker T Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship 15:12
5 Kane and Rob Van Dam (c) defeated La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship 9:03
6 Goldust defeated Rico Singles match 9:53
7 The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley and Spike Dudley) defeated Christopher Nowinski, Rodney Mack and Theodore Long Six-man tag team match 9:15
8 Scott Steiner defeated Test Singles match with Val Venis as special guest referee 6:49
9 Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Kevin Nash (with Shawn Michaels) Street Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship 16:33
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Other on-screen talent[]

Commentators
Interviewers
Ring announcer
Referees

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "WWE Insurrextion 2003 « Events Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Kline, Jack. "6/7 WWE Insurrextion PPV results: Second detailed report". PWTorch.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ "World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Drops The "F" To Emphasize the "E" for Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  5. ^ WWE.com staff (March 5, 2018). "Saudi Arabia to host the Greatest Royal Rumble". WWE. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  6. ^ "Random Network Reviews: Insurrextion 2003 - 411MANIA". 411mania.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Insurrextion 03 (Raw) - Newcastle, England - Telewest Arena - June 7, 2003 (announced as a sell out)". The History of WWE. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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