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 The Invasion Goes To Manchester May 04, 2009
This was better than I predictied. A nice ppv and just for you to know rebellion is a international ppv that takes place here in Manchester, England. Enjoy and please rate. Thanks!
Steel Cage Match-IC Championship
Edge vs. Christian
I thought this was a nice choice for the opener. I love the classic cage being used. I really enjoyed this one. It had some nice spots in the match. Not as good as thier ladder match at no mercy. This match is still good and had a nice ending to it. Match Rating:4.25/5
Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Hurricane Helms
I was really suprised with this match. It was a good, highflying criuserweight bout. Nice counters and reversals and the suprise match of the night. Match Rating:3/5
The Big Show vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Thank goodness this match was short. This was a total dud and really the only damper on the night. DDP's promos were better than the match itself. Match Rating:2/5 (for the ddp promos)
Elimination 3-way Tag Match For The WCW Tag Team Titles
The Dudleyz vs. The Hardyz vs. APA
This match was pretty good. APA kind of brought this match down at first, but when they got eliminated the match picked up. A good tag match here. I wish the Hardyz would have won. Match Rating:4/5
Tijiri vs. William Regal
This match is better than there survivor series bout later in the month. Regal wrestled well in this one. Match Rating:3.5/5
WCW Championship
Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle
This match was really a forgotten classic. These two guys meshed well with each other. Nice counters and submission moves in this one. Also had a good brawl outside the ring. Match Rating:4.5/5
Diva Tag Match
Not really all that good. Just didn't get it done. Match Rating:2/5
WWF Championship
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
This match was defiently awesome. Sadly, not alot of people know about this match. This bout got taken everywhere and they had a nice fight on the ramp. A good confrontation between two huge rivals. Nice main event. Match Rating:5/5
Rebellion was suprisingly good. Pick it up for your '01 collection. Great main event to a solid card.
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The Invasion Got Taken To The UK! Feb 24, 2009
Just in case if you do not know, Rebellion along with Insurrextion are WWF's PPV events for England. This is another good PPV from the Ivasion period. It carried over some storylines and feuds from No Mercy to the Survivor Series event. The two World Title matches are very good and the under-card isn't so bad either.
Steel Cage Match for the IC Title
Edge (C) vs. Christian
This feud played off pretty well. But this match certainly didn't live up to their Ladder Match from No Mercy. Some good spots with the cage. No blood in this one but still good. And the ending is something we haven't seen yet since. 4/5
Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Hurricane Helms
I was really impressed with this match. It started out slow but picked up as the match progressed. Some very good counters and reversals towards the end and this match played out to be pretty decent. 3/5
Big Show vs. DDP
A very short match. DDP's run after the Invasion and Summerslam PPVs went really bad in my opinion. And this match was really weak. These two had better in their old WCW days. 2/5
Elimination Tag Team Match for the WCW Tag Team Titles
Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz (C) vs. APA
The PPV picks up again here. After the APA got eliminated, the Hardys and Dudleys put on a very good tag match. A table gets introduced but doesn't get used. Still a pretty good tag team match up. 3.5/5
William Regal vs. Tajiri
A very good mat based and ground based match up. Regal looked to be in very good shape here. A very good match. 4/5
WCW Heavyweight Title
Chris Jericho (C) vs. Kurt Angle
This match came about after Angle defected just a week earlier. This match went very good with both men suplexing and slamming each other. To include a little nice brawl on the outside. Angle is very good as a heel and him and Jericho meshed in very well with each other. Just a solid wrestling match. 5/5
Divas Tag Team Match with Trish Stratus as the Special Referee
Lita and Torrie Wilson vs. Stacy Keibler and Mighty Molly
I found this match not good at all. Even with Trish as the special ref. This match just didn't do it for me. 1.5/5
WWF Title
The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (C)
Great match but doesn't quite equal to their classic from Wrestlemania earlier in the year. This match got taken almost everywhere. It would even get a little brutal. This was a good back and forth confrontation from these two great rivals. A very good match showing for the WWF Title. 5/5
The Extra's arent so bad either. They hold two very good matches and also Kurt Angle defecting to the Alliance.
WCW Heavyweight Title From RAW 11.5.01
The Rock vs. Chris Jericho (C)
Another good match showing from these two for the WCW Title. Not as good as from their No Mercy encounter but still very good nevertheless. This match seemed very personal. It has a good table spot and some blood too. And the after match assault to The Rock added more as well. 4.5/5
Smackdown 11.8.01
Undertaker vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle
Another good match right here. Austin and Angle had just previously took out Kane the past RAW. And Taker was here for revenge and he gave Austin and Angle a run for their money. Good match and watch out for Austin stunning Angle. 3.5/5
I recommend purchasing Rebellion '01. The two World Title matches are great and the extra's make up for the decent mid-card.
 What's the point of match rundowns? Jan 30, 2009
Look, anybody can read the following reviews and see who wins and loses, so I'll give you my impressions of the show as a whole.
Rebellion 2001 comes in the midst of the "WCW Invasion" storyline that pitted The WWE (named the WWF at the time) against an upstart group of young talent representing WCW or World Championship wrestling.
While their are stronger Pay-Per-Views that exploit this storyling, namely the apt-titled "Invasion" of July 2001, WWF Rebellion has two things going for it that other PPVs do not. 1) It took place in England, and was never shown in the US and 2) Features a match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Rock, arguably the two biggest stars of this generation.
WWF/E Rebellion is a strong PPV, but not an overly memorable one sans the Rock/Austin match. It's still worthy of being in your collection, however.
Goes From Rock Bottom To A Hard-Hitting Stunner Sep 26, 2008
I don't have any creative way to introduce this DVD. I'll just say that the PPV starts rough & ends very strong, while the DVD includes some excellent bonus material. So, let's not waste any more time:
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PPV REVIEW
1) Steel Cage Match - WWF Intercontinental Championship
Christian (WWF European champion) v.
Edge (WWF Intercontinental champion)
---Let's cut to the chase: I really don't like this match very much. Considering the exceptional encounters these two had at UNFORGIVEN and NO MERCY, I expected a lot more. But the whole match is a series of fits and starts. Just when it gets good, the whole thing slows down to more weak holds and weak takedowns. The last few minutes are pretty exciting, and the finish is still (to my knowledge) unique to this particular Cage Match. But I watched this twice to see if I just missed something. Maybe the third time will be the charm?
"6.0 / 10"
2) Scotty 2 Hotty v. The Hurricane
---Okay, the good news is that this match is a lot more fun to watch than it looks in print. These two wrestlers were a couple of the goofiest of the Fed's talent roster, but they actually went out and tried to have a decent match. For the most part, it's pretty solid. The only real problem I have with this contest is the same I had with the opening Steel Cage Match: a tad slow & a tad soft. Plus, The Worm is the stupidest friggin' finisher in pro wrestling history. PERIOD!
"6.5 / 10"
3) DDP v. Big Show
---Unlike other reviewers, I don't know whether the WCW encounters between these two were any good. I actually didn't hate this match as much as everyone else seems too, because it was meant to be a funny squash. Pointless? Yes, but I wasn't bored.
"5.0 / 10"
4) Elimination Match - WCW Tag Team Championships
The Dudley Boyz (champions) v. The APA v. The Hardy Boyz
---When all three teams are active, this match isn't very good. Bradshaw was usually a fun superstar to watch back in 2001, but Ron "Faarooq" Simmons was way past his prime at this point, and it shows. But once APA is out of the picture, The Hardyz & Dudleyz deliver an exceptional back-and-forth contest. And it wasn't the same old routines between either team; I saw some counters and double-teams I hadn't seen either team use against each other before. You might not like the first few minutes, but once APA is gone, things get really good.
"7.0 / 10"
5) William Regal (WCW/ECW Alliance Commissioner) v. Tajiri
---Like everyone else has said, this little grudge match not only wipes the floor with their future SURVIVOR SERIES encounter, but is a remarkable contest worthy of any PPV. The whole match is flatout rough, and stiff as hell. These guys don't seem to pull pack on their submission holds, takedowns, or strikes. A very good showing from both men.
"7.0 / 10"
6) WCW Championships
Kurt Angle (WCW United States champion)
v. Chris Jericho (WCW champion)
---One of the greatest matches I've ever seen! If either Angle or Jericho get a WWE DVD that celebrates their career, this match belongs on them. What stands out to me is the endless arsenal of moves these two men utilize. I don't think I saw the same submission hold used more than once. The finishers weren't overused, or over-attempted for that matter. The action was back-and-forth, constantly. When the pace was slow, it was exhilerating. The UK crowd ate this whole match up from start to finish. Other than a strange aftermath, -- and possibly a shorter-than-expected time length -- this is a near-perfect display of why I love pro wrestling. This exceptional contest is the only reason you need to buy the REBELLION 2001 DVD.
"9.5 / 10"
7) Special Referee - Trish Stratus
Mighty Molly & Stacy Keibler v. Torrie Wilson & Lita
---I don't hate Divas matches, really. They have their audience, and can be fun from time to time. Heck, I even think the Bra-and-Panties Match from the INVASION PPV is criminally underrated. But this whole tag team contest is sloppy and pointless. I can't even describe what I didn't like about it, because there's not much to say. Lita and Molly are (or were) excellent athletes, and Torrie & Stacy have a couple good matches to their name. But this whole affair is pointless, boring, and over before you know it.
"4.0 / 10"
8) WWF Championship
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (champion) v. The Rock
---I need to give you a little history before I talk about this main event. I think Rock/Austin matches are very overrated. I like them, but don't they're nearly as great as every other wrestling fan does. However, this particular one really entertained me. At first, we get the usual Rock/Austin cliches. The fistfight starts the same as all the others. They fight up the entrance ramp. There's a reversed suplex on the stage. One guy drinks some water, only to spit it at the other guy. C'mon, you know this is true to some degree. But about halfway through, the match actually showed me a few tricks I hadn't seen Austin & Rock use on each other. I can't really explain it, but there seemed to more use of in-ring psychology than the straight-up brawls we usually get from these two. The counters were more unusual than I'd seen before, and Austin's ground offense was more aggressive than usual. Also, I think the final moments were more breathtaking than any other Rock/Austin showdown. In so many ways, this REBELLION DVD is a perfect tie-in to the SURVIVOR SERIES 2001 PPV, and this main event is the key example. I'm so surprised by how much I liked this main event that I'm going to give the other Rock/Austin battles another look.
"8.0 / 10"
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DVD EXTRAS
---The DVD features can be separated in two categories:
1) You get several video montages that you'll view on the PPV anyway.
2) You get two solid bonus matches.
The first bonus match is on the RAW that followed REBELLION. The Rock and Chris Jericho compete for almost 30 minutes, with Rock winning the WCW Title back from Y2J. Not quite as good (in my opinion) as their PPV matches before and after this TV main event, but still an incredible faceoff.
The second bonus match is on the following SMACKDOWN. The Undertaker competes in a Handicap Match against Kurt Angle & Steve Austin. This contest lasts about 12 minutes, and doesn't let up from the opening bell. Angle & Austin can't get along, which allows Taker to survive the odds better than he probably should've. And when Angle & Austin are in control, the match is never dull.
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OVERALL
---The REBELLION PPV starts off very rough, especially with a disappointing Steel Cage Match from Edge and Christian. However, about halfway through, the card becomes well worth your money. And then when the event is over -- which is only about 135 minutes, by the way -- you get two great bonus matches to sink your teeth into. REBELLION 2001 might not be a great PPV, but it's still an excellent purchase. Not only does the DVD make a nice little bridge to the SURVIVOR SERIES that ended the Invasion angle, but it also includes four terrific matches that you can't get on any other WWE DVD.
WWF Rebellion May 15, 2008
During the WWF era, they were going thru the whole Invasion angle. The WWF rooster was stacked with talent. However, WWF didnt really know how to manage this talent. This PPV is more like a epsiode of Raw rather then a PPV.
Edge VS Christian in a Cage Match: I hate Edge but will give credit to him, this is probably the best ending to any cage match ive ever seen. A short match, alot of this matches were short.
Hurricane VS Scotty 2 Hotty: I cannot believe Hurricane lost to the worm.
DDP cuts a promo in his motivational phase. DDP was a excellent worker and was just one of many wrestlers who had talent but WWF didn't know how to handle them. Call me crazy but DDP would have been a excellent world champion in WWF but they still had Rock and Austin, so DDP could second hand titles.
DDP VS Big Show: A good match but way to short. Big Show wins even though DDP could have easily won.
The Hardys VS Dudleys VS APA: A pretty good match.
William Regal VS Tajiri: A good but anther short match. I dont know why these matches were so short.
Jeez, Kurt Angle use to cut a hell of a promo. I miss these phase of Angle's career. Of course, WWF had alot of wrestlers could cut funny promos in this era.
Chris Jericho VS Kurt Angle: An alright match. Endings to England PPV's world title matches seem to be different then Ameircan endings.
Rock cuts a promo. I miss this guy, he is what WWF needs. Damn Hollywood.
Not his best promo though.
Lita @ Torrie Wilson VS Mighty Molly @ Stacy Keibler: I dont know why England ppv's have these matches towards the end. Skip for an ale.
Steve Austin VS The Rock: Liked the back story, these two never disappoint. Too bad the ending sucked.
Extra matches are pretty good: Rock VS Jericho for the WCW title in a match that was better then the whole PPV. Rock won the title but I dont think the WCW title meant much at this time. Sould have given DDP a run with it. At least for a few weeks.
Undertaker VS Anfle and Austin: A short match that ends with a roll up. I hate when matches end that way, sometimes its good but most, its bad.
The also have a promo of Rock-Austin from WrestleMania X7 and Angle defecting to the alliance.
Overall, its worth getting. Rock VS Jericho match is well worth it and thats an extra!
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