Rebellion was a

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(PPV)

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produced by

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. It took place on April 23, 2022, at the Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center in

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. It was the fourth event under the

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chronology. 10 matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show and one taped as a digital exclusive. In the main event,

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defeated

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to win the

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. In other prominent matches,

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defeated Mike Bailey and defending champion

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in a

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to win the

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( Eric Young and

Joe Doering Joseph Doering (born April 16, 1982) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a member of Violent By Design. He is currently inactive due to cancer surgery. He is a former two-time Impact World Tag T ...

) retained the

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in an Eight-Team Elimination Challenge, and

Taya Valkyrie Kira Renée Magnin-Forster (born October 22, 1983) is a Canadian professional wrestler, fitness competitor, and model better known by the ring name Taya Valkyrie. She is currently appearing for Impact Wrestling, where she is a current two-time ...

defeated

Deonna Purrazzo Deonna Purrazzo (born June 10, 1994) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where she is a former two-time Impact Knockouts World Champion and a former Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion. She also appea ...

to win the

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship The AAA Reina de Reinas Championship (literally "AAA Queen of Queens Championship", "AAA Women's Championship") is a singles women's professional wrestling championship promoted by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). It is the only females champions ...

Production

Background

Rebellion is a

event produced by

. It is annually held during the month of April, and the event was first held in 2019. At

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, Impact Wrestling announced Rebellion would take place in on April 23, 2022, at the Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center in

Storylines

The event featured several

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing

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s, and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on Impact's weekly television program. At Bound for Glory, in October 2021,

defeated

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to win the

. While Alexander was celebrating with his family,

, who earlier won the

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match, ambushed him and invoked his opportunity, immediately capturing the title. In the following months, Alexander wanted revenge on Moose, but was repeatedly denied by Impact Executive Vice President,

Scott D'Amore Scott Francis D'Amore (born August 8, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, manager, promoter, booker and entrepreneur. He is the current Executive Vice President of Impact Wrestling, where he also worked from 2003 to 2010 as an on- ...

. On the February 10, 2022 episode of ''Impact!'', Alexander continued to attack Big Kon after defeating him. Security would try to intervene, but Alexander would push them away, and he even pushed D'Amore. As a result, D'Amore would send Alexander home, as a kayfabe explanation for Alexander's contract and work visa expiring. At

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, after Moose retained the Impact World Championship against

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, Alexander returned to attack Moose, and announced that he had signed both a new multi-year Impact Wrestling contract, and a contract to face Moose for his World title in the main event of Rebellion. On March 8, Impact Wrestling announced that

will defend the

in a

at Rebellion, with two other three-way matches to take place on following episodes of ''Impact!'' to determine his challengers.

and Mike Bailey qualified for the three-way match by defeating

Crazzy Steve Steven Scott (born March 4, 1984) is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently signed with Impact Wrestling, under the ring name Crazzy Steve, where he is a former Impact World Tag Team Champion. He also wrestles on the independent circuit fo ...

and John Skyler, and

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and

Willie Mack Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a ...

, respectively. On the February 10, 2022 episode of ''Impact!'', after Josh Alexander was sent home by Scott D'Amore, Team Impact (

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, Eddie Edwards,

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, and

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) elected

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to replace Alexander in their match against

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(

Matt Taven Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, who currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling. He is best known for his work with Ring of Honor (ROH), ...

, Mike Bennett,

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, PCO, and

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) at

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. At No Surrender, Edwards would ultimately betray Team Impact and allow Honor No More to win; he was later revealed as the faction's leader on the following episode of ''Impact!''. On March 25, it was announced that Gresham will face off with Edwards at Rebellion. On April 23, it was announced that Gresham was removed from the match due to an injury and was replaced by

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. At Sacrifice,

( Eric Young and

) defeated

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(

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and

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) to win the

. On the March 17 episode of ''Impact!'', The Good Brothers confronted Scott D'Amore about a rematch, which they received in the form of a

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for the following week. In addition, D'Amore announced that whoever would be champion after that match would defend against their opponents, as well as six other teams, in an Eight-Team Elimination Challenge at Rebellion. VBD would retain the titles due to interference by Honor No More. On the March 31 episode of ''Impact!'',

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won a

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to become the number one contender to the

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, and will face champion

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at Rebellion. At

Multiverse of Matches Multiverse of Matches was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling as a part of WrestleCon. It took place on April 1, 2022, at the Fairmount Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The event featured talent from partner promo ...

successfully defended the

against

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—the woman she beat for the title—in her latest "Champ-Champ Open Challenge". However, Purrazzo's victory would be inturrupted by

, making her return to Impact after over a year and challenging Purrazzo for the title at Rebellion. After Honor No More defeated Team Impact at

, Steve Maclin began to target members of the Impact roster who may have doubted his loyalty to the company. After defeating Eddie Edwards by disqualification, Maclin picked up wins over Rhino and Heath before being beaten by

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, after help from Shelley's tag team partner Chris Sabin. At Multiverse of Matches, Maclin attacked Sabin after the latter had beaten

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, but would soon fall victim to a low blow by White. On April 7, Impact announced a three-way match between Maclin, Sabin, and White for Rebellion.

Event

Countdown to Rebellion

Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Kenny King defeated Crazzy Steve which was aired as an Impact Digital Exclusive on April 26. During the Rebellion pre-show, Eddie Edwards faced Chris Bey. In the end, Edwards performed a fisherman driver on Bey to win the match. Also on the pre-show, The Influence (

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and

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) successfully defended the Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against

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( Cassie Lee and

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), after performing a double front facelock drop on McKay.

Preliminary matches

The actual pay-per-view started with three-way match Chris Sabin, Jay White and Steve Maclin. After Sabin performed a

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on White, Maclin rolled Sabin into a pinfall to steal the victory. Next, Deonna Purrazzo defended the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship against Taya Valkyrie. In the end, Valkyrie performed the Road to Valhalla to win the title for the fourth time in her career. After that, Trey Miguel defended the X Division Championship against Ace Austin and Mike Bailey in a three-way match. During the match, Miguel performed a diving

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into a pinfall, however, Austin pulled the referee before he could count to three. In the end, Austin performed

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on Miguel to pin him and win the title for the sixth time in his career.

Aftermath

On April 27, The IInspiration announced that they are indefinitely stepping away from in-ring action in order to pursue other opportunities, thus leaving Impact.

Results

Tag Team Elimination Challenge

Notes

References

External links

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