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WWE Rebellion
WWE Rebellion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), an American professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1999, the events were held and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. The first three events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Rebellion was also shown on the Viewers Choice service in Canada, but was never televised in the United States. Rebellion had its own theme song titled "Rebellion". To coincide with the brand extension, the 2002 event was a SmackDown!-exclusive show, which was the promotion's first SmackDown!-exclusive PPV. Additionally, the 2002 event, which was the only held under the WWE name, was the final Rebellion PPV as UK-exclusive pay-per-views were discontinued in 2003 as WWE began to broadcast '' Raw'' and ''SmackDown!'' from the UK in 2004. History In May 1999, the American professional wrestling promotion World ...
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World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into fields outside of wrestling, including film, football, and other business ventures, such as licensing its intellectual property to other companies to produce video games and action figures. As in other professional wrestling promotions, WWE does not promote a legitimate sporting contest but rather entertainment-based performance theater, featuring storyline-driven, scripted, and partially choreographed matches; however, matches often include moves that put performers at risk of serious injury or death if not performed correctly. The pre-determined aspect of professional wrestling (an industry open secret) was publicly acknowledged by WWE in 1989 to avoid regulation by athletic commissions. WWE markets it ...
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National Indoor Arena
Utilita Arena Birmingham (previously known as Arena Birmingham, The Barclaycard Arena, originally as the National Indoor Arena and still commonly called The NIA) is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, England. It is owned by parent company the NEC Group. When it was opened in 1991, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK. The arena is located alongside the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line's Old Turn Junction and opposite the National Sea Life Centre in Brindleyplace. The building straddles the main Birmingham to Wolverhampton Intercity railway line (originally the Stour Valley Line), but does not have a station of its own. There are three adjoining car parks with a total of 2,156 spaces. Close to the arena is The ICC which is also owned by the NEC Group. It is currently the fourth-largest indoor arena in the United Kingdom by capacity. In 2019, the arena had ticket sales of 530,597, which was the 4th highest in the United Kingdom. Backg ...
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Triple H
Paul Michael Levesque (; born July 27, 1969), also known by the ring name Triple H, is an American business executive and former professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he serves as its chief content officer. Levesque began his wrestling career in 1992 under the ring name Terra Ryzing, and gained his first mainstream exposure in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1994, becoming known as Jean-Paul Levesque. In 1995, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and became known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, which was later shortened to Triple H. In WWF, he gained fame during the Attitude Era as a member of The Kliq and of . He is a world champion in WWE, having won the WWE Championship, WWF/WWE Championship nine times and the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE, 2002–2013), World Heavyweight Championship five times. He is also a WWE Intercontinental Championship, Intercontinental Champion, World Tag Team Championship (WWE), WWE Tag Team Champion (w ...
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the List of English districts by population, largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of million people in the city proper in . Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. The urban area has a population of 2.65million. Located in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midland ...
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Raw (WWE Brand)
WWE Raw, Raw is a WWE brand extension, brand of the American professional wrestling promotion WWE that was established on March 25, 2002. Brands are divisions of WWE's roster where wrestlers are assigned to perform on a weekly basis when a brand extension is in effect. Wrestlers assigned to Raw primarily appear on the brand's weekly television program, ''WWE Raw, Monday Night Raw'', which began in 1993, also referred to simply as ''Raw''. It is one of WWE's two main brands, along with SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown, which was made in 2002 after absorbing the WCW. They are collectively referred to as WWE's main roster. The brand extension was discontinued between August 2011 and July 2016. In addition to Raw's main television program, less-utilized wrestlers also appear on the brand's supplementary show, ''WWE Main Event, Main Event''. Raw's wrestlers also perform on the branded and co-branded pay-per-view and livestreaming List of WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network events, events a ...
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Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was an American professional wrestling promotion that was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operated by its parent company HHG Corporation. The promotion was founded in 1992 by Tod Gordon as National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) affiliate Eastern Championship Wrestling. The following year, businessman and wrestling manager Paul Heyman took over the creative end of the promotion from Eddie Gilbert (wrestler), Eddie Gilbert. Under Heyman, the promotion was rechristened as Extreme Championship Wrestling. The promotion was known for highlighting a "hardcore wrestling" style, with matches regularly featuring weapons (including the frequent use of chairs, tables, and fire) and revolving around adult-themed storylines. Though the hardcore style was the main focus, ECW also showcased various international styles of professional wrestling not usually seen in the U.S., ranging from Mexico, Mexican lucha libre to Japanese puroresu. Heyman's crea ...
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World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded by Ted Turner in 1988, after Turner Broadcasting System, through a subsidiary named Universal Wrestling Corporation, purchased the assets of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) List of National Wrestling Alliance territories, territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) (which had aired its programming on TBS (American TV channel), TBS). For all of its existence, WCW was one of the two top professional wrestling promotions in the United States alongside the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one point surpassing the latter in terms of popularity. After initial success through utilization of established wrestling stars of the 1980s, the company appointed Eric Bischoff to executive producer of television in 1993. Under Bischoff's leadership, the company enjoyed a period of mainstream success characterized by a shift to reality-based angle (professional wrestling), storylines, and ...
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The Alliance (professional Wrestling)
An alliance is usually an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. Alliance, Alliances or The Alliance may also refer to: Places United States * Alliance, California, a former unincorporated community * Alliance, Indiana, an unincorporated town *Alliance, Nebraska, a city * Alliance, North Carolina, a town *Alliance, Ohio, a city ** Alliance station, an Amtrak station * Alliance, Texas, a planned community * Alliance Township, Clay County, Minnesota Elsewhere * Alliance, Alberta, Canada, a village * Alliance, Suriname, a town In politics *Electoral alliance, an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections *Canadian Alliance, a defunct political party * Alliance (Chile), a coalition of right-wing parties * Alliance Party (Fiji), the ruling party in Fiji from 1966 to 1987, now dissolved *The Alliance for Workers' Liberty, a Third Camp Trotskyist organisation in Britain ...
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Survivor Series (2001)
The 2001 Survivor Series was the 15th annual Survivor Series professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on November 18, 2001, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was the last Survivor Series to be produced under the WWF name, as the company would be forced to change its name several months later as the result of a verdict in the World Wildlife Fund's lawsuit against the company; the company became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the last Survivor Series held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002. 8 matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Team WWF (The Undertaker, Chris Jericho, Kane, Big Show, and The Rock) defeated The Alliance (Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and Shane McMahon) in a Winner Takes All 5-on-5 Survivor Series match. In other prominent matches, The Dudley B ...
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The Invasion (professional Wrestling)
The Invasion may refer to: Literature * ''The Invasion'', a novel by Gerald Griffin, published 1832 * ''The Invasion'', a novel by George Ranken (surveyor), George Ranken as W. H. Walker, published 1877 * ''The Invasion: A Narrative of Events Concerning the Johnston Family of St. Mary's'', the first novel by Janet Lewis, published 1932 * ''The Invasion'', a novelization of the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial by Ian Marter, published 1985 * "The Invasion", a short story by Peter Crowther, published 1995 * The Invasion (Animorphs), ''The Invasion'' (Animorphs), the first book in the Animorphs series, published 1996 * ''The Invasion'', the fifth book in the ''Christian Heritage Series: The Williamsburg Years'' sequence, a novel by Nancy Rue, published 1997 * ''Psychodrome III: The Invasion'', the third book in the ''Psychodrome'' trilogy, a novel by Simon Hawke, published 2020 * ''The Invasion'', a novel by Peadar Ó Guilín, published 2018 Television * The Invasion (Doctor Who), ''The Inva ...
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Rebellion (2001)
The 2001 Rebellion was third annual Rebellion professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the American promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on November 3, 2001, at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England and was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the final Rebellion event promoted under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the final Rebellion produced before the promotion introduced the brand extension in March 2002. The event took place during The Invasion period for the WWF, which ended at the next pay-per-view, Survivor Series. All matches had one member of the WWF taking on one member of the Alliance (composed of wrestlers originally from World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling). Over the course of the evening, the WWF won six matches, while the Alliance won three. Production Background Rebellion was an annual United Kin ...
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WWE No Mercy
WWE No Mercy, also known as NXT No Mercy from 2023 to 2024, is a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The first No Mercy was held on May 16, 1999, in Manchester, England, and was the only No Mercy event produced in the United Kingdom. A second No Mercy was then held in October that year in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Beginning with this second event, No Mercy became the annual October pay-per-view (PPV) until 2008. The event was then discontinued and replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2009. After eight years, No Mercy was reinstated in October 2016. However, No Mercy was again discontinued after the September 2017 event, as WWE reduced the amount of yearly PPVs held after they had ended the production of brand-exclusive PPVs following WrestleMania 34 in 2018. In 2023, WWE again revived the event, this time for its developmental brand, NXT, in September. The first four events were held when the promotion was still c ...
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