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Insurrextion (2003)

Insurrextion (2003)
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The 2003 Insurrextion was a professional wrestlingpay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the fourth annual and final Insurrextion and took place on June 7, 2003, at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle, England, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Rawbrand division.

Seven matches were contested at the event, with two dark matches. In the main event, Triple H defeated Kevin Nash in a Street Fight to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches, Christian defeated Booker T to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship, Kane and Rob Van Dam defeated La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) to retain the World Tag Team Championship, and in the opening bout, Jazz defeated Trish Stratus to retain the WWE Women's Championship.

Following this 2003 event, Insurrextion was discontinued as the promotion ended production of UK-exclusive PPVs, subsequently making this the final UK-exclusive PPV. This in turn made this the only 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. Following this event, WWE did not produce another PPV outside of North America until 2018 with that year's Greatest Royal Rumble, which was held in Saudi Arabia. The 2003 Insurrextion would also be the final PPV to take place in the United Kingdom until Clash at the Castle in 2022 and in England specifically until Money in the Bank in 2023.