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TNA Rebellion

TNA Rebellion

Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series


Rebellion is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which is annually held during the month of April. The event was first held in 2019, and it has since become one of the promotion's "Big Four" events (along with Hard to Kill, Slammiversary, and Bound for Glory).[1]

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History

2019

The inaugural Rebellion event took place on April 28, 2019 at The Rebel Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and did 2,200 buys.[2] Eight professional wrestling matches were contested at the event.[3] The main event was a Full Metal Mayhem match for the Impact World Tag Team Championship, in which The Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) defended the titles against The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz). LAX won the highly acclaimed match and the tag team titles, marking Lucha Brothers' last match in Impact.[4]

The undercard also notably saw Brian Cage defeat Johnny Impact to capture his first Impact World Championship, Michael Elgin's Impact debut by attacking Cage after the match[5][6] and Tessa Blanchard defeating Gail Kim in what would be Kim's retirement match, which was considered Kim's "passing of the torch" to Blanchard and also marked the beginning of Blanchard's rise as the company's most popular wrestler and her gradual rise to main event status.[7]

2020

On January 13, 2020, Impact Wrestling announced on its Twitter account that it would be holding a second Rebellion event in April at Terminal 5 in New York, New York.[8] It was later announced that the event would take place on April 19.[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the event was rescheduled and taped on a closed set at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee between April 8 and 10.[10][11] It aired on tape delay as a two-part special episode of Impact! on April 21 and 28.[12]

Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard was unable to attend the tapings, thus canceling the event's planned world championship match in which she was to defend the title against Michael Elgin and Eddie Edwards.[13] In the main event of the April 21 broadcast, Ken Shamrock defeated Sami Callihan by technical submission in an unsanctioned match,[14] while in the main event of the April 28 broadcast, Moose defeated Hernandez and Michael Elgin in a three-way match. After the match, Moose declared himself the TNA World Heavyweight Champion.[15]


Events

Notes

  1. The event was taped on April 8–10, 2020.

References

  1. "IMPACT Wrestling Launches Brand New 'IMPACT Insiders' YouTube Membership". Impact Wrestling. August 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022.
  2. Jeremy Lambert (June 7, 2019). "Report: AEW Double Or Nothing Estimated As High As 113,000 PPV Buys Worldwide; 71,000 PPV Buys US". Fightful. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Rebellion". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. Joshua Gagnon (April 28, 2019). "Brian Cage Wins The Impact World Championship At Rebellion, Michael Elgin Debuts". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  5. Bryan Rose (April 28, 2019). "MICHAEL ELGIN MAKES IMPACT DEBUT AT REBELLION". WON/F4W. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. Kenny Herzog (December 16, 2019). "Is Tessa Blanchard Wrestling's Future?". The Ringer. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  7. Jeremy Thomas (January 12, 2020). "Impact Rebellion 2020 Announced For April". 411Mania. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  8. Joseph Currier (January 22, 2020). "IMPACT WRESTLING CONFIRMS DATE OF REBELLION PPV". WON/F4W. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  9. Currier, Joseph (April 8, 2020). "IMPACT ADDS TWO TITLE MATCHES, KYLIE RAE VS. KIERA HOGAN TO REBELLION". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  10. Ravens, Andrew (April 17, 2020). "Top Star Absent From Last Week's Impact Wrestling Tapings". ewrestlingnews. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  11. Currier, Joseph (13 April 2020). "Impact Wrestling Rebellion to air as two-part TV event". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  12. Lee, Joseph (April 17, 2020). "Tessa Blanchard Was Not At Last Week's Impact Wrestling Tapings". 411mania. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. "Join the Rebellion This April". Impact Wrestling. January 13, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  14. Lambert, Jeremy (December 24, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces IMPACT Rebellion Date And Location, More 2022 Tour Dates". Fightful Wrestling. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  15. Lambert, Jeremy (December 24, 2021). "IMPACT Wrestling Announces IMPACT Rebellion Date And Location, More 2022 Tour Dates". Fightful Wrestling. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  16. Lambert, Jeremy (February 8, 2024). "TNA Rebellion To Take Place On April 20 From The Palms In Las Vegas". Fightful. Retrieved February 8, 2024.

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