# Insurrextion (2001)

The 2001 Insurrextion was the second annual Insurrextion professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the American promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on May 5, 2001, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England and was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was the final Insurrextion produced before the promotion introduced the brand extension in March 2002.

## Production
### Background

In 2000, the American professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) held a United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) titled Insurrextion. The following year, a second Insurrextion PPV was announced to be held on May 5, 2001, at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England, the same venue as the first event, thus establishing Insurrextion as an annual UK PPV for the promotion.

### Storylines

The event featured seven professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Aftermath

The 2001 Insurrextion was the final Insurrextion produced before the promotion introduced the brand extension in March 2002, which divided the roster into two separate brands, Raw and SmackDown!, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform. The following year's event was subsequently a Raw-exclusive show.

## Reception

In January 2016, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 4.0 [Poor], writing "Another in a line of England only pay-per-views that isn't very good. Granted there are some things to check out. The Two out of Three Falls match rules and the four way tag was fun. However, everything else either disappointed greatly or just flat out sucked. Not the best way to spend two and a half hours, but you should go see Angle/Benoit at least."

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1 | Eddie Guerrero defeated Grand Master Sexay | Singles match | 4:30 |
| 2 | The Radicalz (Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and Terri Runnels) defeated The Hollys (Crash Holly, Hardcore Holly and Molly Holly) | Six-person mixed tag team match | 5:37 |
| 3 | Bradshaw defeated Big Show | Singles match | 3:20 |
| 4 | Edge and Christian defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley), The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) and X-Factor (X-Pac and Justin Credible) (with Albert) | Four-Way Elimination match | 13:20 |
| 5 | Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle 2-0 • First Fall: Benoit pinned Angle at 7:43 (1-0) • Second Fall: Benoit pinned Angle at 14:23 (2-0) | Two-out-of-three falls match | 14:23 |
| 6 | Chris Jericho defeated William Regal by submission | Singles match for the Queen's Cup | 14:46 |
| 7 | The Undertaker defeated The Two Man Power Trip (Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) and Triple H) (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley) | Handicap match for the WWF Championship Undertaker could only win the title by pinning Austin. | 17:12 |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match ||||
(*) Since Undertaker pinned Triple H, he did not win the title

## Other on-screen talent

| Commentators Michael Cole Paul Heyman Interviewer Jonathan Coachman Ring announcer Lilian Garcia | Referees Earl Hebner Mike Sparks Teddy Long Tim White |