WWF Insurrextion 2001 - May 2001

WWF Insurrextion 2001 - May 5th 2001 - London, England

Matches

Eddie Guerrero defeated Grand Master Sexay (6/10)

Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko defeated The Hollys (6/10)

Bradshaw defeated Big Show (6/10)

Edge & Christian defeated Hardy Boyz, Dudley Boyz and X-Factor {Fatal Four Way Match} (7/10)

Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle {2 out of 3 Falls Match} (8/10)

Chris Jericho defeated William Regal {Queens Cup Match} (7/10)

Undertaker defeated Triple H and Steve Austin {WWF Word Heavyweight Title Handicap Match} (8/10)

Moments - Positives

Two matches stand out hugely in this UK based event. The first is the main event, in a classic handicap bout, Undertaker pinned Triple H and therefore did not win the World title. However the match was very good and delivered. Benoit/Angle once again rocked the house in a classic 2 out of 3 falls encounter, a pre-cursor of the Judgment Day match. Both matches were excellent. I also loved William Regal's character throughout the show in his home country - it just worked very well.

Moments - Negatives

A lot of the matches were very average and just seemed thrown together (first three matches in fact). Overall none of the matches were bad but they are here in the negatives when compared with the more recent WWF PPVs around this time.

Overall

As it was a UK show you could never expect great things but I have to say that compared to recent WWF UK based shows this one just did not seem very important and seemed rushed when put together. Perhaps this is why the WWF shortly decreased the UK based PPVs to only one a year because it just did not put enough effort into the card itself.

SCORE = 6.5