In the main event, Deonna Purrazzo defeated Jordynne Grace to win the vacant Impact Knockouts World Championship.

The event also featured the return of Nick Aldis, announcing his departure from the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) to sign a contract with Impact.

At Hard To Kill, Impact Wrestling announced Rebellion would take place in on April 16, 2023, at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[3] At No Surrender, Steve Maclin defeated Brian Myers, Heath, and PCO in a four-way match to become number one contender to the Impact World Championship.

[13][14] On the April 13 episode of Impact!, James revealed she would not be cleared to wrestle at Rebellion, and was forced to relinquish the Knockouts World Championship.

On the April 6 episode of Impact!, Dreamer, Uemura, and McCarty defeated Ray and The Good Hands in a six-man tag team match.

[20][21] After the match, several more wrestlers, including Frankie Kazarian, Kenny King, Killer Kelly, and Masha Slamovich, would engage in a wild brawl.

[22] On the April 13 episode, King defeated Kazarian to give Team Bully the person advantage in the match, thanks in part to interference by Brian Myers and Moose.

[15][16] At No Surrender, Bullet Club (Ace Austin, Chris Bey, and Kenta) defeated Time Machine (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, and Kushida) in a six-man tag team match, with Austin pinning Sabin – who at the time was Impact World Tag Team Champions with Shelley.

[23][24] A month later, on the April 6 episode of Impact!, The Motor City Machine Guns challenged Austin and Bey to a rematch, this time an Ultimate X match, at Rebellion, which was made official.

[27][28] On April 6, Impact announced that The Death Dollz (represented by Jessicka and Rosemary) would have their rematch against The Coven for the tag team titles on the Countdown to Rebellion pre-show.

[20][21] With Callihan the likely culprit, Marella declared to Scott D'Amore that he, Dirty Dango, and Joe Hendry would face The Design at Rebellion.

[30][31] The stable would find additional members in Kenny King and Eddie Edwards, who turned heel and was revealed as Honor No More's leader at No Surrender.

[32][33] The group would run roughshod as a cohesive unit until Slammiversary when Honor No More lost to the Impact Originals (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Davey Richards, Frankie Kazarian, and Nick Aldis), where PCO took the pin.

[52] Before the event went live on pay-per-view, Crazzy Steve defeated Sheldon Jean which was aired as an Impact Digital Exclusive on April 18.

[54] Also on the pre-show, The Coven (KiLynn King and Taylor Wilde) successfully defended their Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship against The Death Dollz (Jessicka and Rosemary).

[54] Next, Dirty Dango, Joe Hendry, and Santino Marella faced The Design (Deaner, Angels, Callihan, and Kon) in a four-on-three handicap match.

[54] Next, Trey Miguel defended the Impact X Division Championship against Jonathan Gresham and Mike Bailey in a three-way elimination match.