The first three events were held when the promotion was still called the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

Rebellion was also shown on the Viewers Choice service in Canada, but was never televised in the United States.

It was titled Rebellion and was scheduled to be held on October 2, 1999, at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.

[3] The 2001 event took place during The Invasion period for the WWF, which ended at the next pay-per-view, Survivor Series.

It was also the last Rebellion event held as UK-exclusive PPVs were discontinued in 2003 as the company began to broadcast Raw and SmackDown from the UK in 2004.