At Bound for Glory, in October 2021, Josh Alexander defeated Christian Cage to win the Impact World Championship. While Alexander was celebrating with his family, Moose, who earlier won the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, ambushed him and invoked his opportunity, immediately capturing the title.[3][4] In the following months, Alexander wanted revenge on Moose, but was repeatedly denied by Impact Executive Vice President, Scott D'Amore. On the February 10, 2022 episode of Impact!, Alexander continued to attack Big Kon after defeating him. Security would try to intervene, but Alexander would push them away, and he even pushed D'Amore. As a result, D'Amore would send Alexander home,[5][6] as a kayfabe explanation for Alexander's contract and work visa expiring.[7][8] At Sacrifice, after Moose retained the Impact World Championship against Heath,[9] Alexander returned to attack Moose, and announced that he had signed both a new multi-year Impact Wrestling contract, and a contract to face Moose for his World title in the main event of Rebellion.[10][11]
On the February 10, 2022 episode of Impact!, after Josh Alexander was sent home by Scott D'Amore, Team Impact (Chris Sabin, Eddie Edwards, Rich Swann, and Rhino) elected ROH World ChampionJonathan Gresham to replace Alexander in their match against Honor No More (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett, Kenny King, PCO, and Vincent) at No Surrender.[5] At No Surrender, Edwards would ultimately betray Team Impact and allow Honor No More to win; he was later revealed as the faction's leader on the following episode of Impact!.[17][18] On March 25, it was announced that Gresham will face off with Edwards at Rebellion.[19] On April 23, it was announced that Gresham was removed from the match due to an injury[20] and was replaced by Chris Bey.[21]
After Honor No More defeated Team Impact at No Surrender,[17][18] Steve Maclin began to target members of the Impact roster who may have doubted his loyalty to the company. After defeating Eddie Edwards by disqualification,[30][31] Maclin picked up wins over Rhino[22][23] and Heath[15][16] before being beaten by Alex Shelley, after help from Shelley's tag team partner Chris Sabin.[32][33] At Multiverse of Matches, Maclin attacked Sabin after the latter had beaten Jay White, but would soon fall victim to a low blow by White.[28] On April 7, Impact announced a three-way match between Maclin, Sabin, and White for Rebellion.[34]
The actual pay-per-view started with three-way match Chris Sabin, Jay White and Steve Maclin. After Sabin performed a Cradle Shock on White, Maclin rolled Sabin into a pinfall to steal the victory.[36]
Next, Deonna Purrazzo defended the AAA Reina de Reinas Championship against Taya Valkyrie. In the end, Valkyrie performed the Road to Valhalla to win the title for the fourth time in her career.[36]
After that, Trey Miguel defended the X Division Championship against Ace Austin and Mike Bailey in a three-way match. During the match, Miguel performed a diving meteora into a pinfall, however, Austin pulled the referee before he could count to three. In the end, Austin performed The Fold on Miguel to pin him and win the title for the sixth time in his career.[36]
Aftermath
On April 27, The IInspiration announced that they are indefinitely stepping away from in-ring action in order to pursue other opportunities, thus leaving Impact.[37]
^IMPACT Wrestling Staff (October 23, 2021). "Bound For Glory 2021 Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
^ abIMPACT Wrestling Staff (February 19, 2022). "No Surrender 2022 Full Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^IMPACT Wrestling Staff (April 23, 2022). "Rebellion 2022 Full Results". Impact Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
