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. Later that night,
Josh Alexander retained the title over
Rich Swann.[4][5] Impact would later announce that Maclin would challenge Alexander for the title at Rebellion.[6] On March 24, it was announced that Alexander had relinquished the title due to suffering a triceps tear. Maclin would now face
Kushida – who was announced to challenge Alexander for the title at
Multiverse United – to crown a new champion at Rebellion.[7]
At
Sacrifice,
Mickie James was originally scheduled to defend the
Impact Knockouts World Championship against
Jordynne Grace.[8] Prior to Sacrifice, it was announced that James had suffered an injury and would not be able to compete.[9] At the event, James and
Impact Director of AuthoritySantino Marella would have a sit-down interview, with James explaining that she suffered a broken rib and Marella revealing that Grace would get her title match at Rebellion. Additionally, James would not be able to defend her title at Multiverse United against
Deonna Purrazzo,
Gisele Shaw, and
Miyu Yamashita. As such,
Masha Slamovich took James' place in the match, with the winner being added to the title match at Rebellion.[10] From there, James would be able to defend the title if she is medically cleared; if not, the title would be held up as vacant and a new champion would be determined in the match.[11][12] At Multiverse United, Purrazzo won the match to move on to Rebellion.[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. Thus, either Grace and Purrazzo would become the new champion at Rebellion.[15][16]
At Sacrifice,
Bully Ray faced off with former friend-turned-enemy
Tommy Dreamer in a
Busted Open match. At one point during the match, Dreamer was able to make Ray bleed, but the referee was knocked out beforehand, so he wasn't able to see it. Ray's allies The Good Hands (Jason Hotch and John Skyler) would soon emerge, attacking Dreamer – making him bleed – while also cleaning up Ray's wound. When the referee came to, he saw Dreamer's face covered in blood and declared Ray the winner. After the match, Ray and the Good Hands would continue to assault Dreamer, while putting down rescue attempts from
Yuya Uemura and
National Hockey League (NHL) legend
Darren McCarty, who Ray antagonized in the front row. Impact President
Scott D'Amore, who had been away from Impact after being put through a table by Ray, would return and lead a cavalcade of wrestlers – including Heath,
Rhino,
Jonathan Gresham,
Mike Bailey, and
Impact Digital Media ChampionJoe Hendry – to take out the Good Hands and send Ray running.[17][18] Needing to settle their feud once and for all, Impact announced that Dreamer and Ray would both lead teams of five in
Hardcore War at Rebellion.[19] Dreamer would constantly ask D'Amore to be a part of his team, but due to the latter's new responsibilities, he turned Dreamer down. 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. Later on the full teams were announced for Hardcore War. Team Bully would feature The Good Hands, King, and Slamovich; while Team Dreamer consists of Uemura, Kazarian, Kelly, and later
Bhupinder Gujjar.[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. Because of their assistance, Myers and Moose would replace The Good Hands on Team Bully.[15][16]
On the March 16 episode of Impact!, The Coven (
KiLynn King and
Taylor Wilde) won the
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship by defeating
The Death Dollz (
Rosemary and
Taya Valkyrie).[25][26] The following week,
Jessicka went around backstage looking for The Coven, until she stumbled upon a casket. Valkyrie, worried that The Coven's magic may reveal her past life as Havok, tried to calm her down, until a hand emerged from the casket and pulled Valkyrie into it.[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.[29]
On the April 6 episode of Impact!, Jonathan Gresham and Mike Bailey wrestled to determine the number one contender to the
Impact X Division Championship held by
Trey Miguel, who was stationed at commentary. Miguel interrupted the match and attacked both men, trying to get out of defending his title.[20][21] Instead, Santino Marella scheduled Miguel to defend against both Gresham and Bailey in a
three-way elimination match at Rebellion.[22]
As part of
Callihan's seven-step initiation process into
The Design (
Deaner,
Angels, and
Kon), Deaner tasked Callihan with the seventh and final step: "eliminate all the authority in your life." Moments later, Santino Marella was found to be attacked backstage.[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.[22]
Since last January's
Hard To Kill, Impact was invaded by former
Ring of Honor (ROH) stars
Matt Taven,
Mike Bennett,
PCO,
Vincent, and
Maria Kanellis-Bennett, collectively known as
Honor No More.[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.[34][35] Since then, Edwards would question PCO's loyalty and fault him for Honor No More's failures, including losses at
Against All Odds,[36][37]Victory Road,[38][39] and a failed bid for the
Impact World Tag Team Championship with Vincent on Impact!.[40][41] At
Bound for Glory, Edwards failed to win the Impact World Championship from Josh Alexander before going silent for two weeks.[42][43] On the October 20 episode of Impact!, Edwards tried to rally Honor No More together, but his condescending tone towards PCO caused the latter to snap and attack his now-former stablemates, officially disbanding Honor No More.[44][45] Two weeks later, Edwards fought PCO in the
Great Basin Desert where he incapacitated PCO and buried him in the sand.[46][47] PCO would return two months later at
Hard To Kill, attacking Edwards after his match.[48][49] On the March 9, 2023 episode Impact!, PCO and Edwards returned to the desert, where it seemed as though PCO would do Edwards what he done to him the past November, only to be run over by a car that would drive Edwards away.[50][51] The driver was initially thought to be Kenny King, who helped Edwards ambush PCO the following week[25][26] and even wrestled him at Sacrifice,[17][18] but King made it clear on April 6 that it was not him behind the wheel. Later that night, PCO and Edwards would finally have a one-on-one match, which Edwards won due to assistance from his wife
Alisha Edwards, who initially opposed her husband's new ideals but seemed to turn around when it was clear she had driven the car.[20][21] On April 10, Impact announced that PCO and Edwards would have a rematch at Rebellion, being a
Last Rites match.[52]
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]
Preliminary matches
The actual pay-per-view opened with ABC (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) defending the Impact World Tag Team Championship against The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) in an Ultimate X match. In the end, Austin boosted Bey up towards the cables. Sabin tried to stop him, but Bey unhooked both the titles to win the match and to retain the championship for his team.[54]
Next, Dirty Dango, Joe Hendry, and Santino Marella faced The Design (Deaner, Angels, Callihan, and Kon) in a four-on-three handicap match. During the match, Deaner gave Callihan a baseball bat to attack Marella, only for Callihan to turn on Deaner by attacking him with the bat, turning
face in the process. Callihan left the match, as Marella performed "The Cobra" on Deaner to win the match for his team.[54]
After that, Eddie Edwards (accompanied by Alisha Edwards) faced PCO in a Last Rites match. During the match, Alisha tried to attack PCO with a shovel, which had no effect on him. Eddie went to superkick PCO, however, PCO shoved Alisha into Eddie's direction, thus Alisha accidentally got kicked by her husband. In the end, PCO used the shovel multiple times to attack Eddie, proceeded to chokeslam Eddie into the casket before slamming its lid shut to win the match.[54]
Next, Trey Miguel defended the Impact X Division Championship against Jonathan Gresham and Mike Bailey in a three-way elimination match. During the match, while Gresham locked Bailey in a figure four leglock, Miguel leaped from the top rope on Gresham with a diving meteora into pinfall, eliminating Gresham from the match. In the end, Miguel rolled Bailey up into a pinfall by holding his tights into a three count to retain his title.[54]
After that, Team Bully (Bully Ray, Brian Myers, Kenny King, Masha Slamovich, and Moose) faced Team Dreamer (Tommy Dreamer, Bhupinder Gujjar, Frankie Kazarian, Killer Kelly, and Yuya Uemura) in a 10-wrestler Hardcore War match. During the match, as Ray placed Dreamer on the table, Ray called the referees to hold the ladder while he climbs it to jump on Dreamer. As the referees refused to do so, Ray threatened one of the referees, which led all the referees attacking Ray. In the end, as Dreamer placed Ray on the table, all the referees held the ladder which Dreamer climbed to splash on Ray through the table for the pinfall, earning the victory for his team.[54]
In the penultimate match, Kushida faced Steve Maclin for the vacant Impact World Championship. Before the match has begun,
Nick Aldis was introduced as a guest commentator for the match. In the end, Maclin performed the KIA on Kushida to win the vacant title.[54]
Main event
In the main event, Deonna Purrazzo faced Jordynne Grace for the vacant Impact Knockouts World Championship. In the end, Purrazzo performed the "Queen’s Gambit" on Grace to win the vacant title.[54]
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