For the pay- per- view, see WWF In. Vasion. The Invasion was a professional wrestlingstoryline in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) that ran from March–November 2. World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) – which merged to form The Alliance – placed against a stable of wrestlers purporting to represent the WWF. The storyline began shortly after the WWF's acquisitions of WCW and ECW in March and April 2. The angle began when Vince Mc. Mahon's son, Shane Mc. Mahon, announced on Raw and the final episode of Nitro that he (kayfabe) bought WCW from under his father's nose. This led to several run- in appearances of WCW wrestlers during Raw and Smack. Down! WCW and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) merged to form The Alliance and challenged the WWF's control over the wrestling industry. An Inaugural Brawl took place at the WWF Invasion pay- per- view, where Stone Cold Steve Austin defected and joined the Alliance. Many inter- promotional matches occurred after the Invasion between The Alliance and the WWF, leading up to the climax of the angle at Survivor Series, when Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, Big Show, The Undertaker, and Kane) defeated Team Alliance (Austin, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, and Shane Mc. Mahon) in a Winner- Take- All match. Through developments such as the creation of the New World Order (n. Wo) and the Montreal Screwjob, fans continually compared the two promotions, and the Internet wrestling community was full of debate as to which of the two was superior.
The Monday Night Wars came to an end on March 2. WWF bought WCW for what was considered to be a bargain price. Vince Mc. Mahon opened up Nitro and announced a simulcast later that night to address the future of WCW. Throughout Raw, Mc. Mahon publicly named several WCW wrestlers who would not be retained. Mc. Mahon talked about the buyout of WCW and toyed with the idea of making WCW into a huge media conglomerate, much like the WWF. He asked the crowd who he should keep under his belt by mentioning names of WCW wrestlers and asking for a reaction. Lex Luger received a negative reaction from fans, and Hulk Hogan, Buff Bagwell, Booker T, Scott Steiner, Sting, and Goldberg received positive reactions. Vince then proceeded to fire them all, however, to the cheers of the RAW crowd and the jeers of the Nitro crowd. Mc. Mahon then announced that he would sign the contract and make the purchase official at Wrestle. Mania. Shane Mc. Mahon, however, appeared on Nitro and announced in kayfabe that he had signed the contract and purchased WCW out from under his father's nose, planting the seed for what was considered a lucrative future storyline opportunity. The Invasion did not begin immediately afterwards, as the WWF was preparing for Wrestle. Mania X- Seven, the year's largest show, which was mere days away. The original plan was to find a time slot on TNN to continue running WCW as a separate entity. Polls were even put up on WWF. WCW. com to decide the name of the new show. These plans fell through when no TV station would touch WCW because of its reputation for losing money. The WWF eventually carried out a brand extension, effectively reviving WCW under its own auspices and running two separate promotions, each with one of the WWF's two existing televised shows, Raw and Smack. Down! Hugh Morrus made his WWF debut on the June 4, 2. Raw attacking Edge. TV Hi Comics Hi Science. 10 Reasons Why WWF Vs WCW Invasion Angle Failed. The 2001 calendar year for WWE was one of the most interesting in company.WWF - Invasion 2001 DVD movie video at CD Universe, A collection of the WWF superstars' hottest matches in a spectacular format, See the top wrestling performers. Free Streaming WWE InVasion (2001). Watch Full Movie Online. My review/recap of the WWF Invasion 2001 ppv. Leave your thoughts on this ppv in the comments. Hope you guys like the video and thanks for watching. Rickroll'd - youtube - Also a professional wrestler). At King of the Ring on June 2. WCW wrestler Booker T interfered during the Triple Threat Main Event match for the WWF Championship and almost cost Stone Cold Steve Austin the title. Additionally, Austin suffered fractured bones in his hand from the side slam he took from Booker into an announce table. The next night, a confrontation occurred between WCW owner Shane Mc. Mahon and WWF owner Vince Mc. Mahon. While Vince was in the ring, Booker T came from behind to deliver a scissor kick to Vince. The WWF roster ran to the ring to the aid of Vince, but Booker T and Shane Mc. Mahon escaped through the crowd. This incident marked the official start of the Invasion storyline, to which Raw commentator Jim Ross announced, . During a match between Buff Bagwell and Booker T for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WWF wrestlers Kurt Angle and WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin interfered in retaliation by beating Booker T up, with Bagwell joining Angle and Austin by attacking Booker T. This match did not go over well at all with the audience in attendance at the Tacomadome. One source cites that the match should have showcased the best of WCW but instead featured too many restholds and not enough action. The audience jeered at the wrestlers with chants of . Originally, WCW talents were meant to attack strictly heel WWF wrestlers. The strongly negative reaction of the core WWF viewership to the WCW product and talent, however, coupled with the reality that a WCW wrestling program to appeal to WWF fans would not come to fruition, led to the entire WCW contingent to abruptly turn heel. One example was the heel gimmick of then WCW Alliance Member, Diamond Dallas Page, whose first appearance in the WWE was built up over several weeks in a storyline in which he was portrayed as an anonymous stalker sending invasive videotapes to the babyface, The Undertaker. Chris Jericho came out and offered to be Kane's partner, thus turning it into a tag team match. Near the end of the match, Jericho applied the Walls of Jericho on Lance Storm. As the move was being applied, however, Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer ran through the audience and into the ring and started to beat on Kane and Jericho. In response, WWF wrestlers consisting of The Dudley Boyz, Tazz, Justin Credible, Rhyno, and Raven (all former ECW wrestlers) ran to the ring. After a brief stand- off, the WWF cavalry turned around and attacked Kane and Jericho. This prompted Paul Heyman to leave the announce table and enter the ring. After high- fiving the wrestlers, he announced that ECW has been brought into the Invasion. Heyman talked about how tired he was sitting beside Jim Ross and discussing WCW vs. WWF, stating that he felt that everyone had forgotten about ECW and announced, . Shane told his father that ECW needed to be taken care of and pointed out that there were 1. ECW wrestlers under Heyman's belt. He suggested that he would take five of his WCW wrestlers and have them team up with five of Vince Mc. Mahon's WWF wrestler's later that night to take out ECW. Vince agreed but stubbornly insisted that WCW would eventually meet its demise when all was said and done. The WWF wrestlers then came into the ring and, before ECW entered, the WCW and WWF wrestlers started to brawl. The WWF wrestlers cleared the ring but then were stormed by the ECW wrestlers and taken out. After this, WCW's men came into the ring and high- fived the ECW men. Paul Heyman and Shane Mc. Mahon then hugged and started to dismantle the WWF wrestlers. Vince Mc. Mahon, stunned, came out and asked what was going on. Shane Mc. Mahon responded that he was responsible for all the events that just transpired and announced that ECW and WCW merged to form The Alliance. He then announced that the new owner of ECW was Stephanie Mc. Mahon. Instead of being a beer- drinking redneck, he was more emotional and tried to cheer- up Vince Mc. Mahon, who was clearly stressed from the threat of The Alliance, by doing something generous like giving Vince a cowboy hat as a present. During a July 1. 2 Smack. Down!, Stone Cold played . Later that night, Vince Mc. Mahon came out and asked Stone Cold to come to the ring, announcing him as the man that would lead Team WWF into the pay- per- view and into victory. Upon entering, Vince Mc. Mahon told Stone Cold that he had changed quite a bit since Wrestle. Mania, and when the WWF goes up against The Alliance at the upcoming pay- per- view, he did not need a Stone Cold that gave him hugs and gifts and baked him cookies. Stone Cold, however, shook his head and proceeded to leave the ring, turning his back on Vince Mc. Mahon. Later that night when Diamond Dallas Page and Shane Mc. Mahon went up against the Undertaker and Kurt Angle, many members of the Alliance interfered. Kane and Jericho came to help their team, but the Alliance's numbers were too many, and without Stone Cold to back up his teammates, Team WWF was overwhelmed. During the night, Vince Mc. Mahon held a WWF meeting backstage. Undertaker and the APA gave a motivational speech on how they should not tolerate the Alliance any longer. After they were finished, Brooklyn Brawler wheeled Freddie Blassie into the room so he could address the wrestlers and pump them up for the night. As the WWF wrestlers united, Stone Cold could be seen watching the events on the television at the bar. He proceeded to slam his cue stick on the pool table and left. During the match, there was interference from the Alliance. In response, The Hardy Boyz, the APA, Jericho, and Kurt Angle came to help their WWF allies, but more Alliance members came in and overwhelmed the WWF wrestlers. Backstage, many WWF and Alliance wrestlers were fighting each other, and the WWF seemed to be on the losing end of things. A truck was seen driving up to the arena, however, and Stone Cold came out with his cue stick and proceeded to beat down any WCW and ECW wrestlers in his path. He then came to the ring, trash- talking on the way down, and beat down the Alliance wrestlers, giving Stunners to most of the men in the ring. The WWF wrestlers had cleaned house and were standing tall. The WWF seemed to be in good shape for the upcoming pay- per- view with Stone Cold's return. Team WWF consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Kane, and the Undertaker, who all squared off against the team of DDP, Booker T, Rhyno, and the Dudley Boys. Near the end of the match, all of the wrestlers were outside of the ring except Booker T and Angle. Kurt Angle applied the ankle lock on Booker T, who tapped out, but no referee was there to witness it.
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