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June 14th, 2021, 6:21 AM
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The Invasion revisited - 20 years on
Amazingly, it is almost 20 years since the 'official' start of the Invasion.
Like many, at the time I was so excited about this as the ultimate angle. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out that way but it was an interesting time.
Looking back, and thinking about it, it was almost a perfect storm of things that went wrong some were WWEs fault, some weren't:-
1) Not signing the top talent
No Sting, Goldberg, Flair, Hogan, Nash or Hall. Probably the 6 biggest names in WCW and WWE didn't get one of the them (though they all joined at some point after). I don't blame WWE for this. They weren't going to be able to match the downsides of those guys, and they werent going to come in whilst they were on beach on big money. don't blame WWE for this one.
2) Injuries
Aside from the Rock who was away filming a movie when it started, HHH and Benoit also sustained long term injuries and Austin and Angle were both also injured. The roster was suddenly very light on top guys. Once HHH was injured....
3) Timing
Vince originally had decided to have this in 2002, but due to HHHs injury he felt he had to move it forward. Had they held out a year they could have had Flair, NWO and even Bischoff. Speaking of which...
4) Wrong figurehead
Why oh why oh why would have Shane and Stephanie as the owners of WCW and ECW? Heyman was there already, ok Bischoff didnt want to do it 01, but imagine the impact those two could have got. Shane and Steph never made sense
5) No WCW TV deal
Vince couldnt get a separate TV deal with the WCW roster they had. UPN werent going to allow Smackdown to change, so where is the endgame? WWE winning the feud.
6) Bad booking
Now this one IS Vinces fault. WCW had two stars come over and both were booked like shit. Booker T did job after job (Rock, Taker, Angle, Austin) and DDP was buried off the bat with dumb stalker angle. RVD is the one guy who got over, but even his momentum stopped after he didnt win the No Mercy title match.
Thoughts?
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June 14th, 2021, 7:15 AM
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1) I can’t believe that angle was 20 years ago.
2) The standout moment for me was Stone Cold returning and fighting everyone from the moment he jumped out of his truck all the way to the ring. Mark our moment for me, and one of my favorite wrestling moments.
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June 14th, 2021, 8:50 AM
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World Champion
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