10 FORGOTTEN Classics During The WWE/WCW/ECW Invasion

[@yousafihsan167]

RVD and Jericho have to be the breakout stars of the invasion era

[@LuckyDT]

Sean Stasiak as well

[@JM1993951]

@@LuckyDT Stasiak couldn’t break out of a wet paper bag. And trust me, if Vince had thought of that, he would’ve tried it.

[@ericwoodworth8079]

@@LuckyDT Stasiak? He was shitty in the ring from Meat until he left the business. Not even close to a star at all

[@whitfieldjoshua2]

In other words...Rock, Austin, RVD, Y2J, Booker, and Angle were the only reason the Invasion survived at all lol...We must now prefer to them as the "Invasion 6" from this point on...it's only right lol

[@DukesMusic84]

That description of Stephanie McMahon, LMFAO. You definitely got some charisma on the mic, kid.

[@Richard__Cranium]

That description is what Jericho used to call Steph.

[@Frpl7]

@@Richard__Cranium and I’m going to get you too rhino

[@yomamma359]

@@Frpl7 😂😂😂 i remember that, so good

[@robertoguzman7619]

Steph was fine fine but everyone knew her as the hoe after that Jericho comment xD then eveyeone was calling her a slut and stuff lol

[@victoryusmc]

Adam Pacitti been killing it since he left the other place.

[@justanotheryoutuber1997]

The name redacted?

[@getpumped87]

The apartment under Mike and Tracy?

[@LuckyDT]

@@getpumped87 How are Mike and Tracy btw?

[@jordandeadley360]

That was like 4 years ago? Were you in a coma for 4 years of something 🤣

[@cobaltcourier6907]

@@jordandeadley360 were on a video about wrestling matches from 20y ago. We all talk about the past here

[@DateMike22]

RVD vs. Jeff Hardy for the Hardcore Championship at Invasion 2001 will forever be a classic imo!!!

[@DJDoubleCee]

The triple threat match between Stone Cold, Kurt Angle, and Rob Van Dam was a good booking. I wish that match would have taken place at a much bigger PPV like SummerSlam.

[@venomousnate7263]

That match probably made Rob Van Dam, made people take real notice of how great he is.

[@kevinlee9929]

Naw. Enjoyed Austin vs Angle at SS 2001. Austin constantly dropping refs was entertaining as hell.

[@TheCamSays]

Rock/Jericho from No Mercy is up there with one of the best matches from the angle. A personal favorite from that time.

[@superrobz]

I still can’t even begin to fathom how or why apart from “WWE logic” that they put two of the best workers in ECW with one of the best feuds in ECW (RVD & Jerry Lynn) and reduced it to a goddamn Sunday Night Heat match🤦🏻‍♂️ That could have been a show stealer had they capitalised on it

[@genocidekhaos9775]

Edge vs Christian in a Ladder match for the Intercontinetal Championship was one of my personal favorites.

[@gibbojab]

This is one of my favorite matches ever. I wish that we would have got a World title feud between the two

[@yomamma359]

Heel Austin is so underrated, didn't get the appreciation it deserved

[@paulcarpenter7844]

That's right Jericho used to use the skull crushing finale as a finisher

[@lordtrigon1733]

It looked terrible, I remember people never reacting to it. 😂

[@paulcarpenter7844]

And right around like 2004-2005 2006 he started using the the running enziguri then hit the Lion salt then go for the walls of Jericho

[@CodeSwag]

The Invasion is one of my favorite storylines of all time, second only to the Triple H & Evolution reign of Terror culminating in Armageddon 2003.

[@pottsie_era]

WWE could have waited until 2002 to book the Invasion Angle because this invasion angle was missing so many superstar's Triple H - returned from injury in January 02 Hulk Hogan - joined February 02 Scott Hall - joined February 02 Kevin Nash - joined February 02 Scott Steiner - joined in November 02 Rey Mysterio - debut in August 02 Chris Benoit - returned from injury in July 02 and many more superstar's missing from this WWE could have even had seperate show's for WCW & ECW after the invasion angle ended (it would have made them a sh!t ton of money)

[@aupaub1168]

I always thought wwe should have turned heat in to Wcw until those stars came over

[@CyborgNinja86]

One of the matches that I remember the most from the Invasion angle was RVD defending the HardCore Title against Tajiri that took place on a Monday Night RAW

[@yousafihsan167]

Man they did booker t dirty so many times during his wwe run especially in the first 2 years

[@TheSaiyanGaming11]

I’ll literally never forgive them for not booking Booker to go over at Wm19 against HHH

[@TheSaiyanGaming11]

@matt fahringer not necessarily from a business standpoint. Raw ratings tanked not long after that. They lost a lot of that remaining wcw fan base that suck around after the invasion when Booker lost that match. I know Conrad Thompson kinda looked up the numbers and stuff about this topic specifically for a podcast.

[@AvatarTrev]

Alternate video title: How RVD, Chris Jericho, and Kurt Angle carried the invasion angle

[@labbaby189]

The Invasion was a "you had to be there" thing. The storyline overall may have been a clusterfuck, but week by week was entertaining. From Austin slowly unraveling, to Rock/Jericho going at it, to the McMahon siblings wreaking havoc, it was pure madness... and that was just the pre match stuff. Every night had a match that could've made the list. I think it gets flack now because so much happened in between that got lost in the fold which would've made the Invasion more fondly remembered if they were factored in.

[@kyoungmb10]

I get legit annoyed when people don't remember how funny this time period was and how good Angle and Austin were every time they were on screen together. Invasion era holds some of my fondest wrestling memories. Edge and Christian breaking up, Spike and Molly, cowboy hat Kurt, Tajiri and Regal, the list goes on and on.

[@samsational168]

The pop when Jericho reversed the people’s elbow into the walls of Jericho is something I will never forget

[@heelgill]

One of the most interesting *What If* in wrestling would’ve been if Goldberg made an appearance during the Invasion Angle. I wonder how that would’ve looked like.

[@blove88]

You could say that about most of the top WCW guys that came after the fact (the NWO, Ric Flair, Scott Steiner, Goldberg and Sting). Damn. The more I think about it the more disappointed it makes me.

[@BANGITSME87]

I was there for the Booker T/Angle RAW WCW Title match. First wrestling show I ever went to and I got a good one!!!

[@meetsintaverns5330]

My favourite moment of the invasion is still the Rick's "it doesn't matter what your name is" to Booker T. [keeping the fact I said "the Rick" firmly in place for the lols]

[@meetsintaverns5330]

Haha, just seen my mistake. I would go with "the Wish/Pound Shop" version of the Rock, but the same sentiment my man

[@IamTheStormThatIsApproaching1]

The Rick hahaha. Accidental awesomeness right here.

[@meetsintaverns5330]

@@IamTheStormThatIsApproaching1 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NOSE IS!

[@IamTheStormThatIsApproaching1]

@@meetsintaverns5330 Lol. 😂 NOOT NOOT!

[@tonythomas2391]

The Rock vs Booker T: "Thomas Jefferson sucka!"

[@TheThird1977]

With the WWE UK PPV events, I'll have nary a bad word said about One Night Only.

[@aligerbrap]

Kurt Angle knew he couldn't beat Scott Steiner at Sacrifice. The numbers don't lie.

[@samsational168]

That’s why he didn’t show up lol

[@zanethind]

That Walls of Jericho on the Ladder spot is still amazing to this day

[@giles852002]

I always loved the Ladder Match between RVD & Jeff at SummerSlam too. That’s definitely a forgotten classic.

[@RoyStorey]

rhyno vs kurt angle on raw 10/22 that year was great as well

[@patrickmilner4149]

RVD vs Kurt Angle vs Stone Cold Steve Austin at No Mercy 2001 is one of my favorite Triple Threat matches of all time. An underrated gem which I think people should check out!

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

I loved how X pac was the only wwf heel

[@tylerprivette6036]

Can you a list like "10 WWE Tag Team Specialists"?

[@shoplift6362]

The invasion/alliance era was my favorite. The 247 harcore rule and that period a few years before was good too.. But I loved this

[@martinrubio6357]

Austin and rock was lengendary

[@gammasmash1924]

Just went and watched Austin vs Angle vs RVD from '01 on Dailymotion. Still incredibly entertaining, even 20 years later.

[@InkedupT-raw]

Angle, booker T and jericho were killing it during this period!!!

[@JM1993951]

Austin/Angle at Summerslam was great. Unforgiven was pretty good, too.

[@ErenYeager52191]

Rock won it with his own version of bookend LMFAO

[@youngche8226]

Imagine if we had waited for all the stars to come. Goldberg/Sandman/RVD/Balls/Sabu/Big Poppa Pump/Sting/Hogan/Flair/Nash/Hall/HBK (return)/Rey Mysterio/ we really coulda had a true wwe vs wcw and ecw battle.

[@dereksather5921]

The Inaugural Brawl at the Invasion PPV still holds up for me.

[@samsational168]

I still have no idea what the inaugural brawl means, it was just a tag match.

[@Macephtopheles]

I've always been curious why the WWE didn't buy out/match the WCW (well, Turner) contracts. Obviously there were a number on guaranteed lucrative contracts who were happy to sit at home but if the WWE had bought them out/matched the basic salaries then I can't imagine they would have regretted it. The likes of the nWo (Hogan especially), Goldberg and Sting would likely have been multimillions each on merchandise. And the "dream" matches would have put PPV buyrates up considerably as well so, yeah- always seemed an odd choice.

[@slykilla1593]

Imagine how much wwe would of had to pay guys like hogan, nash, goldberg ect to work matches and not just sit on their asses and get payed. Don't think it would be to worth it

[@bunyan4.20]

I got back into watching wrestling during the whole Invasion angle and have been watching since

[@kmversion1]

0:21 Kurt Angle wouldn't even try cause he knows he can't beat Scott Steiner

[@ajkostival]

That Spring break joke 😂

[@MegaAngryspoon]

I feel like Austin vs Angle at Summerslam was easily the best. Their unforgiven match is worth a look too.

[@thurgradiox1287]

For me the invasion couldn't have been any better. I was obsessed with it

[@youngche8226]

Here's a card we coulda had 1-Balls Mahoney vs Big Show 2-US/IC Ladder Match Sabu vs RVD vs Jeff vs Rey vs Eddie vs Johnny Nitro 3-DX (HHH/HBK/New AgeOutlaws) vs nWo (w Xpac) 4-Flair vs Angel 5-Austin Vs Goldberg 6-Taker vs Sting Just one dream card right there patience coulda given us at invasion.

[@slykilla1593]

Im confused about nitro, didn't he debut like 5 or 6 years later?

[@joepo7002]

I appreciate your tenacity, though in my opinion I'd argue that Show vs Meng would be a more enthralling match

[@twitch_tv_pat]

one of my favorite parts were every one wanted a title , so it made every title have more vaule because you had every one on the roster trying to win one. it gave more meaning to titles like the european title or hardcore title.

[@kevinlee9929]

It was too many titles. It de-valued them.

[@standardofexcellence]

I remember that was the match you haven't covered til now so we didn't forget

[@justinhargrove6559]

I feel like Hardy RVD ladder match was the best of their 01 series but I do like the invasion match too

[@svvayhound6536]

We all have fantasy bookings for this but I really feel like RVD, Mike Awesome, Booker T, O'Haire, and Palumbo all under heyman/biscoff at the helm would've have carried this storyline for probably over a year and do it well

[@youngche8226]

I've always said that the Kurt vs Austin vs RVD match was AMAZING

[@topheat2318]

unforfiven 2001 was one of the best ppv’s of the attitude era in my opinion. y’all should talk ab it more often or do a review

[@brandongordon2392]

Facts.. this whole title is facts.. cause there were a lot of good matches.. seriously.

[@lordtrigon1733]

Great video, great matches but one minor gripe - matches like RVD vs Jeff are hardly forgotten, how about some focus on the undercard? I recommend the Hardy Boyz vs Hurricane & Lance Storm (underrated pairing) at No Mercy 01. It’s an amazingly hot opener, give it a look.

[@youngche8226]

I also thought there was a chance of WWF losing this head to head for the simple fact is they were being sued by WWF (wildlife fund atm) and it was stared they were having to change their name. I remember thinking what if alliance does win and wwf changes their name to wcw or something. The timing was perfect really. We all knew they lost the rights to wwf. Which made some of us wonder...wait no are they gonna loose??

[@bluebagha162]

Lance storm and Mike awesome vs edge and Christian from invasion is a forgotten gem.

[@adamd5849]

Imagine if WWE had the Winner Takes All match end in a tie. That would have been a great way to continue it all

[@MrPrometheus1190]

the invasion angle is like the Star Wars Prequels to me...I didn't know they "sucked" until I got older.

[@deweyonpoint5765]

Honestly it was so nonsenical to me that I stopped watching until invasion was done. It was so awful, I couldn't stomach it anymore. Stone Cold representing WCW was a terrible move, should have just elevated DDP and Booker T.

[@samuelhenstock1076]

01 survivor series winner tale all is in my top 10 matches love it

[@UncledadBFD]

If they’d just had held fire, waited for them contracts to run down and done a proper Invasion angle with them dream matches. Should be done on a game

[@slykilla1593]

Would of had to wait up to like 2 years for some of them and by then is there really much point? People would say it was to late

[@UncledadBFD]

@@slykilla1593 Fair point, maybe you’re right.

[@jayhicks8295]

I love the consistency and this channel overall

[@LuckyDT]

Chuck Palumbo vs XPac is a hidden gem

[@youngche8226]

We coulda had Austin vs Goldberg Austin vs Hogan Austin vs Sandman RVD vs HBK RVD/Sabu vs Hardyz RVD vs Sabu vs Jeff vs Johnny Nitro vs Eddie vs Rey vs Eddie in a Ladder Match Flair vs Angle Goldberg vs Taker when they both were in better shape Taker vs Sting Mike Awesome vs Taker Sandman vs Taker Rhyno vs Goldberg Balls vs Big Show Imagine if the invasion angle waited a fuckin a year or two. And all the Dream matches we coulda had. A real promotion vs promotion/promotion battle. DX vs nWo So much amazing shit.

[@Chacaron520]

Remember, Haku's fro was at his highest during that time. Never forget

[@zanethind]

God I wish I was a kid in the Attitude Era

[@NDIZOPOPA]

Funny cigarettes of RVD 😂😂😂😂

[@TheSaiyanGaming11]

The invasion wasn’t great but it did produce a few bangers of matches. I was there live in Cleveland for RVD and Jeff Hardy at invasion and it was a great childhood memory I can look back on

[@downeydaddy22]

RVD top 15 all time

[@martinrubio6357]

I like the Kurt angle Austin feud

[@rockydarknight2980]

Invasiòn stortline was great idea but floped. However, The invasion ppv main event, promo video package was amazing, match amazing, ending could have been better also survivor series 2001 promo goosebumps of electricity on that control puddle of mudd video. Great time to be wrestling fan.

[@ChristopherJohn4389]

I'd have to say 10 is stretching it.

[@lilpoetat]

thanks!

[@hhtptai]

Also, I just want to say, ECW literally wasn't even a factor in the actual Invasion. The only ECW representatives (of note) were the Dudley Boyz, RVD and Paul Heyman.

[@jabdaddy42]

The rob van damn show basically

[@geeshep4836]

What's up Cultaholic can you do Every Tna/impact Knockouts champion ranked from worst to best and could you also do a list of every female wrestling factions and every Tna/impact tag team champions, Wcw tag team champions and Roh tag team champions ranked from worst to best please.

[@mayson6035]

Edge vs Christian at No Mercy 🤔

[@mattrice3993]

Its insane that we can say the invasion angle happened 20 years ago 😂

[@hib6076]

4:52 That shits creepy... how did Adam know??

[@rayhoyer4829]

Hold the hell up did Kane just dropkick Jericho?

[@patrickbooth5091]

Have these guys ever considered doing anything other than lists? Like anything at all?

[@thesprock5270]

Do these people in the comments not know who Cultaholic is??

[@nathancrapo9788]

Basically RVD is GOAT

[@yurmamasbooty4263]

Hahahahahaha 'funny cigarettes'

[@benespinosa6725]

Honorable Mention: Torrie wilson vs Stacy Keibler Lingerie Match from no mercy 2001

[@BigMattXXL]

Imagine if Brock Lesnar debuted during the Invasion

[@blakejarvis5302]

try doing the story without flair, hogan, sting, nash, and steiner i think they did as well as they could all things considered

[@blakejarvis5302]

yeah triple h sure stopped rvd and Jericho from getting over

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@PS-oo9of]

Steve Austin vs The Rock. You're welcome.

[@shady3legend]

I wish it was actually wwe vs ECW vs wcw no alliance..Austin joined the alliance was still dumb seeing he hated wcw frm firing him, they could of built ecw team legit as they was good wrestlers. Wcw without the big names could of still been good just make Booker and DDP look strong

[@KSE828]

The invasion was a disappointment? Since when?

[@CMDHistoria]

Most of the entries are just WWF/e wrestlers wrestling each other

[@lordtrigon1733]

And even more scandalous, not forgotten!

[@tannerhaydenmusic]

love this

[@KKD56521]

bruh im never this early.....

[@SmallTownSinner]

I don’t think winner take all is forgotten ...

[@TheLevelOnePodcast]

No Kane vs Test... list sucks :P