The Story of the WCW Invasion: End of The Alliance

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When Vince McMahon purchased WCW in 2001, fans began dreaming about the upcoming dream matches that could be put on TV. With Vince McMahon controlling both the WWF and the WCW brand, many fans expected to see matches like Sting vs Undertaker, Goldberg vs Steve Austin, The Rock vs Diamond Dallas Page and so on. Fans quickly realised though that the planned WCW Invasion storyline would not work out as expected, and this came down to contractual agreements. With WCW's biggest superstars still getting paid through AOL Time Warner, many guys like Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash decided to stay at home and collect a free paycheck.
Vince and the WWF still had the WCW brand in their possesion though, and the McMahon wanted to begin airing a WCW television show along with WCW exclusive pay per views. Viacom, the owner of TNN, didn't like the idea of a WCW show without the biggest stars of the company, and so the deal fell through. Vince was left with a lot of mid-tier WCW talent, and so an Invasion storyline was booked where WCW (and eventually ECW) would try to take over the WWF.
This video continues on from the last Invasion upload, picking up after the WWF Invasion 2001 pay per view and ending with the 2001 Survivor Series and the episode of Monday Night Raw that followed. Topics covered in this video include:
00:00 - The initial plans for the WCW Invasion
03:10 - Steve Austin joins the Alliance
06:51 - The Rock returns / Summerslam 2001
09:43 - Unforgiven and No Mercy 2001
13:53 - Plans are made to end the Alliance stable
15:44 - Ric Flair shows up after the Invasion
- Much More!
If you missed it, check out Part 1 here: • The Story of the WCW I...
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[@krim7]

DDP deserved so much better than this. He could have been an a-lister for years and years. Vince did him dirty.

[@myownwerstenmy]

Vinny Mac did EVERYONE dirty

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

Yea that whole stalker angle was just stupid I personally loved DDP he was a great wrestler and should've been used in a different way

[@boogidwnej179]

Not really,

[@JRMAV1]

@@boogidwnej179 Yes really

[@Matt-cr4vv]

It seems like people think that if only guys debuted with better storylines that all the other misfortunes wouldn’t have happened. DDP was 45 when he debuted and less than a year later had a severe neck injury that essentially ended his career. At that age and the insane schedule of that time he was on borrowed time even if coming in with the greatest creative possible. His story sucked but it was unlikely for him to hold up long term with that schedule.

[@TheJrockfreak]

Growing up I remember loving the invasion storyline, I didn't even realized people didn't like it until a few years ago lol

[@foxfairchild2458]

Absolutely same lolz

[@nunu850]

Same lol I was like 5 so pretty much anything entertained me

[@BlackFlash7]

Same. I was 9 and it was the most riveting, edge of your seat television lol

[@Dogeathotdog1]

It was a huge letdown What was there to like about it? Now that the dust has settled and people are aware of what WWE did to wrestling I'm sure people hate the failed invasion angle even more.

[@TheSBleeder]

If you didn't follow WCW when it was in its prime, you are excused for not hating the angle.

[@kevinpayton2664]

The night after Survivor Series on Raw when Ric Flair showed up could've been the start of the Invasion if Vince had waited.

[@kennethflaglerjr3843]

Tell this day it's still pisses me off

[@dustinsonnier6583]

@@kennethflaglerjr3843 ikr me too

[@rickjames2.0]

That's pretty much what he said in the video

[@ComaAlpha]

It could've been only the second act if it was booked right. They could've stretched it WMXIX.

[@gabrielledormuth4634]

ECW could've been the first wave of the invasion and then when Flair came into the pic WCW could've attacked

[@klyodog9980]

They should have done an ECW invasion in 2001 and then do the WCW invasion in 2002 with all the top stars

[@spookerredmenace3950]

ya that would made sense but Vince i think was so spiteful and short sited , shocking :P

[@undertakerlargestfan]

Come on now that would take some creative thinking and yk for the most part Vince post wcw’s legit demise had no motivation to have any real creative thinking

[@weRUNdat308]

Theres an idea

[@MrBeardsley]

One of Vince’s biggest problems for the past 20-ish years has been his compulsion to hot-shot every big angle and storyline.

[@ohmeohmyohmammamia]

Nice idea but with Vince he wouldn't have wcw or ecw guys look superior to the wwe guys....even with sting NWO goldberg. Just look at stings debut match. "New guys" would normally win their debuts but not sting!

[@rino6693]

Crazy to think how much money the WWE lost out on by not doing this storyline properly

[@alanguages]

The entire angle sucked on how it was even unraveling at the time. Everything had to revolved around the McMahon family again. Steve Austin and Kurt Angle both heavily prominent WWF stars were put into the Alliance, because it was just a horrible failure and could not be taken seriously. The Alliance was portrayed as if they were all insignificant. No wonder the fans could not buy how stupid it was.

[@Dave0G]

Nah, they'd already lost it by investing in the XFL 😉

[@jeyDsixx18]

ArmsDealArni this angle should have lasted 12-18 months easily, just so many different ways to go and all with so many layers, I actually get kinda pissed when I think about how it should have been...Cornette does an awesome job rebooking the invasion angle on one of his shoot videos

[@Toast960]

@@jeyDsixx18 Yeah. I've watched both his and Russo's invasion ideas. The problem with Cornette's is he focuses too much on Crockett-era wrestlers and Russo focuses too much on the nWo. Something in the middle would've been ideal. Cornette's has the better overall presentation, though.

[@sleepinggorilla]

The only thing McMahon values more than money is embarrassing his employees on television.

[@brandongonzalez7672]

Vince's ego is bigger than any time warner contract

[@_meangreenjersey973]

I mean his company won what did you expect to happen ? If WCW won the wwe guys would of suffered the same fate

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

@@_meangreenjersey973 if they can't let bygones be bygones, then something is wrong with them.

[@VERDICTInsanity]

Booker T, DDP and RVD should’ve been the faces of the invasion, the matches against Stone Cold, Angle and The Rock would have sold so many tickets

[@GloTheActivist300]

I always hated how Vince just instantly turned heel once again after the Survivor Series show. The best thing to come out of it was Jericho becoming the egotistical maniac which led to the Undisputed Title victory.

[@diablo666541]

Vince bein heel made it more entertaining

[@GloTheActivist300]

@Ruthless Attitude Entertainment Yeah, I agree.

[@dallasarnold1803]

😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dallasarnold1803]

@The Heel PG era fanboy

[@Gemini050788]

You can give Jericho a slinky and a half eaten Turkey sandwich and he will create gold

[@Venemofthe888]

i said this last time but i do think Raven should have been Sara's Stalker and not DDP

[@zemox2534]

Raven vs Undertaker would have been a better feud.

[@futuregohan4837]

And Undertaker Reemerges As The Original Deadman And Tombstones Raven

[@weRUNdat308]

🔥🔥

[@miguelarkano5320]

that would been epic

[@generalkhan5569]

That would've been a waaay batter fit.

[@bubbacalling]

My god Roddy Piper was being paid 700k in 1999... no wonder wcw went under

[@Rando1975]

I thought I heard recently that some of the Nitro Girls were getting 100k a year. It's mind blowing how much money they were spending.

[@murraysaucedo897]

Rando1975 Brad Armstrong got somewhere along the lines of $200k a year to basically do jobbing on Saturday Night tapings and Vincent was getting around $150k a year to just stand there on the ring while Hogan, Nash and Hall cut promos. Not to mention Lanny Poffo getting $100k a year to sit home and do nothing. They signed Warrior to a 1 year contract for $800k and after he put Hogan over they literally told him to go home and they paid him the contract telling him if they need him at all for the duration of the contract they’d call him otherwise they’ll continue paying him to do nothing.

[@Facade953]

@@murraysaucedo897 WCW KILLED WCW!😲

[@andrewfujiki616]

I remember how confused and disappointed I was during the Invasion angle. I couldn’t understand why DDP was treated like a mid-card wrestler and there weren’t any other big WCW names.

[@charleshobbs5079]

Gunit

[@boogidwnej179]

He was older and past his prime.

[@phillyliverpoolfc4079]

DDP should’ve been pushed as a Bigger Star.

[@petertr2000]

Spot on about DDP. Man, he could have been THE guy.

[@kingofdetroit358]

He was 45 to old

[@Eastsid3]

@@kingofdetroit358 so was Flair and NWO. I don't think it was so much about performance either it was also their notierity that was key.

[@jmhproductions7335]

Well, he did agree to look like a chump.

[@cumexolaf3276]

Problem was WCW had already buried him before against Kanyon and Scott Steiner and degrading him to just be Nash's sidekick.

[@robattewell6087]

Vince forgot the 7 p's. Perfect Preparation and Planning, Prevents a Piss Poor Performance.

[@xtn5378]

Don't forget patience.

[@gbae636]

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers por favor

[@jamaaldagreatest2748]

@@xtn5378 perfect preparation, planning and patience prevents piss poor performance :)

[@otakubatman1853]

To this day I have no idea why or how we got DDP vs Undertaker, and not the Rock. Peoples Champ vs Peoples Champ. Its books itself

[@brandonpage7087]

DDP has stated in interviews that a people's champ vs people's champ match program against the Rock, is exactly what he wanted to do.

[@nunyadamnbidness2531]

because the rock already had his mirror in booker t. token black guy vs token black guy.

[@asiacarter8105]

DDP said he went to Vince and others like producers in back for the match Vince shot it down that fool

[@ComaAlpha]

Because Page didn't know to say no and walk away.

[@jamelherring5359]

What a waste of a great opportunity. Vince couldn’t wait to truly belittle the WCW and their talent.

[@jamelherring5359]

natewon been watching the business since a kid in the 80s but please, share your opinion on the business side of things if you don’t mind me asking, since you voiced your opinion.

[@Toast960]

I always felt like WWF should have booked two different angles out of this: a smaller separate ECW vs WWF angle from July to November that would've been a sampler of what was to come. And then a larger WWF vs WCW invasion angle, that would've kicked off with Flair coming out on Raw after Survivor Series. Had they waited until then, they could've potentially gotten a few more bigger names. Maybe even Sting. (Whenever Sting has told the story of watching SmackDown and hearing the Rock say to Booker T "Who in the blue hell are you?" it feels a bit short sighted on the Stinger's part as that wasn't necessarily a knock at WCW. It was just a Rock catchphrase of the time.) Hell, they could've even had the nWo (Hall, Nash, Hogan, Waltman, and Big Show) acting as Vince's private army to deal with WCW and have Rock, Austin, Taker, and HHH begin to lead the charge for WWF as a result of WWF wrestlers not trusting Vince for dealing with the New World Order. The way they did DDP was an insult. Just about any wrestling fan knew that DDP was married to Kimberly so for him to go after Taker's wife as some deranged stalker character and not just let him be WCW's People's Champion never made sense to me.

[@nlee4566]

I could get behind this idea. Two smaller storylines and then putting them together in the end.

[@mase8705]

That’s a great idea,

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

Bruce Prichard is at fault for the Stalker Gimmick.

[@rogerphavixaysouk2168]

Facts. DDP deserved better

[@rfe8nn2]

I would of had the whole Kliq either in the NWO DX or combined. Maybe they should of had a three way invasion storyline. While the wcw comes into the wwf, they bring over the NWO with them and they in partnership with there DX friends declare themselves independent from both the wcw and the wwf. Plus I would of brought in Bischoff to help sell it as either the leader or former leader of the NWO and now sides with WCW.

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

In my opinion Kirk Angle versus Stone Cold Steve Austin at Summerslam 2001, is one of the most underrated matches in history.

[@ethanskys857]

That was a brillant match

[@GorditoCrunch343]

Best ever match that ended in DQ. One of my top 10 WWF PPV matches, easily.

[@jackrogers5712]

Fantastic match

[@michaelhannell4083]

Jehrico has said on record if he knew at the time what Vince paid for it he would have bought wcw. Bc he got it dirt cheep

[@TheFishingNomad]

Yup. I think it was only around $2M.

[@ComaAlpha]

Like a mill or two. Next to nothing compared to what it was worth in 96. But still too much for what it was worth at the time without air time.

[@alesele20]

Yeah it may have been relatively cheap to purchase but then you’re forgetting you’re buying 30+ wrestlers with a bunch of them on 6 figure contracts. Also if you’re a promoter and going to run WCW as a separate entity that would cost a ton of money and then you have to secure a TV deal. Vince was the only person that could realistically purchase it and actually do something with it. Otherwise you’d have to be a billionaire and sink a ton of money into getting it off the ground.

[@DragzFire]

Alex S and you also got the entire WCW library of matches

[@monkeybone1080]

This will forever go down as THE single biggest missed opportunity in wrestling. Something like this will never happen again and watching it all back is so painful because of this. Flair leading the charge, Sting being the hero and wild card of WcW, NwO playing both sides in an effort to take over both, Raven's Flock vs Undertaker, ECW coming in to turn the invasion into an absolute bloody war, former WCW and ECW guys jumping ship back to their former brand and going back to their old gimmicks, it was a once in a lifetime event and Vince flushed it. Truly the prelude for the state of WWE today.

[@Machete87]

McMahon blew his chances with WCW.

[@RealTalk87]

I initially loved the invasion storyline until wwf stars started going to the alliance. It watered the whole storyline down a lot

[@jackrogers5712]

It would have been okay if used sparingly. Like Stone Cold turning was a big deal. It happened too often though.

[@josephbuono5487]

This retrospective was much better than the actual Invasion itself. Bravo as usual brother. I would still love to see a Kevin Sullivan biovideo

[@kevynhansyn2902]

That would be good to watch. I am honestly tired of various bios of wrestlers we already know about. Not just from this channel, but sooooooooooooo many others. Bios is still a great channel, however there are so many wrestlers and officials out there that need some loving.

[@TheTrainFan9]

I'm a bit sad you didn't at least mention the greatest moment of the Alliance storyline: MILKOMANIA IS RUNNING WILD!

[@aveng7fld]

How doesn’t this guy have millions of views? These are all incredible to watch and way more entertaining then anything WWE has put out in years. I love reliving all these memories!!

[@TheLandofObscusion]

DDP's lack of success early on was very much because of Undertaker, to an extent. It's been documented that Taker did not want to work with any of the WCW guys at all, as he didn't see the point in working with people who were part of a failed promotion; to him WCW lost, so why is Vince showcasing its talent on TV? It also didn't help that DDP was notorious for his Randy Savage-esque obsession for planning out every little detail for his matches, which only pissed off Taker all the more, so Taker used his sway to effectively bury DDP. It was a rare moment of selfish behavior from Mark Callaway, who normally put his ego aside for the sake of the business. DDP's only problem was that he was willing to do anything regardless of how it looked, since he just wanted to end his active career in the WWF, so maybe if he was put into a program with literally anyone else other than Taker then he would have come out of the Invasion much better.

[@AstonishingRed]

R.I.P WCW. Even though I was always a WWE guy myself, Eric Bischoff kept Vince on his toes for a long while. Now Vince no longer has a motivated rival like Eric. Present day, now we are left with guys like Bray Wyatt cutting overly produced promos in doll houses.

[@CodeSwag]

Oh man, so TRUE!! Current WWE sucks coz there's no real competition!

[@gqloc6768]

Bray wyatt was old school WWF vibes as well as AJ Styles, Ronda, and Charlotte and a few others.

[@ninjafudge2721]

Lmao fired

[@NotAGarage]

I remember how happy I was when I saw they got Sean O'Haire, Mike Awesome, DDP, Kanyon, and Lance Storm.... and well you know how it went for each of them unfortunately 😥

[@dacobylaw4721]

What people won't tell you nowadays is that before WCW folded Sean O'haire, Chuck Palumbo, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak Lance Storm, Chris kanyon, and Mike Awesome were being pushed as future main event players in WCW had they not folded we could've seen them all as world champions minus Shawn Stasiak who I don't think should've been pushed as a main eventer. It's sad to know that nowadays we just see them as nothing more than mid carders and Jobbers in the invasion.

[@travisrodesiler7744]

Well one thing that's been proven time and time again over the years, if it's not a WWF/E Vince McMahon creation, Vince is not going to push it.

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

Didn't like how DDP was portrayed during this Invasion angle they made him seem creepy. Vince screwed the fans on that angle made me stop watching it for a while.

[@kevinpayton2664]

I didn't like it either. That was terrible.

[@dwightsimpson6635]

DDP got to WWF before the invasion of WCW & ECW was even thought of!🤔

[@diablo666541]

Same Tommy dreamer. Made in to guy screeming all time and had worse entrance music

[@harryvanrooyen8430]

Lier. Back door sluts 9 is the best A team

[@darryldonnelly5363]

The Invasion was the greatest moment in wwe history

[@armandoemanuelle7815]

It's also sad how no ECW championship was ever held on the line.

[@malcolmcox18]

Would've been interesting but it would've been all week guys holding the top belts form 3 companies

[@BrianLG100]

I heard they were still fighting to own all of ECW still, but they didn't have it all until 2003. That the reason they did have their titles also.

[@reloadpsi]

They probably would've put it on Stephanie anyway.

[@ShaunInce123]

Imagine the money that could have been made if the Invasion Storyline was booked once Ric Flair & the NWO joined? And have it end at Wrestlemania 18? Many possibilities on what could have happened.

[@alonzosmith3555]

What If Goldberg Came After Survivor Series Attack Kane Rock Austin

[@stingersplashentertainment3410]

13:44 that was Vince giving Jericho the belt WCW wouldn’t even let him compete for when he was working for them.

[@petebrown3715]

Had WWF waited 1 year and slowly set up the WCW Invasion it really could've been spectacular. The Invasion if it had been done properly WWF could've doubled or trippled their proffits and you could've started it with Sting,Ric Flair,Goldberg,NWO, or DDP come out and break up a match, do a call back to when Scott Hall first jumped to WCW. That would've been awesome. Then keep setting up the angle. They could've then presented WCW as a separate brand, huge threat and made boatloads more of money.

[@TimeCenaPSW]

I didn’t even know Angle was WCW champion, damn that’s a short reign

[@wilhelmfriedrichi3865]

Rebooking the InVasion would be a great video series

[@DerekDomino71]

I remember being excited when all this started to go down, but it didn't take long for me to care less. Watching all this really shows how poorly Vince handled the whole invasion thing. It was sad to see some of these talented, lower card WCW guys get crapped on.

[@miroa12004]

Never made sense to me that DDP with his insanely hot wife Kimberly would stalk Sara who had a horse face. And Angle's win at Unforgiven was mainly because the WWF wanted to have a feel good moment since that show was like two weeks after 9/11 hence why they booked Austin to regain the title 8 days later.

[@tootyfrooty7604]

The main event match always stands out for me & my friends as we watched it live. We worked out that the wrestlers were getting eliminated in the order that they came down the entrance ramp at the start of the match.

[@AshMundo]

The invasion was a complete failure. Such a shame! I remember before the buyout, that this would have been a massive dream!

[@jonathanlyons230]

That was a sick intro with the remix to booker t’s theme very innovative I absolutely love it 😊 😊😊

[@metamofia]

As a kid, I did enjoy the Invasion storyline. Looking back at it now, I think the few positives of the storyline isn't the booking for sure, but the emergence of RVD and Booker T in WWE ring, and the entertaining heel antics by Austin.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

I think if HHH and Benoit hadn't gotten hurt, Eddie hadn't been fired and Rock hadn't left to do a movie, Vince might have held off on the angle. The fact is the roster wasn't very deep by mid 2001 and he needed to do something to switch it up. It just happened to backfire.

[@LollywoodLoganator]

I think the Invasion angle also started earlier because Triple H and Chris Benoit both went out with long term injuries at about the same time. And the Rock was still away being the Scorpion King, so Vince may have felt his WWF roster was too depleted of star power to carry on getting the ratings he wanted.

[@HeatseekersUK]

This is very quickly becoming my favorite channel on KZbin as each video gets uploaded.. Your commitment to creating content on a constant basis is excellent & you deserve all the credit that comes your way man

[@tx_outlaw7951]

I love that you used the Harlem heat entrance music. Thank you for paying respect to them in that way. Best tag team in wcw and booker well....... he was a king 👑!!!!!!! Ice ice ice ,,,,, cold cold cold !!!!!

[@hamsclass]

I didn’t see an issue with Vince wanting WCW to have its own show featuring crossover feuds. He should’ve bought out those Time Warner contracts... He would’ve made more that his money back.... Imagine: Goldberg vs Austin Sting vs The Rock Angle vs Brett Hart Savage vs HHH Undertaker vs Big Sexy Hogan vs Kane And in the 2nd tier you still would’ve had Booker T, Scott Steiner, DDP, Scott Hall, & Sid coming......Man, the possibilities.......

[@cumexolaf3276]

Imagine if HHH, Eddie and Benoit had not been injured right before the storyline!

[@sepulturajim]

The WWF Superstars vs The Stars of WCW I don’t know how many times I heard that line during the Invasion Angle but that sums it up perfect!!

[@sleepalaska]

dude thank you so much for your videos.. it's so awesome reliving rasslin with you.. cold beer has been opened..

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Was I only one that noticed Dennis Rodman had a contract in WCW.

[@kwajotube]

THANKS 4 part 2 , GUDD TIMING BROTHA!!!

[@brandonleague3641]

From this time period, I liked Rhyno, Tajiri, and heel Booker T.

[@twilliamspro]

Imagine DDP as a Cult like leader of WCW

[@reloadpsi]

Evil motivational speaker, I love it.

[@MrAtraxx]

Could you do a video of sugar Shane helms/ Gregory helms/hurricane? I think it would be good to go through the transitions he had. Watching this made me remember the awesome fued he had with the rock...that alone would be a good video. Keep up the awesome work. Luv these!

[@WolfFeX]

Actually if they waited till Fall of 2002, they could have even added Scott Steiner and Rey Mysterio. Goldberg made his debut after WM 2003, but I'm sure they could have had him in late 2002 if they wanted

[@fivejedis]

Vince definitely should have waited a year. In kayfabe, I honestly feel like it makes sense. WCW guys work for WWF for a year to understand the ins and outs and build their army to be able to successfully invade. Kinda like a destroy it from within. Obviously, WWF would still come out on top because of course it would, but I think that would've made the invasion that much better. I wish the 2K games would do What If scenarios, obviously, we can't get that in real life but why not create a showcase revolving around that? It's crazy that if Vince waited a year and treated the WCW guys better we might've had Sting make the jump since one of the big reasons he didn't sign with the WWF was because he didn't like how Booker T was treated and felt like WCW guys were going to be booked as lesser superstars which he ended up being right.

[@underpressure07140]

Don't forget that the What chant was born during the Invasion storyline

[@michaelgatti4038]

Booker was coming to his own as a main eventer at the end of WCW. He’d been a singles guy since early 1997 working the mid card.

[@kingmanmillenia]

He said " main eventer" which means higher than mid card.

[@Thor-Orion]

Yeah, his rivalry with Scott Steiner as the company was falling apart was one of their only highlights.

[@kishore16966]

I m really in addiction with this series... Thank you for the good work!

[@DespicablepunK25]

I'm a big fan of your videos and on how you present them, good work mate.

[@lamarmickens6970]

I've been watching this channel for a while now and I respect the he'll out of it reliving childhood moments

[@rayzaramon6598]

Another great piece, bro. These are great for New Comers

[@taylormademyself89]

Been anticipating for this one to pop up always got 2 watch my fav channel soon as vid is out lol 😎🤘🙏

[@n00btub3r2012]

You should make a video on how you would have booked the invasion

[@apr8189]

I have said this for nearly 20 years... And you nailed it on the money with this two-parter. Vince McMahon should have waited til later in 2001 when Ric Flair came to the WWF or at the very least wait til Hall, Nash and Hogan came in at No Way Out 2002 to do a proper WCW vs. WWF angle that for many of us had wanted as far back as 1985/86. But, no... Vince did not allow that to come to fruition and as pointed out in part two pissed it away.

[@maxmeza4859]

nope because they wouldve lost momentum waiting. and those WCW stars didnt wanna come over.

[@hughmungus4761]

@@maxmeza4859 BS there is no evidence for that and what are you talking about? With the exception of Sting they all wound up going WWF anyways mere months after the angle wrapped up....

[@scottodrowsky9835]

Thanks for doing this. The InVasion and Survivor Series PPVs were the only bright spots of this whole thing!

[@imogenaris1697]

Awesome opening montage! Major props for the footage of DDP & Kanyon ( R.I.P. ), Test ( R.I.P. ), Sean O'Haire ( R.I.P. ) Lance Storm, Kurt Angle & Booker T in all their glory!! No other period in wwe proved more that if you weren't Vince's creation, you would be completely humiliated, even if you drew ratings. Austin's portrayed bullying of The Alliance was disgusting.

[@RickerbyMusic]

I did hate that Austin had a double heel turn, I always though they should had Austin stay face with the WWF as fans were so happy he had turned and it could've washed the stink of his heel run sooner. It didn't make much sense for him to side with the alliance, I think that is should've been Angle straight away who screwed them instead of that mole storyline. Austin randomly turning face the night after Survivor Series with no explanation was awkward at best

[@My19812011]

This two part series was better than the entire Invasion storyline itself, amazing work @wrestlingbios

[@jamesthompson3023]

great work man and loving reliving the war your on fire man keep up the good work

[@bbugaj999]

There's an episode of "83 Weeks" where Bischoff said that Jim Ross contacted him in june or july of 2001 and said, "We'd like to bring you in." Bischoff declined because the 4th of July is such a big deal for him. He then said, "If had known it was for the Invasion, I would have hitchhiked from Wyoming to Connecticut!"

[@darinrampageadams8052]

The opening was sick!! 🔥🔥 booker t should use dat lol

[@Rschr101]

Awesome content. This was a fun time to be a fan and the last time wrestling had any relevancy in pop culture. Vince and co. Did what they could but without those big wcw stars, this was what it was. They had to do something that summer cuz HHH got hurt and Rocky had taken his ball and went Hollywood.I think they made the most out of it. Austin had his last great year in 2001, some amazing matches too . Soon as those big wcw guys showed up in 2002 and 2003, things just weren't the same.

[@gundam8896]

WWF should have brought back ECW in 2001 then WCW in 2002 with all their stars which would have made the first brand spilt work

[@mcshatly1576]

Your channel is great man! Love it!

[@playboieric]

I was born in 2002 bro and I grew up with wwe and the whole time I’m thinking that they were all the same and it just evolved over time starting with wcw to wwe but it’s crazy that I’m just now finding out about the invasion. *knee slapper, I don’t even watch wrestling anymore like that*

[@VSMOKE1]

Lol your generation sucks

[@trentwalker7297]

Becoming one of my favorite wrestling channel real quick👍

[@garymcnicol8864]

At the time watching this, it was the best thing ever! The hype every week was off the chain! However, after watching these reviews, I can see just how much better this whole angle could have been!!

[@rickjames2.0]

Jamie Noble is one of the WCW players that people forget had a great run with Nidia and the cruiserweight title.

[@AmandaRogersarock1988]

Ugh this timepoint in wrestling was so sad for me. I remember when Austin hugged Vince a huge love of wrestling died for me for a long while. I tried to watch for like 6 months after but I eventually had to quit for a few years.

[@Dylanquinn666]

I was a big fan of wrestling during the 90s and throughout the whole attitude era but honestly the invasion storyline killed my interest in it. To this day, I haven't kept up with wrestling beyond that point. I rediscovered my love for it in recent years but I only go back and watch the old stuff, OSW review and videos like this. I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot but anything beyond 2002 is mostly a mystery to me lol.

[@josephhanson9728]

Fully agree was so gutted when DDP got cut out of WWE the guy was one of the shining lights of WCW along with Sting not coming over. Miss good ole days of WCW.

[@undeadend]

I agree with what you said where noone won. Your absolutely right.

[@Thor-Orion]

RVD was basically the only one to make out good, and even then it took them forever to recognize how good he really was.

[@andymac5569]

love your videos , not watched wresteling in years but all your videos take me back to my childhood wen i was wwf madddd

[@trevordavis5053]

Yep. Vince shoulda waited. He needed to look at it through the eyes of a wrestling fan. Instead he looked at the bottom line.

[@richspeck8932]

Unfortunately he missed the bottom line. He would have made so much more money if had been patient

[@HitPeace]

Booker t really got buried until the king Booker angle. I guess like, not really buried right? He lost to top guys like HHH, Austin, angle and the undertaker. It could be worse right? He could be losing to some no names while not even getting an entrance early on the card. Somebody's gotta lose right?

[@williamthompson5504]

I gotta say, I love the invasion WCW logo.

[@timmyt603]

I couldn't agree with what you said more! Also, your statement about DDP being the personification of what WCW was to many people.....spot on! I hated every bit of that angle and, although I'd quit watching wrestling a couple years before, was a WCW kid to the bone. I originally saw this as my ticket into getting back into being a fan...but WCW was done so wrong that it just wasn't possible for me.

[@soopaballz2285]

I love your videos buddy, instead of just the unbiased facts I'd love to hear your opinion on your favorite wrestlers of all time, favorite matches of all time etc...

[@MrBrownsugar85]

I started watching during the invasion and really liked test. It’s nice to look back and realize what a big push he got out of it

[@thehoopers7475]

I think I loved the angle at the time because I was young and I had no idea who the stars of WCW were, so I had no idea that there were other 'big stars' that were absent... Austin was so underrated at this time. His mic skills and the way he portrayed his paranoia was unbelievable, even if he was booked a little bit too strong in comparison to his WCW teammates.

[@Rated_R_MMA_Star]

Another great Vid. I was wondering, if enough people wanted this, would you perhaps do a video on the Radicalz WWF debut?

[@solascripturaPR1517]

If Vince would've waited five more months.... Slick Ric as the head of WCW, with DDP as the leader, would've made the Alliance angle work. So many great promos, from two very good talkers (also including: Paul Heyman, and Eric Bischoff); versus Stone Cold, The Rock, Chris Jericho, and Undertaker.

[@maxmeza4859]

DDP was in his mid 50's . old and injury prone..youre a joke

[@JRMAV1]

You missed a lot of points here, like Angle’s massive face turn and his battles with Austin.

[@kylereese6202]

They could have first done an ECW invasion that took about 6-8 months, the whole time teasing that 'something bigger is coming' then ECW stars integrate into WWF after about 8 months. Then boom! Ric Flair, Hogan, Nash, Goldberg, DDP, Booker, Scott Hall and Sting all come out at once...... I could see it being at the end of a royal rumble (to create absolute chaos for wrestle mania, who gets the title shot now!?), where all of WCW comes out and wrecks the last couple of guys in the ring, then Flair cuts a promo that causes Vince to come out with some guys, they get stomped and more WWF and (former) ECW guys come out, a giant brawl ensues, then all the former ECW guys turn on WWF and Heyman and Bischoff cut a promo "You think you can just OWN us!?" As WWF is just getting decimated, WWF fans are left terrified once they see the biggest stars of the company getting destroyed. We could have cameras cutting to brawls in the back of them jumping the biggest WWF stars, Goldberg and NWO going around and hunting them down. Vince could have literally revived the Attitude Era to deal with the invasion.Think about it: we could have had Cena and Brock come in as the new secret weapons of the WWF, this could have started an epic showdown of the next big thing in his prime vs a still very much over Goldberg. Bischoff tries to pull people like the Big Show and more, back to WCW with piles of cash. Rock vs DDP , Stone Cold vs Booker (because that was the best to come out of this anyway) Vince vs Flair, Shane vs Bischoff, Creepy Paul Heyman stalking Stephanie, The Brothers of Destruction and DX vs a repackaged NWO, Brock Vs Goldberg, Cena and / or Angle vs Stinger. The Hardys with Edge and Christian (re-unite the brood?) with APA, maybe even the Nation of Domination vs RVD, Rhino, the Dudleys and all of ECW, this would have been a good time for every single match to just be complete chaos. Almost every match ending in DQ's for interference, referees getting attacked, even Tony Schiavonne vs Michael Cole lol this could have literally formed into an 'era' and not just an 'angle' this could have been the 'Chaos era' So many rivalries could have worked. I think this story line could have stretched for years and years and made millions.

[@LOT9T]

Wow Stephanie was stacked in 2001!! Goodness gracious!!

[@bluehellioncomics8294]

Even back then, I didn't think that it was the greatest angle. I still took the time to enjoy it as a way to say goodbye to a company that I used to watch every week.

[@shoubhiksen3549]

Can you do a fantasy booking of The Invasion which'll be starting with Ric Flair coming to RAW ??

[@mattmeyer2006]

I literally remember dreaming of a WCW/WWF crossover long before it happened. Man what could of been

[@cws480]

I stopped watching wrestling after Survivor Series 01. Still love rewatching Attitude stuff though. It never gets old.