WWE InVasion
WWE InVasion
NR | 22 July 2001 (USA)
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Invasion (also typeset as InVasion) was a PPV that took place on July 22, 2001 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first PPV to feature the Invasion of wrestlers from the WWF taking on a combined force of wrestlers from World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), later known as The Alliance. The main event, dubbed the "Inaugural Brawl," was a five-on-five tag team match between Team WWF and Team WCW/ECW. The other main match was a singles match for the WWF Hardcore Championship between Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy.

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Unlimitedia

Sick Product of a Sick System

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SpunkySelfTwitter

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Arianna Moses

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Philippa

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amanwhorocks

1. Lance Storm/Mike Awesome Vs. Edge/Christian - Stupid feud, stupid booking, WCW looked extremely weak. But that cooperation between E&C was great. Super moves, super opener, super match! 9/10 2. Referee Bout: Nick Patrick Vs. Earl Hebner - Of course WCW referee had to job. Wow, what a GREAT MATCH! That's what I want to see punching/kicking referees. 1/10 3. WWF Champs-APA Vs. WCW Champs-O'Haire/Palumbo - Bradshaw won over Palumbo, so another victory for WWF that has been under INVASION!! Invasion was big deal, wasn't it? 7.5/10 4. WWF Light Heavyweight Champ-X-Pac Vs. WCW Cruiserweight Champ-Billy Kidman - Billy cleanly defeated X-Pac. YES!! 8/10 5. Raven Vs. William Regal - I love these two guys, but that match didn't work somehow, crowd was boring and so. 6/10 6. The Big Show/Billy Gunn/Albert Vs. CHRIS KANYON!!/Shawn Stasiak/Hugh Morrus - Quick match without any chance to perform something better. 6/10 7. Tazz Vs. Tajiri - Not bad, but i saw far better matches from these two. 7/10 8. Hardcore Championship: Rob Van Dam Vs. Champ-Jeff Hardy - Best match of the evening. Rvd won in a perfect match. And not so much HC, which is good. 9/10 9. Bra & Panties Tag Match: Stacy/Torrie Vs. Trish/Lita - The right girls were undressed :) Stacy is gorgeous. 7/10 10. Inaugural Brawl: Diamond Dallas Page/Booker T./Rhyno/Dudley Boyz Vs. Chris Jericho/Stone Cold/Kane/Undertaker/Kurt Angle - All the stars inside, but like in the whole PPV, WCW was extremely weak. Stone cold turned on his group and Booker pinned Angle. 8/10

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wrestlingsitewebmaster

Considering the Invasion angle was a poor start (Booker T vs Buff Bagwell anyone?) WWE really did manage to produce a very good PPV which attracted a whopping 770,000 buys. I even stayed up and watched this PPV on Channel 4 till 5 o clock in the morning! Results from the PPV: - Edge and Christian defeated Lance Storm and Mike Awesome in a decent opener.Earl Hebner defeated Nick Patrick in a crap match with Mick Foley as referee. After the match Foley slapped the mandible claw on Patrick.The APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) defeated Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo in a fair match.Billy Kidman defeated X-Pac in a grand match. However Kidman hurt his knees during the match and was out of action for about 8 months after.The Big Show, Billy Gunn and Intercontinental Champion, Albert defeated Hugh Morris, Shawn Stasiak and Kanyon in a passable match.Lita and Trish Stratus defeated Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson in a boring match.Raven defeated William Regal in a crap match.Tajiri defeated Tazz in a fair match.Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy to win the Hardcore title in a fantastic battle.Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, The Dudley Boyz and Rhyno defeated The Undertaker, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Kane, Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho when Austin turned heel and stunnered Angle.Overall Grade B

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William Walker

After Years of Bad Talking and Stuff The War of WWF and WCW can Not fight Each outherWhen Vince Bought WCW to Me the WWF was not the Smae Againi Saw this PPV and i was in All Seeing Wrestler that was never thought of Fighting each outher was unrealbut as Good as i thought it was it now know as the Start of a fail Storyline and is Still Fell today by the Flailing Thing that is try TodayOver all a Good PPV a Must See For all Fans of Wrestling

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Gary Ballance

Who would have ever thought that wrestlers from WWF, WCW and ECW would join forces for an inter-promotional PPV? The most interesting storyline of recent years unfolded at July 2001's InVasion (originally named Fully Loaded)There were 2 great matches and a good few average ones. A few of the average ones first:APA beat Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo, Earl Hebner beat Nick Patrick (terrible gimmick fisticuffs.), Lita and Trish beat Torrie Wilson & Stacy Keibler, Hugh Morrus, Shawn Stasiak & Chris Kanyon beat Billy Gunn, Albert and Big Show, and Raven beat William Regal.Better than average matches were: Edge & Christian beat Lance Storm & Mike Awesome (Awesome was speared in the middle of delivering a running PowerBomb), Tajiri beat Tazz, and Billy Kidman picked up a win over that punk X-Pac, with a well-delivered Shooting Star Press.Rob Van Dam took on Jeff Hardy in a Hardcore title match, which was outstanding. I have seen WCW before and have been watching WWF for 9 years, but I've never had access to ECW programming. RVD was brilliant, as was Jeff. With ladders, chairs, Swantons and Van Daminators this match was tremendous. RVD won with a Frog Splash.The main event was a 10-man tag: Team Alliance (Booker T, the Dudleyz, Rhyno & DDP) vs Team WWF (Kane, Undertaker, Angle, Jericho and Austin). With ECW/WCW kicking WWF's ass in the weeks leading up to InVasion, Vince pleaded for the return of the old Stone Cold, who did return to lead the WWF troops. It was a spirited contest with the Alliance winning as Austin defected Stunner-ing Angle.A good event with a bit of an ironic ending. The old Stone Cold was the one who turned to the dark side at WrestleMania XVII, and the new guitar-playing, hug-needing Austin was far more loyal. Funny that.

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