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.

Reviews
GamerTab That was an excellent one.
StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
avi0107 Everything was well build-up, the tension was here and the stakes were high. Given that both WWF and WCW-ECW had their 10 best superstars in the main event, the rest of the card did suffer from it. While it's not a great PPV, it was not bad either.Match 1: Edge & Christian vs. Mike Awesome & Lance Storm Solid match...nothing special but a good way to get off with Invasion. Lance Storm could have been a top wrestler IMO ..shame he was so underused in WWF. 5.5/10Match 2: Earl Hebner w/ WWF Referees vs Nick Patrick w/ WCW Referees Special Referee - Mick Foley Hahaha..wth? Great to see Mick Foley. The fans were actually pretty much into the "match". The match was horrible of course but it was fun. 3/10 (3 for the fun and Mick foley)Match 3: APA vs. Chuck Palumbo & Sean O'Haire Match I love APA and the passion they showed in the Invasion angle. Chuck and O'Haire can be quality as well. Like the opener, it was solid but not great. 5.5/10Match 4: X-Pac vs. Kidman I expected a little more from these two high flyers (well if you can consider X-Pac so)...again not bad but not great either. 5.5/10Match 5: Raven vs. William Regal Like Storm, I think Raven was underused by WWF, specially in the Invasion angle. The match was forgettable. 4/10Match 6: Shawn Stasiak, Chris Kanyon, and Hugh Morrus vs. Big Show, Albert, and Billy Gunn Good to see Billy Gunn back on PPV. Nothing special in the match. 5/10 (pretty average PPV so far)Match 7: Tazz vs. Tajiri Match Not bad at all. Tajiri is great...love those kick. 6.5/10Match 8: Hardcore Championship-Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy Fantastic and exactly what I was expecting from these two great wrestlers. Had it all...match of the night. 9.5/10 (should have been a little longer)Match 9: Bra and Panties Match -Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Stacy Keibler & Torrie Wilson How hot are these four? I actually enjoyed this a lot...but I wanted all four to lose.:D Quote of the night; Michael cole "Why am I calling wrestling moves?!?" 7/10 (7 for reason other that wrestling)Match 10: Inaugural Brawl Team WWF (Austin, Angle, Kane, Taker, Y2J) vs. Team WCW/ECW (Booker, DDP, Dudleys, Rhyno) Highly enjoyable contest with a lot of tension..I really liked it. The ending (shocking for some, predictable for others) was a nice twist in the plot. Good. 8/10
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
Big Movie Fan Invasion 2001 was a pretty good wrestling event. The theme was that WCW had invaded the WWF and at this event the WWF would be fighting for it's existence. Of course, everyone knew that the WWF owned WCW in reality. Civil war is probably a better term than Invasion for this PPV.The matches were very good. I found the referee's match very amusing. I also liked the bra and panties match between Lita/Trish Stratus and Torrie Wilson/Stacy Keibler.Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy also had a great match which was almost as good as the main event itself.The main event was brilliant-and it had a surprise ending (wrestling is only exciting when there are surprises). Austin, Angle, The Undertaker, Chris Jericho and Kane had a wild match with Rhyno, the Dudleyz, DDP and Booker T. It was a brilliant way to end the show.
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.