Invasion (TV 2001)

In a battle for pro wrestling supremecy between the WWF and the WCW/ECW Alliance, The WWF team of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane battle The WCW/... See full summary »

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Stars:

Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Mark Calaway

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Austin	...	Himself (as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin)
Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane
Booker Huffman	...	Booker T.
Dallas Page	...	Himself
Terry Gerin	...	Rhyno
Mark LoMonaco	...	Bubba Ray Dudley
Devon Hughes	...	D-Von Dudley
Rob Van Dam	...	Himself
Jeff Hardy	...	Himself
Matt Hardy	...	Himself
John Layfield	...	Bradshaw
Ron Simmons	...	Faarooq

Storyline

In a battle for pro wrestling supremecy between the WWF and the WCW/ECW Alliance, The WWF team of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane battle The WCW/ECW team of Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, The Dudley Boyz and Rhyno. Also: WWF Hardcore Title: Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam, The Acolytes vs. Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Hare, bra & panties match: Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Kiebler & Torrie Wilson, Edge & Christian vs. Lance Storm & Mike Awesome, Billy Kidman vs. X-Pac, William Regal vs. Raven, Tajiri vs. Tazz, and Earl Hebner vs. Nick Patrick

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Plot Keywords:

wrestling | world championship wrestling | world wrestling federation | extreme championship wrestling

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Taglines:

A collision course with history!

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

WCW Invasion

Filming Locations:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

WWF Home Video

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Prior to the Invasion storyline, the July PPV event was titled Fully Loaded, which would help build story lines until SummerSlam. However, as a result of the ongoing Invasion storyline, which would have seen a resurgent WCW and/or ECW promotions under the auspices of WWF should it be a success, the July PPV was renamed Invasion by Linda McMahon, with the idea that every match on the card would have WWF wrestlers take on members of the WCW/ECW Alliance.

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Quotes

Jim Ross: [Mick Foley is introduced as the special guest referee for the Lita/Trish-Stacy/Torrie tag team bra and panties match] Foley is good.

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Connections

Followed by WWF Unforgiven (2001)

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Soundtracks

"The Fight Song"
Performed by Marilyn Manson

User Reviews

historical pro wrestling event!

I'm assuming this is the WWF Invasion ppv that took place in July 2001, it only says Invasion and nothing else. Anyways Vince McMahon purchased the falling WCW back in March of 2001 and they carried out a storyline that Shane bought WCW to eventually compete with the WWF and his dad Vince Mcmahon. Every week for a couple of months a WCW wrestler would run in an attack a WWF wrestler, eventually they had WCW matches on WWF television but the fans were really booing so they introduced the reformation of ECW into the mix, so now it's Shane & Stephanie owning ECW & WCW which is now called the Alliance against Vince McMahon's WWF. All of this lead to the big historical Invasion pay per view, 10 matches to see which group was stronger. Match 1 is Edge & Christian vs Mike Awesome & Lance Storm, which was a pretty good match to open up a good ppv. Match 2 is Earl Hebner vs Nick Patrick, this match was terrible and stupid however Mick Foley was the ref so that was cool. Match 3 is Acolytes vs Palumbo & O'Haire which was ok but nothing great. Match 4 is Kidman vs X-Pac which was pretty good, Kidman hits a great shooting star press in this match. Match 5 is Raven vs William Regal which had some boring chants going, awful match it was just thrown together for some reason. Match 6 was another match thrown together but not a bad one as Kanyon, Stasiak, and & Hugh Morrus took on the Big Show, Billy Gunn & Albert. Match 7 is Tajiri vs Tazz, th ese guys weren't given much time but they sure made a good match out of the time they had. Match 8 is RVD in his big WWF ppv debut against Jeff Hardy, this is the match of the night Rob Van Dam is the most incredibly exciting wrestler to ever step foot in the squared circle this is a classic match! Match 9 is Lita & Trish vs Stacy & Torrie Wilson in a bra and panties match, not a good match but very hot! and the main event was a big 10 man tag as Jericho, Undertaker, Stone Cold, Kurt Angle, and Kane took on Rhyno, Dudley Boys, DDP, and Booker T. Stone Cold turns on team WWF and joins the Alliance. Overall this was a good ppv and a histocal event!