Invasion

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

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.

Very good PPV, though I wish they didn't add the match between Hebner/Patrick, and the Women's match, which after it the WWE women (Trish and Lita) almost fell off the ramp which was split into 2 different ramps.

Best match would of had to have been the RVD/Hardy match for the Hardcore Title, this guys did an amazing job, the PPV I felt could of been better then the way it turned out.

The ending was too obvious, which I am not going to get into for those who have not seen this event yet, but if you have watched WWE programming that year you would already know what happened.

Anyway, it's a shame about the lack of attention the WCW wrestlers got, apparently the WWE ring crew stuffed up at the time and forget to tighten the ropes, because a couple of wrestlers stuffed up moves on the ropes.

Over all it wasn't a bad PPV, but it could of been WAY better, they needed a couple of better matches then the ones that I have pointed out already.

The first match Storm/Awesome Vs E&C was a fairly good one, a couple of missed spots, and a stuff up, but that was too be expected with guys working with each other for the first time.

The Referrees match was a complete dud, Mick Foley was the special ref for the match, but it was dull and boring. It you want to be bored to death, then you watch this match, I however recommend you fast forward past this match.

Stacy/Torrie Vs Lita/Trish another dud, I usually enjoy watching Lita's in ring work, this match didn't do it for me.

The rest of the card was pretty good, I would of rather have seen Kanyon in a singles match, so he could apply his amazing in ring skills into singles action.

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. 5.5/10

Match 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. 5.5/10

Match 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. 5.5/10

Match 5: Raven vs. William Regal Like Storm, I think Raven was underused by WWF, specially in the Invasion angle. The match was forgettable. 4/10

Match 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. 6.5/10

Match 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

After Years of Bad Talking and Stuff The War of WWF and WCW can Not fight Each outher

When Vince Bought WCW to Me the WWF was not the Smae Again

i Saw this PPV and i was in All Seeing Wrestler that was never thought of Fighting each outher was unreal

but 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 Today

Over all a Good PPV a Must See For all Fans of Wrestling