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 The Invasion -
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began shortly after the WWF's purchase of WCW.
The only major WCW talents willing to wrestle for less money were Diamond Dallas Page (who was put into an unpopular storyline with The Undertaker that irked many of his longtime fans) and Booker T (who more or less retained his previous gimmick and remains with WWE to this day).
Through developments such as the nWo and the Montreal Screwjob, fans would continually compare the two promotions against each other, and the Internet Wrestling Community was full of debate as to which of the two was superior.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/The_Invasion   (2068 words)

  
 [slash] Wrestling [slash] Awards [slash] General Comments
MATT SPAULDING: Well, 2001 began with the end of the wrestling boom, continued with the fadeout of ECW and the purchase of WCW by the WWF, and ended with a disappointing invasion angle being brought to a close.
JEREMY SORIA: The year 2001 was a very significant year for wrestling.
Workrate in the WWF skyrocketed on the heels of Austin's successful surgery, Benoit's elevation, and Angle's consistent quality work.
www.slashwrestling.com /awards/2001/award01.html   (2553 words)

  
 ECW Gets Chance At New Life - from TBO.com
It was a classic moment in the history of professional wrestling that night in March 2001 when World Wrestling Federation owner Vince McMahon appeared on TV at the opening of WCW Monday Nitro to announce he had bought the Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling, then his major competition.
An ''invasion'' angle - which pitted wrestling talent from WCW and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), another dead-in-the-water wrestling franchise, against the WWF - had gotten off to a good start but was fast dying on the vine.
But within a few months, what had appeared to be a steady ship for the McMahons, as the dominant leaders in professional wrestling promotion, began to veer off course.
sports.tbo.com /sports/MGBRABVIR9E.html   (978 words)

  
 Results in
When back in 1996 Scott Hall jumped the ringside barrier and entered a WCW ting to announce that the "invasion" was on, it changed wrestling history.
Weary of being professional wrestling's "also-ran," Bischoff forced Time Warner to open up its coffers to sign WWF superstar Hall and Nash to lucrative contracts.
"This right here is the future of wrestling," Hogan told the crowd.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_1_4/ai_86127538   (476 words)

  
 [slash] Wrestling [slash] Guests [slash] cfgb
I just finished reviewing the Unreal Story Of Professional Wrestling as well which he played a decent role in.
Now I'm not discounting the ECW invasion by any means in playing a large role in his resurgeance, but the announce job DID help.
The wrestling was NOT doing it for him.
slashwrestling.com /guests/cfgb5.html   (1680 words)

  
 World Wrestling Entertainment Information
Professional wrestling is "simulated" in the sense that the outcomes are predetermined, the maneuvers rehearsed and executed cooperatively, and their effects upon the opponent exaggerated.
While professional wrestling moved increasingly to fixed matches during the late-1800s and early 1900s, for most of the 20th century professional wrestling was promoted as a legitimate sport.
While general knowledge to most wrestling fans, this admission broke the final taboo of the old ways of wrestling, and earned McMahon much ire among old-school fans, wrestlers, and promoters, who were already incensed at McMahon for his invasion into long-held NWA territories.
world.wrestling.entertainment.en.ogarnij.net   (11871 words)

  
 The Wrestling Follower
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former professional wrestling executive Eric Bischoff testified Tuesday that he and his wife once left the Gold Club with a stripper and he later watched while the two women had sex in a hotel room.
During the NWO invasion angle in the WCW's glory days, the wrestling populous "forgot" about the fact that the leading wrestlers in the NWO were not from an invading WWF.
Watching their reactions to the Wrestling was priceless, and may well be worth the price of the PPV in it's own merit.
wrestlingfollower.blogspot.com   (11871 words)

  
 CRZ.net [slash] Wrestling [slash] Guests [slash] Barker
The New Midnight Express was part of the lame "NWA Invasion" angle, where Jim Cornette had some NWA guys try and take over, to bring back REAL wrestling.
Tag to another Boricua, scoop and a slam by Savio, missle dropkick by the Boricua, two, no. Miguel comes in without being tug and locks on another rear chinlock.
Irish whip by whatever friggin' Boricua is in there now and a knee.
www.crz.net /wrestling/guests/barker5.html   (11871 words)

  
 A New Innovation In Professional Wrestling
It was the very night that he almost won the World title that the Defiant Wrestling Federation began their invasion.
Since the age of 15 he had dreamed of becoming a Professional Wrestler so on his 18th birthday he turned down a few scholarship offers to play football and instead he headed to New Jersey to train in Larry Sharpe’s “Monster Factory”.
After four months of training in Lucha Libre and winning his first match he weighed in at a healthy 200 pounds and was looking to take the Wrestling World by storm.
www.angelfire.com /wrestling3/kidflash   (845 words)

  
 The Turnbuckle.com - We ARE Professional Wrestling!
Buff Bagwell, The Shooter, and Scotty Wrenn wanted wrestling fans to know they are a force to be reckoned with.
Expect some great wrestling matches and extreme hardcore fighting when The Shooter, Buff Bagwell, Lex Luger, La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, Konnan, Rick Steiner, David Flair, Ricky Morton and many others are on the card.
The Smackdown Invasion turned out to be a peaceful encounter.
www.theturnbuckle.com /news/headlines/104632651.shtml   (845 words)

  
 The Wrestling Follower
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former professional wrestling executive Eric Bischoff testified Tuesday that he and his wife once left the Gold Club with a stripper and he later watched while the two women had sex in a hotel room.
During the NWO invasion angle in the WCW's glory days, the wrestling populous "forgot" about the fact that the leading wrestlers in the NWO were not from an invading WWF.
That would have to be the most bizarre sentence in The Wrestling Follower's history.
wrestlingfollower.blogspot.com   (13273 words)

  
 Ann Arbor Pioneer PTSO Newsletter, Dec. 03
Students in the club will work alongside professional engineers from all fields in a standard business cycle and put all their scholastic skills to the test!
Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent's prior written consent.
Sport activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members
pioneer.aaps.k12.mi.us /ptso/dec03.html   (4058 words)

  
 Early Invasion PPV plan, NY senator pushing wrestling act, and more
- Tom Libous, a republican senator from New York, is pushing a measure called "The Professional Wrestling Health and Safety Act" which would order a doctor to examine wrestlers prior to a match.
Wrestling has put up an interview with Edge & Christian were they discuss the rumors of their upcoming breakup as a team.
"A lot of my constituents are professional wrestling fans...
www.lordsofpain.net /news/articles/9928864111718.html   (339 words)

  
 WWE Pay-Per-View Episode Guide - WWE Pay-Per-View Season Episodes - TV.com
WWE Raw is War formally known as WWF Raw is War was jampacked with professional wrestlers at there best.
WWE Velocity is one hour of highly intensive wrestling action which continues the highs and lows experienced by all the WWE Smackdown!
Considered by many to be the dominant brand in World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE RAW features some of the biggest and baddest Superstars.
www.tvtome.com /tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-10074/epid-192266   (339 words)

  
 List of WWE pay-per-view events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Along with World Wrestling Entertainment, other professional wrestling organizations hold monthly pay-per-views as well, such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_WWE_Pay-Per-View_events   (339 words)

  
 The Invasion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The notable exception was that the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship was silently being retired in favor of its WCW counterpart, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, during the storyline (although the belt would not be fully unified until long after the Invasion storyline, when X-Pac, the last WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, appeared without the belt).
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began shortly after the WWF's purchase of WCW.
Behind the WWF vs. WCW storyline was a McMahon family feud storyline, which involved Vince McMahon heading the WWF forces against WCW owner Shane McMahon (who had acquired WCW in the final WCW Monday Nitro show from under Vince) and ECW owner Stephanie McMahon (although interestingly, Linda McMahon remained neutral in the process).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Invasion   (1224 words)

  
 Top Rope Championship Wrestling Newsletter - TWNPNews.com Headline
Stampede Invasion 2002 is set for Saturday, May 11th at the Southdale Arena.
Stars of Calgary’s Stampede Wrestling will collide with TRCW stars in a huge night of professional wrestling.
Featuring The British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith, Harry Smith, Ryan Wood, Zack Mercury, TJ Bratt, The Axe, Showtime Robby Royce, Scoot E Smooth, Steve Cox, Beautiful Bobby Jay, Gene Swan and more stars for Mat Rats and Stampede Wrestling.
www.twnpnews.com /messages2/6000/6274.shtml   (939 words)

  
 IWC
However, in the summer of 2003 a memorable event of a different kind took precedence over professional wrestling: the birth of Gracelin, the daughter of Jeff and Jen Gorman.
A: Norm was running Steel City Wrestling at the time, and we did a red-hot invasion angle that lasted for about a year.
The wrestling was some of the best indy stuff going at the time, with Reckless Youth, Mike Quackenbush, Don Montoya, Christian York and Joey Matthews among those who joined our local crew.
www.iwcwrestling.com /interrogation_gorman.html   (2806 words)

  
 Hawaii Wrestling Fed
A Honolulu wrestling promotion is preparing for an invasion by Japanese wrestling legend Masahiro Chono and other stars from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
In the first Hawai`i-Japan wrestling event in 20 years, the stars of HCW will defend their Kamehameha Heritage heavyweight and Kekaulike tag team title belts against New Japan, the largest promotion in that country.
The alliance holds deep historical significance for both federations, and also reflects HCW's mission: a return to the old-school, "strong style" fighting spirit of professional wrestling, and the restoration of honor to a sport once beloved by the ali`i, or kings, of Hawai`i.
www.wrestlingclothesline.com /Hawaii.htm   (1425 words)

  
 Wrestling news 6/22/01 - @forums
As we have reported earlier, a WWF vs. WCW multi-man match is scheduled for WWF Invasion and the match may include a stipulation that states that if the WCW team wins, WCW would control Raw.
Angle, who has 20 action figures after just two years of professional wrestling, met with Pirates catcher Jason Kendall, who is a big WWF fan, and the rest of the team.
The current bad boy of professional wrestling was on hand to throw out the first pitch before the Pirates took on the Philadelphia Phillies.
www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=55282   (1560 words)

  
 wwf invasion
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began...
It was announced that the July Event would be an InVasion between WWF and WCW.
WWF Invasion Results Submitted by Calvin Martin on Sunday, July 22, 2001 at 10:42 PM EST.
www.getwweinfo.com /28/wwf-invasion.html   (1560 words)

  
 BRUNO SAMMARTINO Strong Man
Bruno's story is also one of a supportive and loving family and of his mother's incredible fight to save her children from the Nazis during the German invasion of Italy.
Featuring interviews with the Sammartino clan and with the stars and promoters from inside the wrestling world, this video brings Bruno's astonishing "rags to riches" saga to life.
He shocks us with the inside scoop on wrestling's bad boys and reveals what he thinks about the sport today.
www.decadeofchampions.com /bs   (334 words)

  
 Chris Mordetsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher ("Chris") Mordetsky, better known by his stage name Chris Masters or "The Masterpiece", (born on January 8, 1983 in Santa Monica, California), is a Polish-American professional wrestler who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand.
The pair attacked Rey Mysterio, this invasion earned both men a match at Taboo Tuesday where Masters and Edge's replacement Gene Snitsky would team up in a loss against Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy.
California Bodybuilding Champion and began his wrestling training in Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where John Cena and others were discovered by WWE talent scouts, before being given a development contract to train in WWE's farm territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chris_Mordetsky   (1339 words)

  
 World Almanac for Kids
While the Continental Congress in Philadelphia began to think seriously of declaring the independence of the colonies from Great Britain, Washington in New York was wrestling with the problems of preparing to resist a British invasion, which this time was sure to be made in great force.
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a Declaration of Independence declaring that the colonies “are and of right ought to be free and independent States.” Thereafter the Americans fought not as rebellious British subjects, but as citizens of a sovereign nation repelling invasion by a foreign power.
A few months later he was joined by Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian officer who would help forge the Continental army into a professional fighting force and take part in the Battle of Monmouth and the siege of Yorktown.
www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/us_history/american_revolution.html   (5690 words)

  
 Acolyte Protection Agency - Information
Throughout 1999, The Acolytes feuded with the enemies of the Ministry, including D-Generation X and The Brood, until The Undertaker was injured in late 1999, leading to the dissolution of the Ministry.
The A.P.A were at the vanguard of the resistance against The Invasion of World Championship Wrestling, and guarded the arenas to ensure that no WCW wrestlers could interfere in matches.
The Acolytes were originally known as Hell's Henchmen and managed by The Jackyl.
www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Acolyte_Protection_Agency   (903 words)

  
 WWE Intercontinental Championship: Encyclopedia topic
The two became co-champions after a controversial ending to a match between them led to the Intercontinental Championship being vacated by Jericho and then awarded to both superstars, under the stipulation that both wrestlers would lose the title if one of them lost during a defense.
By winning that match, Rob Van Dam merged the two titles, and continued to hold the IC Title, while the European Championship was deactivated.
Originally the second-most important title in WWE (WWE: world wrestling entertainment, or wwe, is a professional wrestling promotion, currently...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/wwe_intercontinental_championship2   (1241 words)

  
 Amazon.com: WWE - TLC: Tables Ladders Chairs: DVD: Hardy Boyz,Dudley Boyz
This production by the World Wrestling Federation opens with snazzy computer graphics of chairs and tables, specifically the type preferred as weapons by particularly unruly members of the professional wrestling fraternity.
They don't have to be TLC Matches, they can just have one of the three weapons.
Invasion 01: Jeff Hardy vs Rob Van Dam (Hardcore Match)
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005RIYW?v=glance   (1064 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Shane McMahon
The Invasion was a professional wrestling storyline in the WWF that began shortly after the WWFs purchase of WCW.
WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature.
After Survivor Series, Shane left RAW to focus his attention on the executive creative staff and on his new family.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shane-McMahon   (2567 words)

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