10 Most Disappointing WWE Feuds Of The 2000s

1. WWF Vs. WCW & ECW

The failure of the Invasion storyline has been well-documented, and for good reason. Due to their short-sighted and petty approach, WWE managed to mess up a sure thing, an angle that WWE and WCW fans had been dreaming of for years. What should have went on for around a year was dead and buried within six months. That is inexcusable, when you think about it. WWE didn't have access to top stars such as Sting, Ric Flair, Goldberg and Hulk Hogan, true, but they could and should have done a lot more with what they did have. Or they could have, you know, bought out the big names' Time Warner contracts and seen the bigger picture. When fans imagined WCW versus the WWE they saw Golderg versus Steve Austin, Sting versus The Rock and other big-money matches. They saw Eric Bischoff talking smack to Vince McMahon and vice versa. They didn't see stalker DDP, a WCW ran by Shane McMahon or Perry Saturn falling in love with a mop. Yes, the Invasion angle was badly managed, pretty much from the get-go. It became just another excuse to play McMahon Family Feud and WWE felt they need to switch Steve Austin and other WWE stars to the Alliance side of things just to even things up a little bit. Most of the Alliance members were routinely slaughtered by WWE guys like Undertaker, Kane and the APA. By the time Survivor Series rolled around, most fans had already switched off: the PPV attracted 450,000 buys, a disappointing number compared with the initial 775,000 who ordered Invasion.