The wrestling business changed forever on March 26th 2001. Vince McMahon bought WCW, officially ending the Monday Night Wars. 'Officially' because, let's face it, the war had been over for a long time before that. The WWF had been riding high while WCW self-destructed in 1999. Vince winning the war was a formality at that point. But the acquisition of the WCW name and the potential arrival of major WCW superstars was great news for wrestling fans. Now they would finally be able to see those dream matches and feuds that they had imagined for years as WCW and the WWF were firing shots at each other. Or would that be the case? The initial plan was for WCW to reboot and continue as its own independent touring company complete with TV tapings, house shows and possibly even pay-per-views. When the WWF realised the cost involved in this venture they decided to run with the natural Us versus Them angle instead. WCW versus the WWF was a sure thing. Throw in ECW and you pretty much have a licence to print money. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, as it turned out. But was the Invasion angle as bad as people make it out to be? Of coruse it wasn't. There were a lot of great things to happen during that period, stuff that unfortunately doesn't get proper credit thanks to the pervading opinion that the Invasion was one of the biggest disappointments in wrestling history.
