Wrestling Timelines: WWF vs WCW Invasion

11. Booker T And Buff Bagwell Change Everything (July 2, 2001)

After failing to land a separate timeslot for WCW programming, the WWF decided that they would try out the idea of having WCW performers work on shows like Raw and Smackdown instead. Booker T and Buff Bagwell were given the main event slot on July 2, contesting the WCW World Title, but the match proved to be a disaster for both men. Watching backstage, Vince McMahon was horrified, but Bagwell would later assess than he and Booker had been set up to fail by working a partisan WWF crowd.
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