I'll never forget watching this Pay Per View live when the World Wrestling Federation was up against not only World Championship Wrestling but Extreme Championship Wrestling as Vince McMahon's children bought rival companies to challenge the WWF.Now this is the first time we get a PPV for the Invasion hints the name where WCW and ECW for weeks appear on WWF Programming and it was a huge deal in 2001.Now lets get on the event itself this was the only Pay Per View we order live to make it clear I'll list what federation each wrestler worked for by their names so you would know.Match 1: Edge and Christian (WWF) vs Lance Storm and Mike Awesome (ECW) Now this was a pretty good opening match and this is when tag team wrestling was fun to watch. The match itself gave us a preview what was to come for the show both teams work a good match together.Rating: 8 out of 10Match 2: Earl Hebner (WWF) Vs Nick Patrick (WCW) with Mick Foley as the special guest Referee. Now this match feature the two referees from both companies. All started when Nick was being a dirty referee this leads to Earl challenging to a match. The match itself the crowd was really into this match sure it helps Mick was there but the crowd was into this match and there surprising enough interesting spots in the match so it goes to show anything can happen in the WWF.Rating: 7 out of 10Match 3: The Acolytes Protection Agency Faarooq and Bradsaw The WWF Tag Team Champions (WWF) vs The Natural Born Thrillers Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo the WCW Tag Team Champions (WCW). Now their respected titles were not on the line it was about proud. The APA one of my favorite tag teams were driven to stand up for the WWF and they did in this match I remember cheering them on and got pump up seeing them kick the Natural Born Thrillers hides. But still a strong hard hitting match. Rating: 8 out of 10Match 4: Billy Kidman WCW Cruiserweight Champion (WCW) Vs X-Pac WWF Light Heavyweight Champion (WWF) Now again no titles on the light just proud. Both men work a good match with each other and Billy Kidman did prove a point in this match.Rating: 7 out of 10Match 5: Raven (ECW) Vs William Regal (WWF) nothing too much to make a comment on about this match it just wasn't what you expect, Quote The Raven NevermoreRating: 4 out of 10Match 6: Chris Kanyon,Shawn Stasiak, and Hugh Morrus (WCW) Vs Billy Gunn, The Big Show, and Albert (WWF) this was a six man tag match and pretty much was too short to even give it a good enough ratting.Rating: 5 out of 10Match 7: Tajiri (WWF) vs Tazz (ECW) now this was a better match than the last two and good finish.Rating: 7 out of 10Match 8: Rob Van Dam (ECW) Vs Jeff Hardy (WWF) For the World Wrestling Federation Hardcore Championship. Now this match is one of the selling ones for this show as both men give us a really excellent match with great spots that you will be like no way that happen. This is what hardcore wrestling is about Rating: 9 out of 10Match 9: Trish Stratus and Lita (WWF) Vs Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler (WCW) Bra and Panties Match with Mick Foley Special Guest Referee. The match itself feature two of the greatest female wrestlers in wrestling history and they prove that they could work together despite being rivals.Rating: 8 out of 10Match 10: The Inaugural Brawl Match Team WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker and Kane vs Team WCW/ECW: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page,Rhyno, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) Now this is how you deserve on the main event considering you had your top best from each Federation to face each other. I can tell you my brother and i were on the edge of our seats for this match with so many high spots and the climax of the match still blows our minds and left us stunned and shocked it's one of the most powerful matches in the history of the WWF with one of the biggest shockers in historyRating: 9 out of 10WWF Invasion prove to be one of the most interesting events the World Wrestling Federation had and one of the most amazing ones in their history if you love wrestling give this show a try I give WWF Invasion an 9 out of 10

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. 5.5/10Match 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. 5.5/10Match 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. 5.5/10Match 5: Raven vs. William Regal Like Storm, I think Raven was underused by WWF, specially in the Invasion angle. The match was forgettable. 4/10Match 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. 6.5/10Match 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

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

An event Pro-Wrestling fans have been waiting for, WWF Vs WCW Vs ECW, but what it turned out to be was the WWF Vs WCW/ECW. From the start the angle looked OK, WCW wrestlers started appearing every where, then they led into this PPV.Hardcore Title Match: RVD Vs Matt Hardy awesome match, these guys had a couple of classic matches, fighting for the hardcore title. I only wish this match went longer, and had some more spots in it. But it was a very good match, both men worked the match well. Bra & Panties match: Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Kiebler & Torrie Wilson never really took off, it wasn't a great match, was OK for people that liked to stare at the woman, but if you wanted a good wrestling match, this wasn't it. Stacy didn't look at all confident in the ring, nor did Torrie. Both Lita and Trish tried their best to pull this one off and save it, but it was dead.Earl Hebner vs. Nick Patrick was one of the worst matches ever, even having Mick Foley as guest ref didn't save this match from being a complete dud.Edge & Christian vs. Lance Storm & Mike Awesome pretty good match, was a couple of blown moves in this match, but it was still a good one.Some of the other matches were good, the PPV provided a good lift off for the storyline, but the WWF killed it off by making many of the WCW wrestlers after this PPV job out, and really didn't give this angle a fair go.