Ok, ok everyone considers the Invasion to be the biggest flop in the history of pro wrestling but for what it was this PPV was pretty fun. For how big this event was there was no BIG match. I have never been a fan of top single wrestlers coming together for a tag team match to headline a card, So Invasion's main event wasn't the draw for me it was the over idea of the event. RVD vs Jeff Hardy, for sure. Tazz vs Tajari, yes please. Mike Awesome & Lance Storm vs Edge & Christian, yuuuuup!. Hold uo tho Nick Patrick vs Earl Hebner, WTF I forgot all bout this one! Earl Hebner has always moved like a marionette operated by someone with tourettes, and Nick Patrick has always come across as a smug SOB. Yeah buddy this had to be one for the ages, how did I forget?!
Jim Ross: "Mick Foley is one of the fairest men I have ever known"
It is important to call it down the middle in such a highly contested matchup. Mick who tore it down in all three organizations (WCW, ECW, & WWF) was the perfect special guest referee.
Nick Patrick don't play. He pops Hebner right in the mouth off top!
Hebner musters up the strength of a man fighting off a stroke, stomps a mudpuddle in Patrick pulls him out of the corner and goes for the pin. No dice.
Mudpuddle stompage continues til Patrick has enough and kicks Hebner out of the ring. Typical heel shenanigans when WCW refs try to rough up your boy ol Earl, but Foley ain't fuckin around and ejects the WCW ref's.
While Patrick is givin Foley an earfull about ejecting his comrades, that sneaky Earl takes advantage and hits what is a mix between a shoulderblock and maybe a spear to put out Patrick for the 1-2-3. I have no idea if this settled the score or what the score really even was, but in front of a soud out house in Cleveland Ohio, they did the damn thing!
I swear to god the crowds pop for Earl's victory was better than any pop I have heard on Raw in years.
The result of the rest of the card is somewhat meaningless because the WWF shit all on the legacy of the WCW so any victories are void til this day. There was no HUGE match, and thats a shame. The Invasion event tho was pretty damn entertaining, regardless of the outcomes. Check it out again, well worth it.
3 / 4
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