In 2001, WCW's television shows were canceled by its parent company, and all of the promotion's assets were sold to WWE. While the acquisition did not automatically include talent contracts, WWE had ...

In 2001, wrestling's "Monday Night War" came to an end when WWE purchased WCW. In the months that followed, the company initiated an "invasion" storyline, depicting an onscreen conflict between WWE ...

The WCW/ECW Invasion angle looked good on paper, as somehow WWE seemed to keep both promotion, at least in name only, alive after purchasing them, and could make the acquired talent come over into ...

Eric Bischoff recently shared his thoughts on WWE's Invasion storyline from 2001 on "83 Weeks." Explaining where he thought the angle went wrong, Bischoff likened the WCW names brought over in the ...

No, we’re not talking about the failure of Vince to hire some of the bigger WCW stars (we’ll get to that in a bit), this all comes down to naming. In the WWF, the talent was (and still is) referred to ...