RESULTS FROM Invasion, Sunday, July 22, 2001

THANKS TO for these results

Pyro flares, Jim Ross and Michael Cole are your commentators, and the PPV is underway.

Lance Storm and Mike Awesome came down to the ring as the PPV began.

Lance Storm took the mic: "If I can be serious for a minute, without being interrupted, tonight will be a defining moment in the history of this business for a variety of reasons, all of which I will devulge now..."

Edge & Christian's theme hit, interrupting Storm, and out came the former 7 time tag team champions. Christian held Edge's King of the Ring trophy as they came down to the ring.

Christian started off with Mike Awesome and quickly took control on the big man. Edge was tagged in and continued to work on Awesome. However, Awesome tagged in Storm and they began to double team Edge. Edge countered Storm with a huracanrana, followed by a second rope dropkick to Storm and a dropkick to Awesome. Storm ran at Edge, but was tossed up and over the rope hard onto his partner, Mike Awesome.

Edge bent over in the ring near the ropes, then Christian ran at him and catapulted himself over the ropes, but his legs got caught and he blew the spot, falling almost on his face. The crowd let him hear it.

Storm and Christian continued battling in the ring, with Christian taking control and going to the top. However, Mike Awesome tripped him up and crotched him on the top rope, knocking him to the outside. Awesome then attacked Christian on the outside and tossed him back in to Storm. Storm picked up Christian and tossed him into the bottom of the ring post with ease. Nice spot.

Mike Awesome ran in and continued to work on Christian. Awesome and Storm made quick tags and isolated Christian from his partner. Christian finally almost made the tag, but Mike Awesome was tagged in first, then ran in and nailed Edge, preventing Christian from making the tag. Mike Awesome looked a little slow in this match for some reason. Lance Storm seemed sharp, however.

Mike Awesome climbed to the top rope and hit a huge Awesome Splash onto Christian, who was deep in the ring, far from Awesome's corner. Big spot there. Awesome then picked up Christian on the top rope and prepared for the Awesome Bomb, but Christian backbody dropped him over and down onto the mat.

Both Christian and Awesome crawled over to their partners, Storm was tagged in and Edge was finally tagged in. Edge ran in and cleaned house on everyone. He hit the Edge-O-Matic on Storm, but Storm kicked out.

In the ring, Storm rolled up Edge in a small package, but the referee was distracted by Mike Awesome. Christian ran in and put Edge on top of Storm, but the ref only made a two count. Christian went to the top and hit a double clothesline on Awesome and Storm. Edge tried to spear Storm, but Storm leap frogged in and Edge nailed Awesome with a spear.

Storm tried to superkick Christian, but missed and nailed Edge by accident. Christian then clotheslined Storm over the top rope. Awesome pinned Edge in the ring, but only got a two count. Awesome picked up Edge and went for the Awesome bomb across the ring, but Christian ran in and speared Awesome, knocking him down and Edge on top of him.

The ref made the count and got the 1-2-3.

Winners: Edge & Christian

Backstage, William Regal went into Vince McMahon's locker room and told Vince that Austin had arrived. Vince seemed pleased that "the old Stone Cold" was back. Vince told Regal to give Austin some space until the main event tonight. Vince told Regal to get ready for his match with Raven tonight, and Regal said that he couldn't believe Raven had the audacity to challenge him, the commissioner.

A video montage highlighting the WWF vs. WCW referee feud was aired.

Mick Foley's music hit and out came the special guest referee for this referee match.

Some generic music hit and out came WCW senior referee Nick Patrick, along with three other WCW referees behind him. Out next came WWF senior official Earl Hebner, along with about six other WWF referees behind him.

Both refs faced off, with Hebner shoving Patrick first. Patrick slapped Hebner and pushed him into the corner. Hebner kicked him oin the stomach and continued an onslaught of offense, pounding away at Nick Patrick. Patrick rolled him over, however, and pounded away at Hebner. However, Earl turned around again and pounded away at Patrick until Patrick tossed Hebner to the outside. The three WCW refs ran at Hebner on the outside, but the WWF refs got in their faces. Foley went to the outside and broke it up before anything got started.

In the ring, Hebner nailed Nick Patrick with several right hands, then hit him with ten right hands on the middle rope as the fans counted along. Patrick hit a low blow on Hebner, then a baseball slide drop kick, knocking Hebner to the outside. The WCW refs ran at Hebner and it turned into a brawl. Mick Foley told the other referees to go back to the locker room, and they did so. The crowd chanted for Foley.

Nick Patrick began to argue with Foley, then turned around and Hebner hit him with a spear-like shoulder tackle move for the 1-2-3.

Winner: Earl Hebner

After the match, Nick Patrick shouted at Foley. Foley had enough and punched Patrick in the face, then pulled out Mr. Socko! He put Socko down Nick Patrick's throat and Foley's theme hit as the match ended.

A preview of the next Tough Enough was shown.

The sold out Gund Arena in Cleveland was shown. 17,964 people were in the arena, according to Michael Cole.

A clip of last Thursday's Smackdown with DDP putting Debra in the back of the limo, which turned into a big brawl, was shown.

Backstage, Debra was shown with Sara trying to fill up coffee. However, she began to scream and grew frustrated. Sara asked if she was OK, and she said that she wasn't OK after DDP drove her around in the trunk of a car and left her on a corner. Sara said that she knew all about how sick DDP was.

A video montage highlighting the APA and O'Haire/Palumbo feud was shown.

The Acolytes music hit first and out came the WWF tag team champions. Next came O'Haire and Palumbo, who wasted no time getting into the ring. Palumbo was isolated first by the APA, who hit him with a double spinebuster. Bradshaw started things off with Palumbo, but O'Haire was quickly tagged in. JR mentioned that Palumbo & O'Haire defeated Kevin Nash and DDP to become the WCW tag team champions, so they have a lot of potential.

Bradshaw picked up O'Haire and hit him with a back body suplex, then tagged in Faarooq. O'Haire managed to take the advantage over Faarooq, then tagged in Palumbo. However, Palumbo was knocked down and isolated by the APA. Palumbo tried to fight back, running at Bradshaw in the corner, but Bradshaw caught him and hit him with a fall away slam. Faarooq was tagged in and continued to work on Palumbo, until O'Haire nailed Faarooq with a clothesline from the apron.

O'Haire grabbed Faarooq and tossed him into the steel ring steps on the outside, then rolled him back into the ring.

Bradshaw entered and cleaned house after a hot tag, then nailed Palumbo with a stiff clothesline from hell for the 1-2-3.

Winners: The Acolytes

Backstage, Chris Jericho was shown in Vince McMahon's locker room. Vince mentioned the Inaugural Brawl tonight, and Jericho mentioned that he was already in both WCW and ECW. He said that in WCW, they had no leader, the inmates ran the cell, but in ECW, they always had a leader... a psychotic leader in Paul E. Heyman. Jericho said that the "E" standed for "ewww." Jericho then bashed Heyman's appearance, then said that tonight, they wouldn't get mad, they would get, get, get even. McMahon said that they WCW would "never... e-e-e-ever" try to invade them again.

Backstage in the WCW/ECW locker room, Stephanie, Shane, and Billy Kidman were shown. Stephanie said that she hated Chris Jericho with a passion. Shane McMahon said that Billy Kidman had to concentrate on his match tonight with X-Pac. Paul Heyman entered and said that they were losing. However, Kidman re-assured him, saying that he would prove why the fans shouted "X-Pac Sucks".

Next match: X-Pac vs. Billy Kidman

X-Pac, the WWF Light Heavyweight champion, entered first, followed by the WCW cruiserweight champion, Billy Kidman. The match was very technical starting off, with Kidman doing most of the offense. The crowd seemed behind Kidman, and for a reason.

Kidman hit a beautiful huracanrana on X-Pac, then hit him with an enziguri, knocking him to the outside. Kidman then did a sliding bulldog to the outside on X-Pac. Back in the ring, X-Pac nailed Kidman and knocked him to the outside, then hit a body splash off the ropes to the outside onto Kidman. The crowd just booed X-Pac.

Kidman seemed to have some sort of cut on his back. In the ring, X-Pac locked on a sleeperhold. Great.

The crowd began to chant "X-Pac sucks" again.

Off an Irish Whip, X-Pac locked on another sleeper hold. X-Pac went to the top rope and went for a somersault, but missed. Kidman took control, hitting several offensive moves. Kidman took X-Pac to the corner, but Pac hit him with a powerbomb and put his legs on the top rope for leverage, but Kidman still kicked out. X-Pac went for a powerbomb, but Kidman reversed it into his facebuster finisher.

Kidman went to the top rope and dived at X-Pac, but X-Pac turned it into an X-Factor.

X-Pac went for the Bronco Buster, but Kidman countered with a big boot. Kidman went to the top rope and went for the Shooting Star Press! Oh my God! 1, 2, 3. The crowd stood on their feet.

Winner: Billy Kidman

Backstage, Shane, Stephanie, and Heyman were shown celebrating Kidman's big victory. DDP entered and began to talk about Debra, saying she was sweet, but she was no Sara. Shane told DDP that this wasn't about last Thursday, this was about tonight.

Backstage, Torrie Wilson and Stacy Keibler were shown talking about their match tonight. Torrie said that it was a shame people would have to settle for seeing Trish and Lita stripped, and wouldn't be able to see her body. Stacy said that it was a shame people wouldn't be able to see her long legs tonight either. Oh, boy, I can't wait.

Next match: Raven vs. William Regal

Raven entered first, followed by Regal. Regal showed his technical skills, taking advantage over Raven in the early going. JR mentioned that although Raven dressed like a "bumb" and had an edgy look to him, he had a near genius IQ.

Raven gained control with a drop toe hold on Regal. Regal fought back with a few more technical moves. There were a few "boring" chants during the match. Raven fought back again with a top rope double axe handle. He tried another, but Regal hit him with a shot to the mid section. Raven tried to roll Regal up, but Regal kicked out.

Raven hit a bulldog on Regal, and Regal sold it horribly. There were a few more sloppy pinfalls afterwards, with Regal being at fault with most.

Raven went for the Evenflow DDT, but Regal countered with a modified northern lights suplex. Raven was knocked to the outside and the referee went to check up on him.

Suddenly, the crowd popped and out came TAZZ! Tazz ran into the ring and hit Regal with a T-Bone Tazplex! Tazz left as the crowd chanted for ECW. Raven entered the ring again, hit Regal with the Raven Effect DDT, and picked up the victory.

Winner: Raven

Backstage, Vince McMahon entered the Undertaker, Kane, and Sara's locker room and told them that they've lost two in a row and they had to win their match. He reminded Kane that the WCW/ECW team beat him down, then reminded the Undertaker about what happened to Sara, but the Undertaker grabbed Vince by the throat and said that tonight, he'd see the best of the Undertaker. After the Undertaker left, Vince simply smiled.

Next match: Big Show, Billy Gunn, Albert vs. Shawn Stasiak, Hugh Morrus, Kanyon

Big Show, Billy Gunn, and Albert came out first with separate entrances. The WCW team came out next to Mr. Perfect like theme music.

The WWF team cleaned house quickly, with Big Show gorilla press slamming members of the WCW team. Billy Gunn began to battle with Kanyon until Albert was tagged in and cleaned house on Stasiak while the other wrestlers battled on the outside. Very tough match to follow.

Albert hit Stasiak with a Baldo Bomb, then hit Hugh Morrus with a big powerslam. Billy Gunn ran in and hit Hugh Morrus with a FameAsser.

Suddenly, Stasiak ran in and hit Billy Gunn with a reverse DDT. Hugh Morrus rolled onto Gunn and picked up the 1-2-3.

After the match, Albert tossed Hugh Morrus and Stasik to the Big Show, who chokeslammed them both. The Big Show picked up Kanyon and hit him with some sort of Powerbomb like move, that he calls the "Alley-Oop" according to Michael Cole.

Winners: Hugh Morrus, Shawn Stasiak, Kanyon

Backstage, Shane McMahon was shown motivating Booker T, and seemed to do a really good job. Booker T got pumped up, saying he would take out everyone tonight.

Backstage, Tajiri was shown in William Regal's office. Regal entered the office and pumped up Tajiri, telling him to go out there and take care of that miserable Tazz.

Tazz entered first to a big pop, followed by Tajiri. Tajiri quickly ran into the ring, but Tazz kicked at him. However, Tajiri fought back with a spin kick and a backflip splash. However, Tazz caught Tajiri and hit him with a huge Head and Arm Tazplex!

Tazz went for a vertical suplex, but Tajiri countered and hit Tazz with several quick kicks and punches. However, Tazz nailed Tajiri with a big clothesline. Tajiri went for another kick on Tazz, but was caught and hit with several right hands. Tazz locked Tajiri in a leg lock and pounded away at him.

Tajiri once again tried to fight back with a few kicks, but Tazz simply pushed him down with a heel trip and locked on a leg lock arm bar like move. Tazz tried to leapfrog Tazz off an Irish Whip, but Tazz caught his legs and threw him down.

Off an Irish Whip attempt, Tajiri hit his handspring elbow, knocking Tazz to the outside!

Tajiri went onto the apron, but Tazz caught his leg and threw him down, then tossed him into the steel ring steps. Back in the ring, Tajiri locked on the Tarantula! He then hit him with a double face dropkick! 1-2, NO!

Tajiri then kicked Tazz with two stiff kicks in the face, then went for a third, but Tazz caught him and hit him with a Capture Tazplex!

Tazz went to pick up Tajiri, but Tajiri spit the green mist all over his face. Tajiri then kicked Tazz in the face and picked up the 1-2-3.

Winner: Tajiri

Backstage, the Hardy Boyz were shown talking about Jeff's match with RVD later tonight. However, RVD entered and nailed Matt Hardy with a steel chair, then told Jeff that he was next.

At WWF New York, Hardcore Holly was shown signing autographs. A guy with a WCW shirt went to get an autograph, but Holly got in his face and told him this was WWF New York, not WCW New York. Holly ripped off the fan's WCW shirt and went back to signing autographs.

Next match: Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy!

Rob Van Dam entered first, along with his stupid WWF made theme. Too bad they couldn't keep his ECW theme. Jeff Hardy entered next and the match was underway. Huge chant of RVD! Oh yeah.

RVD and Jeff Hardy began to mat wrestle, then did a stand off as the crowd gave them an ovation. RVD turned to the crowd and began to showboat, but Jeff Hardy hit in with a dropkick in the back of the head.

Jeff Hardy tried a sunset flip on RVD, but missed and RVD hit him with a backflip splash. Once again, a huge RVD chant.

RVD went to the top rope, but Jeff Hardy shoved him off and to the outside.

Jeff Hardy ran across the guard rail, but RVD knocked him down. They began to battle into the crowd, where RVD hit a beautiful moonsault off the barricade. ECW, ECW, ECW! These fans were way behind RVD.

RVD put Jeff Hardy over the guard rail, went onto the apron, and hit a spin kick onto Jeff Hardy's back! RVD, RVD, RVD.

RVD tossed Jeff Hardy into the ring as the crowd continued to chant for RVD. RVD acknowledged them by bowing. RVD is the man.

RVD stood on the apron. Suddenly, Jeff Hardy did a sunset flip powerbomb on RVD to the outside!

Jeff Hardy went under the ring and pulled out a huge ladder! Crowd popped. He set up the ladder on the outside and began to climb. However, this allowed RVD to return to the ring and push the ladder over, knocking Jeff Hardy down off the ladder to the aisle!

Jeff Hardy and RVD battled down the aisle near the entranceway, where Jeff Hardy grabbed a chair. He went to hit RVD, but RVD jumped up and hit him with a Van Daminator!

Back in the ring, RVD hit Jeff Hardy with a dropkick with a chair in the corner, then went went for a Hollywood Split, but Jeff Hardy put his knees up!

Jeff Hardy then hit RVD with a stiff DDT, landing RVD right on his neck! He then hit RVD with a german suplex, landing him on his neck again! Jeff Hardy went for the Swanton, but missed!

RVD went to the top and hit a Five Star Frog Splash for the 1-2-3!

Winner: The Whole F'n Show... Rob... Van... Dam

EC F'N W.

Backstage in Vince McMahon's locker room, there was a knock on the door and Kurt Angle entered and faced off with Vince McMahon. McMahon told him that he has to be in the right frame of mind for the big match tonight. He told him to fight for his country and his flag... Kurt Angle interrupted him... "Whoa, whoa... enough of this Americana bullshit!" He mentioned what he did in the 1996 olympics, then said that tonight, he would do it for his country, but he would also do it for himself.

A video montage highlighting the Lita/Trish vs. Torrie/Stacy feud was shown.

Next match: Tag Team Bra & Panties!

Mick Foley's theme music hit and out came the special guest referee for this match.

Torrie Wilson's music entered next and out she came, wearing silver pants and a red shirt. Out next was Stacy Keibler, who had a red shirt on with black pants.

Trish's theme hit next and out she came, followed by Lita.

The bell rang and all four girls went at it. Torrie went at it with Trish while Lita went after Stacy. Trish and Torrie battled it out in the ring first. Torrie actually hit Trish with a dropkick, then kicked at her in the mid section in the corner. Torrie then slapped Trish, but Trish reversed with a slap of her own followed by a clothesline.

Stacy was tagged in, and then Lita was tagged in. Torrie and Stacy began to argue over who would enter the ring against Lita. Lita knocked down Torrie and pulled in Stacy, then stripped her shirt off, revealing Stacy's yellow bra.

She then went after her pants, but to no evail, as Stacy ran to the outside. Lita chased after her, but Torrie held Lita and Stacy attakced her, then ripped off Lita's shirt! Lita grabbed her own shirt, however, and hit Stacy with two snapmare takedowns.

Lita went to the top and went for a cross body block, but missed. She tagged in Trish, and Torrie was tagged in as well. Torrie stepped on Trish's hair and pulled her up, then ripped off her shirt! However, Trish reversed and ripped off Torrie's pants!

Lita entered and she and Trish ripped off Torrie's shirt!

Lita then hit Stacy with a moonsault and she and Trish took off her pants for the victory!

Winners: Lita & Trish Stratus

Backstage, Shane, Steph, and Paul Heyman were shown pumping up their WCW/ECW team. DDP, Booker T, The Dudleys, and Rhyno.

Steve Austin was shown sitting down in his locker room and watching the monitor along with Debra. Vince McMahon walked in and said that the PPV was pretty much even so far. Steve Austin interrupted him, however, saying that he didn't need any motivation. He was only here to whip somebody's ass and that's the bottom line, 'cause Stone Cold said so.

A video montage highlighting the entire WWF vs. ECW/WCW feud was shown.

Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane vs. Booker T, DDP, Rhyno, The Dudleys

Shane McMahon's theme music hit first and Shane McMahon entered, followed by the infamous ECW theme music with Stephanie and Paul Heyman making their entrance. Vince McMahon, for some reason, entered next.

The Dudleys' theme hit first and out they came. Next was Kane and the Undertaker. Out next was Rhyno, as Paul Heyman shouted "Gore! Gore! Gore!" Chris Jericho was next. Then came Booker T, the WCW World and US champ. Next came Kurt Angle. "BANG... it's me, it's me, it's DDP" hit next, and out came DDP.

The Undertaker ran at DDP and attacked him, then everyone joined in, turning it into a huge brawl.

The glass shattered and out came Stone Cold Steve Austin to a huge pop.

The brawl continued, with Austin taking control over everyone. The match finally came under control, the bell rang, and it was underway.

Austin started things off with Rhyno, basically dominating the big man with several right hands. Austin went to the top rope with Rhyno and hit him with a huge superplex.

Austin then tagged in Jericho and in came Y2J. However, Rhyno took control and tagged in Booker T, who nailed Jericho in the WCW/ECW corner. Jericho fought back against Booker T with several quick moves, followed by a facebuster. Jericho then dropkicked Rhyno right in the face after a springboard.

Jericho then tagged in Angle, who went to work on Booker T. Booker T managed to tag in D-Von Dudley, who took control over Angle.

Angle fought back with an elbow and tagged in Kane, who dominated D-Von with several powerful moves. Kane went for the pin on D-Von, but DDP made the save. The Dudleys ran in and double teamed Kane, but Kane fought back with a big top rope clothesline, then tagged in The Undertaker, who went to work on Bubba Ray.

Bubba tried to fight back, but the Undertaker hit him with a huge clothesline, then knocked down DDP with a right hand. The Undertaker grabbed Bubba's arm and hit him with the old school top rope walk move.

The Undertaker went after the other WCW/ECW team members, but this allowed Bubba to nail the Undertaker and take the advantage again. DDP was tagged in and went after the Undertaker in the corner. DDP then hit him with a DDT and tagged in Booker T.

However, off an Irish Whip, the Undertaker hit Booker T with a DDT, but Rhyno came in to make the save

Finally, Stone Cold Steve Austin was tagged in. Austin nailed Booker T with several stiff punches and kicks in the corner with fury. However, Booker T raked Austin's eyes and regained control, but was hit with a clothesline by Austin. Austin went for the Stunner, but Booker T blocked it. Austin tossed Booker T into the crowd and went to work on him, then brought him back into the ring and tagged in Chris Jericho.

Jericho went for the Lionsault on Booker T, but he missed. D-Von was then tagged in and went after Jericho. Bubba ran in, but Jericho fought back with a spinning heel kick. Jericho finally tagged in Kurt Angle, who cleaned house on both Dudley Boyz. Kurt nailed both Bubba and D-Von with overhead belly to belly suplexes, then knocked down DDP off the apron.

However, Bubba nailed Kurt with the Bubba Bomb, allowing D-Von to continue taking control on Kurt. Rhyno was tagged in and hit Kurt with a belly to belly. D-Von was tagged in and went after Kurt. Booker T was then tagged in and continued the WCW/ECW advantage. Booker hit Kurt with an axe kick, then tagged in DDP, who went to work on Kurt.

Austin had enough and ran in, nailing Booker T and DDP. DDP hit Kurt with a powerbomb, followed by a clutch neckbreaker type move. DDP locked on a reverse headlock, but Angle reversed it into a back body drop and tagged in Austin, but the referee didn't see the tag!

Austin was sent back into his corner, and Rhyno was tagged in, taking control of Kurt Angle. DDP hit Kurt Angle with the Diamond Cutter, but this turned into a huge brawl! Rhyno accidentally nailed Booker T with the Gore and everyone began to battle on the outside. The Undertaker grabbed DDP by the throat and went for the chokeslam, but WCW referee Charles Robinson ran in. However, the Undertaker grabbed him and hit him with the Last Ride!

DDP ran into the crowd and the Undertaker chased after him. Kane battled with Bubba Ray on the outside near the announce table.

On the outside, Booker T rammed Austin into the steel ring steps. Austin seemed hurt. EMTs ran down to check on Austin, who seemed to be favoring his knee. The EMT took off Austin's knee brace. Absolute carnage all over the place.

The Dudleys went after Kane on the outside, pulling the covers off the announce tables. The Dudleys pulled out a table and set it up diagonally on the guard rail. However, Kane picked up D-Von and hit him with a big chokeslam through the JR/Cole announce table.

Bubba grabbed a TV monitor and nailed Kane in the face. Rhyno came in and Bubba and Rhyno double suplexed Kane through the Spanish announce table!

Chris Jericho ran off the apron and jumped onto Rhyno, putting him through the table on the outside!

Carnage everywhere. Everyone was down.

Meanwhile, Austin was still getting his knee checked out by an EMT.

Finally, Booker T and Bubba Ray entered the ring and went to work on Kurt Angle in the corner. Kurt tried fighting back with fury and knocked both men down. Kurt hit Booker T with a huge German Suplex, dropping him on his neck! He hit Bubba with the Olympic Slam!

Angle went for the Ankle Lock on Booker T, but Booker T shoved him off and into the referee, knocking the ref down.

On the outside, Vince McMahon tossed in the WWF title. Shane McMahon ran in and grabbed the belt and nailed Vince in the head! He tried to nail Kurt, but Kurt ducked and knocked Shane and Bubba Ray out! Kurt Angle picked up Booker T and hit him with the Olympic Slam!

Angle locked on the Ankle Lock and Booker T tapped, but there was no referee!

Austin grabbed the ref and tossed him into the ring! Austin then ran into the ring... and kicked Kurt Angle! Austin kicked Kurt Angle!

Austin picked up Angle and hit him with a Stone Cold Stunner!

Austin put Booker T on top of Angle and told the ref to count! 1-2-3!

Winners: Team WCW/ECW

Austin's music hit and he celebrated in the ring along with Shane, Stephanie, and Paul Heyman! Austin got a few beers, gave them to Shane, Steph, and Paul, and they toasted. Austin has joined team WCW/ECW!

With that, the PPV went off the air.