The past decade in wrestling has probably been the most shocking in an industry with over 80 years of history and there has basically been one mainstream promotion, the WWE, mainly involved in this decade's top wrestling stories.
So it's 2001, the peak of the wrestling boom of the late 90's and the unfathomable for a wrestling fan happens, Vince McMahon has bought WCW. An era in the industry ends just like that, and the most exciting news story that could ever happen in the industry happens. Then the InVasion happens and we tend to forget that it was easily the biggest botched storyline of all time. So if it were October or so of 2001, if someone told you that these certain events would occur, which one would you find most shocking:
Eric Bishoff shows up on Raw and hugs Vince McMahon
Chris Benoit murder story
Ric Flair is nearing 70 and still bleeding like a stuck pig in a second rate, second tier promotion ran by Bischoff
Eddie Guerrero's death
The Rock and Steve Austin leave the business in less than two years
An unknown rookie would be given the biggest push in the company's history, leave the company before two years and find larger fame as a cage fighter
That ECW would get a proper resurrection with two highly entertaining and successful PPVs, followed by a three year tv run, all under the WWE umbrella
WWF loses a lawsuit to the WWF and changes it's name to WWE
Goldberg, the nWo, Scott Steiner and all the names Vince deemed "too expensive" to bring into the InVasion were brought in to prop up sagging ratings
Bret Hart would return to the WWE
HBK, after a four year hiatus, would return to have an even more spectacular career.
Hulk Hogan's nostalgia tour and WWE title reign after a ten year hiatus from the company
A company would arise in the absence of WCW and ECW and attempt to go mainstream and that the promotion would be ran by Hulk Hogan, Vince Russo and Eric Bishoff
Undertaker is 19-0 at WrestleMania and has put on the company's best match three years running in his late 40s.
Other.
So it's 2001, the peak of the wrestling boom of the late 90's and the unfathomable for a wrestling fan happens, Vince McMahon has bought WCW. An era in the industry ends just like that, and the most exciting news story that could ever happen in the industry happens. Then the InVasion happens and we tend to forget that it was easily the biggest botched storyline of all time. So if it were October or so of 2001, if someone told you that these certain events would occur, which one would you find most shocking:
Eric Bishoff shows up on Raw and hugs Vince McMahon
Chris Benoit murder story
Ric Flair is nearing 70 and still bleeding like a stuck pig in a second rate, second tier promotion ran by Bischoff
Eddie Guerrero's death
The Rock and Steve Austin leave the business in less than two years
An unknown rookie would be given the biggest push in the company's history, leave the company before two years and find larger fame as a cage fighter
That ECW would get a proper resurrection with two highly entertaining and successful PPVs, followed by a three year tv run, all under the WWE umbrella
WWF loses a lawsuit to the WWF and changes it's name to WWE
Goldberg, the nWo, Scott Steiner and all the names Vince deemed "too expensive" to bring into the InVasion were brought in to prop up sagging ratings
Bret Hart would return to the WWE
HBK, after a four year hiatus, would return to have an even more spectacular career.
Hulk Hogan's nostalgia tour and WWE title reign after a ten year hiatus from the company
A company would arise in the absence of WCW and ECW and attempt to go mainstream and that the promotion would be ran by Hulk Hogan, Vince Russo and Eric Bishoff
Undertaker is 19-0 at WrestleMania and has put on the company's best match three years running in his late 40s.
Other.
