It's basically the same as what they did in WCW. Using the same gimmick is stupid. Russo was a one trick pony.Russos: Invasion rebooked
Hogan, Hall, Nash....no matter what are required, without them he wouldn't want to write the angle.
Goldberg, Booker T, Flair, and Sting....have to be apart of it.
Title are not important, being based on reality, the titles makes the story fake.
1st week of tv: WCW is closed down, a definite explanation of why WCW is going out of business [the legit reason] don't involve Vince. Have it seem like a documentary rather than it looking like the start of a storyline. Pay tribute to the history of WCW.
2nd week of tv: No mention of WCW, WWF is going on business as usual same storylines. The viewer isn't aware of the contracts being in limbo...so with that being said. Scott Hall comes through the crowd, wanting his job back apologizing. [This is Russo, using Vince's ego against him, because Vince would love to see this because of how pissed Vince was when Hall left for WCW] Vince McMahon comes out and shoots a vicious promo against Hall [Hall staying in character and not saying anything] Hall tells him he's coming back next week...but not alone]
3rd week of tv: Nash returns with Hall, again. Vince comes out [by himself] shoots another vicious promo against the 2. [Now the viewer is safe to assume, Hogan is gonna return the following week]
4th week of tv: Hogan, Nash and Hall show up to tv [these guys shows up as themselves, no nWo shirts] Throughout all of these weeks, Vince isn't interested in hiring them. Hogan, Nash and Hall, letting Vince know this is all they know makes promos about who they were before they were stars. Hogan thanks Vince for giving him the opportunity blah blah blah. Vince again another scathing promo. Hulk Hogan lets Vince knows how he really feels about him planting the seeds of the nWo coming back. [they exit the arena]
[2 weeks pass with out them showing up, WWF goes back to business as usual, at this point you can't avoid turning it into a wrestling angle]
5th week of tv: [Kurt Angle attacked] have them showed in the backstage area beaten and bloodied. [The attack isn't actually shown]
6th week of tv: Whomever had the title at the time Kurt is accusing them [Russo wasn't aware of who had the title at the time, so he couldn't put a name to it so he just names The Rock]. During this week of tv, Stone Cold is attacked in the same manner.
7th week of tv: The Rock is attacked backstage [again the attack isn't shown] but he's selling the attack and when he rolls over holding his head... you see nWo is spray painted on his back. [Now Vince begins 2nd guessing his promo against the nWo. Russo is booking this business as usual, no WCW talent is hired yet because the idea is that Vince is refusing to sign them, thus building the frustration]
8th week of tv: Vince is cutting a promo against the nWo, saying he will have them arrested, suing them if they interfere with his company. Then the titantron turns to static, nWo has a black and white promo..letting Vince know they don't want a job anymore, but they aren't going anywhere, they're gonna make his life a living hell and at Summerslam they're going to personally take out someone near and dear to his heart.
Summerslam: nWo takes out Shane McMahon, throughout the show the attack is teased. Vince is surrounded by security, Shane is throughout the showing he's not scared, he won't be threatened. He comes to the ring with a steel pipe comes down to the ring, cuts a promo telling them to bring it. nWo come through the crowd and beat him down, the locker room storms down to the ring and the nWo leaves through the crowd. [During this attack, Hulk Hogan is just watching, not saying anything, not showing any emotion]
10th week of tv: Vince is ready to fight the nWo, throughout the show Vince is calling them out. He started it, he's gonna finish it. He doesn't want the talent to help him anyone who tries to help will be fired on the spot. [A limo shows up, you see feet walking] Last segment of the night, Vince is calling them out. Vince looks through the crowd, and see'swith a smug look on his face.....tv fades out [This has officially built up to the 1st time in history the Eric Bischoff/Vince McMahon showoff]
11th week of tv: Vince comes out, promo against Eric Bischoff calling him out. Eric Bischoff shows up he has nothing to do with this, he couldn't possibly have anything to do with it because he doesn't have a job. But if Vince gives him a job, he'll get rid of Vince's problem personally.
12 week of tv: Vince presents Eric Bischoff his WWF contract. Tells him he has 2 months to get rid of the nWo or the contract is null and void. [Now realize no one in the WWE trusts Bischoff, because naturally he's the enemy. So he can't go to them for help against the nWo...so he starts bringing in former WCW talent, week after week [the guys i noted earlier]
Jumping ahead, This of course has to lead to a match. Vince letting the WCW guys earn their contract. Throughout the weeks Bischoff is assembling his WCW team [Booker T being the 1st, have him talking about how the nWo wasn't liked in the locker room so he's willing to help blah blah.]
Next week Bischoff brings in Flair
The week after that Sting
The week after that he brings in Goldberg
[the nWo is still kept off tv, but the attacks happen sporadically to keep the story alive, but it's completely separate from Bischoff's team. Of course everyone under the WCW moniker is in on Bischoff's plan to turn on Vince, but this isn't known yet]
Eventually nWo accepts Bischoff's challenge.
The nWo wins against Bischoff's team, so now because they're a bigger threat and earn WWF contracts. The WWF top guys, choose to get involved and take out the nWo themselves.
now there's a match between the nWo vs Austin, Rock, Sting, Goldberg..During the match, Goldberg and Sting turns on Austin and Rock. [Goldberg attacks Austin, Sting attacks Rock] Now Bischoff comes out with Booker T and Flair and does the big reveal about how he screwed Vince
What should've happened during WWF's failed Invasion angle?
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The biggest problem IMO wasn't the lack of talent. It could have been alot better with the extra star power, but they coulda still made it work better with what they already had. The biggest problem is that Vince simply viewed the storyline as his own personal victory lap over WCW and ECW. He pissed away what could have been one of the biggest and best storylines ever just for the sake of stroking his own ego.
There was nothing that Vince could really do when it came to adding more talent from WCW. The guaranteed contracts those guys were getting from Time Warner were a big reason why.
Also, another thing was that Vince and the WWE weren't crazy about adding many of the top guys anyway. Because they were too much of a risk, mainly due to their issues behind the scenes.
- Scott Steiner had a bad rep in WCW, plus he had left WWE on bad terms before.
- Scott Hall's drug & alcohol issues had dogged him through out his WCW tenure
- Randy Savage was on terrible terms with the WWE
- Lex Luger had a bad rep in WCW due to bad backstage behavior and disinterested/lazy performances. He also left WWE on bad terms and had a growing drug issue
- Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash came with their own headaches, but not enough under the right financial terms that WWE wouldn't be interested.
When the WWE bought out WCW, there were only 3 stars that were initially approached to work out a deal: Flair, Goldberg, and Sting. That's it.
TLDR version: WWE was making a lot of money already with a star laden roster. So they felt they weren't in need of the "troublemakers" from the WCW roster. They had no control over the others who saw more value in delaying their debuts, waiting for better deals while collecting their Time Warner contracts.
This was not an option. They had to strike while the iron was hot. Or people would forget about WCW.
There was nothing that Vince could really do when it came to adding more talent from WCW. The guaranteed contracts those guys were getting from Time Warner were a big reason why.
There was no need for them to go over. You could say Vince shouldn't have been so cheap, but there was more to it then that. They had to agree to work out a deal and go over. Problem is there was no need for that. Why should a Fl;air or Goldberg jump to sign when they could collect on their guaranteed deals, and just wait until there was more interest in them individually, giving them better ground for negotiations for a return.
Also, another thing was that Vince and the WWE weren't crazy about adding many of the top guys anyway. Because they were too much of a risk, mainly due to their issues behind the scenes.
- Scott Steiner had a bad rep in WCW, plus he had left WWE on bad terms before.
- Scott Hall's drug & alcohol issues had dogged him through out his WCW tenure
- Randy Savage was on terrible terms with the WWE
- Lex Luger had a bad rep in WCW due to bad backstage behavior and disinterested/lazy performances. He also left WWE on bad terms and had a growing drug issue
- Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash came with their own headaches, but not enough under the right financial terms that WWE wouldn't be interested.
When the WWE bought out WCW, there were only 3 stars that were initially approached to work out a deal: Flair, Goldberg, and Sting. That's it.
TLDR version: WWE was making a lot of money already with a star laden roster. So they felt they weren't in need of the "troublemakers" from the WCW roster. They had no control over the others who saw more value in delaying their debuts, waiting for better deals while collecting their Time Warner contracts.