http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?11159-AStarIsBorn Wrestling News and Discussion - eWrestlingNews.com Community en Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:43 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?11159-AStarIsBorn http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?41665-Blast-from-the-Past-The-Invasion-Angle Fri, 11 May 2012 11:17:08 GMT Hey guys, coming back with my second blog here. I was sitting here trying to figure out what I could write about and I thought I would review the... Hey guys, coming back with my second blog here. I was sitting here trying to figure out what I could write about and I thought I would review the angle that was going on when I became a fan of wrestling.

The Invasion angle could have been the biggest and baddest storyline that wrestling could have ever seen. Wrestling fans experienced the Monday Night Wars for years and always sat and wondered, "What would it be like seeing these companies go head to head?" Looking back now, I would have been the exact same way! We could have seen Triple H and Stone Cold against Sting and Kevin Nash or Harlam Heat vs the Brothers of Destruction.

The angle started out big with Shane purchasing WCW out from under Vinny Mac and Stephanie bought ECW and paired up with devilish Paul Heyman. The wrestling world was completely marking out at the possibilities that we had. Unfortunately, the names that we wanted to see were not apart of this angle at all. Ric Flair and Sting werent there. The NWO stayed away until after the angle. WWE was missing Benoit, Guerrero, and Triple H. Don't get me wrong, WCW and ECW brought some awesome talent to the scene like Booker T, Lance Storm, RVD, and more, but we didnt get to see the matchups that we were all dying to see.

Invasion was the first PPV i ever saw as a wrestling fan. I thought it was an absolutely awesome show, but looking back, it was weak. RVD and Jeff Hardy and the 10 man tag were the highlights of the show. I remember being so excited when Austin's music hit and the crowd errupted. Then Austin shocked the WWE by turning on his partners and defecting to the Alliance which i understand gave them the star power that they were lacking at the time.

For the remaining time of the angle, it was the same bullshit over and over. Raw and Smackdown was all about who was going to defect tonight and matches between WWE's midcard and WCW/ECW's midcard. The Rock returned from Hollywood to win the WCW Championship from Booker t at Summerslam. Kurt Angle brought the WWE title back home in a great match in his hometown at Unforgiven against Austin, but shocked the WWE just a big after by defecting to the Alliance. Little things like that just doesn't make sense looking back. Why have him turn on WWE and then a month or two later he turns on WCW at Survivor Series allowing WWE to be the running production, which was the end of the angle. Starting the same way it ended, although this 10 man tag was an elimination.

As interesting as the angle was at the time as an 11 year old kid, I could see the disappointment people had with the angle. All of WCW's big dogs came in after the angle was finished while WWE regained a lot of their star power after the angle as well. I suppose the wrestling world could handle all of the world's top wrestlers being in the spotlight at once!

Thanks for reading guys, let me know what you think! ]]> AStarIsBorn http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?41665-Blast-from-the-Past-The-Invasion-Angle http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?41641-The-Return-of-Heyman Tue, 08 May 2012 13:15:30 GMT Hey everyone, I'm a first time blogger so let me know what you think and how I can improve for everyone that's reading.

Paul Heyman is one of the greatest minds that the world of professional wrestling has ever seen. Starting off as a photographer in New York, he worked his way through the ranks of the wrestling world. He was an excellent booker and birthed a sucessful breed of wrestling that no one had ever experienced before. Post ECW, he had a sucessful stretch in WWE managing upcoming Brock Lesnar and also the Big Show at a peak in his WWE career. Heyman's been on a hiatus for a number of years, until last night......


As a long time wrestling fan, the return of Paul Heyman was awesome. He is phenomenal on the mic, and he showed that in his return with little rust. He pushed the storyline of Lesnar leaving WWE because of how he felt he was being screwed by management. Heyman representing Lesnar could be what is needed to keep the heat on Lesnar.


My biggest problem with his return was the lack of response from the crowd. Personally, I feel that Heyman has been gone long enough from the public spotlight that a large portion of the crowd doesn't remember, or even know who he is. I wish that WWE had brought Heyman back with Lesnar from day one of his return. Give Brock the voice piece that can push the destructive heal persona over the edge, the way it was 10 years ago. The younger viewers of WWE could have become familiar with Heyman, and I believe it would have made last night a bigger hit. Heyman could have fed off not only Lesnar's heat, but his own heat as well.

As a serious fan of wrestling, I hope that WWE continues to use Heyman, as it could only improve the monster that the wrestling world needs Brock Lesnar to be.

Thanks for reading guys, let me know your opinions!

~AStarIsBorn~ ]]> AStarIsBorn http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?41641-The-Return-of-Heyman