10 shocking moments from WWF (WWE) 1998

#7 DX invades WCW

Tanks on their lawn

As the momentum was beginning to shift back towards the WWF after nearly two years of WCW dominance, Vince and Creative started inventing ways to really take the fight to Bishoff and Turner. Luckily for McMahon, he had quite the talented roster to depend on, particularly the team of D Generation X.

After the new group formed following Wrestlemania 14, Triple H turned DX into 'The DX Army'. The group began wearing combat gear and basically became the personifications of WWF's war with WCW. There had been exchanges back and forth for a few years between the companies, but mid-1998 was when the wars really started to become literal.

On April 27th, 1998, both RAW and Nitro were filming in the same town, just a few miles from each other. The WWF had the idea to 'invade' WCW using the DX Army. Triple H, Road Dog, Billy Gun and X-Pac all assembled on a tank and literally drove themselves to the door of the arena where Nitro was being filmed.

Triple H then began shouting insults at the company over the loud speaker and claimed that WCW was giving away free tickets in order to fill the seats. The altercation reached its most tense moment when the tank drove up to a loading bay with DX demanding they be let in. According to rumours, there was disagreement backstage at Nitro as to whether or not to let the tank in. Eventually, DX were turned away.

This was the perfect spot on the roster for DX at the time, considering Stone Cold and Foley were busy filling up the main event scene. Triple H and the rest of the group were given the space to prove themselves as worthy members of the roster and it only helped cement their credibility going forward.