Top 5 invasions in pro-wrestling

5). The original ECW invasion of WWE

The original invasion

Four years before the Alliance invaded WWE, ECW did a stand alone invasion of its own. The year was 1997 and the Philadelphia-based promotion was creating a buzz – a buzz so strong that Vince McMahon decided to strike an agreement with Paul Heyman allowing ECW talent to cross over to the WWE in a bid to arrest the momentum of rivals WCW.

The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer sat among the crowd during a match between Savio Vega and Bradshaw and the beer drinking ECW man proceeded to throw beer in Vega’s face. Tazz would invade Raw soon enough, plugging his ECW match with Sabu.

Colour commentator Jerry Lawler would take on the ECW wrestlers, coining the term Extremely Crappy Wrestling for ECW.