Rob Van Dam believes the Invasion storyline was the coolest story in wrestling history.
Speaking on a recent edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, the ECW legend commented on the Invasion storyline, which saw WWE wrestlers being attacked by WCW and ECW talent after the two companies were bought out by WWE to end the Monday Night Wars.
RVD said, “That was the coolest storyline ever in wrestling, I believe. To have WCW and ECW against WWF, which it was at the beginning of the Invasion still. That was when it was changing was right then at that moment, and that was unheard of. You know, not long before that WWF never even acknowledged there was any other organizations, or any other history or place for wrestlers to get experience. If they weren’t in WWF then it just didn’t happen.”
He continued, “And they were just coming out of that for Monday Night Wars. And so, times were changing really quick. It was exciting, they were acknowledging each other, parodying each other, poking at each other, it was awesome. And then it ended the way it did with WCW going under, and Vince acquiring what was left of the other wrestling companies. Something that he had been doing the whole time that he owned WWE.”