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in the fall of 2012, i started a wrestling viewing project. i decided to relive the Monday Night Wars, in their entirety, in real time. September 1, 2012 i watched the WCW Saturday Night from 9/2/95. This led into the very first WCW Monday Nitro on 9/4/95. From that day, i watched every piece of WCW i could get my hands on. Every PPV, Nitro, Thunder, Saturday Night, Worldwide, Prime, and Pro that i could possibly find. In the summer of 2013 i included WWF in my weekly obsession. Starting with SummerSlam '96, i watched every PPV, Raw, SmackDown, Shotgun, Heat, and Metal that i could. I even caught some XFL, but that put me over my threshold. Anyway, the true goal of this project was to re-experience the WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion angle from the summer and fall of 2001. When it originally aired, i had just graduated high school. Many friends and I would be leaving for college in the fall. I didn't realize it at the time, but it was the last time I would spend regular quality time with all of my friends. What a time of change. Being the nay-sayer I am, i rooted strongly and loudly for WCW to triumph. Obviously this goes against everything WWF was showing at the time, which only made me more steadfast in my ways. I always maintain that the WWF Invasion wasn't really THAT bad, but more that it didn't live up to impossible expectations. I am interested in seeing how my views on this have changed in the last 17 years. I plan on keeping a tally of every time a member of the WWF faces a member of the Alliance, to see how the numbers play. I will update this thread after every Raw, SmackDown, and PPV with results and a quick recap of the goings on. Feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. Hope you enjoy! To get started, here's a primer on key moments from 2001 so far: 1/12: Haku (WCW Hardcore Champion Meng) debuts in WWF, joins forces with Rikishi 2/12: AJ "Air" Styles debuts in WCW (not related to this project, but a fun aside) 2/12: Justin Credible debuts in WWF, joins forces with X-Pac 2/27: WWF releases Stacy "the Kat" Carter. Jerry Lawler walks out in protest 3/5: Paul Heyman joins the WWF announce team 3/12 Jason Jett (ECW's EZ Money) debuts in WCW 3/19: Rhyno debuts in WWF, helps Edge & Christian win the Tag Team Titles 3/19: Cash (ECW's Kid Kash) debuts in WCW, loses to Jason Jett 3/19: Spike Dudley debuts in WWF, helps Dudley Boyz win the Tag Team Titles And here's a breakdown of current champions: WWF World Champion: The Rock (4 weeks, beat Kurt Angle) Tag Team Champions: Dudley Boyz (1 week, beat Edge & Christian) InterContinental Champion: Chris Jericho (8 weeks, beat Chris Benoit) European Champion: Test (8 weeks, beat William Regal) Hardcore Champion: Raven (1 week, beat Big Show) Light Heavyweight Champion: Crash Holly (2 weeks, beat Dean Malenko) Women's Champion: Ivory (20 weeks, beat Lita) WCW World Champion: Scott Steiner (16 weeks, beat Booker T) Tag Team Champions: Palumbo & O'Haire (10 weeks, beat Kevin Nash & DDP) United States Heavyweight Champion: Booker T (1 week, beat Rick Steiner) CruiserWeight Champion: Shane Helms (1 week, beat Chavo Guerrero, Jr) CruiserWeight Tag Team Champions: Elix Skipper & Kid Romeo (1 week, beat Rey Mysterio & Billy Kidman in Tournament Final) Hardcore Champion: Meng (well, not really, but they never officially stripped him)