Thread: Steve Austin/Kurt Angle 2001 and general Austin...funnyness.
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Old 04-10-2007, 01:52 AM   #31
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The "football league" comment just reminded me of one of the reasons the InVasion didn't reach that next level.... the XFL.

Vince was completely preoccupied with starting the XFL, and apparently had a diminished interest in the WWF during 2001.

On top of that, the huge start up costs of the XFL are probably the reason that Vince wouldn't splash out on the contracts that later materialised for Hogan, Hall, Nash, Bischoff, Goldberg, Steiner, Flair... all the names that could have made a HUGE difference to the InVasion. The WWF books would have looked pretty shocking had they contracted the aforementioned in the same year they started up the XFL.

Triple H's injury and The Rock's hiatus early on didn't help either.

Imagine a WWF crew led by Vince McMahon and featuring Austin, Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, Kane, Jericho et al taking on a WCW crew led by Bischoff and consisting of Flair, Hogan, Steiner, the nWo, Goldberg, Booker T.... THAT would have been something else.
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