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You know what's really sad? This was the one angle in wrestling history that could not fail, but we all know that it did. Not one person out there has come forward to say otherwise, because it just can't be refuted.
One thing that bothers me is that the Invasion angle was rushed. They got ahead of themselves and didn't book it properly. Out of the whole angle, there were only really a handful of things booked far in advance. They should have taken their time with it and planned it all out fully. Anyone with half a brain should have realised that WWF would have to be the face side, yet they pushed WCW as the good guys. Had they booked it better, it could have gone on for much longer and not been the incidental thing that it became. They clustered the titles, ****ed up the booking of wrestler, ignored the problems that just having them wrestle each other on free TV all the time would pose for things getting stale and being able to build PPV's.
As far as the big names issue. The main guys cost too much, if they really wished to be in WWE and performing at that point in time, they would have simply accepted buyouts. Yes, it is good for them financially, but if I truly wanted to be out there performing, I would have accepted the buyout. Not sit and home and let my market value slide away significantly.
Guys jumping ship should have at least been consistant. Austin's jump was terribly done and didn't make sense. I had hard time believing Austin would be a part of a company he ended up hating. Even Jericho, who also disliked WCW would have been more believable.
Heyman should have had a bigger input from the angle that slow build up of angles, heat and the storyline would enable WWE to acheive big payoffs when it finally finished. Unfortunately, they rushed every single move they made.
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