fugaziuk Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Following Austin's heel turn at WM17 he formed the two man power trip alliance with Triple H - while it only lasted a few months, Triple H injury and the subsequent invasion angle, I really enjoyed the matches they had with kane and taker. It struck me that this doesn't get brought up that often and was wondering what peoples thoughts were on this angle and wether it could have gone further, if HHH hadn't becoming injured and Vince hadn't bought WCW. Was there much more shelf life in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 I fucking loved the Power Trip. Alright, they were two main-eventers who didn't need to team, and it was largely to lead to a break-up storyline, but Trips and SCSA had surprisingly great chemistry as a team, not to mention that the feud with the Canadian Chrisses elevated the tag belts to main-event status briefly, which is always refreshing. Â If Stone Cold still has matches in him like he claims, I'd be interested in a storyline where Trips as the new boss appoints him as "Sheriff" or enforcer or something again, and we see a couple of matches with them teaming again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Never really thought much of it one way or another until watching the whole thing back very recently. Initially, because I was young and stupid, I didn't like seeing the Hardy Boys getting so horribly squashed, and I just couldn't be fucked with the Taker & Kane feud. However, in watching again, it was the most effective way to give Benoit and Jericho a huge kick up the arse to the top of the card, in that they were the only ones who had faced them down and (in HHH's case) out. Shame HHH got injured really, because I'd have love to have seen 01 prime HHH as a face instead of the inflated wally that returned in 02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CleetusVanDamme Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 Didn't like it. They should have just pulled the trigger on HHH's face turn the night after WM17, and ran with that through the summer/til the Invasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 One of the biggest shames about the Invasion is that we never got to see Triple H involved in it. Of all the WWF/E characters who had the most potential for complexity in that storyline, it was Trips. Austin turning heel just so they could give the Alliance a big name was clearly a last resort, because HHH would've been so much better suited to leading it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 The Power Trip was alright, but they rarely did anything as a team, apart from beat people up and tease a break up. They had that boring as fuck match with Undertaker and Kane at Backlash as well. They were good in the short term I suppose. They'd already set their split in motion, and an Austin vs Triple H feud was planned from the time Triple H beat Austin for two-straight falls at No Way Out. So they didnt have a future as a tandem. Â because HHH would've been so much better suited to leading it. You'd have then had Triple H vs Austin, Triple H vs Angle and Triple H vs The Rock again throughout the year. Which was exactly what we'd had the year before. Triple H had worn his time out as a heel. People wanted to see him as a face in 2001. I remember he returned after selling injuries just after the No Way Out match and the crowd popped huge for him. Triple H leading the Alliance would have been worse than Austin leading it in 2001, if that was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 I really liked it at the time. Although with hindsight, the crowd were begging for a Triple H face run the night after WM 17. Given how awkward the Austin heel run was, a bad ass Triple H fighting him into the summer was the smartest move. Â The Jericho/Benoit stuff started off great, but once Triple Hs leg exploded, the main event scene went all wonky and shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I loved it, especially when they twatted the fuck out of the Hardys and Lita. I hated those little emo twats at the time, especially the way Lita would interfere in every single match and get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bry2j Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 And they used to show this video for them -Two man power trip - quality not brill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 You'd have then had Triple H vs Austin, Triple H vs Angle and Triple H vs The Rock again throughout the year. Which was exactly what we'd had the year before. Triple H had worn his time out as a heel. People wanted to see him as a face in 2001. I remember he returned after selling injuries just after the No Way Out match and the crowd popped huge for him. Triple H leading the Alliance would have been worse than Austin leading it in 2001, if that was possible. Â I don't think it would've been worse. Don't misunderstand me - it would've been pretty bad, and I wouldn't have wanted any WWE main-eventer of the time leading the Invasion, but WWF/E were clearly set on the direction they took, i.e. not signing any of wCw's main-eventers (outside Booker T), so if the Alliance had had a leader, the most suited to it would've been Triple H. Apart from being one of the best heels they had, he also had the best rationale for doing so, being Stephanie's husband. Austin was worse-suited to it, having not played much of a heel leading up to the Invasion, and also, more importantly, being what should have been the last person to ever consider joining WcW, given how he'd fared there. Â Also (I missed this out), it would've been a great storyline for Triple H to turn face - first teaming up with his wife, then realising she's a bitch and siding with the guy who "gave him his opportunity", Vince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 Sometimes what makes sense isnt best for what people want to see at the time. We'd had two years of heel Triple H. If Triple H would have took over the Alliance, it would have been the McMahon-Helmsley Era which we'd just watched for a full year, only this time with added Justin Credible. And Austin being the lead heel in the Alliance made about as much sense as Shane McMahon owning WCW and Stephanie owning ECW. Â Jesus, how shit was that Invasion angle? There was enough bright sparks to make you think they could have done something good with it as well. But they royally fucked it up. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Showtime Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I loved it, and I loved 2001 as a whole. Sure the Invasion angle could have been a hundred times "better" but so can anything in hindsight. I loved seeing all these guys from WCW and ECW come in and provide a massive burst of freshness. I didn't watch much WCW so I didn't care that the big guns weren't around - I gave Meat, Jindrak, Chavo, Morrus etc the benefit of the doubt and just enjoyed the new matches for what they were. Â Anyway back to the Trips/Austin thing - I was begging for an Austin heel turn when he returned from injury, so I lapped up every minute of him and Trips running rampant and beating up Lita. And as mentioned it helped elevate Jericho and Benoit which was excellent work. Kane got a decent moment too when he took the IC Title off Triple H (and Jeff did it too for a week as well, didn't he?). All in all, it was something different and that's what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 True, true. I'd say Shane owning WCw made sense, though - they had to have a way whereby they could "realistically" (in kayfabe terms) have them feuding with the WWF. If Vince owned them from the start, it would seem a bit odd having two companies owned by the same guy feuding and trying to put each other out of business. Shane at the time was the appropriate choice, given the feud he and Vince were having, and he, apart from Stephanie or Linda, was the only person who could keep wCW both "inside" and "outside" WWF/E, if you get my meaning. Â EDIT: That was in reply to Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Has anyone ever proposed a fantasy booking scenario for the Invasion that would've been any good and is realistic (ie doesn't involve them exceeding Time Warner's silly contracts to bring in the big names and then having to give the same kind of deals to all the big WWF names, thus scuppering the booking plans anyway because every cunt now has a contract that encourages them to be lazy and gives them a "that doesn't work for me, brother" clause)? Â It was pretty much fucked from the off. I doubt this would have made much difference, but I'd have had Rock join WCW. He'd been screwed by the WWF in the spring so it made sense for him to oppose Vince and Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 2, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2011 It was pretty much fucked from the off. I doubt this would have made much difference, but I'd have had Rock join WCW. He'd been screwed by the WWF in the spring so it made sense for him to oppose Vince and Austin. Â I always wondered why they never did anything with the WM17 finish. Given how much they purported Rock to hate McMahon in kayfabe, you'd think he'd have been perfect for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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