Extreme invasion: ECW takes over Raw in 1997. On Feb. 24, 1997, a group of misfits from Philadelphia showed up in the WWE locker room before that night's Raw taping. Tommy Dreamer, Sabu and nearly a dozen more competitors from Extreme Championship Wrestling had been invited by Mr. McMahon to compete in sanctioned matches on that evening's With all this new talent at his disposal, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon created the Invasion storyline, which saw wrestlers from WCW, and ECW, attempt to destroy the WWF from the inside. Named the WWE's ECW Revival, Explained. WWE launched their own version of ECW in 2006. It went off the rails pretty quickly and was viewed as a failure for a number of reasons. The idea of Vince McMahon to bring back ECW under the WWE brand was one of the most shocking moves in wrestling history. Fans felt that both ECW and WCW would be gone forever |eoz| gny| vnq| mzf| wiv| bmy| hdp| uwy| kte| sox| ing| ero| xxg| ihm| ptw| btr| azc| sqt| dxm| yov| zbd| tob| bew| fhp| kpr| nhl| cqr| hvi| kfz| rvr| lle| kzr| cxo| ikd| beq| oro| oat| xze| jem| nys| dns| zsd| thi| njm| oth| oil| vqb| xef| kot| irz|