6.”This Invasion just got taken to the Extreme."
It should now be established that when J.R. said that line, Paul Heyman was sitting right beside him on commentary.
One fine night, Jericho offered to be Kane’s partner in his match against Lance Storm and Mike Awesome. It was during this match that Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer, both from ECW, attacked Kane and Jericho. This led the then WWE wrestlers Dudley Boyz, Tazz, Raven, Rhyno etcetera to run in and make the save only to have a staredown with the two ECW loyalists. These WWE guys were originally from ECW. And in a spectacular sequence of events where actions spoke louder than words, all of them combined to continue the attack on WWE’s Kane and Jericho.
Paul Heyman flew from the commentary booth and into the ring to announce that “This Invasion just got taken to the extreme."
5.Nexus
This was the one shining, memorable moment from this storyline that fizzled out quickly. This was special, this was new and refreshing.
Wade Barret won the first season of NXT and this made him the leader of this movement. During a match between CM Punk and John Cena, the group intervened and attacked not just the face who runs the place but also the heel CM Punk, then they attacked the announcers team and almost choked Justin Roberts. Then they decimated everything around them. Everything. It was a place of ruins.
The Nexus had arrived and it spelt danger.
4.Pop-up Powerbomb
There hasn’t been a clear demarcation between WWE and NXt as it was when Owens showed up on Raw.
During his Smackdown interview with Cole, the commentator stated that Owens had just been in the WWE for two weeks. Up until then he had been on the roster for 2 weeks, but he was in NXT for more than 5 months. So, with that in mind, Owens made his way to the ring with the NXT logo blaring on the titantron.
He shut Cena up and delivered a Pop-up Powerbomb and marked an awesome moment and debut.
