I remember watching this live, and my mouth dropped. Unlike today with this crazy internet age, this was so unexpected , and caught everyone off guard.
They should have just done an ECW invasion angle first since they had all the ECW talent. The WCW invasion shouldn't have started until they got Flair.
@runtcm or they should have signed Bischoff to help these guys get over. Then they could have started the invasion with the guys they had contracts with.
See this is the problem I always had with WWE the way they treated the other companies talent, yeah ok there were the a few like Goldberg (who in my personal opinion was overrated as hell in WCW) that did well, but for the majority of the talents like Steiner, DDP, Raven, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm & so on they all went from being major players in WCW & ECW to being WWF whipping boys to Vince's WWF "golden boys" like Rock, Austin, HHH and so on.
@superrobz Vince's ego is so out of control that he decided to bury WCW AFTER he bought it. He really robbed the fans of what should have been the greatest angle of all time. If they couldn't wait for Sting, Flair, Goldberg,, etc they still could have started with the Booker and DDP and booked them like Nash and Hall for a couple months. Then imagine how over Storm and these guys would have gotten from being paired with the WCW faction.
@chocolatethunder85 Nah, He connected. It doesn't look like it towards the end of the superkick because of the way Saturn went down, but he connected. :D
@TheRagev3 I'm making a point of how they should watch how they do their replay's with their atheletes,you want to create a mystique when bringing in new stars & when you do a replay & you show your fans something & they botch it,it makes your company look bad. I love Sin Cara & I love Lance Storm,I just think their replay guys & camera angle workers need to pay more attention to detail.
Lance Storm came in as the first WCW guy from the Invasion! This moment was so awesome and it made me look forward to more but that storyline sucked and just buried the WCW wrestlers.
Real fans know how good Storm was, someone in WWE really didn't like him. There is no way someone could have thought the gimmicks they stuck him with could work.
Storm and Saturn, two truly wasted talents, both with badass superkicks by the way.
I liked Lance Storm. Funny thing is, his best days in wrestling were with Russo in WCW, who gave him a huge push several titles and the "If I can be serious for a minute" which was the best phrase and interviews he ever gave. Yet he hates Russo, go figure. Anyway, still a big storm fan, wwf missed out on a potential star. Should have kept the serious angle and gave the guy some wins.
great pop for lance storm, vince ruined so many great wrestlers at this time! storm, ddp and mike awesome just to name a few..........this should of been the biggest and best angle in history and vince polluted the 'alliance' with wwf talent, real shame in my opinion
Such an awesome talent Lance Storm was. Loved the pop for him. Such a shame what WWE did to him, they took away all of his credibility with those ridiculous angles.
@HollywoodKendrick he has done this since tha early 80s until now pretty much..just think if Storm didnt go to ECW he was in WWF with tha Harf Foundation and then he went to WCW it probably wouldnt have been so bad.
@thuggin83 Yea it's like if you did well in another promotion and you come to WWE Vince buries your career to make his organization look better. It makes casual fans think well so and so was World Champ in ECW but couldnt do shit in WWE. It's all part of the business and Vince's ego. Very few guys can escape Vince's wrath.
@smhpgh23 Haha. I never saw that. But.....Lance prolly loved it!!! lol. But seriously, he was he 1st WCW guy, he had lots of tv time, he was put in good angles, (the cock thing not withstanding), he had a decent run for what he was. I don't think anyone looked at him as a main eventer. He was an IC/US Champ at best. Which isn't insulting being that is what Curt Hennig, and Rick Rude, etc was. Very good talent and a work horse,but I feel was used fine.
@Rayla840 oh i think he had a great career too... couda been used better in wwf/e.. but had great career in ecw and wcw... not every wrestler wins world title.. and its def not a insult to be in category wit perfect, rude, owen, ricky dragon
@Latinoxtc as soon as steve austin came out on the ramp during storms match and kept yelling boring boring boring on the mic it was over for him such a shame
@Latinoxtc - You're right, man. I was pissed how they had Stone Cold bury this dude. His sidekick was way for effective than Shawn Michaels' fagget ass kick.
I know what you mean and I love Lance but according to Lance he didn't mind and there wasn't much people could do with Lance when he never really had much of a personality to start with and even still he had a pretty respectable career.
i know what you mean, the fans nowadays suck. but fans in canada in general are extremely loud. especially calgary, it's a wrestling hotbed, and if storm was a fresh wrestler and he redebuted in 2010 they would have been just as loud. but if his redebut were to be in say, north carolina...we'd here crickets. lol
btw, bret harts return should have been in calgary or montreal!!!!
yeah true i agree plus wwe rarely makes trips up to canada. (some pyro controversy or something) and calgary is huge for wrestling. i liked the older days where the fans were just more into it.
going PG, kind of scared away the older audience. it's pathetic really, there's hardly anything in wrestling that makes you go 'holy shit' anymore. i would have marked out for bret harts return though
Damn the only time in WWE Lance Storm got a pop like that
topdoginthepin 1 month ago
god
MideonGodwinn 2 months ago
I remember watching this live, and my mouth dropped. Unlike today with this crazy internet age, this was so unexpected , and caught everyone off guard.
Mrbaltimore2001 3 months ago
He miss the super kick
OneWarriorNation91 4 months ago
Wow. Just like his WCW debut: In from the crowd, out through the crowd, for a random attack. Like a boss.
TimberWolf99 5 months ago
great moment, i popped loud for him as well. on a side note, i forgot that i liked Blackman's theme.
AngelHatchets 5 months ago 3
I'm glad storm started the invasion, most underrated Canadian wrestler bar none
Hazardf5 5 months ago
lol Lance's kick is so obviously fake from the first camera replay. Bad move Mr. Cameraman, bad move.
TheAnonymousAnomie 6 months ago
lol when lance is leaving and blackmans music hits it reminded me of party boy from jackass.
swiftyswivel 6 months ago
@swiftyswivel
HAHA. You mean 0:28 - 0:30 ?
Romulus123 4 months ago
@Romulus123 hah yes!
swiftyswivel 4 months ago
If i could just be serious for a minute. LMAO!! I loved Lance Storm.
aquarianbabe 6 months ago 2
lets face it - back then, as fans, we would have popped like that for ANYONE debuting from WCW
TheGrahams 7 months ago 14
@TheGrahams To be fair, Blackman never got a pop half as big in his career.
FanOfBodom 3 months ago
They should have just done an ECW invasion angle first since they had all the ECW talent. The WCW invasion shouldn't have started until they got Flair.
runtcm 7 months ago 5
@runtcm or they should have signed Bischoff to help these guys get over. Then they could have started the invasion with the guys they had contracts with.
runtcm 7 months ago
See this is the problem I always had with WWE the way they treated the other companies talent, yeah ok there were the a few like Goldberg (who in my personal opinion was overrated as hell in WCW) that did well, but for the majority of the talents like Steiner, DDP, Raven, Mike Awesome, Lance Storm & so on they all went from being major players in WCW & ECW to being WWF whipping boys to Vince's WWF "golden boys" like Rock, Austin, HHH and so on.
superrobz 8 months ago
@superrobz Vince's ego is so out of control that he decided to bury WCW AFTER he bought it. He really robbed the fans of what should have been the greatest angle of all time. If they couldn't wait for Sting, Flair, Goldberg,, etc they still could have started with the Booker and DDP and booked them like Nash and Hall for a couple months. Then imagine how over Storm and these guys would have gotten from being paired with the WCW faction.
runtcm 7 months ago 2
Lance Storm's kick was awesome.
TheTrevtv11 8 months ago
Lance Storm started off the WCW Invasion Angle and was the first WCW guy coming in to win a title.
hustleking17 8 months ago
@hustleking17 wasn't Mike Awesome the 1st to win a title? Hardcore Title on his 1st show week prior
danimp1983 8 months ago
@danimp1983
Yeah, you're right.
hustleking17 8 months ago
Love Heyman "IT'S LANCE STORM~~~~!!! IT'S LANCE STORM!!!!"
Bellocks1 8 months ago
Paul Heyman is better than JR
JinPhoenixwwe 9 months ago
WWE has ruined so many careers. Lance Storm was such a great talent. Oh well what goes around comes around, just look at WWE's ratings.
redskins3656 9 months ago
This needs to be on an episode of Botchamania.
chocolatethunder85 10 months ago
@chocolatethunder85 Why?
JTWest92 10 months ago
@JTWest92 He missed that super kick. :)
chocolatethunder85 9 months ago
@chocolatethunder85 Nah, He connected. It doesn't look like it towards the end of the superkick because of the way Saturn went down, but he connected. :D
JTWest92 9 months ago
lmfao, Look at his footing before he leaves the ring. HIFUCKINLARIOUS.
JTWest92 10 months ago
I can't believe how hot the crowd was for a Steve Blackman/Perry Saturn match.
gronie17 10 months ago
Wow they really shouldn't have showed the replay,Storm's foot dosent even touch Saturn. bad wwe. just like Sin Cara & the trampoline.
Necrocide187 10 months ago
@Necrocide187 how is Sin cara's trampoline even relevant who cares we know he can jump around, run around those ropes without trampolines
TheRagev3 10 months ago
@TheRagev3 I'm making a point of how they should watch how they do their replay's with their atheletes,you want to create a mystique when bringing in new stars & when you do a replay & you show your fans something & they botch it,it makes your company look bad. I love Sin Cara & I love Lance Storm,I just think their replay guys & camera angle workers need to pay more attention to detail.
Necrocide187 10 months ago
Lance Storm came in as the first WCW guy from the Invasion! This moment was so awesome and it made me look forward to more but that storyline sucked and just buried the WCW wrestlers.
DominoRyder 10 months ago
Lance Storm please come back to the WWF it need you
Wolfpack8706 10 months ago
Lance storm could have made such an impact in WWF/E if he was given a decent chance, shame
noobie0108 11 months ago
Man, chills up my spine
TheLettersLSB 11 months ago
Amazing moment and only in the ''Attitude'' era !!
wcwrickrude 11 months ago
Real fans know how good Storm was, someone in WWE really didn't like him. There is no way someone could have thought the gimmicks they stuck him with could work.
Storm and Saturn, two truly wasted talents, both with badass superkicks by the way.
cseabert 11 months ago 5
One of the reasons why I miss the WWE-WCW-ECW competition. You will never hear a pop like this for a debut again.
lakeolympia459 1 year ago
holyshit...the croud was going so crazy you didnt even hear ONE person count the 1.2.3..now thats fuckin rare
LilTwistaX 1 year ago
>he came in his gear
BryanMDK 1 year ago
Nice Superkick By Storm
TheSupergamer68 1 year ago
Lance's shoot sent me here.
snootch2nootch 1 year ago
Man the crowd in WWE today is so dead, compared to the crowd back in the day
Iforlyfe 1 year ago 3
Lance Storm was one of the reasons to watch WCW in its dying days.
RMilvae 1 year ago 18
i have to say i remember marking out pretty hardy for this.
buffbeenstuffed 1 year ago
What was it with Terri and skin-tone outfits?
DanielH8Club 1 year ago
In this clip Storm got a bigger pop than most of the top faces today in WWE. just goes to show wrestling today sucks compared to back in the day.
NotIkeman 1 year ago
if i remeber rite he was the first wcw guy to invade at this time
JayKent23 1 year ago
Great pop, but that instant replay was a bad idea. Wasn't even close to hitting him. Lol
ThePTB 1 year ago
LISTEN TO THAT FUCKIN POP!!!!!
Killedbyamen 1 year ago
I liked Lance Storm. Funny thing is, his best days in wrestling were with Russo in WCW, who gave him a huge push several titles and the "If I can be serious for a minute" which was the best phrase and interviews he ever gave. Yet he hates Russo, go figure. Anyway, still a big storm fan, wwf missed out on a potential star. Should have kept the serious angle and gave the guy some wins.
Fektthis 1 year ago
ECW! ECW! ECW! ECW!
TurboThrash 1 year ago
one of the few things wcw did in the down years that was good was giving lance storm the kind of push he deserved.
bamcandido 1 year ago
ohhh TRISH
MrAmnja 1 year ago
back when wrestling wad good
therealoffeath 1 year ago
great pop for lance storm, vince ruined so many great wrestlers at this time! storm, ddp and mike awesome just to name a few..........this should of been the biggest and best angle in history and vince polluted the 'alliance' with wwf talent, real shame in my opinion
lynneeast 1 year ago
I think this was the first wcw wrestler to invade the wwe. There was so much excitement during this time!
(shame the wwe f**ked the invasion up)
SRPC21 1 year ago
The diva's got a better pop here then most the superstars do today. Unreal how shitty the WWE and wrestling in general has become.
krazygreen 1 year ago
I was there, the pop he got sounded way louder live. Alot of people were hoping he made some sort of an appearance.
WhoreableGuy 1 year ago
i love how all the WCW/ECW stars got huge pops, DDP probably got the most boo's but when he unmasked himself you could hear all the fans scream
BrianRichterWWE 1 year ago
Notice that J.R. called everyone from WCW a "star" and the WWF were Superstars
mooky9669 1 year ago 6
@mooky9669 Vince's orders, I'm sure.
ShawnBronald 1 year ago
i was wondering why they were cheering, but it was because the show was in calgary
MrMclovin19 1 year ago 2
Wow, that pop was insane for Storm.
RyanIsOffended 1 year ago 17
Kinda funny at about 0:28 Lance is skipping away to the beat of Blackman's music
13charachters 1 year ago
@13charachters
lmao, yes.
RickMercer4PM 1 year ago
@13charachters lol
smokestorm88 1 year ago
Haha the superkick didn't even come within half a foot of Saturn's body... it barely even came close to his arm.
Ransik 1 year ago
If I said "Lance Storm was the s***" would anybody disagree?
If I said, the "And the WWE booked him like the first statement was to be taken literally" would anybody disagree?
Tellthatruth 1 year ago
i remember team canada in wcw was badass lol IF I COULD BE SERIOUS FOR A MOMENT
thefriendsociety 1 year ago
It would have made more sence if Storm Superkicked Blackman
Whyisthisthat 1 year ago 4
Such an awesome talent Lance Storm was. Loved the pop for him. Such a shame what WWE did to him, they took away all of his credibility with those ridiculous angles.
Latinoxtc 2 years ago 93
@Latinoxtc THINKING ABOUT THAT MAKES ME SICK TO MY SOUL.
HollywoodKendrick 2 years ago
@HollywoodKendrick he has done this since tha early 80s until now pretty much..just think if Storm didnt go to ECW he was in WWF with tha Harf Foundation and then he went to WCW it probably wouldnt have been so bad.
thuggin83 1 year ago
Ive noticed they did that ALOT wih former WCW,ROH,and ECW wrestlers (ie Raven,Rhyno,Sabu,and few others) with an eXception for a few
thuggin83 1 year ago
@thuggin83 Yea it's like if you did well in another promotion and you come to WWE Vince buries your career to make his organization look better. It makes casual fans think well so and so was World Champ in ECW but couldnt do shit in WWE. It's all part of the business and Vince's ego. Very few guys can escape Vince's wrath.
Latinoxtc 1 year ago 4
@Latinoxtc
What's new though?
SebastianSlasherMP 1 year ago
@Latinoxtc Give an example of one of his ridiculous angles.....
Rayla840 1 year ago
@Rayla840 ill answer.. the boring gimmick, the big penis gimmick with goldust
smhpgh23 1 year ago
@smhpgh23 Wait, Lance Storm had an angle with Goldust's cock?
Rayla840 1 year ago
@Rayla840 haha i wish... i was saying wen lance had his big penis gimmick.. and when he was paired wit goldust
smhpgh23 1 year ago
@smhpgh23 Haha. I never saw that. But.....Lance prolly loved it!!! lol. But seriously, he was he 1st WCW guy, he had lots of tv time, he was put in good angles, (the cock thing not withstanding), he had a decent run for what he was. I don't think anyone looked at him as a main eventer. He was an IC/US Champ at best. Which isn't insulting being that is what Curt Hennig, and Rick Rude, etc was. Very good talent and a work horse,but I feel was used fine.
Rayla840 1 year ago
@Rayla840 oh i think he had a great career too... couda been used better in wwf/e.. but had great career in ecw and wcw... not every wrestler wins world title.. and its def not a insult to be in category wit perfect, rude, owen, ricky dragon
smhpgh23 1 year ago
@Latinoxtc seriously he shoulda been champ at least wcw gave him a good run and a title shot
hbk2hhh 1 year ago
@Latinoxtc as soon as steve austin came out on the ramp during storms match and kept yelling boring boring boring on the mic it was over for him such a shame
hbk2hhh 9 months ago
@Latinoxtc - You're right, man. I was pissed how they had Stone Cold bury this dude. His sidekick was way for effective than Shawn Michaels' fagget ass kick.
darthdestromd 7 months ago
@Latinoxtc
I know what you mean and I love Lance but according to Lance he didn't mind and there wasn't much people could do with Lance when he never really had much of a personality to start with and even still he had a pretty respectable career.
DarkmatterDM 5 months ago
yeah i think lance storm was great and if he debuted again in canda that would be awesome
vcstallion 2 years ago
1:24 the eyes of saturn... look sadorable :P
mijail87 2 years ago
man i think that chick tori is nude. looks like it
SimplyPhenomenal7 2 years ago
Wow, he totally missed that kick.
brocklock09 2 years ago
Hey look, Blackman was still around!
wwebatmanmaniac 2 years ago
the invasion begins ??????
mijail87 2 years ago 5
is terri nude??
bigsexyjoejoe 2 years ago 4
look at how pumped the crowd was here. no way wwe can match that nowadays
sortman94 2 years ago 107
this took place in calgary, lance storm's home town.
wholefnshow1 2 years ago
oh. that could explain it. but still, if he came back and redebuted in 2010 in calgary theres no way the crowd would act this pumped
sortman94 2 years ago
i know what you mean, the fans nowadays suck. but fans in canada in general are extremely loud. especially calgary, it's a wrestling hotbed, and if storm was a fresh wrestler and he redebuted in 2010 they would have been just as loud. but if his redebut were to be in say, north carolina...we'd here crickets. lol
btw, bret harts return should have been in calgary or montreal!!!!
wholefnshow1 2 years ago 3
yeah true i agree plus wwe rarely makes trips up to canada. (some pyro controversy or something) and calgary is huge for wrestling. i liked the older days where the fans were just more into it.
sortman94 2 years ago 3
going PG, kind of scared away the older audience. it's pathetic really, there's hardly anything in wrestling that makes you go 'holy shit' anymore. i would have marked out for bret harts return though
wholefnshow1 2 years ago 4
The audience is older now than it was during the "Attitude era".
OldSchoolRasslin 2 years ago
i guess the novelty of the wwe is now gone. everything is so predictable and they have us begging for a twist in the storylines
sortman94 2 years ago
@sortman94 my thoughts exactly
superrobz 1 year ago
@sortman94 Canadian in Canada....hell yeah it would be big!!!
Rayla840 1 year ago
@sortman94 what makes it more nuts is the pop a WWF crowd gave to a WCW guy
cole003f 11 months ago
@sortman94 They could if they recruited AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, and KAZ.
JoeCoolFreeman 8 months ago
Thanks for posting this! I've been looking for this video for years!
TretiakFan20 2 years ago 5