With This Ring #81

After a short pause to start raising a puppy, Ryan and Cindy are back with a special double episode. We look at the packed King of the Ring 2001, the huge show Invasion and all the intrigue and change of directions that happen in between those two. Topics discussed includes: Continue to talk about the build to King of the Ring and the changes that had to be made to accommodate the injury to Triple H DDP’s “shocking” appearance as Sara Undertaker’s stalker. Kurt Angle having 3 matches on the card, including an all-timer with Shane McMahon Injuries piling up with main eventers, but allowing Kurt Angle and Steve Austin to work together in some classic backstage segments. WCW coming back, bombing in Tacoma and hot shotting 2 months of story in one night and bringing back ECW. MORE MCMAHONS! The build to Invasion, including Steve Austin cleaning house on the go-home Raw.  Plenty of talk about how the ECW WCW faction is being treated and portrayed. Rob Van Dam making his WWF PPV debut against his first Raw opponent four years earlier in Jeff Hardy. The main event and the “shock turn” to end it all. All this and much more Enjoy the show!