I say the newly arriving, RVD played a big part in carrying the invasion period alongside Austin and even Heyman.
That was an interesting time, in the absence of Triple H and Benoit, Rhyno got pushed as did Tajiri (by making him the best comedy bit on the show). It had things like Stasiak's idiotic actions. The goofy over-the-top antics from Kanyon and DDP, Tazz, (which should have culminated in Tazz choking Austin out in the survivor series match). The work was better...
RVD was emerging as a superstar....2001 is really under-looked. Just because the angle was a flop doesn't mean it was a bad year.
This is true.
Alot of people say that 2001 was the beginning of the downfall for the WWE, but I disagree, I think it was 2002 that started the hell that we are currently in today.