Following WWE’s acquisition of WCW in March 2001, wrestlers from WCW and ECW famously joined forces in an effort to take over WWE for a storyline called The Invasion. It was also during this time that Chris Jericho and The Rock, two stars of WWE, laid the groundwork for a feud involving the WCW World Championship.

Speaking with GamesHub, Jericho reminisced about the latter storyline, which he considers as one of the most underrated in his in-ring career. “A really great one that I think deserves more recognition is Jericho versus the Rock,” he said. “We could go toe to toe in the ring, and Rock was a great wrestler. Rock liked to talk things through in promos first, which I can do too, but there were very few people who could genuinely stand up to him on the mic.

“To have a great dragon slayer, you need a great dragon, and I think we were very good from that aspect. There was a whole run where he accused me of not being able to win the big one — and then I went ahead and beat him for the Undisputed Championship. We were even tag team champions together at one point, for about two weeks … Every time we were in the ring together or did a promo or a backstage segment, it was excellent.”

After Jericho dethroned The Rock as WCW World Champion at WWE No Mercy in October 2001, the two briefly aligned to capture the WWE Tag Team Championships over The Dudley Boyz. As Jericho alluded to, though, this tag reign didn’t last long as their on-screen tension only heated up, leading to a rematch for the WCW world title, with Rock emerging victorious.

“Y2J” quickly regained the WCW World Championship by defeating The Rock once more at WWE Vengeance that December. The same night, he cemented himself as the first-ever Undisputed WWE Champion by also besting “Stone Cold” Steve Austin for the WWE Title.

When you’re a veteran in the business like Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP), you witness two types of factions: ones that are meant to represent the here and now of a specific era, then become a page in the history books, and then there are the others that write the book on creating an impactful legacy for years to come. During a hot take questionnaire on his “Marking Out” podcast, MVP was asked between the Nation of Domination or The Bloodline, which group paved the way of earning the greatest of all time award and why. He was quick to note that for him, it was the Nation of Domination. After his answer, he mentioned one parallel he sees between the NoD and the Bloodline.

“Sami Zayn is just the Owen Hart,” the AEW star said. “Sami Zayn is dope though. I got so much respect for Sami.”

To further explain, Hart’s role in NoD was as a co-heel leader before the group broke up in 1998. During his four month stint, he acted as a mentor and propelled NoD from a militant group to a cooler, more dominant stable. As for Zayn, despite not being a blood relative of the Anoa’i family, the “Honorary Uce” earned his acknowledgement by becoming the shield and a “take one for the team” kind of a guy for the group. Whether that was protecting the figurehead in Roman Reigns, or creating comedic relief for the stable, he was a voice of reason just like Hart was for NoD.

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Stratus’ nearly six-month-long feud with Becky Lynch in 2023 concluded at Payback, where the Canadian star would step inside a Steel Cage at 47 years old. After defeating Damage CTRL together at WrestleMania 39, Lynch and Stratus had an opportunity to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on the “Raw” that followed the event, but failed to secure the win against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Immediately after the match, Stratus turned heel and betrayed Lynch, which set up a summer feud between both women.

Stratus initially overcame Lynch at Night Of Champions, but their rivalry reached a boiling point once Payback arrived in September, and the strong build to the match resulted in one of the best outings of Trish’s career. Although their first singles match together was respectable, Stratus truly turned back the clock at Payback, having been able to keep up with Lynch in the cage, and was unafraid to take some risks. Along with hitting a Bulldog from the top rope and kicking out of a suplex off the top of the cage, Stratus would survive Lynch’s offence before eating a Manhandle Slam after 20 minutes of drama.

Stratus returned as a babyface at the beginning of 2025 and teamed with Tiffany Stratton at the Elimination Chamber before going one-on-one with her at Evolution. However, neither match came close to the work she did with Lynch in the summer of 2023, with Payback being the highlight of the last six years of her WWE career.

Kazuchika Okada was in action on the March 28 episode of “AEW Collision” defending his AEW International Championship against “The Jet” Kevin Knight. Back in the Continental Classic tournament, Knight picked up an upset victory over “The Rainmaker” and hoped lightning would strike twice by pinning Okada for a second time. However, Okada, with a little help from the ring ropes, managed to escape with the win and his title in hand.

Much like their original bout, Okada tried to toy with Knight by threatening to chop him just to make him flinch, and even dished out some punishment on the outside, such as a DDT on the floor. However, the challenger once again rose to the occasion and even gave Okada a taste of his own medicine by making the champion flinch. He matched Okada’s Drop Kick, he hit a huge Springboard Clothesline to the outside, and after a brief stumble, pulled off a leaping Hurricanrana, dragging the champion down to the mat.

Knight thought he had the victory in the bag by landing his Coast-To-Coast Drop Kick and ascended to the top once again to try for the UFO Splash. Okada rolled away, but that didn’t stop “The Jet” from flying almost the entire length of the ring in an attempt to land his finishing move, only to come crashing down on Okada’s knees.

Attempting to seize the opportunity, Okada went for The Rainmaker, but Knight rolled him up for a near fall. Okada went for the move again, but Knight attempted another roll up, only this time Okada dropped down and put all his weight on Knight, and as the referee counted, Okada grabbed the ring ropes for some extra leverage to keep Knight down and pick up the win. Both men are now tied at one win each, and given the way this match ended, a trilogy bout might not be too far away.