Remember how shocking and cool it was when Scott Hall, who had been one of WWE's top stars for several years, showed up on "WCW Monday Nitro" as an outsider in 1996?
Or when The Nexus brutally attacked John Cena, CM Punk, commentators, a ring announcer and even the timekeeper on "Raw" in 2010?
If you're a pro wrestling fan, you absolutely remember those "hey, they don't even work here!" invasion angles because you didn't see them coming and they felt real -- at least at first.
Which brings us to "SmackDown Live's" violent invasion of "Raw" Oct. 23. It's true that none of us saw it coming, but WWE's red brand being under siege by its blue brand came across about as real as Sasha Banks' purple weave. That's because the angle -- which kick-started the build for "Raw" versus "SmackDown Live" matches at the "Survivor Series" pay-per-view Nov. 19 -- was totally devoid of logic.
