World Wrestling Entertainment/Characters/In Vasion

Lists the various WWE wrestlers active during the InVasion event in 2001. Please limit associated tropes to that wrestler's time in the WWE.

Booker T (Booker Tio Huffman) 2001-2007, 2011-

Not to be confused with the frontman of Booker T. & the M.G.'s.

Angry Black Man
Badass
Badass Long Hair
Boisterous Bruiser
Catch Phrase: Two; "Can you dig that, Suckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" and "Tell me, he didn't just say that."
Dance Battler: A 6'3, 250 pound angry man... who breakdances.
Dirty Coward: Heel.
Everything's Better with Spinning: The Spin-A-Roonie.
Face Palm: His infamous promo that ended with "Hulk Hogan, WE COMIN' FOR YOU, NIGGA! ......(realizes his mistake)"
Hot-Blooded
Iconic Wrestler:Specifically of WCW, since he reminded people for years he was the five time WCW Champion. The next generation will likely know him more for his Smackdown commentary if he sticks around.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: As a face.
Large Ham
Lightning Bruiser
Morality Pet: His wife.
Narm: A lot occurred during his King Booker gimmick in 2006.
- Narm Charm: But then there were the times when he would break character.
Never Live It Down: See the Face Palm entry.
No Indoor Voice
Odd Friendship: Several over his tenure, RVD, Eddie Guerrero, and Goldust.
Only Sane Man: He shares this role with Josh Matthews when it comes to commentary on Smackdown. Though unlike Josh Matthews, who wisely stays quiet about it, Booker T tends to call Michael Cole out on his insanity.
Out of Focus: Compared to his importance in WCW
Spirited Competitor: Whenever he was a face.
Ted Baxter
Third Person Person
Underwear of Power
Upper Class Twit. As King Booker.

Chavo Guerrero (Salvador Chavito Guerrero Llanes III) 2001-2011

Badass Family
Butt Monkey
Cool Mask
Demoted to Extra
Funny Foreigner
Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Eddie in 2003.
I Have the High Ground
It Runs in The Family
Lovable Coward
Loveable Rogue
Moral Myopia: Played for laughs.
Old Shame: Once denounced his Latino heritage, became a WASP and changed his name to Kerwin White. This storyline was quietly disposed of once his uncle Eddie passed away and he was the only one left to carry on the Guerrero family name.
Suplex Finisher: Done in tribute to his uncle Eddie.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: As part of Los Guerreros

The Hurricane (Gregory "Sugar Shane" Helms) 2001-2010

One Hero Two Sidekicks: At first his only side kick was Mighty Molly. She turned on him and he later mentored Rosey the S.H.I.T. and Super Stacy.
Determinator: Seeing his doctor after having trouble doing push ups it was determined Helms had a broken neck and had been that way for at least a week!
Keet
Secret Identity: Sort of. The fans all know who he is but go along with it anyway and boo every Rudo who doesn't.
Super Strength: Hurricane can halt any charge with the rise of his elbow, no man is too big to be chokeslamed!
The Rival: His civilian guise has been on and off with Matt Hardy since childhood.
Weaksauce Weakness: The Hurricane fears clones, identical twins and broccoli, according to WWE magazine.

Lance Storm (Lance Evers) 2001-2004

Canada, Eh?
Catch Phrase: "If I can be serious for a moment..."
The Comically Serious
Draco in Leather Pants: Due to his legit talent.
Evil Foreigner: As part of the UnAmericans. "America Sucks," indeed.
One of Us: As seen on his blog after his retirement, Lance Storm is a smark of the highest order.
Underwear of Power
Wearing A Flag On Your Tights: Before switching to the aforementioned Underwear of Power, his tights were in red and white Canadian colors.

Rhyno (Terrance "Terry" Gerin) 2001-2005

Animal Motifs
Badass Long Hair
Badass Moustache
The Big Guy / The Brute
Hot-Blooded
Leotard of Power
Ramming Always Works: ~~SPEAR!!!~~ GORE!!!
Sobriquet: "The War Machine"
Rhino Rampage
Screaming Warrior
Unstoppable Rage
Xtreme Kool Letterz

Rob Van Dam (Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski) 2001-2007

Ascended Fanboy: Not only has he been into wrestling since he was a kid, he's also written a few comic books.
Badass
Badass Long Hair
Combat Pragmatist
Crazy Awesome
Deadpan Snarker: He had his moments.
Ensemble Darkhorse
Extremity Extremist: While it's a stupid epithet (thank you, Michael Cole), RVD is known for his extremely flexible legs and "educated feet".
Foe Yay: His feud with Kane was alternately this trope and Head-Tiltingly Kinky.
Fingerless Gloves
Fun with Acronyms
Holy Shit Quotient
Ho Yay: With Sabu in both incarnations of ECW, and then Jeff Hardy, Shane McMahon, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. in WWE.
I Know Karate: RVD practices Kung Fu.
Iconic Wrestler
I Have the High Ground
Improvised Weapon Of Choice: He uses steel chairs to execute the Van Daminator and Van Terminator.
Kid Appeal Character
Lightning Bruiser
The Stoner: Name-drops "420" and "getting high" in promos, never mind his goofy surfer-dude accent.
- "Nobody gets higher than Rob Van Dam!"
Surname's The Same: He's not related to Jean Claude Van Damme in any way, despite the resemblance.

Tajiri (田尻義博, Tajiri Yoshihiro) 2001-2005

Badass Beard
Battle Butler: When serving William Regal.
Crazy Awesome
Fragile Speedster
Funny Foreigner
Glass Cannon
Holy Shit Quotient
I Know Kickboxing
Improbable Weapon User: His mist spray usually green, but black caused (Kayfabe) Temporary Blindness
Psychopathic Manchild
The Unintelligible: Only other Japanese wrestlers and Torrie Wilson could understand him.

Tazz (Peter Senerchia) 2000-2009

Badass Beard
Badass Decay: Paul Heyman blamed Vince McMahon for Tazz going from a "killer" to a "fat, little, obnoxious color commentator, and not even a good one!" Tazz responded by giving him a Tazzmission; a Crowning Moment of Awesome for both men.
Captain Obvious: Used by Tazz to refer to his broadcast partner - either Michael Cole or Joey Styles - when they said something blindingly obvious.
Cool Shades
Deadpan Snarker: Nearly always.
Delinquents
The Dog Bites Back: When the Alliance started to lose faith in Austin, Tazz (Who at this point has been his personal Unfavorite) tells him exactly what he thinks of him. Although he gets his ass beat for it, the rest (who would've normally joined in on the beat down) simply left.
Jerkass With A Heart Of Gold
The Jimmy Hart Version: In the later days of ECW, he began using a knockoff of Kiss's "War Machine" for his entrance. This theme reappeared in the WWECW revival.
I Know Judo
Name's the Same: With the Looney Tunes character. The extra Z was added on by WWE to try to avoid any lawsuits from Time Warner, which owned their biggest rival
The Napoleon
Put On The Commentator's Table
Suplex Finisher: OK, technically, he doesn't use a single suplex finisher, but he's called the "Human Suplex Machine" for a reason.
Thirteen Is Unlucky: Specifically, he wears the number 13 on his gear, and you're unlucky to have to wrestle him.
Unstoppable Rage: His finisher, the Tazzmission, banks on this.
- "Who can stop the path of rage?!"
Wild Card: Video packages hyping his debut painted him as a typical monster heel. His first opponent was Kurt Angle, an arrogant Smug Snake.

Tommy Dreamer (Thomas James "Tom" Laughlin) 2001-2010

Badass Beard
Demoted to Extra
Garbage Wrestler
Hot Dad
The Jimmy Hart Version: During his stint in WW ECW, his theme song was a Jimmy Hart Version of "Man In The Box" by Alice In Chains, the theme song he had in the original ECW.
Last of His Kind: As of 2008, he is the only ECW original in the WWECW/ECWWE brand.
- As of his retirement in December 2009, he was the final ECW original.
Old Master
Singapore Canes Are Even Better: His trademark Weapon of Choice.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: it was more commonly used against him or stolen to use against one of his allies than by Tommy himself to the point of being a running gag.
Tear Jerker: His retirement speech to the fans - whom he called his family - and his final walk up the ramp with his twin five-year-old daughters.

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