The British Invasion (professional wrestling)

For the music invasion, seeBritish Invasion.

The British Invasion
Doug Williams(left) andNick Aldis(right) of the British Invasion
Tag team
Members	Douglas/Doug Williams Nick Aldis/Brutus Magnus Rob Terry
Billed heights	Doug: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Nick: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Rob: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Combined billed weight	781 lb (354 kg)
Billed from	Great Britain
Debut	30 April 2009
Years active	2009–2015 2021–2023

The British Invasionwas aprofessional wrestlingalliancestableand latertag teamconsisting ofNick Aldis,Doug WilliamsandRob Terry.They are best known for their time spent in the AmericanpromotionTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling(TNA).

Williams and Aldis are two-time tag team champions holding theIWGPandTNA World Tag Team Championships.

History

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Formation (2009)

In late April 2009 onImpact!,Doug Williams,the recently debutedBrutus Magnusand the newly signedRob TerryattackedLatin American Xchange(LAX) membersHernandezandHomicide,ahead of a scheduled tag team match; the team also stole their Feast or Fired briefcases which guaranteed themTNA World Heavyweight ChampionshipandTNA X Division Championshipmatches, respectively. Despite Hernandez being unable to compete, Homicide was forced to wrestle in what became a handicap match against Magnus and Williams. Terry acted, as he would for the next few months, as anenforcerwho stood at ringside. By winning the match, they progressed to the second round of theTeam 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament.Two weeks later onImpact!,the team attacked Team 3D during an interview, much to the pleasure ofSheik Abdul BashirandKiyoshi,who were looking on. Later that evening, they faced the team ofSuicideandAmazing Redin the semi-finals and won the match after an interference fromThe Motor City Machine Guns.The finals took place at theSacrificepay-per-view (PPV) on 24 May, with the winners receiving a shot at theTNA World Tag Team ChampionshipagainstTeam 3Dthe following month. However, the British Invasion was defeated byBeer Money, Inc.(Robert RoodeandJames Storm), despite Terry preventing the referee's count at one point, when Roode hit Williams with Hernandez's briefcase.

The British Invasion atSlammiversary 2009

Despite having stolen the briefcases, Williams was insulted when interviewerJeremy Borashquestioned him about them, claiming to possess the briefcase fairly and offering to defend it to legitimise his claims. On 28 May, onImpact!,Williams facedCody Deanerwith the X Division briefcase on the line in aLadder matchand won. Afterwards he celebrated with Bashir and Kiyoshi.However, a month later on 10 July'sImpact!,Williams lost the briefcase back to Homicide in another Ladder match.The group kept possession of the TNA World Heavyweight contendership briefcase untilHard Justicein mid August when Terry lost it to Hernandez in a nine-second squash match.

World Elite (2009–2010)

Brutus Magnus

After losing the Team 3D Invitational tournament, the British Invasion tried to interfere in Beer Money, Inc.'s match on 6 May'sImpact!but were prevented from doing so by Team 3D, who had gained respect for Beer Money, Inc.The following week, Team 3D revealed in an interview that they had invited the British Invasion to TNA and felt betrayed by their villainous attitude. Williams responded by hitting Devon with a briefcase to cost them their match that week.AtSlammiversary,the British Invasion interfered in the TNA World Tag Team Championship match, causing Team 3D to lose their titles to Beer Money, Inc. Earlier in the evening, the British invasion were scheduled to faceRhinoandEric Youngin a match, but Young walked out on his partner to be replaced by Rhino's prodigéeJesse Neal,but the British Invasion won regardless.BecauseMick Foleywanted a rematch of his own, he persuaded TheMain Event Mafiato give him it by promising their tag team,Booker TandScott Steiner,a World Tag Team Championship match.This angered Team 3D who goaded the Main Event Mafia into a match for the contendership, but once again British Invasion interfered and used the briefcase to cause Team 3D to lose the match and with it, their chances of regaining the TNA World Tag Team Championship.Team 3D countered by costing Williams his Ladder match for the X Division Championship briefcase, but afterwards the British Invasion, helped by Bashir and Kiyoshi, assaulted Team 3D.That Sunday, at theVictory RoadPPV, the British Invasion faced Team 3D for theIWGP Tag Team Championship,a championship sanctioned byNew Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW) which had a working agreement with TNA at the time. The British Invasion lost their match and afterwards Team 3D drove Bashir through a table.

Williams inUnion Flagtights

On 23 July edition ofImpact!the British Invasion, Bashir and Kiyoshi faced theTNA Originalsin a ten-man tag team match, but during the match Eric Young attacked his teammates and afterwards revealed himself to be the leader of the group which would later name themselves as The World Elite.The following week, onImpact!'s200th episode, the British Invasion received a rematch for Team 3D's IWGP Tag Team Titles, but this time in aTables match.After the referee was knocked out, chaos ensued with Terry and other members of the World Elite becoming involved. Devon put Williams through a table, but then Eric Young hit Devon with the IWGP title belt, laid Devon over the table and rewoke the referee making him think that Devon had been put through the table. Initially NJPW refused to recognise the title change, but they later acquiesced making the British Invasion officially the IWGP Tag Team Champions.

The British Invasion asTNA World Tag Team Champions

After helping them win the IWGP Tag Team Championship, Eric Young revealed the World Elite had allied with TheMain Event Mafia.Williams and Terry cemented this by teaming with Mafia members Booker T and Steiner against Team 3D and Beer Money, Inc. Their tag match ended when Terry pinned Roode but even before it had ended a mass riot broke out in theImpact Zoneas increasing numbers of members from the Mafia, the Elite and the TNA Originals continued to run into the arena before the fighting spilled out into locker rooms andUniversal Studiosuntil actors portraying the police came to break up the action. Also in that evening, Magnus facedStingin a losing effort.The four tag teams continued to feud, as they met each other in respective tag team matches atHard Justice,with British Invasion successfully defending their IWGP Tag Team Championship against Beer Money, Inc.In early September, Team 3D, Beer Money, Inc. and The Main Event Mafia faced British Invasion in a four-way tag team match, which Magnus won. This caused Main Event Mafia leader, Kurt Angle, to reprimand the British Invasion who were supposed to aid the Mafia in winning, but Young calmed Angle.The two teams continued to show their allegiance by teaming atNo Surrenderin aLethal Lockdown match,a cage match with staggered entry where a roof with weapons is lowered once all competitors are entered. However, Terry attacked Brother Ray before he entered, giving the team a temporary advantage until Beer Money pinned Williams.AtBound for Glorythe British Invasion lost the IWGP Tag Team Titles back to Team 3D, but managed to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles in afour wayFull Metal Mayhem Tag Team matchagainst Booker T and Scott Steiner, Team 3D and Beer Money.

The British Invasion gave Beer Money, Inc. a rematch on the next episode ofImpact!in aSix Sides of Steel matchbut successfully cheated their way out of the match by disqualifying themselves, meaning they lost the match but retained the titles.In a scripted speech the following week they revealed they were suspended without pay because of thisbut atTurning PointMagnus and Williams successfully defended the titles in a three-way match against Beer Money andThe Motor City Machine Guns(Alex ShelleyandChris Sabin).The Machineguns were given another chance at the titles the following month and in the build up to this all three members of The British Invasion faced Sabin in a handicap match, which Sabin won against the odds when Williams and Magnus accidentally clotheslined Terry, who was then pinned.Despite this, atFinal Resolutionthey were once again able to retain their titles. Also at the event was the annualFeast or Firedmatch, which saw five members of World Elite enter under the orders of Eric Young to prevent Beer Money winning a chance at the Tag Team Championship; despite his orders not to retrieve any of the four briefcases Rob Terry earned contention for the TNA X Division Championship.AtGenesisthe British Invasion lost the TNA World Tag Team Titles toMatt Morganand Hernandez.

Dissolution (2010)

On 27 January 2010, Terry defeated Eric Young at a non-televisedhouse showin Cardiff, Wales, to win theTNA Global Championship.On the following night's edition ofImpact!the three teammates attackedAmazing Red,but as Terry went to cash in his Feast or Fired contract he was ordered by Magnus to hand it over to Williams, who then instead faced Red and quickly defeated him for the X Division Championship.Terry completed hisfaceturn by attacking Magnus on 18 February edition ofImpact!,after growing tired of his abuse.On 21 March atDestination XBrutus Magnus announced that from now on he would be known only by the name Magnus.That same night he failed in his attempt to win the Global Championship from his former teammate Rob Terry, while Williams retained his X Division Championship againstShannon Moore.After the event Magnus was taken off television, while Williams continued his singles career in the X Division, effectively ending the British Invasion.

Reformation and sporadic appearances (2011–2014)

The British Invasion making their entrance atSlammiversary IX

On 30 December 2010, edition ofImpact!Magnus and the now–face Williams teamed together for the first time in ten months, when they wrestled their former stable mate and now–heel Rob Terry andA.J. Stylesin a losing effort.On 31 March 2011, edition ofImpact!,Williams and Magnus officially reformed the British Invasion by attacking the team of Eric Young andOrlando Jordan,thus once again establishing themselves as a heel group.In their first match back together, Williams and Magnus were defeated byInk Inc.(Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore) on 12 April edition ofXplosion.On 17 April atLockdown,Williams and Magnus were defeated again by Ink Inc. in a four tag team number one contenders' steel cage match.Despite not having won a single match since their reformation, it was announced on 2 June edition ofImpact Wrestlingthat the British Invasion would receive a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship atSlammiversary IX.At the pay-per-view, Williams and Magnus were unsuccessful in their challenge for the title, losing to the team of James Storm and Alex Shelley, who filled in for Robert Roode, who was sidelined with a storyline injury.

The British Invasion performing thebearhug / diving European uppercut combinationonJames Storm

The British Invasion performing thedouble straight jacket neckbreakeronAlex Shelley

On 30 June edition ofImpact Wrestling,Williams and Magnus turned face by responding toMexican America's bad remarks by praising the United States. They were then attacked until Rob Terry, who had been recently exiled fromImmortal,returned to save them, effectively adding him back to the group.On 14 July edition ofImpact Wrestling,Mexican America'sAnarquiaand Hernandez defeated Williams and Magnus in a TNA World Tag Team Championship number one contender's match, following outside interference from their stablemateRosita.After the grudge match, Terry's reunion with Magnus and Williams was abruptly forgotten as he no longer accompanied them to matches and eventually formed a new alliance withRobbie E.In December, Magnus went on to form a new tag team withSamoa Joeto rival tag team championsCrimsonand Matt Morgan. On 2 February 2012, edition ofXplosion,it was announced that due to Magnus' alliance with Joe, the British Invasion had disbanded. On 18 March 2013, The British Invasion reunited to take part in theWorld Cup of Wrestling.Magnus and Williams also reunited on 2 February 2014 for theJoker's Wild IIpay-per-view.

Global Force Wrestling (2015)

On 28 October 2015, The British Invasion reunited as part ofGlobal Force Wrestling's GFW UK Invasion tour, Magnus wrestling under his real life name Nick Aldis teamed with Doug Williams defeatingMarty ScurllandRampage Brown.

National Wrestling Alliance (2021)

On 7 December 2021, The British Invasion reunited inNWA Powerrr,with Doug Williams debuting inNational Wrestling Allianceteaming with Aldis defeating Hawx Aerie (PJ andLuke Hawx).

Championships and accomplishments

• New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship(1 time) – Magnus and Williams
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship(1 time)– Magnus and Williams
  • TNA Global Championship(1 time)– Terry
  • TNA X Division Championship(1 time)– Williams
  • Feast or Fired(2009–X Division Championship contract) – Terry
  • Xplosion Championship Challenge (2011)– Magnus

External links

• Brutus Magnus' TNA Profile
• Doug Williams' TNA Profile
• Rob Terry's TNA Profile