When WCW and ECW invaded the World Wrestling Federation in 2001, Stephanie McMahon, the owner of ECW, was one of the invasion’s generals. You knew this because she wore a hat and talked a bunch while a lot of guys who didn’t wear hats stood around her while wearing the same t-shirts, waiting for something to do. It was a simpler, better time. (It was neither simpler nor better.)
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Stephanie McMahon's ECW Kangol Hat
A black leather Kangol hat, modified with a patch that kinda/kinda doesn’t look like the ECW logo, as worn by ECW Owner, the Queen of Extreme, Stephanie McMahon.
Pros
- The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the WCW/ECW InVasion. When I see it, I am comforted. I think to myself, “Ah, that era wasn’t so bad.”
- Stephanie’s leather hat and Paul Heyman’s leather jacket were the aesthetic link keeping the entire WCW/ECW InVasion angle together.
- Surprisingly on trend for 2001. The last time the McMahons would be on trend until Shane downloaded the SNKRS app as a middle-aged scion of wealth.
- The lack of barbwire on the logo suggests that Steph spent her life savings on ECW because she enjoyed the technical aspect of the product.
- Ably covered McMahon’s alarmingly crimped hair.
Cons
- That era was absolutely terrible.
- No, really, that hat tricked me into rewatching InVasion. Imagine being fooled by a hat.
- It’s like how sometimes you remember that the podracing stuff in Episode I whips so you go to watch Episode I and it’s all racism and a very passive attitude towards slavery. Here it’s a “first time ever bra and panties match.” FOR A HAT.
- Zero appearances in WWE’s later ECW reboot. ZERO.