Chris Jericho's longest reign with the WCW Television Championship started in peculiar circumstances, as he defeated a man who never actually won the title. Booker T was the champion, but injury forced him out and he subsequently awarded the title to his brother, Stevie Ray. Ray would defend the title, before eventually coming up short against Jericho on an episode of Nitro in August 1998. It was during this title reign that Jericho would have his infamous beef with Goldberg. Y2J would continuously call out the then-undefeated Goldberg, mocking him on a number of occasions. This miffed Goldberg, and would also cause Jericho to eventually leave the company, as a match between the two never happened on pay-per-view, which Jericho thought was a waste and a case of backstage politics interfering with business. Jericho's sole TV title reign came to an end at the hands of Konnan on Nitro in November 1998.