Chris Jericho's troubles with Bischoff stem from his time in WCW as an improperly utilized talent. On DVD's such as The Rise and Fall of WCW and The Monday Night War, Jericho often noted that the company was successful for two reasons; the immersive NWO angle and the terrific matches put on by the cruiserweights. Proud as he, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and more were about those fantastic bouts, they've all complained about the tunnel vision of WCW bookers and management who were only focused on the NWO and a handfull of other top stars, almost all of whom made their name in WWE. Tension reached an apex for Y2J when he was placed in a feud with Goldberg, wherein a match was built up by having Jericho gett several 'wins' over Goldberg with such tactics as challenging him when he wasn't the building and claiming victory via forfeit. When it came time for the two to actually have a match, Jericho felt as though the work he had done on the buildup warranted a Pay-Per-View bout. That idea was vetoed at the behest of Goldberg and Bischoff for reasons Jericho cited as being 'personal and not business' The arguments he had with Bischoff surrounding Goldberg-gate led to Chris' departure from the company, and the two have since buried the hatchet - but remnants of heat seem to still reside. Back in 2010, after joining TNA, the former WCW exec said that, while he'd like Jericho on Impact Wrestling, he never saw him as a main event guy and neither did Vince McMahon. Responding on Twitter, the six-time world champion wrote 'Bischoff's right I can't headline in TNA...cos I'm not in my 50s.'
Journalism graduate from the University of Technology, Sydney.
As a child, when I wasn't doing typical Australian things like fending off dingoes while riding in the pouches of kangaroos, I was watching wrestling.
