10 Precise Moments Wrestlers Wanted To Jump Ship

7. Chris Jericho

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Status In WCW:

The most entertaining guy that you enjoyed watching that stood no chance whatsoever of entering the main event scene. Jericho was a pop generator; with his incredible stick banter and ability to draw interest in his programmes, he starred in an organisation that had been dominated and exhausted by the WCW Vs. nWo feud. He rejuvenated it by offering a glimpse into a fan-projected landscape of exciting cruiserweight action told with elegant long-term storytelling. WCW held no interest in this landscape, choosing instead to make everything you didn't want to believe was fake fake.

Why And When They Wanted To Leave:

Chris Jericho decided to leave - and this is the umpteenth indictment of WCW from late 1998 onwards - when they wouldn't let him even job to Goldberg.

Jericho always wanted to work for Vince in the end - he may well have jumped on August 20, 1996 - but his decision was expedited by Goldberg's refusal to complete a well-received B-level PPV programme with him. This development confirmed his instincts. Eric Bischoff has claimed that he did "everything" to convince Jericho to stay, but naturally that "everything" didn't include "dismantling the corrosive power structure".

 
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