10 Shocking WCW Plans That Almost Happened
5. Chris Jericho In The NWO
The New World Order was undoubtedly the hottest act in professional wrestling for a good spell of time. But then, well then the act became diluted and diluted, until being in the nWo (or one of the various nWo groups) was just commonplace for the majority of WCW's roster.
For Chris Jericho, he could clearly see the lay of the land and actually shot down WCW's plans of having him become part of the nWo.
By all accounts over the years, few, if any, WCW talents campaigned to not be in the nWo. After all, that was the stable where all the cool kids of World Championship Wrestling hung out, as they goofed around with their pals and worked out ways to squash any upcoming stars.
In an interview with WrestlingINC last year, Le Champion proclaimed:
"I remember back in '98, one of the suggestions was for me to be in nWo and I was like, 'Absolutely not'. There's 15 guys in the nWo. They don't need me and I don't need them."
As has been detailed in other such interviews by him, Jericho was well aware that if he joined the nWo then he'd just be another generic face as part of an ever-expanding stable. Instead, the Canadian would go it alone, continuing to carve himself a reputation as one of WCW's most entertaining acts.
Realising that WCW never saw him as anything more than a midcard act, though, Jericho would depart for the then-WWF in 1999.