10 Times WWE Got Buyer's Remorse
4. Chris Jericho
Vince McMahon suggesting that Chris Jericho's hefty 1999 contract "wasn't worth the paper it was printed on" almost sounds too much like an effort in negging to be true, but it's exactly how The Chairman felt according to 'Y2J' himself during Jericho's challenging transition to WWE.
Disliked by his boss and the bulk of the key figures in the locker room when he first arrived, Jericho's early run within the company can be seen failing on camera without McMahon's cruel backstage assertions as an in-the-know accoutrement.
As has proven often to be the case in wrestling, Jericho was actually just a little ahead of the curve - his style and enthusiasm was welcomed by 2000 when, after a series of follow-up acquisitions and the gradual change in in-ring style, others played more to his skillset.
The arrivals of Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, Tazz and others allowed Jericho to be something resembling his old self. Only then did his work between the ropes back up his braggadocious stick schtick, which itself ranked the war-damaged WWE stars p*ssed off with his arrival.