10 Wrestlers Who Hated Working For WCW

8. The Radicalz

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This infamous 2000 WCW-to-WWE jump was such a rare showing of collectivism between wrestlers that Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn were still considered "radical" by the company signing them.

Their decision to all go together was drastic, but Benoit's determination in particular was tested when the company put their World Heavyweight Championship on him in a final dissuasive play. A January 2000 victory over Sid had a get-out baked into the finish (Sid submitted to the Crippler crossface, but had his foot under the bottom rope) should it not convince him to stay.

And it didn't. Nothing at that point could undo years of what four super workers considered rampant professional and creative neglect. Four that had experienced the full gamut of the industry's backstage ills (from being told they were too small, that they weren't marketable or - in Eddie Guerrero's case - having coffee spilt on him by his boss Eric Bischoff) had had enough.

And four had started at six...

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