10 Wrestlers Who Refused To Work Together
5. Chris Jericho And Goldberg
Maybe that should read ‘Goldberg and Chris Jericho’, as the blame for this one lies squarely at the tightly-strung black boots of Big Bad Bill Goldberg. The future two-time WWE Universal Champion (what a strange world) was running roughshod over WCW in 1998, destroying anyone and everyone in his path on a rampage that lives long in the memory. Goldberg was arguably the last thing WCW got right.
Chris Jericho was one of WCW’s most captivating performers in 1998, but creative frustration meant that Jericho was soon on his way out of the company. One of the last straws was an aborted feud with Goldberg, a rivalry that required Bill to do nothing more than be slated for a few weeks before squashing Jericho like a bug on pay-per-view.
Goldberg wasn’t willing to do it, refusing to work a pay-per-view program with Jericho, seeing Jericho as a comedy wrestler who was beneath him. Sure, the future Y2J wasn’t short of comedy, but his jabs at Goldberg were designed to garner a monster reaction when the two finally squared off, a reaction that could become molten as Bill smashed the ever-loving tar out of the idiot who had been making fun of him for months.
It was a huge missed opportunity.